NWSL Fall Series today

Portland Thorns v. OL Reign, 10p Eastern 

WNBA Playoffs

Aces v. Storm in the finals 

MLB Playoffs

The Braves are a win away from the divisional round after taking down the Reds 1-0 in thirteen innings 

English FA Cup 2020-21

The second of four qualifying rounds will take place Saturday through Monday 

UEFA Champions League Qualifying

Dynamo Kiev, FC Midtjylland, Ferencvaros, Krasnodar, Olympiakos and Red Bull Salzburg fill the final qualifier spots for the group stage, which will begin on October 20th. The group stage draw will be tomorrow 

English Carabao Cup 2020-21

Everton, Manchester City, Manchester United and Newcastle United join Tottenham in the quarterfinals, which will be held in December 

UFC Fantasy Matchmaking

Men's Featherweight: Arnold Allen v. Calvin Kattar

Welterweight: Leon Edwards v. Colby Covington OR Stephen Thompson 

Women's Bantamweight: Aspen Ladd v. Holm/Aldana winner OR de Randamie/Pena winner

Men's Featherweight: Alexander Volkanovski v. Ortega/Chan Sung Jung winner OR Rodriguez/Magomedsharipov winner

Light Heavyweight: Jan Blachowicz v. Santos/Teixeira winner

Welterweight: Israel Adesanya v. Whittaker/Cannonier winner, assuming Cannonier wins

Welterweight: Jorge Masvidal v. Nate Diaz 2 OR Conor McGregor v. Nate Diaz 3

Lightweight: Donald Cerrone v. Clay Guida 

English Carabao Cup 2020-21

The second of four qualifying rounds will start on Saturday and conclude on Monday 

English EFL Trophy- games today

*Premier League teams -- U21 Academy teams

Colchester United v. West Ham

*Colchester United 0-1, West Ham 1-0 

Crewe Alexandra v. Newcastle United

*Crewe Alexandra 1-0, Newcastle United 0-1 

Scunthorpe United v. Manchester City

*Scunthorpe United 0-1, Man City 1-0 

Tranmere Rovers v. Liverpool

*Both teams 0-1 in their group 

Walsall v. Chelsea

*Walsall 1-0, Chelsea 0-1 

Rochdale v. Manchester United

*Both teams 1-0 in their group 

Salford City v. Morecambe 

*Both teams 0-1 in their group 

Irish Premier Division today

Sligo Rovers v. Derry City 

UEFA Champions League Qualifying- Second Leg 

*All three games today at 3p Eastern

Dynamo Kiev and Olympiakos both have one foot in the group stage after leg one 

English Carabao Cup- Round of 16

Tottenham v. Chelsea, 2:45p Eastern on ESPN+ 

La Liga today

Real Sociedad v. Valencia, 1p Eastern

Getafe v. Real Betis, 3:30p Eastern 

NBA Finals- Game 1

Lakers v. Heat, 9p Eastern tomorrow on ABC 

MLB Playoffs today- American League First Round

Astros v. Twins, 2p Eastern on ABC

White Sox v. Athletics, 3p Eastern on ESPN

Blue Jays v. Rays, 5p Eastern on TBS

Yankees v. Indians, 7p Eastern on ESPN 

WNBA Playoffs today

Las Vegas Aces v. Connecticut Sun, 7:30p Eastern on ESPN2

Winner will face the Seattle Storm in the WNBA Finals 

English Carabao Cup 2020-21
Scores today- third round

Fulham def. Sheffield Wednesday 2-0

Burnley def. Millwall 2-0

Brighton & Hove Albion def. Preston North End 2-0 

Stoke City def. Gillingham 1-0 

Round of 32 -- Round of 16 (current)

Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley, Fulham, Manchester United, Newport County, Stoke City and West Ham 

English Carabao Cup: Third Round (Round of 32)

Scores today

Newport County def. Watford 3-1

Brentford def. West Brom on penalties

West Ham def. Hull City 5-1

Manchester United def. Luton Town 3-0 (Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood) 

Leyton Orient-Tottenham postponed 

Round of 32 -- Round of 16 (current)

Brentford, Manchester United, Newport County and West Ham 

2020-21 English FA Cup

First Qualifying Round -- Second Qualifying Round (current)

Ashton United, Atherton Collieries, Brentwood Town, Carshalton Athletic, Consett, FC United of Manchester, Harrow Borough, Hashtag United, Hitchin Town, Hyde United, Lancaster City, Longridge Town, Marine, Marske United, Morpeth Town, Mossley, Prescot Cables, Radcliffe, Runcorn Linnets, Skelmersdale United, South Shields, Stalybridge Celtic, Tadcaster Albion, Warrington Rylands 1906 and Whitley Bay 

What starts tomorrow?

English Carabao Cup Round of 32

UEFA Champions League: Final qualifying stage, first legs 

Irish Premier Division 

Shamrock Rovers def. Waterford 6-1 

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

Leon v. UNAM, 10p Eastern 

Serie A Soccer

AC Milan def. Bologna 2-0 (Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored both goals) 

Premier League Soccer

Aston Villa def. Sheffield United 1-0 

Manchester City def. Wolverhampton 3-1

*Man City: Kevin de Bruyne, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus

*Wolverhampton: Raul Jimenez: I believe his second PL goal this season 

2020-21 English FA Cup
First Qualifying Round will begin on Monday with these games:

Hitchin Town v. Needham Market

Hashtag United v. Soham Town Rangers

New Salamis v. Brentwood Town

Beaconsfield Town v. Harrow Borough 

Carshalton Athletic v. Faversham Town

Major League Baseball

The Dodgers have clinched an eighth straight postseason spot 

Soccer

All six Bundesliga games on Saturday will stream live on ESPN+ 

Mixed Martial Arts

The UFC will restart their Fight Island stay starting with UFC 253 next weekend and finishing with UFC 254 on October 24th 

Michael Chandler has signed with UFC from Bellator and will be the backup for the Khabib v. Gaethje UFC lightweight title fight on October 24th. Chandler is 21-5 with nine wins by KO/TKO and another seven by submission    

2020-21 English Carabao Cup 

Second Round scores today

Burnley def. Sheffield United 5-4 on penalties

Stoke City def. Wolverhampton 1-0 

Brighton & Hove Albion def. Portsmouth 4-0 

Second Round -- Third Round (complete) 

Aston Villa, Barnsley, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol City, Burnley, Everton, Fleetwood Town, Fulham, Gillingham, Hull City, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Luton Town, Millwall, Morecambe, Newcastle United, Newport County, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City, Watford, West Bromwich Albion and West Ham  

Third Round (Round of 32) next week

Bristol City v. Aston Villa

Chelsea v. Barnsley

Preston North End v. Brighton & Hove Albion  

Fleetwood Town v. Everton

Fulham v. Sheffield Wednesday

Leicester City v. Arsenal

Leyton Orient v. Tottenham

Manchester City v. Bournemouth 

Millwall v. Burnley 

Morecambe v. Newcastle United

Newport County v. Watford

Luton Town v. Manchester United

West Bromwich Albion v. Brentford

West Ham v. Hull City 

Stoke City v. Gillingham 

Lincoln City v. Liverpool 

2020-21 English Carabao Cup

Second Round -- Third Round (current) 

Aston Villa, Barnsley, Bournemouth, Brentford, Bristol City, Everton, Fleetwood Town, Fulham, Gillingham, Hull City, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Luton Town, Millwall, Morecambe, Newcastle United, Newport County, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford, West Bromwich Albion and West Ham   

Third Round/Round of 32 Matches 

Bristol City v. Aston Villa 

Chelsea v. Barnsley 

Fleetwood Town v. Everton

Fulham v. Sheffield Wednesday 

Leicester City v. Arsenal 

Leyton Orient v. Tottenham 

Manchester City v. Bournemouth 

Morecambe v. Newcastle United 

Newport County v. Watford 

Luton Town v. Manchester United 

West Bromwich Albion v. Brentford 

West Ham v. Hull City 

Lincoln City v. Liverpool 

WNBA Playoffs

Quarterfinal matchups today

Lynx v. Mercury, 7p Eastern on ESPN2

Sparks v. Sun, 9p Eastern on ESPN2 

English Carabao Cup- Third Round matches next week 

Lincoln City v. Liverpool 

Chelsea v. Barnsley 

Leicester City v. Arsenal

Leyton Orient v. Tottenham 

Manchester City v. Bournemouth 

Morecambe v. Newcastle United 

Newport County v. Watford 

Luton Town v. Manchester United 

PGA Tour Golf

The U.S. Open will start on Thursday and run through Sunday 

Thursday Night Football

Cleveland Browns v. Cincinnati Bengals 

UEFA Champions League Qualifying

Dynamo Kiev, KAA Gent and PAOK move a step closer to the group stage 

English Carabao Cup

Aston Villa, Barnsley, Bournemouth, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Luton Town, Millwall, Morecambe, Newcastle United, Newport County, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford and West Ham advance to Round Three  

French Ligue 1

Montpellier def. Lyon 2-1

Was Jorge Masvidal the right choice for 2019 Fighter of the Year?

I'd've picked Israel Adesanya by inches over Masvidal:

*He defeated Anderson Silva by decision in February. Silva had previously held the middleweight belt for 2,457 days 

*Nine weekends later, he defeated Kelvin Gastelum in a Fight of the Year candidate in April for the interim middleweight belt. Keep in mind most training camps are twelve weeks long 

*He then stopped Robert Whittaker in October to become undisputed middleweight champion 

2019 Awards 

I'd give Adesanya Male Fighter of the Year

I'd give Masvidal Male Comeback of the Year and Male Knockout of the Year 

English Carabao Cup

Second Round Results

Barnsley def. Middlesbrough 2-0

Millwall def. Cheltenham Town 3-1

Luton Town def. Reading 1-0 

Second Round -- Third Round

Barnsley, Luton Town and Millwall

Third-Round Games

Chelsea v. Barnsley 

Leicester City v. Arsenal 

Luton Town v. Manchester United 

Mixed Martial Arts: Bellator

Starting on Thursday, October 1st, Bellator cards will move from Paramount Network to CBS Sports Network 

What's going on tomorrow?

Global Soccer

French Ligue 1

UEFA Champions League: Qualifying continues (Group-stage draw October 1st) 

English Carabao Cup: Second round starts

WNBA

Playoffs start tomorrow with the two first-round games 

NBA

Game 1 of the Heat-Celtics Eastern Conference finals

Game 7 of the Clippers-Nuggets Western Conference finals, with the winner facing the Lakers in the conference semis 

 2020-21 English FA Cup
Preliminary Round -- First Round Qualifying 

AFC Dunstable, AFC Mansfield, AFC Stoneham, AFC Sudbury, Ashford United, Ashton United, Aveley, Aylesbury United, Barking, Barnstaple Town, Baskingstoke Town, Bedfont Sports, Bedworth United, Belper Town, Bideford, Biggleswade, Binfield, Bishop Auckland, Bitton, Bootle, Bowers & Pitsea, Bracknell Town, Brantham Athletic, Brentwood Town, Bristol Manor Farm, Burgess Hill Town, Burnham, Bury Town, Cambridge City, Carlton Town, Carshalton Athletic, Canvey Island, Chalfont Saint Peter, Charnock Richard, Chasetown, Chatham Town, Chertsey Town, Chipstead, Christchurch, City of Liverpool, Cinderford Town, Cirencester Town, Clevedon Town, Coalville Town, Cobham, Coggleshall Town, Consett, Corinthian, Coventry Sphinx, Cowes Sports, Crawley Down Gatwick, Cray Valley Paper Mills, Cribbs, Daventry Town, Deal Town, Dereham Town, Dunstable Town, East Grinstead Town, Ely City, Erith & Belvedere, Evesham United, Fairford Town, Farnborough, Faversham Town, FC Clacton, Fisher, Frickley Athletic, Frimley Green, Frome Town, Grays Athletic, Halesowen Town, Hanley Town, Hanwell Town, Harlow Town, Hartley Whintney, Hashtag United, Hastings United, Haverhill Rovers, Haywards Heath Town, Highworth Town, Ilkeston Town, Kidlington, Kingstonian, Larkhall Athletic, Leek Town, Leighton Town, Leiston, Litherland REMYCA, Little Common, Longborough Dynamo, Long Eaton United, Long Melford, Longridge Town, Maldon & Tiptree, Marine, Marlow, Marske United, Matlock Town, Melksham Town, Mildenhall Town, Moneyfields, Mossley, Newark, New Salamis, Northwood, Pontefract Collieries, Potton United, Prescot Cables, Quorn, Ramsbottom United, Risborough Rangers, Royal Wootton Bassett Town, Royston Town, Runcorn Linnets, Runcorn Town, Saint Margaretsbury, Saltash United, Sheffield, Sheppey United, Shepton Mallet, Shifnal Town, Sholing, Skelmersdale United, Soham Town Rangers, Southall, South Park, Stalybridge Celtic, Staines Town, Stamford, Stansted, Steyning Town, Stockton Town, Stowmarket Town, Sunderland RCA, Sutton Common Rovers, Tadcaster Tadley Calleva, Albion, Tavistock, Tividale, Trafford, Turnbridge Wells, Waltham Abbey, Walthamstow, Wantage Town, Warrington Rylands 1906, Welwyn Garden City, West Allotment Celtic, West Auckland Town, West Bridgford, Westfields, Whitley Bay, Whyteleafe, Wimborne Town, Winchester City, Worcester City, Workington, Worksop Town and Wroxham    

2020-21 English Carabao Cup

Second-round matches will begin on Tuesday

Third Round matches 

Liverpool v. Bradford City/Lincoln City winner 

Leicester City v. Arsenal 

Chelsea v. Middlesbrough/Barnsley winner 

Manchester City v. Bournemouth/Crystal Palace winner 

Manchester United v. Reading/Luton Town winner 

2020-21 English FA Cup
Preliminary Round -- First Round Qualifying

Walkover Victories: Carlton Town, Haywards Heath Town, Litherland REMYCA, West Bridgford and Whitley Bay

2020-21 English FA Cup

Tournament Stages (italics indicates completed rounds)

Extra Preliminary Round -- Preliminary Round -- First Round Qualifying -- Second Round Qualifying -- Third Round Qualifying -- Fourth Round Qualifying -- First Round Proper -- Second Round Proper -- Third Round Proper/Round of 64 -- Fourth Round Proper/Round of 32 -- Fifth Round Proper/Round of 16 -- Quarterfinals -- Semifinals -- Finals 

English FA Cup

After the Extra Preliminary Round last week, the Preliminary Round will run Friday through Sunday and will start on Friday with New Salamis v. West Essex 

NBA News

With a game three win yesterday against Houston, LeBron James has set an NBA record with his 162nd career playoff win, passing Derek Fisher for most all-time 

NBA Playoffs

The Eastern Conference finals will see the Heat take on either the Celtics (3-2 lead in semifinal series) or the Raptors 

U.S. Open Tennis- Women's Singles

The first semifinal tomorrow will see Jennifer Brady (United States) taking on Naomi Osaka (Japan) 

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Potential Welterweight Bout: Neil Magny v. Michael Chiesa

What's in it for Magny? An opportunity to move into the top ten with a win.

What's in it for Chiesa? Well, he wanted Colby Covington- is he essentially a top-ten gatekeeper or is he worthy of higher-ranked opponents?

Potential Men's Featherweight Bout: Arnold Allen v. Calvin Kattar

What's in it for ninth-ranked Allen? An opportunity to defeat the sixth-ranked fighter and potentially call out a top-five opponent.

What's in it for sixth-ranked Kattar? With the top five booked, a paycheck opportunity; as well as an opportunity for more leverage to get a higher ranked opponent after defeating eleventh-ranked Ige and if he gets past ninth-ranked Allen 

UEFA Nations League- Standings

League A Group Leaders: Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain 

League B Group Leaders: Romania, Russia, Scotland and Wales

League C Group Leaders: Greece, Kazakhstan, Montenegro and North Macedonia 

League D Group Leaders: Faroe Islands and Gibraltar 

NHL Playoffs

The Stars have a 1-0 series lead in the Western Conference finals over the Golden Knights; the Lightning and Islanders will open their Eastern Conference finals series later today 

U.S. Open Tennis

Women's Singles Quarterfinals

Jennifer Brady (United States) v. Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan)

Naomi Osaka (Japan) v. Shelby Rogers (United States)

Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) v. Serena Williams (United States) 

Men's Singles Quarterfinals

Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) v. Denis Shapovalov (Canada)

Borna Coric (Croatia) v. Alexander Zverev (Germany)

Alex de Minaur (Australia) v. Dominic Thiem (Austria) 

Soccer- Irish Premier Division

Sligo Rovers def. Finn Harps 3-1 

UEFA Nations League- Scores

Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania and Scotland picked up wins today  

NBA News

LeBron James is now second all-time in career playoff three-pointers with 386 and counting. Stephen Curry is tops all-time with 470 

Soccer- Peruvian Primera Professional
UTC def. Sport Boys 2-1

Universitario def. Alianza Universidad 3-2 

English Carabao Cup

First round games yesterday and today saw Barnsley, Bradford City, Brentford, Cambridge United, Charlton Athletic, Cheltenham Town, Coventry City, Derby County, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Harrogate Town, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Luton Town, Millwall, Morecambe, Newport County, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic, Oxford United, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, Reading, Rochdale, Salford City and Sheffield Wednesday move into the second round

UEFA Nations League tomorrow

Kazakhstan v. Belarus

Albania v. Lithuania

Austria v. Romania

Bosnia-Herzegovina v. Poland

Czech Republic v. Scotland

Israel v. Slovakia

Netherlands v. Italy

Northern Ireland v. Norway  

Major League Soccer

After defeating FC Cincinnati 3-0 earlier today, the Columbus Crew have a five-point lead on Philadelphia for top spot in the Eastern Conference and a six-point lead on Sporting Kansas City in the race for the Supporters' Shield 

UEFA Nations League

Faroe Islands moves to 2-0 in Group D2 after defeating Andorra 1-0 earlier today

Finland, Greece, Russia, Slovenia, Spain and Wales also picked up wins  

What's next for UFC welterweight Neil Magny?

Michael Chiesa would be a fantastic opponent- they've both won three straight and Neil can crack the top ten with a win 

Who's on the UFC chopping block?

Robbie Lawler's lost four straight- most recently August of last year against Colby Covington in a bout he was thoroughly dominated in and last weekend against Neil Magny, where he lost by identical 30-27 scores

Probably Mark De La Rosa, who's lost four straight 

Hannah Cifers would be, as she's also lost four straight, but she has fought three times in four months

Ji Yeon Kim's probably not in danger- her last win was back in October- but she missed weight twice in her last three bouts 

What's next for UFC featherweight Arnold Allen?

I'd say Calvin Kattar- Allen is ninth-ranked and 7-0 in the UFC while Kattar is ranked sixth. 

Should Irene Aldana get a UFC bantamweight title shot if she defeats Holly Holm next month?

I'm going to say no, and here's why- the person she beat to kick off her current win streak (Vanessa Melo) was making her UFC debut. If she defeats Holly Holm (after knocking out Ketlen Vieira back in December) and then another top-five bantamweight, that should get her a title shot. 

English FA Cup 2020-21

Litherland REMYCA moves from the Preliminary Round to First Round Qualifying by walkover after their scheduled opponents Droylsden withdrew from the competition 

NHL Playoffs

The Lightning will take on either the Flyers or the Islanders in the Eastern Conference finals 

Both Western Conference semifinal series are heading to a seventh game

NBA Playoffs

The Lakers and Rockets will contest game one of their Western Conference semifinal series today. LeBron James is one game back of Derek Fisher for most playoff wins all-time 

The Bucks and Heat will contest game three of their Eastern Conference semifinal series today with the Heat leading 2-0 

The Clippers won their Western Conference semifinal series opener against the Nuggets by twenty-three points

The Celtics lead the Raptors 2-1 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series after Toronto took game three

2020-21 English FA Cup

AFC Stoneham, Albion Sports, Beckenham Town, Binfield, Bishop Auckland, Boston Town, Bottesford Town, Bootle, Carlton Town, Crook Town, Dunstable Town, Ely City, Flackwell Heath, Guildford City, Guisborough Town, Halstead Town, Hashtag United, Hassocks, Holbeach United, Hollands & Blair, Litherton REMYCA, Saint Margaretsbury, Saint Neots Town, Sherborne Town, Stansfeld, Stockton Town, Tavistock, West Auckland Town, West Essex and Willand Rovers advance from the Extra Prelim Round to the Prelim Round next weekend after winning yesterday

The Preliminary Round will start next Friday (Sep. 11) with ninth-tier Hashtag United facing eighth-tier Fellixstowe & Walton United

NBA Playoffs

The Western Conference semifinals are now set, with the Lakers meeting the Rockets and the Clippers tangling with the Nuggets      

Thursday, September 3rd

UEFA Nations League starts

Saturday, September 5th

Kentucky Derby- 5:42 pm Eastern

Thursday, September 10th

NFL Kickoff- Houston Texans v. Kansas City Chiefs

Saturday, September 12th

2020-21 Season Kickoff: Premier League/English League Championship

Thursday, October 1st

Group Stage Draw: UEFA Champions League

Tuesday, October 20th

UEFA Champions League Group Stage starts 

UEFA Nations League

Round-robin action will start tomorrow with games continuing through the weekend 

NBA Playoffs

The Western Conference semifinals are almost set- the Lakers will play either the Rockets or the Thunder while the Clippers will meet the Nuggets 

English FA Cup 2020-21 

AFC Bridgnorth, Ashington, Barnoldswick Town, Billingham Town, Charnock Richard, Colne, Congleton Town, Consett, Coventry Sphinx, Coventry United, Gresley Rovers, Hanley Town, Hebburn Town, Irlam, Knaresborough Town, Longridge Town, Marske United, Newcastle Benfield, Northwich Victoria, OJM Black Country, Runcorn Town, Silsden, Skelmersdale United, Sporting Khalsa, Squires Gate, Sunderland RCA, Thornaby, Tividale, Warrington Rylands 1906, West Allotment Celtic, Whitley Bay, Whythenshawe Amateurs, Woodford Town and Worcester City are just a sampling of the Extra Prelim Round winners. The extra prelims will conclude tomorrow