Ravens won't have Lamar Jackson, 3 more Pro Bowlers vs. Texans
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Ravens won’t have Lamar Jackson, 3 more Pro Bowlers vs. Texans

Jamison HensleyOct 3, 2025, 04:18 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored...

Yankees' Luis Gil to Start Game 1 of ALDS vs. Blue Jays, Aaron Boone Says
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Yankees’ Luis Gil to Start Game 1 of ALDS vs. Blue Jays, Aaron Boone Says

Right-handed pitcher Luis Gil, the 2024 American League Rookie of the Year, will start for the New York Yankees on Saturday in Game 1 of the American League Division Series at the Toronto Blue Jays. Manager Aaron Boone revealed the news to reporters at his press conference on Friday. “Just feel like he’s ready for...

Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie on leave amid inquiry
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Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie on leave amid inquiry

Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie has been placed on temporary administrative leave as the university investigates an anonymous complaint, the school announced Friday. No details of the nature of the complaint were immediately available, and there is no timeline on how long the investigation may take. Associate head coach Glynn Cyprien has taken over as...

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani Talks 1st MLB Playoff Start as Pitcher, 'Looking Forward to It'
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Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Talks 1st MLB Playoff Start as Pitcher, ‘Looking Forward to It’

Shohei Ohtani is excited to make his MLB postseason pitching debut in Saturday’s NLDS Game 1 against the Philadelphia Phillies. “I’m just really looking forward to it,” Ohtani said through an interpreter when speaking to reporters Friday about his first postseason start. Ohtani continued, “I’m sure I’ll be nervous at times but more than that,...

Vikings without QB J.J. McCarthy, majority of starting O-line
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Vikings without QB J.J. McCarthy, majority of starting O-line

Kevin SeifertOct 3, 2025, 09:34 AM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate...

Ohtani, Judge, and then what? Your way-too-early top 50 players for 2026
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Ohtani, Judge, and then what? Your way-too-early top 50 players for 2026

Eric KarabellOct 3, 2025, 12:53 PM ET Close Eric Karabell is a senior writer for fantasy baseball, football and basketball at ESPN. Eric is a charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame and author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments”. It may be boring, but good luck finding legitimate reasons to avoid taking Los Angeles...

The method behind the Browns' quarterback development
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The method behind the Browns’ quarterback development

Daniel OyefusiOct 3, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. As the news trickled out Wednesday morning that Cleveland Browns rookie Dillon Gabriel would take over as...

The Case for Mac Jones to Replace Brock Purdy as 49ers' QB1
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The Case for Mac Jones to Replace Brock Purdy as 49ers’ QB1

When Purdy’s impressive play as a rookie ignited San Francisco’s last QB controversy, it was easier to write it off as a fluke. He was, after all, an unproven seventh-round pick out of Iowa State. He’s since proved that he belongs as an NFL starter, of course, but he was largely an unknown commodity at...