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The Miami Dolphins’ playoff picture looks extremely, even extraordinarily, dim following the Sunday results of Week 15, but it’s also well defined.Simply put, for the Dolphins to be able to return to the playoffs this season after a one-year absence, the Dolphins have to win their final four games — against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on Monday night, at home against the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers the next two weeks, and against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in the season finale on the weekend of January 4-5 — and get some help.Getting to a final record…

1. x-Denver Broncos (12-2, AFC West; +800 odds to win the Super Bowl) 2. New England Patriots (11-3, AFC East; +1300) 3. Jacksonville Jaguars (10-4, AFC South; +1700) 4. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-6, AFC North; +9000) The Broncos became the first AFC team to clinch a spot in the postseason with their win over Green Bay Sunday afternoon. New England could have joined Sean Payton’s crew, and wrapped up the AFC East title, with a victory over Buffalo, but the team fell short as Josh Allen and the Bills stormed back to take the lead and win the game. 5. Los…

Colby Parkinson put together the best game of his career: The Los Angeles Rams tight end has scored six touchdowns in his past six games, and a unique set of circumstances means he can go straight from the waiver wire into fantasy starting lineups. Monitor the injury report at running back: R.J. Harvey (ribs), Woody Marks (ankle), Devin Neal (hamstring) and Bam Knight (ankle) started in Week 15 and weren’t able to finish their games due to various injuries. Get PFF+ for 30% off: Use promo code HOLIDAY30 to unlock the PFF Player Prop Tool, Premium Stats, fantasy dashboards, the…

The last chance to join NFL DFS contests for Week 15 comes on ‘Monday Night Football’ when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Miami Dolphins at 8:15 p.m. ET. While those in the passing game like Aaron Rodgers, Tua Tagovailoa, D.K. Metcalf and Jaylen Waddle, who is a late add to the injury list as questionable with an illness, will garner lots of interest as NFL DFS picks, both teams rank in the bottom 10 in pass offense. Thus, if you still want to utilize pass catchers from the MNF DFS player pool, perhaps, it would be a better daily Fantasy…

The 2025-26 NFL regular season is heading into the stretch run, and Week 15 saw the Kansas City Chiefs officially run out of time to make the postseason, after a 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Patrick Mahomes also tore his ACL to add injury to insult for Kansas City.It’s never too early to look ahead to next week, though, and sportsbooks have already posted lines for every matchup.AdvertisementHere are the odds for every Week 16 NFL game at BetMGM:ThursdayLos Angeles Rams (-1.5, 44.5) at Seattle Seahawks[Check out all of Yahoo’s sports betting content here in our…

The sixth AP Top 25 poll of the 2025-26 season released, and the top of the rankings remained generally unchanged. After jumping to No. 1 last week over Michigan and Duke, Arizona held firm at the top spot and received 42 first-place votes. The Wildcats added to one of the best résumés in the country by defeating Alabama 96-75. Arizona boasts five ranked wins: Florida, UCLA, UConn, Alabama and Auburn. Michigan received the second-most first-place votes (15) after defeating Villanova and Maryland. Duke, another team that challenged for the No. 1 spot, was idle. Speaking of the Big Ten, one of…

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Mitchell Leff / Getty, Zack Beeker / Getty, Mike Carlson / GettyThis article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices, teams, franchises and much more.Throughout 2025, you have seen more than 100 executives across the four biggest North American leagues weigh in on the most-respected front offices in their respective sports.The Athletic’s reporters not only got these executives to rank their peers, but also weigh in with a range of observations — mostly admiring, always candid. Now it’s your chance to pick the Ultimate Front…

Chicago Bears cornerback Chauncey Gardner-Johnson and the rest of the defense wanted to prove a point to Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders during Sunday’s 31-3 victory. Chicago made it miserable on the fifth-round pick in his fourth NFL start, forcing Sanders into three interceptions and notching five sacks during his worst outing of the season.”It’s about time he ran into some problems,” Gardner-Johnson said, via the Chicago Sun-Times. “He’s a great young player. They’re a great young group that’s playing hard, physical. He’s just going against a lot of vets that have something to play for. Sometimes you gotta teach…

December can be a boring month in the NHL. Opening-night optimism is a faded memory, the deadline is still months away, the playoff picture is jumbled and not much is happening.And then, every once in a while, we get a day like Friday.We got one of the biggest midseason blockbusters in years, with the Quinn Hughes trade to the Minnesota Wild. We got the long-awaited Edmonton Oilers goalie trade, with Tristan Jarry coming over from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Oh, and before those two deals dropped, we also found out that the Sabres might be on the verge of a front-office…

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.Good morning! I hope you don’t run into your nemesis today. Coming up:  🏈 Big-name NFL teams eliminated from the postseason.  🏐 Volleyball juggernaut toppled.  🙅‍♂️ Alabama coach says no to suitors. 🗳️ Vote on front-office rankings. Goodbyes: It’s holiday cleanout time in the NFLToday is Dec. 15, which means it is a prime hour to clean. Maybe you’re clearing out old clutter toys to make room for new ones at Christmas. Maybe you’re getting an early start…