Labour Day, for non Americans and Canadians, is the last day
of Summer. Even in places where school
starts before the first Monday in September, today is celebrated with cookouts,
boating, visits to the pool, and in some places Labour Day parades and parties.
Since there is an abundance of sports today, to celebrate the
holiday, we present this extraordinary guide to extraordinary sporting events
which can inspire you today.
In NCAA Football, in the last game of the 10 day long opening
weekend: The Volunteers of Tennessee
(9-4 in 2016) take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (also 9-4 in 2016) tonight
at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Both squads replace three-year
starting QBs and add Georgia transfers in UT corner Shaq Wiggins and Tech RB
J.J. Green. This is the 44th meeting between the two teams, who at one time had
a strong rivalry, but they have not met for thirty years. The Ramblin' Wrecks of Georgia Tech beat two
SEC teams to end last season (Georgia and Kentucky). Many commentators, especially those from the
South and from ESPN, consider the Southeast Conference as the strongest in the
country, but the record does not bear that out.
Georgia Tech may prove that once again.
In International Soccer:
Wembley Stadium unknowingly provides Labour Day entertainment with a
Worlds Cup qualifier this evening.
England will take on Slovakia on home turf, as it were, in mid afternoon
stateside. Friday, England beat Malta
4-0, and with a win this evening they
could secure their place in Russia next summer, as they currently sit atop
Group F, with Slovakia nipping at their heals in second place. Slovakia manager
Jan Kozak magnanimously stated: "This English side is very exciting, they
have a great future ahead," Kozak said. "There is a lot of talent
there and these players are being given opportunities to get the experience
they need." Quite a nice change
from the usual trash talk.
In the USA, in PGA Golf, The Dell Technologies Championship
is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the northeast United
States, held annually in late summer, over the Labor Day weekend. The final round is being played today at the Players Club of Boston in Norton,
Massachusetts. This year's purse equals $8,750,000
with the winner taking home $1,575,000.
Current leaders are Australian Marc Leishman and American Justin Thomas
at 12 under par, England's Paul Casey at 11 under par, and USA's Jordan Spieth and
Grayson Murray, and Canadian Adam Hadwin, all at 10 under par. With
such top competition so close on the closing day, today should provide plenty
of suspenseful action.
