College Football, NASCAR Playoffs, US Open Tennis, EPL & More

College football’s first full Saturday of the season, NASCAR’s playoffs rev up, IndyCar’s season winds down and more sports to watch for the Labor Day weekend and beyond.

Thursday, August 31

WNBA Basketball
Prime Video, beginning at 7/6c
Prime Video continues its exclusive live coverage of the WNBA with tonight’s doubleheader featuring the Phoenix Mercury at the Connecticut Sun and the Washington Mystics at the Las Vegas Aces.

College Football
ESPN & Fox, beginning at 8/7c
College football’s kickoff week continues tonight with Florida at Utah in a nonconference clash on ESPN and Nebraska at Minnesota in a Big Ten matchup on Fox.

Friday, September 1

English Premier League Soccer: Luton Town vs. West Ham United
USA Network, 12:10/11:10a c
Luton Town takes on West Ham United at Kenilworth Road in matchround four of the Premier League.

Saturday, September 2

English Premier League Soccer
USA Network & NBC, beginning at 7:30a/6:30a c
In matchround four of the Premier League, Sheffield United is up against Everton at Bramall Lane and Chelsea is up against Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge on USA Network. On NBC (12:30/11:30a c), Brighton & Hove Albion contests Newcastle United at Amex Stadium.

College Football
ABC, CBS, ESPN, Fox & NBC, beginning at noon/11a
College football’s opening week continues with a full slate of Saturday games highlighted by Virginia at Tennessee (noon/11ac, ABC), Colorado at TCU featuring Deion Sanders‘ first game as Colorado head coach (noon/11ac, Fox), Ohio State at Indiana (3:30/2:30c, CBS), New Mexico at Texas A&M (7/6c, ESPN), North Carolina at South Carolina (7:30/6:30c, ABC), West Virginia at Penn State (7:30/6:30c, NBC) and Texas Tech at Wyoming (7:30/6:30c, CBS).

MLB Baseball
Fox, 7/6c
Saturday’s regional MLB game on Fox has either the Minnesota Twins at the Texas Rangers or the Philadelphia Phillies at the Milwaukee Brewers.

Sunday, September 3

English Premier League Soccer
USA Network & NBC, beginning at 9a/8a c
Liverpool is up against Aston Villa at Anfield in matchround four of the Premier League on USA Network. On NBC (11:30a/10:30a c), Arsenal takes on Manchester United at Emirates Stadium.

College Football
ABC & CBS, beginning at noon/11a c
Before the NFL takes over Sunday next week, enjoy a trio of college games today beginning on CBS with Northwestern at Rutgers (noon/11a c) and Oregon State at San Jose State (3:30/2:30c). Tonight on ABC (7:30/6:30c), LSU faces Florida State in the Camping World Kickoff in Orlando, Florida.

NTT IndyCar Series: Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland
NBC, 3/2c
The penultimate race of the NTT IndyCar Series season takes place at Portland International Raceway as Alex Palou, Scott Dixon and Josef Newgarden continue to chase the championship.

NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out Southern 500
USA Network, 6/5c
The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Round of 16 begins tonight at South Carolina’s Darlington Raceway for the Cook Out Southern 500.

Monday, September 4

College Football: Clemson at Duke
ESPN, 8/7c
The NFL’s Monday Night Football season doesn’t kick off until next week, but college football fans can catch the Clemson Tigers at the Duke Blue Devils tonight on ESPN from Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

MLB Baseball: Baltimore at L.A. Angels
FS1, 9:30/8:30c
Anthony Santander and the Baltimore Orioles begin a three-game series vs. Shohei Ohtani and the L.A. Angels in Anaheim, California.

Thursday, September 7

Tennis: US Open: Women’s Singles Semifinals
ESPN, 7/6c
The four remaining women’s singles players compete at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York, to advance to Saturday’s final match.

WNBA Basketball: Los Angeles at New York
Prime Video, 7/6c
Prime Video’s final exclusive live WNBA broadcast of this season sees the L.A. Sparks traveling to Barclays Center in Brooklyn to take on the N.Y. Liberty.

NFL Football: Detroit at Kansas City
NBC, 8:15/7:15c
The NFL regular season kicks off on NBC with Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Super Bowl LVII champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Detroit Lions in a primetime spectacular.