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The National Football League gets back on the sporting schedule on Sunday night, as the Indianapolis Colts meet the Washington Redskins in the annual Hall of Fame Game as football betting takes center stage.  

However, Indy will be missing a future Hall of Famer in the game at Fawcett Stadium, as starting QB Peyton Manning won't be in uniform. Also skipping the game for the Colts will be WR Marvin Harrison, who isn't quite ready to test out his knees. New 'Skins head coach Jim Zorn and his West Coast offense will make their debuts in this contest.

BetUs Sportsbook oddsmakers like Washington's chances of starting the preseason with a win, as they've been pegged as 6-point favorites for Sunday. The game's total is at 31.5 points.

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On the diamond the Cubs and Brewers will both send stud pitchers to the mound on Sunday. Carlos Zambrano (12-4, 2.80 ERA) will get the ball for Chicago in their home game against Ian Snell (4-8, 6.04 ERA) and Pittsburgh. Ben Sheets (10-4, 3.14 ERA) will be the starter for the Brewers against Atlanta and Jorge Campillo (5-4, 2.76 ERA).

Other NL games on Sunday: Colorado at Florida, Cincinnati at Washington, the Mets at Houston, San Francisco at San Diego, Arizona at the Dodgers, and Philadelphia at St. Louis (with Brett Myers (4-9, 5.46 ERA) battling with Todd Wellemeyer (8-4, 4.13 ERA)).

Over in the American League Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-2, 3.04 ERA) will be looking for his 12^th win of the year when the Red Sox host Dallas Braden (2-1, 4.39 ERA) and the Athletics. The Yankees will finish out their series against the Angels and ace John Lackey (9-2, 2.93 ERA), while the Rays will once again host the Tigers in Tampa Bay.

Rounding out Sunday's Junior Circuit slate are the White Sox at Kansas City, Baltimore at Seattle, Toronto at Texas, and Cleveland at Minnesota. Twins pitcher Francisco Liriano is now back from the minor leagues, and he'll get the start on Sunday afternoon.

In the Sprint Cup Series, Jimmie Johnson will be looking to make it two wins in a row on Sunday when he takes to the track at Pocono Raceway for this year's Pennsylvania 500.

Johnson took the checkered flag in the troubled Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend, keeping his tires from exploding just long enough to grab the victory. That was Johnson's second win of this Sprint Cup season.

Kurt Busch won the Pennsylvania 500 last year, while Kasey Kahne visited victory lane in the Pocono 500 on this track back in June. Jeff Gordon took the checkered flag in the Pocono 500 last year, and he has four career Cup victories on the Pennsylvania track.

Meanwhile, overseas, Lewis Hamilton is back on top of the drivers championship as the Formula One series hits the track in Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Hamilton picked up his second straight victory last time out, beating Nelsinho Piquet across the finish line to take the checkered flag in the German Grand Prix. The win pushed Hamilton four points ahead of Felipe Massa in the current F1 driver standings.

Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2007, holding off Kimi Raikkonen and Nick Heidfeld for the victory. Fernando Alonso, Robert Kubica, Ralf Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, and Heikki Kovalainen rounded out the Top 8 finishers in Budapest last year.