Today’s newsletter has everything you need to know ahead of tonight’s 8:20 p.m. ET Thursday Night Football season-opener between the much-improved Detroit Lions and defending champ Kansas City Chiefs

True to form, the first two weeks of the men’s soccer season have been utter pandemonium.

Later this month, executives from both pro tennis leagues will meet in London for a two-day summit about the possibility of a united tour.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) finally fired embattled Spanish women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda yesterday, bringing his tumultuous tenure to an end.

The telecoms company — which operates under Spectrum’s umbrella — removed Disney and ESPN programming last Thursday due to an ongoing carriage dispute.

And just like that, the US Open semis are halfway set after a whirlwind few days in the Big Apple.

One more conference realignment domino fell Friday morning, as the presidents of ACC schools voted 12-3 to add Stanford and Cal from the Pac-12 and SMU from the AAC beginning in August 2024.

Tomorrow’s Labour Day, a day originally established for workers to campaign for better labor conditions and pay.

After a few early season tasters, today’s the main course, so we’re tackling everything you need to know before the 2023–24 NCAA season fully kicks off.

The last sport to jump into the NCAA’s fall pool is water polo, where the mostly Californian crews will beat eggs through early December.

The aforementioned GOAT may not be headlining this year’s US Open, but the final tennis major of 2023 is already seeing some GOAT–level numbers.

ICYMI: Nebraska women’s volleyball played in front of a rowdy crowd of 92,003 people on Wednesday, the largest attendance ever for a women’s sporting event.