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Field YatesAug 6, 2025, 04:56 PM ET Close Field Yates is a fantasy football expert and NFL draft analyst for ESPN. You can find him on Fantasy Football Now on Sunday mornings and regularly on NFL Live throughout the week, as well as the Fantasy Focus and First Draft podcasts. A graduate of Wesleyan University … Read more

Mike ClayAug 7, 2025, 08:33 AM ET Close Mike Clay is a senior writer for fantasy football and the NFL at ESPN. Mike is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. His projections power the ESPN Fantasy Football game, and he also appears on “Fantasy Football Now” and the Fantasy Focus Football podcast. We’re … Read more

IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward and series officials were shocked by a social media post from the Department of Homeland Security that touted plans for an immigration detention center in Indiana dubbed the “Speedway Slammer” and used an image of a car with the same number as the only Mexican driver in the series. “It caught … Read more

NEW YORK — The Mets will honor the 60th anniversary of the Fab Four’s performance at Shea Stadium, where they will host the Mariners on Aug. 15 for The Beatles Night at Citi Field. The 1965 performance was a milestone because The Beatles became the first rock band to perform a major stadium concert. A … Read more

David HaleAug 7, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the debate among the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 over the future of the College Football Playoff, it’s that committees are awful. They get it … Read more

Alexa PhilippouAug 7, 2025, 11:48 AM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer The Washington Mystics have traded Aaliyah Edwards to the Connecticut … Read more

Manchester United have reached an agreement with RB Leipzig for striker Benjamin Sesko, sources have told ESPN. The Slovenia international is set to move for a fee worth in the region of €85 million ($98.8m), including add-ons. United have seen off competition from Newcastle United for Sesko. Benjamin Sesko looks to be Manchester United’s latest … Read more

A North Carolina judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the 1983 NC State men’s basketball team, shutting down the national championship winner’s request for name, image and likeness compensation. The team was known as the “Cardiac Pack” for a series of close, nail-biting victories, including a 54-52 win over Houston in the 1983 national … Read more

Jeff CarlisleAug 7, 2025, 09:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Perhaps you’ve heard: The 2026 FIFA World Cup is less than a year away, and as such, the roster for the United States men’s national team is taking shape. Mind you, there have been times … Read more

Roman Dolidze meets Anthony Hernandez in a main event matchup of streaking middleweights at UFC Fight Night on Saturday at UFC Apex in Las Vegas (7 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+; prelims at 4 p.m.). Dolidze (15-3), No. 10 in ESPN’s 185-pound rankings, has won three fights in a row, most recently a unanimous decision over … Read more