Friday’s Viewing Picks

Arena Football Playoffs
Quarterfinal
Portland Thunder at San Jose SaberCats — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Sydney Swans vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 4:30 p.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
Heavweights
Antonio Tarver vs. Steve Cunningham — Spike, 9 p.m.

Bundesliga
Bayern Munich vs. Hamburg — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 p.m.

Bundesliga Season Ticket: Season Preview — Fox Sports 2, noon
Bundesliga Report: Summer 2015 — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
Bundesliga Weekly — Fox Sports 2, 1:30 p.m.
Bundesliga Pregame — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
College Football Awards Preview Show — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
College Football Freshman Focus — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
CFB Daily: The Blitz — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

Cycling
Eneco Tour
Stage 5: Riemst to Sittard-Geleen — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m.

English Premier League
Aston Villa vs. Manchester United — NBCSN, 2:45 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 4:45 p.m.

Golf
PGA Championship, Whistler Straits, Kohler, WI
2nd Round — TNT, 2 p.m.
2nd Round Highlights — CBS, 12:37 a.m. (Saturday)

Live From the PGA Championship — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
PGA Championship On the Range — CBS Sports Network, 10:30 a.m.
PGA Championship Clubhouse Report — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Live From the PGA Championship — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Open, Portland Golf Club, Portland, OR
Quarterfinals — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Cambia Portland Classic, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, OR
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Little League Baseball
Northeast Regional Tournament, A. Barlett Giamatti Little League Leadership Training Center, Bristol, CT
Semifinal
Rhode Island vs. Connecticut — ESPN, 11 a.m.

Midwest Regional Tournament, Reuben F. Glick Little League Baseball Center, Indianapolis, IN
Semifinal
Missouri vs. South Dakota — ESPN, 1 p.m.

Northwest Regional Tournament, Al Houghton Stadium, San Bernardino, CA
Semifinal
Washington vs. Idaho — ESPN, 3 p.m.

Great Lakes Regional Tournament, Reuben F. Glick Little League Baseball Center, Indianapolis, IN
Semifinal
Ohio vs. Kentucky — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament, A. Bartlett Giamatti Little League Leadership Training Center, Bristol, CT
Semifinal
New York vs. Maryland — ESPN, 7 p.m.

West Regional Tournament, Al Houghton Stadium, San Bernardino, CA
Semifinal
Southern California vs. Hawaii — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
CES MMA XXX, Twin River Casino, Lincoln, RI
CES MMA Lightweight Title
Luis Felix vs. Julian Lane — AXS TV, 9 p.m.

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

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

Interleague
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/WGN, 4 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, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

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

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Practice — NBCSN, 11 a.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Careers for Veterans 200, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Practice — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.
Final Practice — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
1979 Daytona 500 — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
Being: Stewart-Haas Racing — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Carolina at Buffalo — WCCB/WKBW, 7 p.m.
Tennessee at Atlanta — NFL Network/WKRN/WUPA, 7 p.m.
New York Giants at Cincinnati — WNBC/WKRC, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville — KDKA/WJXT, 7:30 p.m.
Denver at Seattle — NFL Network/KTVD/KCPQ, 10 p.m.
St. Louis at Oakland — KTVI/KTVU, 10 p.m.

NFL Preseason HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.

Soccer
Spanish Super Cup, San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain
Leg 1
Athletic Bilbao vs. Barçelona — ESPNews, 3:55 p.m.

Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 9 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, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
ESPN Radio With Michelle Beadle & Ben Lyons — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
His & Hers — ESPNews, noon
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports Southwest, noon
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.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
A Tribute to Mike Slive — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
World Armwrestling League — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series
Rogers Cup, Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (ATP)/Aviva Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (WTA)
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 9 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

WNBA
Minnesota Lynx at Atlanta Dream — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Sky at Seattle Storm — NBA TV, 10 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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