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Premier League Friday
Premier League Friday airs on Sky Sports + HD at 5:00 PM, Friday 22 August. Big-name interviews and news from around all the top-flight clubs.
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Roman Kemp hosts the essential Premier League weekend preview show with big-name interviews and news from around all the top-flight clubs
Premier League Friday airs on Sky Sports + HD at 5:00 PM, Friday 22 August .
Best NFL DFS preseason Week 3 picks for Friday: DraftKings, FanDuel and more
Jimmie Kaylor is a NFL betting and DFS expert for SportsLine. He opened the 2022 NFL season by winning DraftKings’ NFL Showdown Thursday Kickoff Millionaire contest. Kaylor has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. One of Kaylor’s top DFS picks for Friday is Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent. He is also targeting another undervalued player who could explode for huge numbers on Friday. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine, also new players can get $50 in Pick6 credits at DraftKings when they play $5: $5 is the new $1,000 prize for this week’s NFL DFS tournaments. The pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing, according to Kaylor.
Should you target Mahomes or Williams when making Friday NFL DFS picks, or should you fade them and look elsewhere? Before making any NFL DFS picks on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to check out the NFL DFS lineup advice, strategy and player stacks from SportsLine NFL daily Fantasy expert Jimmie Kaylor.
Kaylor is a NFL betting and DFS expert for SportsLine, who opened the 2022 NFL season by winning DraftKings’ NFL Showdown Thursday Kickoff Millionaire contest. He edged out over 355,000 other entrants in the contest and also has multiple five-figure tournament wins on his DFS resume. Kaylor has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America, and his background as a former college and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. Anybody following his DFS picks over the last three seasons could have seen huge returns.
Now, Kaylor has turned his attention to Friday’s 2025 NFL preseason schedule and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine, also new players can get $50 in Pick6 credits at DraftKings when they play $5:
Top NFL preseason DFS picks for Friday
One of Kaylor’s top DFS picks for Friday is Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent. The former undrafted free agent out of Shepherd University has already locked up the Bears’ backup quarterback job, but Friday will be his last opportunity for game reps for what could be the entire 2025 season. Bagent recently landed a lucrative contract extension from the Bears.
Known for his accuracy and poise, he set the NCAA all-division record for career touchdown passes (159) in college (a record that was later broken), and has performed admirably when thrust into duty in the NFL. Bagent has four career regular season starts, and has completed 66.2% of his passes for 870 yards, three touchdowns, and six interceptions.
Part of Kaylor’s NFL DFS strategy includes Bears running back Ian Wheeler. The former undrafted free agent out of Howard was one of the top performers in Chicago’s training camp in 2024, but a torn ACL ended his season prematurely. Wheeler is back to full strength and has looked like a potential difference-maker this preseason.
In Chicago’s 38-0 Week 2 preseason win over the Buffalo Bills, Wheeler notched 19 carries for 80 yards and two touchdowns. Wheeler has elite speed and has proven to be a legitimate threat as a receiver out of the backfield. You can see the rest of Kaylor’s NFL DFS picks here. You can see the rest of Kaylor’s NFL DFS picks here, and new users can see the latest FanDuel promo code to get $300 in bonus bets at FanDuel if your $5 bet wins:
How to build Friday preseason NFL DFS lineups
Kaylor is also targeting another undervalued player who could explode for huge numbers on Friday. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is, and the rest of Kaylor’s NFL DFS picks, at SportsLine.
So who is Jimmie Kaylor including in his optimal NFL DFS lineups for Friday, and which under-the-radar NFL DFS picks offer huge value? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice and stacks, all from a DFS expert who already won a single-game millionaire maker tournament, and find out.
SPORTS FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND
Fairfield Mules Football at Olney-Richland County 7pm (SCRIMMAGE ONLY)THURSDAY BOY’S GOLF SCORES: Edwards County 159; Fairfield 170; Eldorado 173. Fairfield’s junior high baseball scores: New Hope 15, Fairfield 2; Wayne City 14; Spring Garden 17. The Chicago Cubs dropped the finale of their five-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 yesterday. The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 at Wrigley Field on Wednesday night. The Cubs are now 2-0 up in the National League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees. The Yankees are 2-1 in the American League Championship Series with the Kansas City Royals. The New York Giants are 1-2 in the NFC Divisional series against the Carolina Panthers. The Pittsburgh Steelers are 0-0 in the NFL Preseason Game 2 against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Fairfield Mules Football at Olney-Richland County 7pm (SCRIMMAGE ONLY)
THURSDAY BOY’S GOLF SCORES
1). Edwards County 159
2). Fairfield 170
3). Eldorado 173
Cisne -2
INDIVIDUALLY
2). Hagen Howard from Cisne & Drew Roosevelt from Edwards County 33
4). Mason Smiley, Edwards County 35
5). Walker Sledge, Edwards County 37
6). Cruz Wells, Fairfield 38
8). Zury Taylor & Jake Easton from Fairfield 43
10). Brock Johnson, Fairfield 46
11). Andrew Hutcheson, Fairfield 48
14). Owen Gruen, Fairfield 52
THURSDAY GIRL’S GOLF SCORES
1). Eldorado 204
2). Fairfield 233
Edwards County +54
INDIVIDUALLY
1). Eden Duckworth, Fairfield 45
5). Amelia Hopfinger, Fairfield 52
7). Carlin St. Ledger, Edwards County 56
8). Lela Duckworth, Fairfield 67
10). Aurora Cullison, Edwards County 68
11). Carly Colclasure, Fairfield 69
THURSDAY JUNIOR HIGH BASEBALL SCORES
Fairfield 10, New Hope 4
Woodlawn 14, Wayne City 1
Bluford 12, Spring Garden 2
Cisne 15, Albion 5
Effingham 4, St Anthony 1
Iuka 11, North Clay 7
Lawrenceville 4, Flora 0
Marion 12, Benton 0
Martinsville 7, Red Hill 6
Pinckneyville 6, DuQuoin 5
Teutopolis 22, Newton 4
Whiteside 18, Altamont 0
Mt Carmel 12, Olney 2
Herrin 10, Massac 0
Galatia 7, Hardin Co 0
Carrier Mills-Stonefort 15, Crab Orchard 10
Pinckneyville 204 7, Ewing 6
Gallatin Co 14, Thompsonville 6
THURSDAY JUNIOR HIGH SOFTBALL SCORES
New Hope 15, Fairfield 2
Woodlawn 12 Wayne City 0
Albion 6, Cisne 2
Bluford 17, Spring Garden 2
Collinsville 11, East Alton 0
Dieterich 4, Altamont 1
DuQuoin 9, Pinckneyville 3
Flora 12, Lawrenceville 6
Germantown 10, Washington 9
Pope County 15, Cypress 1
South Central 10, St Elmo 0
St Mary-MTV 16, Mt Vernon 6
Wolf Branch 17, Belleville West 2
OLMC 13, Desoto 0 F/4
Herrin 10, Massac 0
Marion 14 , Benton 4
Nashville 25, Murphysboro 5
Crab Orchard 13, Carrier Mills 2
Summersville 15, Bethel 0
Duquoin 9, Pinckneyville JH 3
Pinckneyville 204 17, Ewing 0 (F/3 innings)
St. Mary Mt. Vernon 16, Casey 6
Mt Carmel 15, Richland County 3
Galatia 14, Hardin Co 0 F/5
Joppa 15, Shawnee 3
Dongola 10, New Simpson Hill 9
Steeleville 6, Coulterville 1
Bluford 17, Spring Garden 2
Sparta Lincoln B Team 18, Red Bud Catholic B Team 16
Breese D12- 4, Aviston – 2
St. Joe Olney 18, St. Mary Allendale 8
THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD
NFL Preseason
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Pittsburgh Steelers 19, Carolina Panthers 10
New York Giants 42, New England Patriots 10
MLB American League
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Athletics 8, Minnesota Twins 3
Kansas City Royals 6, Texas Rangers 4
Boston Red Sox 6, New York Yankees 3
Houston Astros 7, Baltimore Orioles 2
MLB National League
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Milwaukee Brewers 4, Chicago Cubs 1 The Chicago Cubs dropped the finale of their five-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 from Wrigley Field yesterday. Pete Crow-Armstrong drove in Chicago’s only run in the losing effort, while Shota Imanaga was charged with his sixth loss after allowing two runs on three hits in seven innings. The Northsiders are in second place in the NL Central with a 73-and-55 record. They take on the Angels tonight.
Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Colorado Rockies 5
Washington Nationals 9, New York Mets 3
San Diego Padres 8, San Francisco Giants 4
MLB Interleague
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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Tampa Bay Rays 4 The Cardinals took down the Rays 7-4 in their series opener from Tampa. Sonny Gray earned the win after giving up three runs over five innings. Alec Burleson drove-in a pair of runs as St. Louis has won three of its last four games. The Cardinals are in fourth place in the NL Central with a 64-and-65 record. Miles Mikolas starts for St. Louis against Tampa Bay tonight.
***Top Sports Headlines***
>>NFL Preseason Week Three Roundup
(Undated) — The final week of the NFL preseason has arrived. The Steelers and Giants kicked things off with Thursday night victories. Pittsburgh topped the Carolina Panthers 19-and-10, and New York blew out the New England Patriots 42-10. Week Three of the preseason continues with four games on Friday highlighted by the Philadelphia Eagles at the New York Jets. The preseason wraps up Saturday night with the Arizona Cardinals hosting the Las Vegas Raiders.
>>Jerry Jones Says Cowboys’ Offer To Parsons Was Richest For Non-QB
(Frisco, TX) — Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones continues to stir up rumors surrounding the team’s contract negotiations with star pass rusher Micah Parsons. In an appearance on Michael Irvin’s YouTube channel, Jones said the agreement he believed he made with Parsons over the offseason would have made the defensive end the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL. The owner of America’s Team blamed Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta, for the deal not being finalized. There have been no negotiations regarding a new deal since the spring. The 26-year-old is set to make 21.324-million-dollars this season on the fifth-year option of his rookie deal.
>>Report: Eagles’ Johnny Wilson Suffers Season Ending Knee Injury
(Philadelphia, PA) — The Eagles are suffering a major injury to their wide receiver room. ESPN reports Johnny Wilson will undergo season-ending knee and ankle surgery. The pass catcher got hurt during Tuesday’s practice after getting rolled up on by another player. Wilson was taken in the sixth round of last year’s draft and had five catches in his rookie season which included a touchdown.
>>Report: Astros Signing Veteran P Craig Kimbrel
(Undated) — The Astros are adding an experienced arm to their bullpen late in the season. ESPN reports that Houston is signing veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel to a major league contract. The 37-year-old will be joining his ninth major league team and second this season after appearing in one inning for the Atlanta Braves before he was designated for assignment. The nine-time All-Star has played the last two months for the Texas Rangers’ Triple-A team.
>>Iowa State, Kansas State Kick Off College Football Season From Dublin
(Undated) — College football is back. A pair of ranked opponents duel in Dublin for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic on Saturday to kick off Week Zero. Number-20 Kansas State squares off against 21st-ranked Iowa State. Four other games are on the slate stateside. Idaho State and UNLV clash from Vegas, Kansas battles Fresno State at home, Sam Houston visits Western Kentucky and Hawaii entertains Stanford.
>>SEC Switching To Nine-Game Conference Schedule
(Undated) — A new era of SEC football is around the corner. SEC presidents and chancellors approved a recommendation by the athletic directors to play a nine-game conference schedule starting in 2026. Commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement that the format will protect rivalries, increase competitive balance, and ensures SEC teams are prepared to compete and succeed in the College Football Playoff.
>>Tour Championship Round One Recap
(Atlanta, GA) — Russell Henley is sitting atop the leaderboard after the opening round of the Tour Championship from East Lake Golf Club. Henley shot a nine under 61 in the first round. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is in second at seven under par. Maverick McNealy and Sepp Straka will be the first pair of players teeing off the second round from Atlanta.
>>NASCAR Cup Series Finishes Regular Season At Daytona Saturday
(Daytona Beach, FL) — The NASCAR Cup Series regular season wraps up on Saturday. The field battles at Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero Sugar 400. Austin Dillon secured a spot in the playoffs following a win at Richmond Raceway last weekend. Tyler Reddick and Alex Bowman hold the last two postseason spots in the 16-driver field while Chris Buescher, Ryan Preece and Kyle Busch are on the bubble.
>>U.S. Open Preview
(Flushing, NY) — The first round of the US Open is set to begin on Sunday. Top-seed Jannik Sinner will be looking to defend his title after winning the Open last year. Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz drew on the same side of the bracket as seventh-seeded Novak Djokovic, which could set up a potential showdown in the semifinals between the two men’s singles powerhouses. Sinner and Alcaraz have already gone head-to-head in the finals of the French Open and Wimbledon this year, with Alcaraz winning both. On the women’s side, Aryna Sabalenka will be aiming for her second straight US Open crown. Americans Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Amanda Anisimova and Emma Navarro are each seeded in the top 10 of the women’s singles bracket.
>>LLWS Recap
(South Williamsport, PA) — The semifinals of the Little League World Series have been set. Las Vegas, Nevada took down Irmo, South Carolina in the United States bracket and Aruba advanced past Venezuela 3-1 on the international side. The semifinal games will be played on Saturday. Chinese Taipei will battle Aruba ahead of a matchup between Fairfield, Connecticut and Las Vegas. The third-place and championship games will be played in Williamsport on Sunday.
All wins aren’t equal: Beating the Yankees was huge for Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox beat the Yankees 3-1 on Thursday. Red Sox manager Alex Cora said it was the team’s first meaningful series in a while. Bill Belichick said there are fewer challenges to his authority at North Carolina than there were with the Patriots. Sean McDonough is one of the most impactful sports broadcasters of all time. The Top 5 All-Time Top 5 Sports Anchors are: Rich Eisen, Kenny Mayne, Dan Patrick, Linda Cohn, Scott Van Pelt and Ted Williams. The list is compiled by Sports Illustrated’s “The Top 5,” which will be released on Friday night at 9 p.m. ET. The top five all-time Top 5 Top 5 sports broadcasters are: Bob Ley, Bob Costas, Mike Downey, Jim Nantz, Bob Greene and Dan Patrick. The bottom five are: Roger Federer, Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell and Bob Costello. the list will be published on Friday at 10 a.m., with the Top 5 on Saturday at noon.
With Boston clinging to its newly acquired one-run lead with one out, new pitcher Steven Matz came in and surrendered a sinking liner to right to Ben Rice. When the ball took a funny hop and scooted away from Ceddanne Rafaela in centerfield, turning a double into a triple for Rice, the path to doom seemed clear.
In a park where lots of bad stuff has happened to Boston baseball teams in a week where bad stuff has happened against bad teams to this Boston baseball team, the table was set for more disappointment.
But Matz, the still mostly anonymous trade deadline addition, threw strike three by Jazz Chisholm. Then the southpaw got Paul Goldschmidt, who is hitting .405 with a 1.188 OPS vs. left-handers, to pop out harmlessly to first.
The Yankees never threatened again. After Garrett Whitlock breezed through the eighth, Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect ninth.
In between Whitlock and Chapman, Roman Anthony added to his growing legend with a two-run home run.
“The moment’s never too big for him,” Alex Bregman said afterward.
On a day when Boston home run leader Wilyer Abreu went on the injured list and starting pitcher Lucas Giolito struggled, the Red Sox still found a way to beat the Yankees in the Bronx.
All wins count the same in the standings, but they are obviously not created equal. Whether this was a sigh of relief or wind in their sails, the Red Sox needed it.
Boston came in 4-8 in their last 12 after losing an excruciating extra-inning game to a bad Orioles team on Tuesday. A loss would have been a gut punch to a team with already bruised ribs.
Instead, they picked up ground on the Yankees and kept pace with everybody else in the tight American League wild card standings.
They’ve got three more big games against the Yankees still to come this weekend, but for a team stocked with several first-time pennant racers, getting the first one was big.
“A meaningful series, finally, late in the season,” Cora said before the game. “We haven’t had one of those here in a while. Come here, embrace the whole situation and do it and go out there and have fun.”
Don’t expect a Belichick statue any time soon
Anyone hoping for a Bill Belichick statue to pop up next to Tom Brady should expect to be waiting a while. Belichick continued setting fire to any bridges between Chapel Hill and Foxborough.
His latest verbal sucker punch at the Krafts came in the Globe on Thursday. He said there are fewer challenges to his complete authority at North Carolina than there were with the Patriots, with a not-terribly-subtle suggestion that the Krafts were the reason for the team’s downfall.
“There’s no owner, there’s no owner’s son, there’s no cap, everything that goes with the marketing and everything else, which I’m all for that. But it’s way less of what it was at that level,” Belichick said. “I’d say when we had our best years in New England, we had fewer people and more of a direct vision. And as that expanded, it became harder to be successful.”
It’s unclear whether there were any follow-up questions about drafting issues or hiring Matt Patricia and Joe Judge to coach the offense.
Put me down for Sean McDonough
The Athletic did its list of most impactful sports broadcasters this century this week. For me, there is none better than Sean McDonough. On any sport at any level, he’s informative and entertaining without getting in the way.
Sports clues from actual editions of America’s favorite quiz show. As always, mind the date
CATEGORY: 19th CENTURY SPORTS $800 – from April 16, 2013
What’s now this tennis tournament began as an event hosted by a Newport, Rhode Island casino in 1881
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The Top 5
The Top 5 All-Time SportsCenter Anchors
In honor of Rich Eisen’s return to ESPN.
5 – Bob Ley
4 – Linda Cohn
3 – Kenny Mayne
2 — Dan Patrick
1 – Scott Van Pelt
Today in Boston Sports History
Aug. 24 (there was very little of note on Friday or Saturday)
1940 — Ted Williams allowed a run on three hits while striking out one (Rudy York) in two innings as a pitcher in the Red Sox’s 12-1 loss to the Tigers at Fenway. Nobody said, “There goes the best pitcher to ever play the game” but he wasn’t bad.
Lightning round
Real Jeopardy! Question:
What is the U.S. Open?
Finally…
Happy National Tooth Fairy Day to those who celebrate.
Source: https://www.wwnytv.com/video/2025/08/22/friday-sports/