Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Richmond Tigers vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.
Port Adelaide Power vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 p.m.
Hawthorn Hawks vs. Collingwood Magpies – Fox Soccer Plus, midnight

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 a.m.

College Baseball
2014 College World Series, TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Omaha, NE
Vanderbilt vs. Texas — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Virginia vs. Mississippi — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de Suisse, Switzerland
Stage 7: Individual Time Trial-Emmen Valley — beIN Sport, 9:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, Austria
Practice — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Irish Open, Cork, Ireland
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m. & 10 a.m.

Champions Tour
Encompass Championship, Glenview, IL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
U.S. Women’s Open Championship, Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, Pinehurst, NC
2nd Round — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

PGA Tour
Travelers Championship, Cromwell, CT
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

Horse Racing
Royal Ascot, Berkshire, England
Day 4 — beIN sport, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

MLB
American League
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MLB Network/MASN/WWOR, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/WKYC, 7 p.m.
Houston at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet Houston/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Boston at Oakland — NESN/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Texas at Anaheim Angels — KTXA/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/WGN America, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington — Fox Sports South/MASN2, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Miami — SNY/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at St. Louis — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Milwaukee at Colorado — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona — KNTV/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Toronto at Cincinnati — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLL Lacrosse
Rochester Rattlers at Florida Launch — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Toyota-Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Practice — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
Final Practice — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Special — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
The 600: History of NASCAR’s Toughest Race — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

NHL
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 9 p.m.

Soccer
2014 FIFA World Cup, Group Play
Group D, Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Italy vs. Costa Rica — ESPN/Univision/Univision Deportes, 11:30 a.m.

Group E, Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil
Switzerland vs. France — ESPN/Univision/Univision Deportes, 2:30 p.m.

Group E, Arena de Baixada, Curitaba, Brazil
Honduras vs. Ecuador — ESPN/Univision/Univision Deportes, 5:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central Edición Mundial — Univision Deportes, 10 a.m.
El Gordo y la Flaca: Edición Mundial — Univision, 11 a.m.
El Gordo y la Flaca: Edición Mundial — Univision, 2 p.m.
Fútbol Central Edición Mundial — Univision Deportes, 2 p.m.
Fútbol Central Edición Mundial — Univision Deportes, 5 p.m.
World Cup Tonight — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
ESPN FC: World Cup Encore — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. (joined in progress)
SportsDash With Yahoo! Sports — NBCSN, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
SportsNation: 44 Jeers of May — ESPNews, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
E:60 — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
One2One: Kevin Ollie & Geno Auriemma — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPNews, 8 p.m.
Unguarded with Rachel Nichols — CNN, 10:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 2, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Coverage of Topshelf Open and Aegon International — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m.
Center Court Wimbledon Report — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

WTA Tour
Topshelf Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Topshelf Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Aegon International, Eastbourne, England
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 8:05 p.m. & 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
Dateline NBC — NBC, 8 p.m.
24: Live Another Day: Day 9: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. — Fox, 8 p.m.
Hang ‘Em High — Encore, 8 p.m.
Against All Flags — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
The Purge — HBO2, 8:30 p.m.
Science of Stupid: Poolside Falls — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
What Would You Do? — ABC, 9 p.m.
Mountain Monsters: Uncaged: Sheepsquatch — Destination America, 9 p.m.
White House Down — Starz, 9 p.m.
Cold Justice: Stranded (Bay City, TX) — TNT, 9 p.m.
Monumental Mysteries: St. Urho; Mystery Castle; Bat Bombs –Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
I Love the 2000’s: 2006 — VH1, 9 p.m.
Science of Stupid: Karate Flops — National Geographic Channel, 9:30 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10 p.m.
The Transporter — Encore, 10 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: Special Edition: Mysterious Structures — H2, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Nightmare Next Door: Memorial Day Murder — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The L Word: Lost Weekend — Showcase, 10 p.m.
Funny Games — Sundance Channel, 10 p.m.
Continuum: The Dying Minutes — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Funniest Wins: The Future of Comedy (series premiere) — TBS, 10 p.m.
I Love the 2000’s: 2007 — VH1, 10 p.m.
The L Word: Lobster — Showcase, 11 p.m.
The Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Topless Prophet: 21 — Cinemax, midnight
The Half Hour: Chris Gethard — Comedy Central, midnight
The Half Hour: Ron Funches — Comedy Central, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

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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