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The 2017-18 UEFA Champions League is the 63rd edition of Europe’s premier club soccer tournament and the 26th since it rebranded from the European Champion Clubs’ Cup to the Champions League. Spain’s Real Madrid are the tournament’s defending two-time champions and are the pre-tournament favorites to win their third consecutive title, a feat no team has managed in the modern era. Can they defy the odds and win what would be their 13th UCL?

Labor Day brings down the curtain on the 2017 Saratoga summer race meet and features the running of the (G1) Hopeful Stakes. The race has drawn a field of eight two-year-old colts looking to start their journey toward the 2018 Triple Crown series. They'll be sprinting seven furlongs on the Saratoga dirt course, chasing a total purse of $350,000.

Two-year-old fillies are on display in the first of two Grade 1 races from Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, with the running of the $350,000 Spinaway Stakes. They'll be racing seven furlongs over the dirt course, with an automatic entry into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies race on November 3 at Del Mar Race Track going to the winner.

Star thoroughbred Gun Runner gets back to the track this Saturday as the clear favorite in the $750,000 (G1) Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. For horses age three and older, they'll race 1 1/8 miles on the dirt, in the second of two Grade 1 races on the day, during the final weekend of the 2017 Saratoga summer meet.

The 2016 college football season ended with a thriller in Tampa. Hopefully, there’s more to come this weekend in New Orleans and Dallas. While the AdvoCare Kickoff events don’t have the national finalists in Clemson and Alabama on their schedule, they do have four promising contenders in Michigan, Florida, LSU and BYU.

The Chick-fil-A Kickoff in Atlanta features two marquee matchups as the college football season gets underway for 2017. The top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide meet the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday, Sept. 2, while the Tennessee Volunteers collide with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Labor Day.

The NBA's Southeast Division is traditionally one of its most unpredictable sectors. This upcoming season doesn't stand to be any different. Fear not, though: We're here to help you decide between the Miami Heat, Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets and Orlando Magic.

For years, the NBA's Southwest Division has been owned by the dynastic San Antonio Spurs, but can they say the same now that the New Orleans Pelicans and Houston Rockets fancy themselves as contenders? And might the Memphis Grizzlies or Dallas Mavericks have their own input on who snags the division title? We're here to break it all down.

The NBA schedule is set, which means the regular season is on its way. But this news isn't all fun and games. No, no, no. You need to parse the schedule's logistics for betting dos and don'ts. Fortunately for you, we're here to help.