Weekend Rap

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Today's Back Pages....

The Weekend Rap offers today's back page sports covers from some of North America's major metropolitan tabloids:

Hit The Ground Running: The Week Ahead

THE DAILY 's week ahead: Oct. 8-14.

MONDAY

• WTA Upper Austria Ladies Linz begins (Linz, Austria)

• WTA Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open begins (China)

• WTA Tianjin Open begins (China)

THURSDAY

• PGA Tour CIMB Classic begins (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

• LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship begins (Incheon, South Korea)

FRIDAY

• NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Carolina Nationals (zMAX Dragway, Concord, N.C.)

SATURDAY

• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Fred's 250 (Talladega Superspeedway)

• Supercross Monster Energy Cup (Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas)

SUNDAY

• Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Alabama 500 (Talladega Superspeedway)

• NFL Int'l Series: Seahawks-Raiders (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London)

If you know of any events that should be in our calendar, send them to lsmith@sportsbusinessdaily.com .

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