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Getty Images Brendan Allen has crushed Reinier de Ridder’s immediate hopes for a UFC middleweight title shot. De Ridder needed an impressive performance to justify a shot at Khamzat Chimaev. Instead, Allen, a short-notice replacement, played spoiler in Vancouver on Saturday.  Allen and De Ridder were competitive foils for each other, strong grapplers with in-your-face […]

The Orlando Magic had the NBA’s second-best defense last season and the third-best defense in 2023-24. They’re big, they’re physical, and sometimes they’re downright mean. Imagine if they could score! That’s the theory behind giving up four unprotected first-round picks and a pick swap to get Desmond Bane from the Memphis Grizzlies. With Bane — […]

Are you ready for another full day of NFL action? Sunday’s slate once again gets started a bit earlier than usual with a third straight London game on deck, this time between the Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars. After that, there are a number of intriguing matchups on deck, so it’s important that you […]

Two of the biggest teams in Mexico will meet Saturday night on CBS Sports Network Oct 18, 2025 at 9:26 pm ET • 1 min read Getty Images Only four matchdays remain in the Apertura portion of the Liga MX season, and there will be a doubleheader on CBS Sports Network on Saturday night showcasing […]

There’s no conference with smaller margins than the Big 12. Look no further than Tempe to illustrate that point. No. 7 Texas Tech looked like a true national championship contender ahead of a road showdown against Arizona State. The Red Raiders had beaten Big 12 opponents — all with winning records — by an average […]

Getty Images The most pressing matter for the Los Angeles Dodgers is prevailing in the World Series for a second straight season over either the Toronto Blue Jays or Seattle Mariners. Looking further ahead, however, the Dodgers — in keeping with so much of recent history — may be in the mix for the most […]

The San Francisco Giants are close to hiring a new manager and the team’s president of baseball operations, Buster Posey, is going with an unconventional hire. The Giants are closing in on University of Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello to be their manager, reports The Athletic. The team has not announced the hire. “Nothing is done,” Vitello told the […]

Imagn Images Sacramento Kings star center Domantas Sabonis will miss the season-opener on Wednesday against the Phoenix Suns after suffering a Grade 1 hamstring strain in a preseason game against the Los Angeles Clippers, the team announced on Saturday. Sabonis will be re-evaluated in one week. That timeline would sideline him for games against the […]

Building winning NFL DFS lineups requires finding the right mix of big-name fantasy stars to combine with NFL DFS sleepers when making NFL DFS picks. Among the marquee matchups in the early window of the Week 7 NFL schedule are Saints vs. Bears, Patriots vs. Titans, and Eagles vs. Vikings. In the afternoon window, there […]

Thomas Frank has taken Tottenham by storm with the team in a European spot in the league while also getting the job done in Champions League play. But they’ve been far from pretty while doing it, relying on set pieces and the defense digging in to find success. It’s a marked departure from the team […]