Friday’s Viewing Picks

Arena Football
New Orleans VooDoo at San Jose SaberCats — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Richmond Tigers vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.
Essendon Bombers vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

Bulls
Running of the Bulls, Pamplona, Spain
Day 4 — Esquire Network, 2 a.m.
Day 4 Highlights — Esquire Network, 11 p.m.

CFL
Montreal Alouettes at Winnipeg Blue Bombers — TSN/ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Saskatchewan Roughriders at BC Lions — TSN/ESPN3, 10 p.m.

College Sailing
2015 National Championship — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

CONCACAF Gold Cup
Group A, Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Honduras vs. Panama — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 5:48 p.m./Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.
United States vs. Haiti — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 8:18 p.m./Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 5 p.m.
Fútbol Central — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 5:30 p.m.
Golf Cup Match Day — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Fútbol Central — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 7: Livarot to Fougères — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Stage 7 Highlights — NBCSN, midnight

Golf
European PGA Tour
Scottish Open, Gullane Golf Club (Championship Course), Gullane, Scotland
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.

Champions Tour
Encompass Championship, North Shore Country Club, Glenview, IL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Open, Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, PA
2nd Round — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour
John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, IL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Golf Channel Pregame — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Boise Open, Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, ID
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Houston at Tampa Bay — Root Sports Southwest/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Boston — MLB Network/WPIX/NESN, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet California/STO, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Toronto at Kansas City — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Arizona at New York Mets — SNY, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Miami — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Midwest/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Colorado — Fox Sports South/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Wisconsin/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m.

Interleague
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/WGN, 4 p.m.
Washington at Baltimore — MLB Network/MASN2/MASN, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Texas — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
San Jose vs. Houston — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Quaker State 400, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY
Practice 1 — NBCSN, 11:30 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Kentucky 300, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY
Qualifying — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Prerace — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NASCAR Special: Chasing 43 — NBCSN, 10 p.m.

NBA
Orlando Summer League, Amway Center, Orlando, FL
5th Place Game
Los Angeles Clippers vs. Oklahoma City — NBA TV, 8 a.m.

3rd Place Game
Detroit vs. Miami — NBA TV, 10 a.m.

Championship Game
Memphis vs. Orlando (White Squad) — NBA TV, noon

7th Place Game
Indiana vs. Orlando (Blue Squad) — NBA TV, 2 p.m.

9th Place Game
Brooklyn vs. Charlotte — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

Las Vegas Summer League, Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Sacramento vs. Toronto — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Los Angeles Lakers — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.
Golden State vs. Cleveland — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Summer League Bonus Coverage — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

Pan American Games
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Diving — Longhorn Network, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)
Opening Ceremony — CBC, 7 p.m./ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Espinho Stadium, Espinho, Portugal
Group C
Spain vs. Iran — NBC Universo, 7:52 a.m.
Brazil vs. Mexico — NBC Universo, 12:22 p.m.

Group D
Russia vs. Paraguay — NBC Universo, 9:22 a.m.
Tahiti vs. Madagascar — NBC Universo, 10:52 a.m.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Pre-Game Show — NBC Universo, 7:30 a.m.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Pre-Game Show — NBC Universo, 8:52 a.m.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Pre-Game Show — NBC Universo, 10:22 a.m.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Pre-Game Show — NBC Universo, 11:52 a.m.

America’s Pregame: Salute to the U.S. Women’s National Team (Parade in New York City) — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
America’s Pregame: Salute to the U.S. Women’s National Team (Parade in New York City) — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
The Russillo Show — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
His & Hers — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
The Best of the Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
World’s Strongest Man: 2014 Final — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
World’s Strongest Man 2015 — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 8:30 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
Gentlemen’s Singles Semifinals
Novak Djokovic vs. Richard Gasquet and Andy Murray vs. Roger Federer — ESPN, 8 a.m.

Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Wimbledon Primetime: Men’s Semifinal Edition — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m.

World University Games
Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Swimming — Longhorn Network, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)
Men’s Basketball Quarterfinal: United States vs. Lithuania — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

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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