In this preview, the Cincinnati Reds face two series with wildcard and divisional implications. College Football’s season begins in earnest this weekend. Plus, tennis’ U.S. Open is underway in New York.

Cincinnati Reds at San Francisco Giants

Monday at 9:45 PM (all times Eastern) on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700).

Tuesday at 9:45 PM on Bally Sports Ohio, MLB Network (out-of-market) and WLW-AM (700).

Wednesday at 3:45 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700).

Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs

Friday at 1:10 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700). This is making up a postponed game originally scheduled for April 5.

Friday at 6:40 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700).

Saturday at 6:40 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700).

Sunday at 12:10 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700).

Cincinnati Reds vs Seattle Mariners

Next Monday (Labor Day) at 4:10 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700).

FC Cincinnati at Atlanta United

Wednesday at 7:30 PM on Apple TV-MLS Season Pass and WCKY-AM (1530).

FC Cincinnati vs Orlando City FC

Saturday at 7:30 PM on Apple TV-MLS Season Pass and WCKY-AM (1530).

College Football (rankings listed are AP Top 25 as of Monday morning).

Miami (OH) at Miami (FL)

Friday at 7 PM on ACC Network and WMOH-AM (1450).

Louisville vs Georgia Tech (in Atlanta, GA’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium).

Friday at 7:30 PM on ESPN and WDBZ-AM (1230).

LIU at Ohio

Saturday at Noon on ESPN+.

Kentucky vs Ball State

Saturday at Noon on SEC Network and WCKY-AM (1530).

Thomas More at Davenport University

Saturday at Noon on FloFootball.

Mount St. Joseph at Baldwin Wallace University

Saturday at 1 PM.

Cincinnati vs Eastern Kentucky

Saturday at 3:30 PM on ESPN+, WLW-AM (700) and WEBN-FM (102.7).

No.3 Ohio State at Indiana

Saturday at 3:30 PM on CBS, Paramount+ and WDJO-AM (1480).

No.13 Notre Dame vs Tennessee State

Saturday at 3:30 PM on NBC and Peacock.

U.S. Open Tennis

The first round of the U.S. Open is underway in New York. Western and Southern Open women’s singles champion Coco Gauff will play Monday. Gauff will play Germany’s Laura Siegemund at approximately 7 PM. W&S men’s singles champion Novak Djokovic will also play tonight. Facing France’s Alexandre Mueller at approximately 8:15 PM.

Defending U.S. Open women’s champion Iga Swiatek will also play Monday. Swiatek will play Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson at Noon. Carlos Alcaraz will begin his U.S. Open title defense on Tuesday. Nine days after finishing as the men’s singles runner up in Cincinnati. Alcaraz will play Germany’s Dominik Koepfer at approximately 8:15 PM.

Cincinnati area natives JJ Wolf and Peyton Stearns will play in the U.S. Open. Cincinnati’s Caty McNally will not be in the U.S. Open due to an elbow injury. That injury caused her to miss this year’s Western and Southern Open. Wolf will play China’s Zhang Zhizhen Monday at 11 AM. Peyton Stearns will play Tuesday at 2:15 PM against Viktoriya Tomova.

The U.S. Open will continue through September 10th. TV and streaming coverage can be seen on ESPN’s family of networks and Tennis Channel. A comprehensive schedule is available via the U.S. Open’s website. The website is also home to radio coverage of tournament matches.

Florence Y’alls

The Y’alls will conclude their regular season this week. Florence goes into this week with a 36-54 record. Tied for last in the Frontier League’s West division. The Y’alls will host the Schaumburg Boomers Tuesday-Thursday. With games Tuesday at 6:32 PM, Wednesday at 6:31 PM and Thursday at 6:34 PM.

Florence will conclude the season on the road against the Joliet Slammers. With games Friday at 7:35 PM, Saturday at 7:05 PM and Sunday at 7:35 PM. All Florence games can be seen on FloBaseball.

Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend.