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THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS were supposed to break baseball. Instead, they just broke. It’s easy to forget how terrifying the Dodgers looked when Major League Baseball’s 2025 season began six months ago, before the injuries that led to a major league-high 2,500-plus days missed by hurt players. Returning all their key contributors, the defending World … Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — If you’re unfamiliar with the term Pyrrhic victory, the Miami Dolphins‘ win Monday night over the New York Jets should help you understand. Sure, the Dolphins earned their first win of the season, saving them from losing three division games before the end of September, but they lost star wide receiver … Read more

Marcel Louis-JacquesSep 29, 2025, 09:39 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for … Read more

Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season delivered nail-biters that turned into comebacks, blowouts, the first tie of the year — and even a rookie quarterback making his first start. No matter the box score, several players across the league stood out. Editor’s Picks 2 Related But only one player can be “him.” Ahead of … Read more

Jim McCormickSep 29, 2025, 04:00 PM ET Close Jim McCormick is a contributing writer for fantasy football and men’s basketball at ESPN. Sleepers still exist. Payton Pritchard made the fifth-most 3-pointers in the NBA last season. Deni Avdija became an offensive force down the stretch last spring. Josh Giddey turned into a triple-double machine after … Read more

Sep 29, 2025, 06:27 PM ET Wow, what an amazing finish to the MLB regular season! Now it’s your turn, October. The 2025 MLB playoffs start Tuesday (1 p.m. ET on ESPN), and we’re here to get you ready for what is setting up to be a thrilling postseason. Will Shohei Ohtani’s Los Angeles Dodgers … Read more

Sep 29, 2025, 05:24 PM ET It’s beginning to look a lot like the NBA season with most teams conducting their media days on Monday. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The New York Knicks, New Orleans Pelicans, Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns and Philadelphia 76ers were the first five teams to hold media days last week. The … Read more

Sep 29, 2025, 03:56 PM ET SEC Network host Paul Finebaum said Monday that he would consider leaving ESPN to run for the U.S. Senate, representing Alabama. The 70-year-old Finebaum said during a recent interview with Outkick that he’d run as a Republican to fill the seat vacated by former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville, … Read more

Jordan RaananSep 29, 2025, 03:34 PM ET Close Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants co-owner John Mara revealed Monday that he was recently diagnosed with cancer. Mara, who serves as the team’s … Read more

Sep 29, 2025, 01:30 PM ET The first managerial change of the 2025-26 MLB offseason came when the San Francisco Giants dismissed Bob Melvin on Monday. The move came one day after the Giants ended the regular season with an 81-81 record, finishing third in the National League West. Which major league teams will change … Read more