Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2:15 PM ET on Friday, October 6

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October 6 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2:15 PM ET on Friday: - - - - For any coverage questions, please contact us.general-news@thomsonreuters.com - - - - COLLEGE FOOTBALL Top 25 Game Previews Previews of this week’s Top 25 college football games. (FBC-TEAM-TEAM-PREVIEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 600 words per game) Previews include all games on this week’s Top 25 schedule: Wake Forest at No. 2 Clemson Iowa State at No. 3 Oklahoma No. 4 Penn State at Northwestern No. 5 Georgia at Vanderbilt Ole Miss at No. 12 Auburn No. 23 West Virginia at No. 8 TCU No. 13 Miami at Florida State No. 21 Notre Dame at North Carolina LSU at No. 21 Florida Maryland at No. 10 Ohio State Oregon State at No. 14 Southern Cal No. 1 Alabama at Texas A&M No. 16 Virginia Tech at Boston College Michigan State at No. 7 Michigan No. 9 Wisconsin at Nebraska No. 11 Washington State at Oregon No. 25 UCF at Cincinnati Stanford at No. 20 Utah Cal at No. 6 Washington No. 19 San Diego State at UNLV CFB notebook News and notes from around the nation. (FBC-NOTEBOOK, expect by 6 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 425 words) - - - - NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Week 5 GameScout: Previews, predictions for all NFL games Snapshot, keys to the game, players to watch, spotlight player, matchups to watch and game prediction for Thursday night football. (FBN-PATRIOTS-BUCCANEERS-ANALYSIS-GAMESCOUT, moved, The Sports Xchange, 625 words) Folk fail has Bucs kicking tires on kickers TAMPA, Fla. – Nick Folk missed three field goals Thursday in a loss to the New England Patriots, sending the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back to the free agency pool to look for a replacement. (FBN-BUCCANEERS-NEWS-FOLK, moved, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) Vikings QB Bradford back at practice EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Quarterback Sam Bradford returned to practice Thursday for the first time since Sept. 21, but was limited and remains day-to-day with the left knee injury that has knocked him out of the last three games. Bradford could start Monday night against the Chicago Bears, coach Mike Zimmer said. (FBN-VIKINGS-NEWS-BRADFORD, moved, The Sports Xchange, 450 words) Newton apologizes for disparaging female reporter After losing an endorsement deal with Dannon yogurt, Cam Newton posted a video apology for his “disrespectful word choice” in a Wednesday press conference when he said it was “funny to hear a female talk about routes.” (FBN-PANTHERS-NEWS-NEWTON, moved, The Sports Xchange, 500 words) Browns No. 1 pick Garrett ready for debut Defensive end Myles Garrett, the No. 1 overall pick in this year's NFL Draft, is expected to make his professional debut Sunday against the New York Jets. (FBN-BROWNS-NEWS-GARRETT, moved, The Sports Xchange, 500 words) NFL previews Longform previews of all Week 5 NFL games. (FBN-TEAM-TEAM-PREVIEW, moved, The Sports Xchange, 700 words) NFL notebook News and notes from around the NFL. (NFL-NOTEBOOK, The Sports Xchange, expect by 8 p.m. ET, 500 words) - - - - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ALDS Game 1: Red Sox at Astros HOUSTON -- Dallas Keuchel (14-5, 2.90) and the Houston Astros took Game 1 of the ALDS over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday and return to the field for the second of a best-of-five series Friday afternoon. (BBO-REDSOX-ASTROS-LEDE-WRITETHRU, expect ASAP after 2:05 p.m. ET game, The Sports Xchange, by MK Bower, 700 words) ALDS Game 2: Yankees at Indians CLEVELAND – Right-hander Corey Kluber takes the mound for the Cleveland Indians with a 1-0 series lead over the New York Yankees. CC Sabathia, making his 20th postseason appearance, starts Game 2 Friday for the Indians. (BBO-YANKEES-INDIANS-LEDE-WRITETHRU, Expect asap after 5:08 p.m. ET game, The Sports Xchange, 700 words) NLDS Game 1: Cubs at Nationals WASHINGTON – The Washington Nationals and reigning World Series champion Chicago Cubs open the National League Division Series on Friday night at Nationals Park. (BBO-CUBS-NATIONALS-LEDE-WRITETHRU, Expect asap after 7:31 p.m. ET game, The Sports Xchange, by David Driver, 700 words) NLDS Game 1: Diamondbacks at Dodgers LOS ANGELES – Clayton Kershaw and the rested Los Angeles Dodgers take on the Arizona Diamondbacks for the 20th time this season in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. (BBO-DIAMONDBACKS-DODGERS-LEDE-WRITETHRU, Expect asap after 10:31 p.m. ET game, The Sports Xchange, by Joe Haakenson, 700 words) MLB notebook News and notes from around the league. (MLB-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - GOLF Caddies measure success on and off the course Many PGA Tour caddies use their time off the course to supplement their earnings with entrepreneurial businesses as varied as creating and marketing new drinks to selling Christmas trees. (GOLF-CADDIES/BUSINESSSENTIMENT (PIX), expect by 2 PM ET, by Andrew Both, 600 words) PGA Tour: Safeway Open (to 8) Napa, California Second round wrap from the opening event of the 2017-18 PGA Tour season at Silverado Resort. (GOLF-SILVERADO/SAFEWAY, expect by 11 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Embiid cleared for 76ers practice Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was cleared for practice Thursday and looked strong in five-on-five drills. (BKN-76ERS-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 350 words) NBA notebook News and notes from around the league. (BKN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE THE SPORTS XCHANGE covers all NHL games. Friday schedule: N.Y. Islanders at Columbus 7:00 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. Vegas at Dallas 8:30 p.m. NHL notebook News and notes from around the league. (NHL-NOTEBOOK, expect by 7:45 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 375 words) - - - - FIGHTING UFC 216 winner might land fight against McGregor A potential next opponent for mixed martial arts megastar Conor McGregor could be determined Saturday night. Tony Ferguson of Ventura, Calif., will square off with Detroit native Kevin Lee in the main event of UFC 216 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (FIGHTING-PREVIEW-UFC216, moved, The Sports Xchange, by Dave Doyle, 560 words) - - - - TENNIS China Open Nadal beats Isner in quarter-finals BEIJING - World number one Rafael Nadal beat John Isner in straight sets in the quarter-finals and will meet Grigor Dimitrov in the last four. (TENNIS-BEIJING/MEN (PIX, TV), moved, 300 words) Halep and Ostapenko bid for semi-final spots BEIJING - Second seed Simona Halep takes on Daria Kasatkina while French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko faces Sorana Cirstea in the quarter-finals. (TENNIS-BEIJING/WOMEN (PIX), 400 words) - - - -