Ed Molina
The Tampa Bay Rays continue their arduous road trip that started Sunday in Toronto, as they head to Boston for their Game 1 match-up against the Red Sox in the American League Division Series. Matt Moore (17-4 with 3.29 ERA) will pitch for the Rays against the Red Sox Jon Lester (15-8 with a 3.75) in Friday afternoon's game.
South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel trimmed the Americans lead after a 1 1/2 hour rain delay defeating 2013 British Open winner Phil Mickelson and his partner Keegan Bradley 2 to 1 in fourballs action on opening day of the Presidents Cup.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, who won 42 of 50 games of their last games, send Cy Young candidate Clayton Kershaw to the mound in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, against Kris Medlen of Atlanta, who went 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA against the Dodgers.
The Pentagon has given permission for the service academies to play football despite the United States government being shutdown.
The Cleveland Browns are 2-0 after their surprising trade of RB Trent Richardson, looking to extend their winning ways against rookie Buffalo Bills' QB EJ Manuel, who is coming off a Week 4 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, still riding the momentum from their raucous home crowd in the 6-2 National League Wild Card game victory over the Cincinnati Reds, head to St. Louis for the start of their National League Division Series against the Cardinals, who ended the season with three games ahead of Pittsburgh for the National League Central title and the best record in the National League
Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar will play against Angel Cabrera and Marc Leishman in Match 5 of the Presidents Cup tournament. British Open winner Phil Mickelson will pair up with Keegan Bradley against Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel in Match 3 while 2013 Masters winner Adam Scott will team up tournament rookie Hideki Matsuyama hoping to turn the international's team fortunes around.
Cleveland will start 23-year-old rookie Danny Salazar in Wednesday night's winner-takes-all American League Wild Card game against the Tampa Bay Rays; Salazar will duel with Rays' pitcher Alex Cobb, who is 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA for the month of September
Also, Rob Van Dam prepares for his World Heavyweight title match against Fandango, Brie Bella takes on Askana, and R-Truth takes on Ryback.
CM Punk made fools of "Heyman's Guys," The Rhodes have agreed to match with The Shield at "Battleground," The Big Show gets put in his place yet again by Stephanie McMahon and Los Matadors made their "Monday Night Raw" debut.
The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Texas Rangers 5-2 in the American League tiebreaker game; pitcher David Price pitched his fourth complete game of the season and Evan Longoria going 3-for-4 to advance the Rays into the American League Wild-card game against the Cleveland Indians
The International Team looks to break their 14 year drought at the Presidents Cup - which pits a squad of non-European based players against an American team, structured much like the Ryder Cup.
Also, the Cleveland Indians clinch the top wild-card berth and will host the winner of Monday night's Texas Rangers-Tampa Bay Rays one-game tiebreaker game, after both teams ended the season tied for the last playoff spot.
The Miami Dolphins have started hot, going 3-0 for the season with second-year QB Ryan Tannenhill making huge strides, and face their toughest test against the unbeaten New Orleans, who have shown improvement from last year's 7-9 finish with the return of head coach Sean Payton.
Will the Big Show make his presence felt in the Rhodes-Triple H meeting or will he finally break? Also, Los Matadors are set to make their WWE debut on "Monday Night Raw."
