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TODAY, OCT. 11
AUTO RACING: NASCAR, Sprint Cup: Bank of America 500, practices, noon, 2:30 p.m., SPEED; Nationwide: Dollar General 300, qualifying, 1 p.m., SPEED; race, 4:30 p.m., TSN2; Formula One, Japanese Grand Prix, qualifying, 9:55 p.m., TSN.
BASEBALL: NLCS, Game 1: Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals, 5 p.m., SNP.
FOOTBALL: B.C. Lions at Calgary Stampeders, 6 p.m., TSN, TEAM 1040.
GOLF: Portugal Masters, 6 a.m.; Champions: SAS Championship, 11 a.m.; PGA, Frys.com Open, 2 p.m.; LPGA Malaysia, 9:30 p.m.; all on GOLF.
HOCKEY: AHL, Milwaukee at Abbotsford (home opener), 7 p.m., Abby Sports Centre; WHL, Moose Jaw at Brandon, 5:30 p.m., SHAW; Vancouver at Regina, 6 p.m., TEAM 1410; Everett at Prince George, 7 p.m.; Seattle at Kelowna, 7 p.m.; Kamloops at Tri-City, 7 p.m.; Lethbridge at Victoria, 7 p.m.; BCHL, Langley at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.; Powell River at Surrey, 7 p.m.; Nanaimo at Victoria, 7:15 p.m.; full sked at bchl.ca.
HORSE RACING: Fraser Downs, 7 p.m. RUGBY: ITM Cup: North Harbour vs. Cantebury, 6:30 p.m., SNWORLD.
SOCCER: FIFA World Cup qualifying, Armenia vs. Bulgaria, 8 a.m., SNWORLD; Croatia vs. Belgium, 8:30 a.m., SNP; Albania vs. Switzerland, 11:10 a.m., SN360;
England vs. Montenegro, 11:30 a.m., SNP; Greece vs. Slovakia, 11:30 a.m., SNWORLD; Germany vs. Republic of Ireland, 11:30 a.m., SNOne; Spain vs. Belarus, 1:30 p.m., SN360; Friendly: France vs. Australia, 8:30 p.m., SNWORLD.
TENNIS: ATP, Shanghai Rolex Masters, 2 a.m., SNOne.
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
AUTO RACING: Sprint Cup: Bank of America 500, 4:30 p.m., ABC, TSN; F1, Japanese Grand Prix, 10:55 p.m., TSN.
BASEBALL: National League Championship Series, Game 2: Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals, 1 p.m., SNP; American League C.S., Game 1: TBA vs. Boston Red Sox, 4:30 p.m., FOX; 5 p.m., SNP.
FOOTBALL: South Carolina at Arkansas, 9 a.m., PCH; Missouri at Georgia, 9 a.m., TSN2; Oklahoma at Texas, 9 a.m., ABC; Navy at Duke, 9:30 a.m., WSBK; Baylor at Kansas State, 12:30 p.m., FOX; Florida at LSU, 12:30 p.m., CBS; Northwestern at Wisconsin, 12:30 p.m., ABC; Edmonton Eskimos at Saskatchewan Roughriders, 1:30 p.m., TSN; Michigan at Penn State, 2 p.m., TSN2; Tulsa at Texas El-Paso, 5 p.m., SNOne.
GOLF: Portugal Masters, 6 a.m., GOLF; SAS Championship, 11 a.m., GOLF; Frys.com Open, 2 p.m., GOLF; Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 9 p.m., GOLF.
HOCKEY: Edmonton Oilers at Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 p.m., CBC; Montreal Canadiens at Vancouver Canucks, Rogers Arena, 7 p.m., CBC, TEAM 1040; AHL, Milwaukee at Abbotsford, 7 p.m., Abby Sports Centre; WHL, Vancouver at Swift Current, 6 p.m., TEAM 1410; Kamloops at Portland, 7 p.m.; Everett at Prince George, 7 p.m.; Lethbridge at Victoria, 7 p.m.
HORSE RACING: Hastings Racecourse, 1:50 p.m.; Fraser Downs, 7 p.m.
RUGBY: Heineken Cup: Edinburgh vs. Munster, 5:30 a.m.; Harlequins vs. Scarlets, 7:30 a.m.; Ospreys vs. Leinster, 10 a.m.; ITM Cup: Otago vs. Auckland, 6:30 p.m.; Heineken Cup: Exeter Chiefs vs. Cardiff Blues, 4:30 a.m. (Sun.); all on SNWORLD.
SOCCER: MLS, Montreal Impact vs. New England Revolution, 11:30 a.m., TSN.
TENNIS: ATP, Shanghai Rolex Masters, semifinals, 1:30 a.m., 5 a.m., SNOne.
SUNDAY, OCT. 13
BASEBALL: ALCS, TBA at Boston Red Sox, 5 p.m., FOX, SNP, TEAM 1410.
FOOTBALL: Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns, 10 a.m., TSN; Green Bay Packers at Baltimore Ravens, 10 a.m., CTV, FOX; Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers, 1 p.m., SNP; Tennessee Titans at Seattle Seahawks, 1 p.m., CBS, TEAM 1410; New Orleans Saints at New England Patriots, 1:25 p.m., CITYTV; Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys, 5:15 p.m., TSN, NBC, TEAM 1040.
GOLF: Portugal Masters, 6 a.m., GOLF; SAS Championship, 11 a.m., GOLF; Frys.com Open, 2 p.m., GOLF.
HORSE RACING: Hastings, 1:50 p.m. SOCCER: MLS, Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders, 6 p.m., TSN2.