Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, July 4

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Basketball
FIBA U19 World Championship
Semifinal, Heraklion Arena, Heraklion, Greece
United States vs. Greece — ESPNU, 1:30 p.m.

Beach Volleyball
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, The Hague, Netherlands
Men’s Semifinals — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)
Women’s Finals — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

CFL
BC Lions at Ottawa Redblacks — TSN/ESPN3, 6 p.m.

Copa América
Final, Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile
Chile vs. Argentina — beIN Sports, 3:50 p.m.

The Express Gameday — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.
The Express: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 3 p.m.
The Express Wrap-Up: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
The Xtra Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 1: Utrecht (Individual Time Trial) — NBCSN, 7 a.m.

Highlights — NBC, 3 p.m.

Formula 1
British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Qualifying — NBCSN, noon (same day coverage)

Gluttony
2015 Hot Dog Eating Contest — ESPN2, noon

Golf
European PGA Tour
Open de France, Le Golf National (Albatros Course), Paris, France
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.

PGA Tour
The Greenbrier Classic, The Greenbrier Resort (The Old White TPC), White Sulphur Springs, WV
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Nova Scotia Open, Ashburn Golf Club (New Course), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Breeders Cup Challenge Series, Belmont Park, Elmont, NY
Belmont Oaks — NBC, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Main Event: UFC 167: MacDonald vs. Lawler — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.
Best of WEC: Bantamweight Bonuses — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
UFC Presents: The Notorious: Conor McGregor — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

MLB
American League
Tampa Bay at New York Yankees — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Houston at Boston — Root Sports Southwest/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Baltimore at Chicago White Sox — MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/Comacast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Texas — MLB Network/Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 9 p.m.

National League
San Francisco at Washington — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/MASN, 11 a.m.
San Diego at St. Louis — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Miami at Chicago Cubs — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — MLB Network/Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Arizona, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Cleveland at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/STO/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Road to the Show: Jonathan Papelbon — Fox Sports 1, noon
MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Epic Moments: A Battle in the Bronx — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Columbus vs. New York Red Bulls — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/MSG Network, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal vs. New York City FC — TVA Sports/YES, 8 p.m.
Colorado vs. Vancouver — TSN/Altitude, 9 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. New England — KTXA/Comcast SportsNet New England, 9 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Orlando — KMYU/WRBW, 10 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. Toronto FC — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/Sportsnet 360, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Firecracker 250, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL
Race — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Prerace: Firecracker 250 — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
Off the Grid: Daytona — NBCSN, 10 p.m.

NBA
Orlando Summer League, Amway Center, Orlando, FL
Miami vs. Indiana — NBA TV, 9 a.m.
Detroit vs. Orlando (White) — NBA TV, 11 a.m.
Orlando (Blue) vs. Los Angeles Clippers — NBA TV, 1 p.m.
Charlotte vs. Oklahoma City — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Memphis vs. Brooklyn — NBA TV, 5 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

Soccer
FIFA Women’s World Cup
3rd Place Match, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Germany vs. England — Fox, 3:45 p.m./NBC Universo, 3:48 p.m.

FIFA Women’s World Cup Today — Fox, 3 p.m.
2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Preview Show — NBC Universo, 3:30 p.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
Heroes: The Story of the FIFA Women’s World Cup — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, noon
Sports Minds — beIN Sports, 1 p.m.
SEC Storied: Abby Head On — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Nine for IX: Let Them Wear Towels — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ABC, 3 p.m.
Nine for IX: Swoopes — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
Nine for IX: The Diplomat — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ABC, 4:30 p.m.
Nine for IX: Pat XO — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
Nine for IX: Runner — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: Requiem for the Big East — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: No Más — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
Spike Lee’s Lil’ Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever/Ray Allen — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Ghosts of Ole Miss — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
The Championships Wimbledon, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England, United Kingdom
Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Third Round — ESPN, 8 a.m.

Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Wimbledon Primetime — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m.

World University Games
Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Women’s Basketball: USA vs. Italy — ESPNU, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)
Swimming — Longhorn Network, midnight (same day coverage)

Sunday, July 5

Basketball
FIBA U19 World Championship
Final, Heraklion Arena, Heraklion, Greece
ESPNU, 1:30 p.m.

Beach Volleyball
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, The Hague, Netherlands
Men’s Final — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

CFL
Toronto Argonauts at Saskatchewan Roughriders — TSN/ESPN3, 1:30 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 2: Utrecht to Zélande — NBCSN, 7 a.m.

Highlights — NBC, 2 p.m.

Formula 1
British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Race — CNBC, 7:30 a.m./Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

Fórmula 1 Previo — Univision Deportes, 7:30 a.m.
F1 Extra — CNBC, 10 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Open de France, Le Golf National (Albatros Course), Paris, France
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
The Greenbrier Classic, The Greenbrier Resort (The Old White TPC), White Sulphur Springs, WV
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Nova Scotia Open, Ashburn Golf Club (New Course), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Jockey Club Racing Tour, Monmouth Park, Oceanport, NJ
United Nation Stakes — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.

American Pharoah: Finally the One — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fighter’s Cut: Conor McGregor — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Insider: Training Day: Holm vs. Reneau — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
UFC Countdown — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Tampa Bay at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Sun Sports/YES, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit — MLB Network/Sportsnet/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Houston at Boston — Root Sports Southwest/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Baltimore at Chicago White Sox — MASN/WGN, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City — Fox Sports North/STO, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Texas — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.

National League
Milwaukee at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Ohio, 1, p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports South, 1:30 p.m.
San Diego at St. Louis — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Miami at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Florida/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.
New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers — WPIX/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
San Francisco at Washington — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Cleveland at Pittsburgh — STO/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.

Plays of the Month: June — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown live from Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. — ESPN, 6:30 p.m.
2015 MLB All-Star Selection Show — ESPN: Starters, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight: All-Star Selection Recap — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
Portland vs. San Jose — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Coke Zero 400, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL
Race (series premiere) — NBC, 7 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Daytona — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR Special: Chasing 43 — NBC, 4 p.m.
NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap (series premiere) — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Daytona — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

NBA
Orlando Summer League, Amway Center, Orlando, FL
Los Angeles Clippers vs. Detroit — NBA TV, 1 p.m.
Memphis vs. Charlotte — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Brooklyn vs. Miami — NBA TV, 5 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

Soccer
FIFA Women’s World Cup
Final, BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
United States vs. Japan — Fox/Telemundo, 7 p.m.

FIFA Women’s World Cup Today — Fox, 5 p.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Tonight — Fox, 9 p.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Monday)

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: The Deal — ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Four Days in October — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
What Makes Us — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Garbage Time With Katie Nolan — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.

Tennis
The Championships Wimbledon, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England, United Kingdom
Week One Highlights — ABC, 3 p.m.

World University Games
Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Men’s Basketball: Brazil vs. United States — ESPNU, 7:30 a.m.
Swimming — Longhorn Network, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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