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There is no such thing as an easy opponent in the MLB playoffs, but facing an organization as October-tested as any this millennium in the American League Divisional Series hardly seems fair for a Houston Astros squad that won 101 regular season games in 2017.

A pair of National League West division rivals, will meet for the 20th and final time this season in a winner-takes-all contest set to go at 8 PM EST Wednesday, October 4 at Chase Field in Phoenix.

Named for the 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic champion, the (G1) Awesome Again Stakes on Saturday from Santa Anita Race Track offers the winner an automatic berth in the 2017 BC Classic. Run over 1 1/8 miles on the dirt course, the Awesome Again has drawn eight starters, chasing a $300,000 total purse.

There are five races on tap at Santa Anita Race Track this Saturday with implications for the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships. Included in those is the 1 1/16 mile $300,000 (G1) Zenyatta Stakes, with the winner gaining a spot in the BC Distaff on November 3 at Del Mar.

Just like thermometers across the nation, everything went up last week in the NFL — long shot victories, touchdown celebrations and turnovers. It was 90 F at kickoff in Green Bay last weekend, which set a record for the hottest temperature for a game in the franchise’s 98-year history. Thankfully for the Cheeseheads, Aaron Rodgers rescued his team from the heat in overtime.

Can you believe the 2017-18 English Premier League has already reached its seventh week? Neither can we, but we are so looking forward to this weekend’s action because there are some massive fixtures and plenty of opportunity to place some profitable bets.

A flat-out six-furlong sprint, the $350,000 (G1) Vosburgh Invitational is the first of two Grade 1 races at Belmont Park in New York on Saturday. In addition to the purse money up for grabs, the winner of the Vosburgh gains automatic entry into the Breeders' Cup World Championships Sprint on November 4.

It's a big weekend for horses trying to qualify for the Breeders' Cup, with 13 races in the US, England and France offering a Breeders' Cup race spot to the winner. One of those races is the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic from Belmont Park in New York, run over 1 1/2 miles for a purse of $500,000.

They score. Touchdown Detroit. The Lions are undefeated. Wait a minute, the play has been reversed. His knee was down before the ball crossed the goal line. This NFC team always seems to find a way to lose a meaningful game against a top opponent. Now the Lions collide with their division rivals in Minnesota in one of 16 NFL games in Week 4.