Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Collingwood Magpies vs. Richmond Tigers — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 p.m.

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

Bundesliga
Hertha Berlin vs. SV Werder Bremen — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:25 p.m.

Bundesliga Weekly — Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
CFB Daily: The Blitz — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

Cycling
USA Pro Challenge
Stage 5: Breckenridge (Individual Time Trial) — Universal Sports, 4 p.m.

Formula 1
Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Practice — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Made in Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort (PGA Backtee Course), Aalborg, Denmark
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

U.S. Amateur Championship, Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Hills, IL
Quarterfinals — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, The Vancouver Golf Club, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Champions Tour
Boeing Classic, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, WA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

Little League Baseball
Little League World Series, Howard J. Lamade Stadium & Volunteer Stadium, Williamsport, PA
Opening Round
Europe-Africa (Uganda) vs. Caribbean (Dominican Republic) — ESPN2, 10 a.m.
Southwest (Pearland West, TX) vs. Northwest (Wilshire-Riverside, OR) — ESPN, 11 a.m.
Latin America (Venezuela) vs. Australia — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Great Lakes (Bowling Green Eastern, KY) vs. West (Sweetwater Valley, CA) — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Canada (British Columbia) vs. Mexico — ESPNews, 4 p.m.
Southeast (Northwood, SC) vs. New England (Cranston Western, RI) — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Asia-Pacific (Taiwan) vs. Japan — ESPNews, 7 p.m.
Mid-Atlantic (Red Land, PA) vs. Midwest (Webb City, MO) — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Resurrection Fighting Alliance 29, Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, SD
USA vs. Brazil — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

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

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

Interleague
Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston — MLB Network/SportsNet LA/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Tonight, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

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

Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Food City 300, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Final Practice — NBCSN, 9:30 a.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Practice — NBCSN, 11:30 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.

NASCAR America: States of NASCAR #5 — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Atlanta at New York Jets — WUPA/WCBS, 7:30 p.m./NFL Network, midnight
Seattle at Kansas City — NFL Network/KCPQ/KCTV, 8 p.m.

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

Soccer
NWSL
Houston Dash vs. Seattle Reign — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

El Clasico — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
Total Italian Football — beIN Sports, 6:30 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, 7:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 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.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, 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.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SEC Storied: Coach Bernie — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.
ESPN Films: Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series
Western & Southern Open, Linder Family Tennis Center, Mason, OH
Men’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF World Championships, National Stadium, Beijing, Communist China
Day 1 — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.

WNBA
Atlanta Dream at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Liberty — 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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