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. 22-28.

MONDAY

• ATP Erste Bank Open 500 begins (Vienna, Austria)

• ATP Swiss Indoors Basel begins (Basel, Switzerland)

• BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore begins (Singapore)

TUESDAY

• World Series Game 1 (Dodgers-Red Sox at Fenway Park)

THURSDAY

• PGA Tour Sanderson Farms Championship begins (Country Club of Jackson, Miss.)

• Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship begins (Tashee Golf & Country Club, Taiwan)

• NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Toyota Nationals (The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway)

SATURDAY

• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville Speedway)

• UFC Fight Night 138: Volkan Oezdemir vs. Anthony Smith (Avenir Centre, Moncton, New Brunswick)

SUNDAY

• MLS regular season ends

• Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series First Data 500 (Martinsville Speedway)

• F1 Mexican Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez)

• NFL Int’l Series: Eagles-Jaguars (Wembley Stadium, London)

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

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