1. Dallas Wings and Golden State Valkyries players in Game 2 of their WNBA playoff series
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    Games to Watch — Friday, October 2: Wings-Valkyries win-or-go-home Game 3

    Dallas Wings at Golden State Valkyries is a win-or-go-home WNBA playoff Game 3 tonight on ESPN2, with Golden State favored by 6.5. The NHL also opens its season, headlined by Rangers at Red Wings on TNT.

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  2. Braves and Phillies play Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series
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    Games to Watch — Thursday, October 1: Phillies-Braves Game 3 decides the NL Wild Card

    Braves host Phillies in a winner-take-all Game 3 for the NL Wild Card. Fever-Aces also play a deciding Game 3, and the NHL opens its season tonight.

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  3. Yankees celebrate after Game 1 win over the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Series
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    Games to Watch — Wednesday, September 30: Red Sox face elimination at Yankee Stadium

    All four MLB Wild Card series are 1-0 heading into Game 2, with Red Sox-Yankees (8pm ET) the marquee. Braves, Astros and Padres also play with a chance to close it out tonight.

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  4. Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces players during a WNBA playoff game
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    Games to Watch — Tuesday, September 29: Fever face elimination as MLB's Wild Card round opens

    Fever host Aces in a win-or-go-home Game 2 (6:30pm ET, Fever -1.5), while MLB opens the Wild Card round with Red Sox at Yankees and three other series.

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  5. Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears ahead of their Monday Night Football matchup at Soldier Field
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    Games to Watch — Monday, September 28: Eagles at Bears on Monday Night Football

    The 2-0 Eagles visit the 1-1 Bears on Monday Night Football at 8:15 PM ET on ESPN/ABC. Philadelphia is a 3.5-point favorite with Caleb Williams ruled out for Chicago. It is the only game on today's slate.

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  6. ESPN graphic previewing the 2026 WNBA playoffs
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    Games to Watch — Sunday, September 27: WNBA playoffs begin, Fever visit the Aces

    Game 1 of Fever at Aces tips at 4 p.m. ET on ABC with Las Vegas a 3.5-point favorite at DraftKings. Liberty at Lynx opens the WNBA playoffs at 2 p.m., Ravens and Cowboys play in Rio at 4:25 p.m., and all 30 MLB teams play game 162.

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  7. ESPN MLB playoff race illustration
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    Games to Watch — Saturday, September 26: Rays at Phillies, AL West and AL Central races

    Rays at Phillies (7:15 PM ET, FOX) is a pick'em on the moneyline as Philadelphia defends a one-game lead for the final NL wild card over Arizona, which plays San Diego at 8:40 PM ET. Texas and Houston, tied at 79-81, both play for the AL West.

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  8. Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, where the Cubs and Red Sox play a doubleheader
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    Games to Watch — Friday, September 25: Cubs and Red Sox Play Two at Fenway

    The Cubs and Red Sox play a weather-shifted doubleheader at Fenway (1:05 and 6 p.m. ET), with the Cubs favored in both. Rays at Phillies and Diamondbacks at Padres shape the NL wild card order, and Tarik Skubal pitches for the Dodgers in San Francisco.

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  9. Split image of the Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers ahead of Thursday Night Football
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    Games to Watch — Thursday, September 24: Falcons at Packers on TNF, Rays visit the Yankees

    Michael Penix Jr. returns as the Falcons visit the Packers on Thursday Night Football (8:15 PM ET, Packers -4.5). Paul Skenes opens the day at 12:35 PM ET, the Rays visit the Yankees, and the Padres play the Dodgers with an NL wild-card spot at stake.

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  10. Boston Red Sox players and staff pose on the field at Tropicana Field in postseason clinch shirts
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    Games to Watch — Wednesday, September 23: Guardians at Red Sox, Rays at Yankees

    The Guardians, one game up in the AL Central, visit Fenway on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET with Boston a -137 favorite. The Rays play the Yankees on Prime Video at 7:05, and the Padres visit the Dodgers at 10:10.

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  11. Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees game graphic, September 22, 2026
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    Games to Watch — Tuesday, September 22: Rays-Yankees doubleheader, Padres at Dodgers, Lynx at Fever

    Tampa Bay needs one win at Yankee Stadium to clinch the AL East, with Game 1 at 1:05 PM ET and Max Fried vs. Drew Rasmussen in the 7:05 PM nightcap on TBS (Yankees -132). Also on the slate: Padres at Dodgers at 10:10 PM and Lynx at Fever at 8 PM on ESPN.

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  12. New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams Monday Night Football matchup graphic
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    Games to Watch — Monday, September 21: Giants at Rams on Monday Night Football, WNBA doubleheader

    The 1-0 Giants visit the 0-1 Rams on Monday Night Football at 8:15 ET, with Los Angeles a 6.5-point favorite. The Dream visit the Liberty at 8 ET and the Wings play at Phoenix at 10 ET.

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