Germany's top flight starts late this year because of the World Cup, opening Friday August 28 with Bayern hosting Stuttgart. The shirt: Bayern's home red debuts for 26-27 in front of a full Allianz on the league's first night.

The rivalry's late-August installment in the Bronx, a three-game set with pennant-race stakes likely attached. The shirt: Pinstripes vs the road grays: baseball's most durable two-shirt rivalry anchors the end of summer.