Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 p.m.

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

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 19: Saint-Jean-de Maurienne to La Toussaine-La Sybelles — NBCSN, 7 a.m.

Stage 19 Highlights — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Formula 1
Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Practice 2 — NBCSN, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
European Masters, Cans-sur-Sierre GC (Severiano Ballesteros Course), Crans-Montana, Switzerland
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

LPGA Tour
Meijer LPGA Classic, Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, MI
2nd Round — Golf Channel, noon

The Senior Open Championship, Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
2nd Round — ESPN2, noon

PGA Tour
Canadian Open, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Barão II, United Center, Chicago, IL
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.

UFC Reloaded: UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

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

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

Interleague
Oakland at San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet California/KNTV, 10:15 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting KC — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Lilly Diabetes 250, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Practice 1 — NBCSN, noon
Final Practice — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Practice 2 — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

NBA
Open Court — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
2014 Tampa Bay Bucanneers: Cannons Will Fire — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
2014 Atlanta Falcons: Resurgence — NFL Network, 8:30 p.m.
2014 New Orleans Saints: Persistence — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
2014 Carolina Panthers: Finish the Race — NFL Network, 9:30 p.m.

Pan American Games
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Boxing, Karate, Men’s Basketball, Men’s Volleyball, Track & Field, Women’s Soccer — ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Soccer
International Champions Cup
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Manchester City s. Real Madrid — Fox Sports 1, 5:55 a.m.

XL Center, Hartford, CT
Fiorentina vs. Benfica — Fox Sports 2, 8 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.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 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.
His & Hers — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
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 Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann (The Final Days) — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN Films: Nixon’s National Champs — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
ESPN Films: Two Points, One Title — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court Live: Claro Open Colombia, Croatia Open Umag, Nürnburger Gastein Ladies, Swedish Open — Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League, Olympic Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
Anniversary Games — beIN Sports, 3 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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