Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Essendon Bombers — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.

Boxing
ShoBox: The New Generation, Sands Casino Hotel, Bethlehem, PA
Middleweights
Antoine Douglas vs. Istvan Szili — Showtime, 10 p.m.

CFL
Edmonton Eskimos at Ottawa Redblacks — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
BC Lions at Saskatchewan Roughriders — TSN/ESPN3, 10 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 13: Muret to Rodez — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Stage 13 Highlights — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Golf
The Open Championship, St. Andrews (The Old Course), Fife, Scotland
2nd Round — ESPN, 4 a.m./Longhorn Network, 9:30 a.m.

Live From St. Andrews — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Marathon Classic, Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, OH
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour
Barbasol Championship, RTJ Golf Trail at Grand National (Lake Course), Auburn/Opelika, AL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Celebrity Golf Championship, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, Lake Tahoe, NV
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites, The SSE Hydro, Glascow, Scotland
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 1, 9 a.m.

Bellator 140, Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT
Welterweight Title Fight
Douglas Lima vs. Andrey Koreshkov — Spike, 9 p.m.

Legacy Fighting Championship 43, Grand Casino Hinckley Hotel, Hinckley, MN
World Welterweight Championship
Brock Larson vs. Derrick Krantz — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Baltimore at Detroit — MASN2/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Seattle at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/YES, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto — Sun Sports/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Kansas City/WGN, 8 p.m.
Texas at Houston — Fox Sports Southwest/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Boston at Anaheim Angels — NESN/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Minnesota at Oakland — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

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

Interleague
Cleveland at Cincinnati — STO/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.

MLB Now — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

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

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
New Hampshire 301, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH
Practice 1 — NBCSN, 11:30 a.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Lakes Region 200, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH
Practice 1 — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

NBA
Las Vegas Summer League, Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Consolation Round
Miami vs. Sacramento — NBA TV, 4:30 p.m.
Utah vs. Los Angeles Lakers — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
Game 3 — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.
Game 4 — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Summer League Bonus Coverage — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

Pan American Games
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Swimming — Longhorn Network, 2:30 p.m.
Beach Volleyball, Cycling, Men’s Soccer, Men’s Volleyball, Swimming, Women’s Basketball, Wrestling — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Swimming — Longhorn Network, midnight

Soccer
International Champions Cup, CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA
Club América vs. Manchester United — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Softball
Triple Crown Fastpitch US Nationals, Connors Field, Tahoe City, CA
16 Under Division
Championship — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.

18 Under Division
Championship — CBS Sports Network, 8:30 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 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.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Stars Are Aligned — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Play That Changed College Football — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Davis Cup Quarterfinals and Swedish Open — Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 12:30 p.m.

WTA Tour
Bucharest Open, Arenele BNR, Bucharest, Romania
Quarterfinals — beIN Sports, 8 a.m.

ATP Tour
Hall of Fame Championships, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, RI
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League, Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco
Herculis Meet — beIN Sports, 2 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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