3:59 PM ET You drop a player in your fantasy football league only to watch him go off. Or worse, to watch him crush for someone else’s team in your league. Or even worse than that … to watch him crush for someone else’s team in your league while playing you. Oh yeah. That’s a
2:05 PM ET Kyoji Horiguchi had one of the best first six months of 2019 in all of mixed martial arts. After winning the Rizin Fighting Federation bantamweight title in December 2018, Horiguchi added the Bellator bantamweight belt to his collection in June. Now, though, the Japanese star will end the year with no championships
1:57 PM ET Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones is questionable for Thursday night’s showdown with the New Orleans Saints with a shoulder injury, and coach Dan Quinn said the decision on Jones’ status will go up to game time. Quinn also said running back Devonta Freeman is set to return from a foot injury
1:55 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas offered a confident take when asked if Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers will be a Super Bowl preview. “You think the 49ers are going to the Super Bowl?” Thomas said Wednesday. “It could be. Let’s see. … When the Super Bowl
1:43 PM ET Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Paige VanZant appears to have a date for the final fight on her UFC contract. VanZant, one of the most popular women on the UFC roster, has agreed to fight
1:35 PM ET Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is unlikely to play in Wednesday night’s showdown against James Harden and the Houston Rockets because of an illness. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra told reporters that Butler, who missed Wednesday morning’s shootaround, is “wiped out” and is battling a condition similar to guard Goran Dragic‘s recent sinus
1:39 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers guard David DeCastro said he hasn’t received an explanation from the NFL for a fine he incurred in the loss to the Cleveland Browns two weeks ago. He believes, though, that he was fined for being a “peacemaker” in the brawl between the players. Although he wasn’t included
12:51 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — As Boston Celtics star Kemba Walker lay on the ground Friday night in Denver, he felt the same emotion his teammates and everyone else watching did: fear. “It was a scary moment for myself,” Walker said after Boston’s shootaround Wednesday morning, before the Celtics faced the Brooklyn Nets
12:12 PM ET Thanksgiving will come with the chance to buy a redone piece of nostalgia from the Detroit Lions‘ past. Nike is rereleasing 2,053 pairs of the Air Zoom Turf Jet 97 on Thursday, with 250 pairs being sold at Ford Field and the rest on Nike’s website. The total matches Sanders’ rushing yards
12:32 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns left tackle Greg Robinson is in the concussion protocol and sat out the team’s practice Wednesday heading into a rematch with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He reported to the Browns’ facility Wednesday with concussion symptoms. Robinson had volunteered during the team’s off day Tuesday at the Greater Cleveland