October and November
The NBA season kicks off on Tuesday, October 22nd; the Premier Fighting League playoffs start on Friday, October 11th; and the Southeast Asian Games start on Saturday, November 30th


Mixed Martial Arts
Week ten of Dana White's Contender Series will be tomorrow, League Fighting Alliance 74 will be on Friday, and UFC Fight Night Shenzhen will be on Saturday


Looking ahead to Saturday, September 28th
A UFC Fight Night in Copenhagen, as well as a Bellator card that will start a 16-man Grand Prix tournament


If the WNBA Playoffs started tomorrow...
In the opening round, the 5-seed Chicago Sky would meet the 8-seed Phoenix Mercury, while the 6-seed Seattle Storm would meet the 7-seed Minnesota Lynx. In the second round, the 3-seed Los Angeles Sparks would meet the Sky/Mercury winner, while the 4-seed Las Vegas Aces would meet the Storm/Lynx winner. The top-seed Washington Mystics and second-seed Connecticut Sun would earn double-dyes to the league semifinals


Soccer- Italian Serie A today
Internazionale v. Lecce
*Internazionale: four straight 1-1 draws
*Lecce: coming off of 4-0 Coppa Italia win over Salernitana


WNBA Playoff Watch
After a league-wide off day today, there's a full slate of games tomorrow.
19-11 Las Vegas Aces @ Fever
13-15 Phoenix Mercury @ Liberty
16-10 Los Angeles Sparks @ 21-8 Washington Mystics
18-11 Chicago Sky @ 15-15 Minnesota Lynx
20-9 Connecticut Sun @ 15-14 Seattle Storm


Soccer- Irish Premier Division today
Dundalk v. UCD
*Dundalk first in division by four points (62-58) and looking for second straight win
*UCD -41 in goal differential, last in division


Soccer- French Ligue 1 tomorrow
Montpellier v. Lyon
*Lyon currently second in league standings


Soccer- U.S. Open Cup final tomorrow
Atlanta United v. Minnesota United
*Atlanta United looking for Open Cup/Campeones Cup double 


High School Softball
8-2 Chamblee (six straight wins) has three games this week: Riverwood today, Lithonia tomorrow and Miller Grove on Thursday

1-1 Drew Charter will be in action tomorrow against Galloway

Lakeside-DeKalb's varsity team will have two games this week: Tucker today and Columbia on Wednesday. Lakeside-DeKalb's JV team will be in action today against Decatur


NCAA JV Men's Soccer
Young Harris will open their season on Saturday against the Georgia Storm


High School Soccer
The Cottage School will have their season- and conference-opening contest on Friday against Atlanta Area


NCAA Women's Ice Hockey
Liberty University's D1 club team will open their season on Saturday against the Hamilton Hawks


NCAA Men's Soccer
Young Harris will close their preseason schedule with two games this week: Anderson-South Carolina tomorrow and Florida Tech on Friday


High School Volleyball
The Cottage School will have two non-conference contests this week: Atlanta Jewish Academy tomorrow and Brandon Hall on Thursday


Tennis
The U.S. Open starts up today in both men's and women's competition


Men's Basketball
The FIBA World Cup will start on Saturday


NCAA Women's Soccer
Young Harris will close preseason competition on Thursday against the CSA Impact