Winners of seven straight, the Padres are the hottest team in baseball. After sweeping the Giants over the weekend, they now own a 2.5 game lead over the Diamondbacks for the final NL Wild Card spot. In other news, Manny Machado has gone blonde.

Breaking down the NBA championship contention landscape after the Raptors (officially) added Kawhi Leonard via trade.

The Utah schools look like the teams to beat, but there are reasons to believe mayhem could return after a one-year absence.

The Chicago Fire haven't tasted victory in more than three weeks, precipitating a slide down this week's edition of ESPN's MLS Power Rankings.

The double-match week brought intense results and massive shifts across the weekly MLS Power Rankings.

While the rest of the conference struggled against Power Four opponents, the Hawkeyes earn some brownie points for winning a hard fought rivalry game against Iowa State.

Gotham FC are the new leaders in ESPN's NWSL Power Rankings, taking advantage of a shocking 3-0 slip-up from Washington Spirit.

The first two weeks of the college football season are in the books, and there are a number of surprises so far in September. Oregon is the biggest stunner of them all after the Ducks fell to Oklahoma State on Saturday after nearly taking an upset at the hands of Boise State in Week 1.