Wednesday, September 30, 2020

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 


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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 


Wednesday, September 23, 2020

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 

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

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 


Monday, September 21, 2020

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 


Thursday, September 17, 2020

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 


Tuesday, September 15, 2020

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 

Monday, September 14, 2020

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    

Thursday, September 10, 2020

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 

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

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) 

Monday, September 7, 2020

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 


Sunday, September 6, 2020

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  


Friday, September 4, 2020

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

Thursday, September 3, 2020

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      

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

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