Week 3 of the NFL season continues today. Notable matchups include the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosting the Green Bay Packers on Fox (4:25 p.m. EDT) and the San Francisco 49ers playing at the Denver Broncos on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” (8:20 p.m. EDT).
Leaders Week London begins tomorrow. The four-day event features over 3,000 sports business executives gathering to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion, digital culture, fandom and monetizing sport. Featured speakers include Mark Abbott (Deputy Commissioner, MLS), Cindy Parlow Cone (President, U.S. Soccer), Gerry Cardinale (Founder/Managing Partner, Redbird Capital Partners) and Julie Uhrman (Co-Founder/Owner, Angel City FC), among others.
The USMNT plays its next international friendly match Tuesday. The team, which lost to Japan 2-0 in a friendly match Friday at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, will play Saudi Arabia in its final tuneup before heading to Qatar for the World Cup in November. The game will be played at Estadio Nueva Condomina in Murcia, Spain (2 p.m. EDT, FS1).
NBA preseason starts Friday. The Golden State Warriors and Washington Wizards will play at Saitama Super Arena in Japan (6 a.m. EDT) as part of a two-game series. The Los Angeles Clippers will also host Maccabi Ra’anana at Climate Pledge Arena, home of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken (10 p.m. EDT).
The NFL’s international slate for the 2022 season begins next Sunday. The Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints travel to London to play at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (9:30 a.m. EDT), home of the Premier League team of the same name.