Pamela MaldonadoOct 3, 2025, 07:03 AM ET Close Pamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN. This is a sentence I never thought I’d type: Undefeated Vanderbilt is rolling into Tuscaloosa with playoff chatter starting to swirl. And yet, here we are. The Commodores are 5-0, playing with confidence and looking nothing like the...
Making tough lineup decisions each week can be the most challenging part of the fantasy football process. When you’re torn between two similar players and simply don’t know who to start, start the player with the superior matchup. Ah, but exactly how does one determine the best (and worst) weekly matchups? All of ESPN. All...
NFL’s Week 5 slate gets underway with a matchup of NFC West rivals when the San Francisco 49ers visit the Los Angeles Rams on “Thursday Night Football.” There will be an early Sunday football again this week as Dillon Gabriel makes his NFL debut in London, England for the Cleveland Browns as they face the...
Pamela MaldonadoSep 30, 2025, 11:31 AM ET Close Pamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN. The first five weeks of the college football season shook the betting board. National title odds are starting to reveal who’s built for a postseason run and who’s still a step behind, while the Heisman race has turned...
Sep 29, 2025, 09:07 AM ET Week 4 of the 2025 fantasy football season featured a lot of big performances from some of the top players in the NFL and only a handful of disappointing performances. Who were the big winners and losers? Matt Bowen and Tristan H. Cockcroft offer their analyses. Jump to a...
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Eric KarabellSep 29, 2025, 12:52 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”. The fourth Sunday of the NFL season featured quite a bit of action and myriad...
Sep 29, 2025, 07:34 AM ET The first full month of the 2025 college football season is officially in the books, and some of the nation’s biggest early-season surprises were once again on display across a thrilling Week 5 slate. At Ole Miss, Ferris State transfer Trinidad Chambliss eclipsed 300 passing yards for a third...
Bill ConnellySep 28, 2025, 07:00 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. Oregon and Penn State went to overtime. Alabama and Georgia nearly did. Tennessee went to overtime for a second time in three weeks. Illinois watched a...
Sep 28, 2025, 09:41 AM ET Whom should you start? Whom should you sit? To help you set your fantasy football lineups and avoid starting an offensive player who won’t be in the lineup, we’ll post fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their official inactives lists. Official Sunday inactives should begin coming...