84 games played, by sport.
EPL The marquee matchup is Brighton & Hove Albion visiting Liverpool at Anfield, where surging Brighton looks to keep its unbeaten run alive against a Liverpool side that needs a result to settle into the top of the table. Manchester United hosting AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford is worth a glance too, with United still searching for consistency and vulnerable to a sucker-punch sitter. Elsewhere, Newcastle United's trip to Crystal Palace is a classic mid-table scrap that could easily grind out nil-nil if neither side finds the net early.
MLB The Milwaukee Brewers host the Tampa Bay Rays on Fox in what reads like a World Series tilt given the records on both sides, with Milwaukee the slight home favorite at -120. Both lineups feature a heart of the order capable of leaving the yard against a tired bullpen, so watch for whichever starter can get through six or seven and hand it off clean. With the total set at 6.5, this has walk-off written all over it if someone's manager goes to the pen too early.
MLS The marquee matchup is the SoCal derby, LA Galaxy at LAFC, with both sides scrapping for playoff positioning down the stretch. Elsewhere, Inter Miami CF is away to Red Bull New York and still searching for a goal through the second half, stuck nil-nil with the clock ticking toward stoppage time. Keep an eye on New England Revolution at Philadelphia Union too, a clash between two of the league's better records that could come down to a sitter one side finishes and the other doesn't.
NBA The marquee matchup tonight is Milwaukee Bucks at Philadelphia 76ers, where the undefeated Sixers look to keep buckets falling and push Milwaukee to 0-3 as a 12.5-point favorite. Keep an eye on Houston Rockets at Atlanta Hawks too, a true unbeaten-versus-unbeaten clash that should come down to who's got ice in their veins in crunch time. Early tip has Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets trading buckets in a tight one, so don't be surprised if that one's still live when the rest of the slate gets going.
NCAA Football The marquee game is BYU Cougars at UCF Knights, knotted at 24-24 with under a minute left — undefeated BYU on the road in a third-and-long dogfight that'll come down to the final possession. Also circle Tennessee at South Carolina, tied 24-24 deep in the fourth, with both offenses trading blows near the red zone all night. Later on, keep an eye on Clemson hosting Virginia Tech, where Clemson is a modest 3-point favorite in a game set up to be tight down the stretch rather than a smashmouth blowout.
NFL The marquee matchup is the Kansas City Chiefs at the Seattle Seahawks, where an unbeaten Kansas City club looks to stay perfect against a Seattle team favored at home, so the spread will say plenty about how much respect this Chiefs team still commands. Earlier in the day, San Francisco's undefeated run gets tested in Atlanta in a game that could come down to time of possession and who controls the line of scrimmage, while Green Bay and Detroit's divisional clash carries the gaudiest over-under on the board and figures to turn into a shootout rather than a smashmouth, field-position grind. Keep an eye on Pittsburgh and New Orleans kicking things off overseas, where a sluggish Saints offense will need more than garbage-time stats to make that one interesting.
NHL The marquee matchup tonight is Carolina Hurricanes at St. Louis Blues, with the Hurricanes riding the league's hottest record in and favored to keep pushing for the top spot out East. Also keep an eye on Toronto Maple Leafs at Edmonton Oilers, a measuring-stick game for an Oilers team that's been lights out early and will lean on their power play to make Toronto pay for any penalty kill lapses. If either goalie gets pulled late for the extra attacker, watch for chaos in the slot and a scramble for a snipe top shelf to steal it in the final minutes.
WNBA The marquee game is the only game: Golden State Valkyries at Atlanta Dream, with the Dream favored by 5.5 at home. Golden State comes in with the better record at 32-12, so a road win would be a statement, but Atlanta's been racking up buckets in the paint all season and should be tough to shake. Watch for whoever gets hot from deep early, since a few splashes in bunches can turn this into a laugher fast.