Summer keeps rolling on, far faster than we’d like it to. June brought the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup. July followed with Wimbledon, Tour de France and World Cup pageantry. Now comes August (and Everything After).The month ahead is extensive. There are Little League World Series in baseball and softball, and Hall of Fame inductions in football and basketball. Soccer leagues commence while MLB moves toward its homestretch. The Seattle Seahawks lace up for “Hard Knocks” as the “Ted Lasso” crew returns after a three-year absence. And the Dutch Grand Prix says farewell at Zandvoort.Here is The Athletic’s grand guide to August. It’s not a complete list of every sporting event, but we try to cover a lot of ground. All times are ET, and all channel listings are for U.S. viewers.You can watch live sports on Fubo (Stream Free Now).August 2026 sports scheduleAIG Women’s Open final roundAug. 2, 7 a.m. on USA Network and noon on NBC
The final major of the LPGA season concludes at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Japanese breakout Miyu Yamashita, who won the 2025 tournament as a rookie, tries for a first successful title defense since 2011. South Korean riser Haeran Ryu pursues her third major win in a row.Indiana Fever at Minnesota LynxAug. 2, 1 p.m. on ABCIndiana’s pick-and-roll duo of Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston is countered by Minnesota’s Olivia Miles and Natasha Howard. Clark is always in the foreground, but for the uninitiated, Miles puts on quite a show.Watch This: Miles delivers two dazzling passes to McBride as Lynx top StormSan Diego Wave at Washington SpiritAug. 2, 4 p.m. on CBSSNTwo top NWSL squads link up in D.C., where Trinity Rodman and the Spirit are 5-1-1 this year. San Diego took the prior meeting in May thanks to Kimmi Ascanio’s last-minute heroics.Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles DodgersAug. 2, 7:20 p.m. on NBCBoston is the league’s hottest team since the All-Star break; Los Angeles is the league’s back-to-back champion. Jason Benetti and former Dodger Orel Hershiser are on the call for “Sunday Night Baseball,” while fellow Dodger great Clayton Kershaw appears on the pregame show with host Bob Costas.‘Decades in Sports’ premiereAug. 2, 9 p.m. on CNNThe latest installment of CNN’s “Decades” series examines landmark American sports moments, from the emergence of television to the ongoing social media era. After this two-episode premiere, the other four will come out the following Sundays.Little League Softball World SeriesAug. 2-9 on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABCThe weeklong tournament goes down in Greenville, N.C. All games are on ESPN or ESPN2 except for the championship, which gets the ABC marquee at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9.‘Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks’ premiereAug. 4, 9 p.m. on HBO/HBO MaxFor the first time, “Hard Knocks” covers the Seahawks — and for the first time, the series features a reigning Super Bowl winner. No other show has made a battle cry out of snack time.Leagues Cup Phase OneAug. 4-13 on Apple TV, Fox and UnivisionThe tournament pits MLS and Liga MX clubs against each other, with the three best finishers qualifying for the Concacaf Champions Cup. The headliner might be Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami against Monterrey (Aug. 8, 8 p.m. on Apple TV). Knockout rounds begin on Aug. 25.‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 premiereAug. 5 on Apple TVJason Sudeikis is back as the title character for a fourth season of the awards show darling, this time centered on a women’s soccer team. Subsequent episodes come out on Wednesdays, with the finale scheduled for Oct. 7. As always … be a goldfish.NFL Hall of Fame weekendAug. 6: Hall of Fame Game, 8 p.m. on NBC
