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Australian Rules Football
AFL — Women’s
Round 6
Gold Coast Suns vs. Essendon Bombers — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 p.m.
Sydney Swans vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight
Fremantle Dockers vs. Hawthorn Hawks — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 a.m. (Sunday)

Boxing
Top Rank Boxing
Featherweights, M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Nick Ball vs. Ronny Rios — ESPN+, 2 p.m.

Bundesliga
Matchday 6
1. FC Union Berlin vs. Borussia Dortmund — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. Holstein Kiel — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.
SV Werder Bremen vs. Sport-Club Freiburg — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.
VfL Bochum 1848 vs. VfL Wolfsburg — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.
FC St. Pauli vs. 1 FSV Mainz 05 — ESPN+, 12:20 p.m.

Goal Arena-The Bundesliga Konferenz — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.

CFL
Week 18
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Edmonton Elks — TSN1/CFL+, 7 p.m.

CFL on TSN Pre-Game — TSN1, 6:30 p.m.

College Football
Week 6
Gulf Coast Challenge
HBCU Game, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
Alabama A&M vs. Jackson State — ESPN+, 5 p.m.

Missouri at Texas A&M — ABC, noon
Boston College at Virginia — ACC Network, noon
Purdue at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, noon
Navy at Air Force — CBS, noon
UMass at Northern Illinois — CBS Sports Network, noon
SMU at Louisville — ESPN, noon
Pittsburgh at North Carolina — ESPN2, noon
Army at Tulsa — ESPNU, noon
Bryant at Brown — ESPN+, noon
Central Connecticut State at Yale — ESPN+, noon
Princeton at Columbia — ESPN+, noon
UCLA at Penn State — Fox, noon
Wake Forest at North Carolina State — The CW, noon
Albany at Cornell — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Drake at Valparaiso — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Holy Cross at Colgate — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Lafayette at Fordham — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Lincoln (PA) at Morgan State — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Marist at Davidson — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Saint Francis at Delaware State — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Tulane at UAB — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Morehead State at Butler — FloSports, 1 p.m.
Delaware at Monmouth — NBC Sports Philadelphia/FloSports, 1 p.m.
Penn at Dartmouth — NESN/ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Norfolk State at Sacred Heart — SNY, 1 p.m.
Wagner at Stonehill — YES/SportsNet Pittsburgh/ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Austin Peay at West Georgia — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Furman at The Citadel — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Tennessee-Martin — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Indiana State at Youngstown State — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Tennessee State at Lindenwood — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Western Michigan at Ball State — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
North Carolina A&T at Richmond — FloSports, 2 p.m.
URI at Hampton — FloSports, 2 p.m.
Stetson at St. Thomas — WFTC/Summit League Network, 2 p.m.
South Carolina State at Tennessee Tech — ESPN+, 2:30 p.m.
Wofford at Western Carolina — ESPN+, 2:30 p.m.
Florida A&M at Alabama State — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
South Dakota at Murray State — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Southeast Missouri at Eastern Illinois — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Virginia Military Institute at Samford — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Weber State at Montana — Montana Television Network/ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Alcorn State — HBCU Go, 3 p.m.
Auburn at Georgia — ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Stanford — ACC Network, 3:30 p.m.
Indiana at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.
Iowa at Ohio State — CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Temple at UConn — CBS Sports Network, 3:30 p.m.
Mississippi at South Carolina — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Appalachian State at Marshall — ESPN+, 3:30 p.m.
Bowling Green at Akron — ESPN+, 3:30 p.m.
Miami (OH) at Toledo — ESPN+, 3:30 p.m.
Tennessee-Chattanooga at East Tennessee State — ESPN+, 3:30 p.m.
Villanova at Stony Brook — FloSports, 3:30 p.m.
North Dakota at North Dakota State — WDAY/WDAZ/Midco Sports/ESPN+, 3:30 p.m.
West Virginia at Oklahoma State — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Cal-Davis at Portland State — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Presbyterian at San Diego — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Western Illinois at Charleston Southern — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
North Carolina Central at Campbell — FloSports, 4 p.m.
Rutgers at Nebraska — FS1, 4 p.m.
Northern Colorado at Montana State — Montana Television Network/ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Alabama at Vanderbilt — SEC Network, 4:15 p.m.
South Dakota State at Northern Iowa — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Utah Tech at North Alabama — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Northern Arizona at Idaho — SWX Sports/ESPN+, 5 p.m.
William & Mary at Towson — Monumental Sports Network/FloSports, 6 p.m.
Colorado State at Oregon State — The CW, 6:30 p.m.
Clemson at Florida State — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
James Madison at Louisiana-Monroe — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Illinois State at Southern Illinois — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Louisiana at Southern Mississippi — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
McNeese at Houston Christian — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Prairie View A&M at Incarnate Word — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
South Alabama at Arkansas State — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M-Commerce at Southeastern Louisiana — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Utah State at Boise State — FS2, 7 p.m.
Tennessee at Arkanas — ABC, 7:30 p.m.
USC at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
Baylor at Iowa State — Fox, 7:30 p.m.
Michigan at Washington — NBC/Peacock, 7:30 p.m.
Nevada at San José State — truTV/Max, 7:30 p.m.
Central Florida at Florida — SEC Network, 7:45 p.m.
Duke at Georgia Tech — ACC Network, 8 p.m.
Hawai’i at San Diego State — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Kansas at Arizona State — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Idaho State at Cal Poly — ESPN+, 8 p.m.
Northwestern State at Stephen F. Austin — ESPN+, 8 p.m.
Tarleton at Southern Utah — ESPN+, 8 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Cal — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at Arizona — Fox, 11 p.m.

 

College Volleyball
Women’s
Hawai’i at Long Beach State — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Minnesota at USC — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.

EFL Championship
Matchday 9
Burnley vs. Preston North End — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 7:30 a.m.

EFL League One
Matchday 10
Wrexham vs. Northampton — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 10 a.m.

CBS Sports Golazo Matchday — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 9;30 a.m.

English Premier League
Matchweek 7
Announcers — World Feed: Jon Champion/Matt Holland
Crystal Palace vs. Liverpool — USA Network/Universo, 7:25 a.m.

Announcers — World Feed: Tony Jones/Tony Gayle
West Ham United vs. Ipswich Town — USA Network/Universo, 9:55 a.m.

Announcers — World Feed: Bill Leslie/Matt Upson
Arsenal vs. Southampton — Peacock, 10 a.m.

Announcers — World Feed: Rob Palmer/Glenn Murray
Brentford vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers — Peacock, 10 a.m.

Announcers — World Feed: Rob Jones/Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
Leicester City vs. Bournemouth — Peacock, 10 a.m.

Announcers — World Feed: David Stowell/Michael Brown
Manchester City vs. Fulham — Peacock, 10 a.m.

Announcers — NBC/Peacock: Peter Drury/Lee Dixon
Everton vs. Newcastle United — Universo, 12:25 p.m.//NBC/Peacock, 12:30 p.m.

Announcers: Rebecca Lowe/Robbie Earle/Gary Neville
Premier League Mornings — USA Network, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — USA Network/Peacock, 9:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — USA Network/Peacock, noon
Goal Zone — NBC/Peacock, 2:30 p.m.

La Liga Premier Extra — Universo, 7 a.m.
La Liga Premier Extra — Universo, 9:30 a.m.
Goal Rush — Peacock, 10 a.m.
La Liga Premier Extra — Universo, noon

Golf
DP World Tour
Alfred Dunhill Links Championships, St Andrews (Old Course), St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Korn Ferry Tour
Korn Ferry Tour Championship, French Lick Golf Resort (Pete Dye Course), French Lick, IN
3rd Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour Champions
Furyk & Friends, Timuquana Country Club, Jacksonville, FL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour
Sanderson Farms Championship, The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, MS
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

The R&A/Augusta National
Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, Taiheiyo Club (Gotemba Course), Gotemba, Shizuoka
Final Round — ESPN+, 11 p.m.
Final Round — ESPN2, 3 a.m. (Sunday)

Golf Central — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

LaLiga
Matchday 9
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs. Mallorca — ESPN Deportes/ESPN+, 7:55 a.m.
Getafe CF vs. Osasuna — ESPN Deportes/ESPN+, 10 a.m.
Las Palmas vs. Celta de Vigo — ESPN Deportes/ESPN+, 12:15 p.m.
Real Valladolid vs. Rayo Vallecano — ESPN Deportes/ESPN+, 2:30 p.m.

Ligue 1
Round 7
AS Saint-Étienne vs. AJ Auxerre — beIN Sports/beIN Sports en Español, 10:50 a.m.
LOSC Lille vs. Toulouse — beIN Sports/beIN Sports en Español, 12:55 p.m.
Stade Rennais vs. AS Monaco — beIN Sports/beIN Sports en Español, 2:55 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 307
Pereira vs. Rountree, Jr., Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Prelims — ESPNews, 8 p.m.
Main Card — ESPN+ pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC 307 Post Show: Pereira vs. Rountree, Jr. — ESPN+, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLB Postseason
League Division Series
American League
Game 1, Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH
Announcers: Brian Anderson/Jeff Francoeur//Lauren Jbara
Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians — TBS/truTV/Max, 1:08 p.m.

Announcers: Lauren Shehadi/Dusty Baker/Curtis Granderson/Pedro Martinez/Jimmy Rollins
MLB on TBS Leadoff — TBS/truTV/Max, noon

National League
Game 1, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA
Announcers: Adam Amin/A.J. Pierzynski/Adam Wainwright//Tom Verducci
New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies — Fox, 4:08 p.m.

Announcers: Matt Vasgersian/Derek Jeter/David Ortiz/Alex Rodrguez
MLB on Fox Pregame — Fox, 3:30 p.m.
MLB on Fox Postgame — Fox, 7 p.m.

American League
Game 1, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, NY
Announcers: Bob Costas/Ron Darling//JP Morosi
Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees — TBS/Max, 6:38 p.m.

Announcers: Lauren Shehadi/Dusty Baker/Curtis Granderson/Pedro Martinez/Jimmy Rollins
MLB on TBS Closer — TBS/Max, 9:30 p.m.

National League
Game 1, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Announcers: Joe Davis/John Smoltz//Ken Rosenthal
San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers — FS1, 8:38 p.m.

Announcers: Matt Vasgersian/Derek Jeter/David Ortiz/Alex Rodrguez
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 8 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Postgame — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB esta semana — UniMás, 5:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 9:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

MLS
Matchday 37
MLS Season Pass — Subscription Required
Announcers — English: Keith Costigan/Maurice Edu//Spanish: Bruno Vain/Andrés Agulla
Toronto FC vs. Inter Miami — Apple TV+, 4 p.m.

Announcers — English: Tony Husband/Ross Smith//Spanish: Alejandro Figueredo/Eduardo Biscayart
Atlanta United vs. New York Red Bulls — Apple TV+, 7:30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Neil Sika/Lloyd Sam//Spanish: José Bauz/Diego Tabares//French: Frédéric Lord/Vincent Destouches
Charlotte FC vs. Montréal Impact — Apple TV+, 7;30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Steve Cangialosi/Danny Higginbotham//Spanish: Pablo Ramírez/Jesús Bracamontes
Columbus Crew vs. Philadelphia Union — Apple TV+, 7:30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Jake Zivin/Taylor Twellman//Spanish: Diego Pessolano/Daniel Chapela
FC Cincinnati vs. Orlando City SC — Apple TV+, 7:30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Chris Wittyngham/Lori Lindsey//Spanish: Jesús Acosta/Carlos Suárez
New England Revolution vs. D.C. United — Apple TV+, 7:30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Blake Price/Paul Dolan//Spanish: Francisco X. Rivera/Diego Arrioja
Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Minnesota United — Apple TV+, 7:30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Mark Rogondino/Heath Pearce//Spanish: Oscar Salazar/Jaime Macías
Sporting Kansas City vs. LAFC — Apple TV+, 8:30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Eric Krakauer/Calen Carr//Spanish: Sergio Ruiz/Walter Roque
St. Louis City SC vs. Houston Dynamo — Apple TV+, 8:30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Max Bretos/Brian Dunseth//Spanish: Jorge Pérez-Navarro/Marcelo Balboa
Colorado Rapids vs. Seattle Sounders — Apple TV+, 9:30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Tyler Terens/Kyndra de St. Aubin//Spanish: Raul Guzmán/Carlos Ruiz
LA Galaxy vs. Austin FC — Apple TV+, 10:30 p.m.

Announcers — English: Nate Bukaty/Devon Kerr//Spanish: Carlos Mauricio Ramírez/Martin Zuñiga
San José Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake — Apple TV+, 10:30 p.m.

Announcers: Kaylyn Kyle/Sacha Kljestan/Shep Messing/Bradley Wright-Phillips 
MLS Countdown — Apple TV+, 6:30 p.m.

Announcers: Antonella Gonzalez/Miguel Gallardo/Nacho Piatti
MLS La Previa — Apple TV+, 6:30 p.m.

Announcers: Kevin Egan/Kaylyn Kyle/Sacha Kljestan/Bradley Wright-Phillips
MLS 360 — Apple TV+, 7:30 p.m.

Announcers: Tony Cherchi/Miguel Gallardo/Nacho Piatti
MLS 360 en Español — Apple TV+, 7:30 p.m.

Announcers: Kevin Egan/Sacha Kljestan/Shep Messing/Bradley Wright-Phillips
MLS Wrap-Up — Apple TV+, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Announcers: Antonella Gonzalez/Miguel Gallardo/Nacho Piatti
MLS El Resumen — Apple TV+, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

NASCAR
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
United Rentals 250, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
Announcers: Rick Allen/Jeff Burton/Steve Letarte//Dave Burns//Kim Coon//Marty Snider
Qualifying — NBCSports.com/NBC Sports app, noon
Qualifying — USA Network/NBCSports.com/NBC Sports app, 12:30 p.m.
Race — The CW, 4 p.m.

NASCAR Countdown Live — The CW, 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Round of 12
YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
Qualifying — USA Network, 1:30 p.m.

NASCAR Cup Series: Victory Lane Review-Kansas — USA Network, 1:30 p.m.

NBA Preseason
Golden State vs. Los Angeles Clippers (at Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI) — NBA TV/NBC Sports Bay Area/KTLA, 7 p.m.

NFL
NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
The Breakdown with Peyton and Belichick — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m.
NFL GameDay View — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
Inside the NFL: Week 4 — NFL Network, 11 a.m.
NFL Special-Flag Football — NBC, 3 p.m.
NFL Films Presents: The Beauty of Football — NFL Network, 3 p.m.

NHL
NHL Global Series Czechia
Game 2, O2 Arena, Prague, Czechia
Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey Devils — Sportsnet/NHL Network/MSG Western New York/MSG SportsNet, 10 a.m.

NHL Preseason
Boston at Washington — NHL Network/NESN/Monumental Sports Network, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto — TSN4, 7 p.m.
Florida at Los Angeles — KCAL, 7 p.m.
Montréal at Ottawa — RDS/TSN5, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago — NHL Network/Chicago Sports Network, 8 p.m.
San José at Vegas — Scripps Sports, 10 p.m.

NWSL
Matchday 23
North Carolina Courage vs. San Diego Wave — NWSL+, 7 p.m.
Gotham FC vs. Bay FC — Ion, 7:30 p.m.
Racing Louisville vs. Kansas City Current — NWSL+, 7:30 p.m.
Portland Thorns vs. Utah Royals — Ion, 10 p.m.

Pickleball
PPA Tour
Virginia Beach Cup, Pickleball Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.

Serie A
Matchday 7
Udinese Calcio vs. Lecce — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m.
Atalanta vs. Genoa — CBS Sports Golazo Network, noon
Inter Milan vs. Torino — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 2:45 p.m.
Juventus vs. Cagliari — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 6:30 a.m. (Sunday)

CBS Sports Golazo Matchday — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 2 p.m.

Soccer
Misión Europa — Univision/TUDN, 2 p.m.
Scoreline — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 5 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Scoreline — CBS Sports Golazo Network,  9 p.m.
Línea de cuatro — TUDN, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Tennis
Courtside Live: Communist China Open Finals (WTA Tour)/Shanghai Masters (ATP Tour) — Tennis Channel, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

USL Championship
Matchday 33
Indy Eleven vs. Louisville City — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 7 p.m.