The morning line

EPL The marquee game is Nottingham Forest at Liverpool, where the reigning champs are heavy favorites at Anfield and will want a clean sheet to bounce back after an opening loss. Down in London, Newcastle United heads to Tottenham Hotspur looking for their first win of the season, and that one's tight enough on the board to go either way. Keep half an eye on Everton at AFC Bournemouth too, since Everton's undefeated start is on the line against a Bournemouth side playing at home.

MLB The marquee tilt tonight is Los Angeles Dodgers at Detroit Tigers, with the Dodgers' 80-54 record and playoff seeding on the line as they roll into Comerica Park against a Tigers club just trying to play spoiler down the stretch. Don't sleep on Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, a heated AL East scrap where either bullpen could blow it late, and Milwaukee Brewers at Texas Rangers features the best record in baseball trying to keep the heart of the order rolling on a getaway day. If the Yankees starter goes seven and hands it to a shaky pen, this could turn into a walk-off atmosphere in the Bronx by the ninth.

MLS The marquee game is FC Cincinnati at Nashville SC, where Nashville has quietly put together the best record in MLS and is chasing a clean sheet to keep that momentum going. Also worth a glance: Vancouver Whitecaps visiting Sporting Kansas City, a lopsided matchup on paper with Vancouver heavily favored on the road. And LAFC at D.C. United is a coin-flip clash where a single through ball in stoppage time could decide it.

NCAA Football The marquee game is North Carolina against TCU in Dublin, where the Horned Frogs are laying eight and a half points and the Tar Heels need to prove they can move the ball against a defense expected to control the line of scrimmage from the opening kick. Down in Los Angeles, USC hosts San José State as a massive 38.5-point favorite, the kind of spread that usually means garbage-time stats for the backups by the fourth quarter. Keep an eye on Virginia-NC State too, a tighter four-point line where time of possession and red zone execution should decide whether the Cavaliers cover at home.

NFL The marquee matchup is already underway in Baltimore, where the Ravens have jumped out to a 17-0 lead over the Commanders and Washington simply hasn't been able to move the ball through the first quarter and a half. Later tonight, keep an eye on Cincinnati at Philadelphia, a rare 2-0 versus 0-2 pairing where the Eagles are favored by two and a half despite the record, and on Tampa Bay traveling to Jacksonville as the league's last unbeaten team facing a Jaguars squad hoping home cooking helps them cover. If you only watch one late-night score, check whether Washington can claw back into the red zone before this one turns into pure garbage-time stats.

WNBA Circle Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever, where the Fever are laying 17.5 and could turn it into a paint-clinic blowout if their guards get downhill early. The real watercooler game is Washington Mystics at Los Angeles Sparks, a rare road-favorite spot with the Mystics fighting for playoff positioning against a scrappy Sparks squad that loves to make you sweat. Save some attention for Chicago Sky at New York Liberty on national TV, where the Liberty's splash-happy offense could put on an absolute clinic if the threes are falling.