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USA Today Sports Media Group
USA Today Sports Media Group
Sport
Charles Curtis

A sports fan’s guide to the ‘Sports Equinox’: Ranking what to watch on a packed Thursday

IT’S A SPORTS EQUINOX EVERYONE THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

Wait, you may have a question about that: What the heck is a sports equinox and why is everyone talking about it?

This is the nickname for a day and night when so many sports leagues — NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL play. Add in a college football game on Thursday and you’ve got … I dunno, a superequinox? The only issue, as USA TODAY Sports’ Chris Bumbaca smartly points out: “The ‘sports equinox’ does not account for any major professional women’s sports leagues,” and that really needs to change.

With that in mind, I’m here to help. Because that’s a lot of sports, perhaps too much for one person to handle, so I’m going to rank some of the notable games by how much you should watch them (yes, I’m aware you might not be able to get some of the local games, but if you’ve got League Pass, you might!).

Let’s go:

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