TODAY IN SPORTS - August 13, 2026

Hello Sportsfans! Today is Thursday, August 13th, 2026, and let's talk sports! . . WE BEGIN TODAY at the FedEx St. Jude Championship! This tournament is the first of three events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs and is held at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. The tournament will be four rounds (like most Golf events, looking at you LIV) and ends on Sunday the 16th. The field of players is limited to the top 70 players on the FedEx Cup points list at the end of the regular season. Who will start the PGA's playoffs with a big win? The favorite is Scottie Scheffler (duh). . . . OUR NEXT STOP is the MLB! It's a Thursday, so a handful of teams have the day off. Here is today's slate of action: . . . Cleveland Guardians (59-62) @ Detroit Tigers (59-61), 12:10pm Central, MLB.TV, CLEGuardians.TV, Tigers.TV . Pittsburgh Pirates (58-64) @ Miami Marlins (62-59), 12:10pm Central, MLB.TV, Marlins.TV . Seattle Mariners (56-65) @ New York Yankees (68-52), 12:35pm Central, YES Network, ESPN Unlimited, MLB.TV, Mariners.TV . Cincinnati Reds (57-62) @ Chicago White Sox (62-57), 1:10pm Central, CHSN, MLB.TV, Reds.TV . Boston Red Sox (64-56) @ Toronto Blue Jays (59-63), 2:07pm Central, ESPN Unlimited, SportsNet, MLB.TV, NESN . Chicago Cubs (71-50) @ Washington Nationals (59-63), 3:05pm Central, MLB.TV, Marquee Sports Network, Nationals.TV . Philadelphia Phillies (64-58) @ Minnesota Twins (60-62), 6:30pm Central, AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS, Netflix . Texas Rangers (60-61) @ Los Angeles Angels (47-74), 9:07pm Central, MLB.TV, Angels.TV, Rangers Sports Network . Milwaukee Brewers (74-47) @ Los Angeles Dodgers (73-48), 9:10pm Central, MLB.TV, SportsNet Los Angeles, Brewers.TV . . . Summary: Tough to do this in earnest every day! Cubs are now 3 back of Milwaukee and the Brew Crew is on the road at the struggling Dodgers, can the Cubs make up more ground? The Rangers trail the Astros by 1.5 games, can they also close the gap? . . . . WE PIVOT TO TENNIS to check on the Men's and Women's finals for the National Bank Open being held in Toronto. Each final is this evening. . . In the Women's Finals: . . #7 Iga Swiatek v. #2 Elena Rybakina, 5:00pm Central . . In the Men's Finals: . . #5 Ben Shelton v. #28 Brandon Nakashima, 7:00pm Central . . Who will come out victorious before the Cincinnati Open starts? Additionally, we are just 3 weeks away from the US Open and final major of the year! . . . . FINALLY, WE TAKE A LOOK at way too much soccer. Like, so much soccer. . . We start with UEFA Europa League Qualifying Matches. We are currently in the 2nd Leg of the 3rd Qualifying Round. After today, the UEFA Europa Leage will move onto its Play-Off Round. Today's matches are: . . Besiktas (Turkey) v. FC Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic), 12:00pm Central, Besiktas lead 1-0 on aggregate. . CSU Craiova (Romania) v. KuPS Kuopio (Finland), 12:00pm Central, Tied on aggregate. . Gornik Zabrze (Poland) v. Ferencvaros (Hungary), 12:00pm Central, Ferencvaros lead 1-0 on aggregate. . Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) v. Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar), 12:00pm Central, Tied on aggregate. . Pafos (Cyprus) v. RB Salzburg (Austria), 12:00pm Central, RB Salzburg lead 1-0 on aggregate. . KI Klaksvik (Faroe Islands) v. Lech Poznan (Poland), 12:30pm Central, Lech Poznan lead 1-0 on aggregate. . Vikingur Reykjavik (Iceland) v. FC Thun (Switzerland), 12:30pm Central, FC Thun lead 3-0 on aggregate. . CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) v. Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel), 1:00pm Central, CKS Sofia lead 3-0 on aggregate. . Anderlecht (Belgium) v. PAOK (Greece), 1:30pm Central, Anderlecht lead 1-0 on aggregate. ESPN+ . Rangersv(Scotland) v. Jagiellonia Bialystok (Poland), 1:30pm Central, Jagiellonia Bialystok lead 2-1 on aggregate. . Heart of Midlotihian (Scotland) (SICK NAME WTF) v. Benfica (Portugal), 1:45pm Central, Benfica lead 6-1 on aggregate. ESPN+ . Egnatia (Albania) v. Shamrock Rovers (Ireland), 2:00pm Central, Shamrock Rovers lead 3-1 on aggregate. . . . . Phew. . . Fuck. . . WE ALSO HAVE some UEFA Conference League Qualifying Matches today. This is also in the 2nd leg of the Third Qualifying Round. There are even more games here than the UEFA Europa League Qualifying. The next phase will be the Play-Off Round. . . . Today's Matches are: . . . Tobol Kostanay (Kazakhstan) v. Partizan Belgrade (Serbia), 10:00AM Central (ON NOW), Partizan Belgrade lead 3-0 on aggregate. . FC Ilves (Finland) v. Rijeka (Croatia), 11:00AM Central, Rijeka lead 1-0 on aggregate. . FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan) v. Dyanamo Kyiv (Ukraine), 11:00AM Central, Dynamo Kyiv lead 1-0 on aggregate. . Flora (Estonia) v. Inter D'Escaldes (Andorra), 11:00AM Central, Inter D'Escaldes lead 2-0 on aggregate. . Rigas Futbola Skola (Latvia) v. Jablonec (Czech Republic), 11:30AM Central, Jablonec lead 2-0 on aggregate. . Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) v. Braga (Portugal), 12:00pm Central, Braga lead 1-0 on aggregate. . Dunajska Streda (Slovakia) v. FC Twente (Netherlands), 12:00pm Central, FC Twente lead 6-0 on aggregate. . FC Midtjylland (Denmark) v. Bohemians (Ireland), 12:00pm Central, FC Midtjylland lead 2-0 on aggregate. . FC Nordsjælland (Denmark) v. Valur Reykjavik (Iceland), 12:00pm Central, FC Nordsjælland lead 2-0 on aggregate. . Hammarby IF (Sweden) v. Rakow Czestochowa (Poland), 12:00pm Central, Tied on aggregate. . ML Vitebsk (Belarus) v. Borac Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 12:00pm Central, Borac Banja Luka lead 1-0 on aggregate. . Tromso (Norway) v. CFR Cluj-Napoca (Romania), 12:00pm Central, Tromso lead 5-0 on aggregate. . FC Vaduz (Liechtenstein) v. FC Inter Turku (Finland), 12:30pm Central, FC Inter Turku lead 2-1 on aggregate. . NSI Runavik (Faroe Islands) v. FC Lugano (Switzerland), 12:30pm Central, FC Lugano lead 2-0 on aggregate. . Drita Gjilan (Kosovo) v. Tre Fiori (San Marino), 1:00pm Central, Drita Gjilan lead 4-1 on aggregate. . KF Shkendija (North Macedonia) v. Hibernian (Scotland), 1:00pm Central, Hibernian lead 2-1 on aggregate. . St. Gallen (Switzerland) v. Sherriff Tiraspol (Moldova), 1:00pm Central, St. Gallen lead 3-1 on aggregate. . FC Sion (Switzerland) v. FC Noah (Armenia), 1:15pm Central, Tied on aggregate. . Austria Vienna (Austria) v. Beitar Jerusalem (Israel), 1:30pm Central, Austria Vienna lead 2-1 on aggregate. . Gyori ETO FC (Hungary) v. Riga FC (Latvia), 1:30pm Central, Riga FC lead 1-0 on aggregate. . KAA Gent (Belgium) v. IFK Goteborg (Sweden), 1:30pm Central, KAA Gent lead 1-0 on aggregate. . Motherwell (Scotland) v. HJK Helsinki (Finland), 1:30pm Central, Tied on aggregate. . Shelbourne (Ireland) v. Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands), 1:45pm Central, Ajax Amsterdam lead 3-1 on aggregate. . Dinamo City (Albania) v. FK Auda (Latvia), 2:00pm Central, FK Auda lead 1-0 on aggregate. . Hajduk Split (Croatia) v. Zalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania), 2:00pm Central, Hajduk Split lead 6-2 on aggregate. . . . SO. MUCH. SOCCER. . . . But wait! . . . There's More! . . . WE END TODAY'S Sporting with the final phase of the Leagues Cup League Phase. The next phase will be the Knockout Stage. . . . This round's final matches are: . . Philadelphia Union (1-0-1) v. Santos (0-0-2), 6:00pm Central, Apple TV . New York City FC (1-0-1) v. Necaxa (0-0-2), 6:30pm Central, Apple TV . America (2-0-0) v. Austin FC (2-0-0), 7:30pm Central, Apple TV . Cruz Azul (2-0-0) v. Chicago Fire FC (2-0-0), 8:00pm Central, Apple TV . Portland Timbers (1-0-1) v. Tijuana (0-0-2), 9:30pm Central, FS1, AppleTV . . . Summary: Two interesting matches of undefeated teams, seeding is king! . . . My fingers hurt. Thanks for reading if you made it this far.