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Sports Equinox 2023: Explaining the history of NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB games being played on the same day


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October is the biggest month of the 12 months to be a sports activities fan as a result of all 4 primary U.S. sports activities — the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL — are all in motion. On Monday, Oct. 30, fanatics will likely be handled to the best Sports Equinox of the 12 months with every league taking part in on the same evening.

The uncommon Sports Equinox in most cases best happens in October as a result of the NFL is in the center of its season, the NHL and NBA are simply starting and the MLB is crowning a champion with the World Series. This 12 months’s Sports Equinox will likely be simply the twenty ninth time it has ever took place.

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On Monday, the Arizona Diamondbacks will host the Texas Rangers in Game 3 of the World Series. The NHL and NBA will play a mixed 20 games, and the Las Vegas Raiders and Detroit Lions will combat on Monday Night Football.

Fans will wish to absorb this Sports Equinox as a result of there would possibly not be every other one this 12 months. With the approach the World Series agenda is ready up, there will likely be not more games on Monday, Thursday, or Friday.

Here is the complete listing of Monday’s games:

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NFL

  • Las Vegas Raiders at Detroit Lions, 8:15 p.m. ET

NBA

  • Brooklyn Nets at Charlotte Hornets, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Chicago Bulls at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Boston Celtics at Washington Wizards, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Minnesota Timberwolves at Atlanta Hawks, 7:30 p.m. ET
  • Portland Trail Blazers at Toronto Raptors, 7:30 p.m. ET
  • Dallas Mavericks at Memphis Grizzlies, 8:00 p.m. ET
  • Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks, 8:00 p.m. ET
  • Golden State Warriors at New Orleans Pelicans, 8:00 p.m. ET
  • Detroit Pistons at Oklahoma City Thunder, 8:00 p.m. ET
  • Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets, 9:00 p.m. ET
  • Orlando Magic at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

NHL

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  • Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Anaheim Ducks at Pittsburgh Penguins, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Seattle Kraken at Tampa Bay Lightning, 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Detroit Red Wings at New York Islanders, 7:30 p.m. ET
  • New York Rangers at Winnipeg Jets, 7:30 p.m. ET
  • Columbus Blue Jackets at Dallas Stars, 8:00 p.m. ET
  • Chicago Blackhawks at Arizona Coyotes, 10:00 p.m. ET
  • Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights, 10:00 p.m. ET

MLB

  • Texas Rangers at Arizona Diamondbacks — Game 3 of the 2023 World Series, 8:03 p.m. ET

Fun Sports Equinox information

  • The first ever Sports Equinox used to be recorded on Oct. 17, 1971, with 12 NFL games, 3 NBA games, six NHL games and one MLB sport.
  • The town of Los Angeles hosted 5 primary skilled U.S. sports activities leagues — NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, NHL — on Oct. 28, 2018. LA groups went 3-2 that day. It used to be known as a Super Sports Equinox.
  • After the COVID-19 pandemic quickly suspended sports activities, fanatics had been handled to a hectic day on Sept. 10, 2020, that integrated the NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, MLS, Tennis and NHL.
  • There used to be a 16-year length from 1985-2001 with out a unmarried Sports Equinox. They were taking place extra incessantly partly as a result of of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football, which formally debuted in 2006.



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