Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, August 22

Arena Football Playoffs
National Conference Championship, SAP Center, San Jose, CA
Arizona Rattlers at San Jose SaberCats — ESPNews, 8 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Beach Volleyball
World Series of Beach Volleyball, Alamitos Beach, Long Beach, CA
Men’s and Women’s Semifinal — NBC, 4:30 p.m.

Boxing
Solo Boxeo Tecate, Churchill County Fairgrounds, Fallon, NV
Lightweights
Saul Rodriguez vs. Ramsey Luna — UniMás, 11 p.m.

Bundesliga
Hoffenheim vs. Bayern Munich — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.
Koln vs. VfL Volksburg — Fox Sports 2, 9:30 a.m.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Augsburg — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.
Hamburg vs. VfB Stuttgart — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.

Bundesliga Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.
Bundesliga Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.

Cycling
Vuelta a España
Stage 1: Puerto Banús to Marbella — Universal Sports, 1 p.m.

USA Pro Challenge
Stage 6: Loveland to Fort Collins — Universal Sports, 4 p.m.

English Football Championship
Leeds United vs. Sheffield Wednesday — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.
Charlton Athletic vs. Hull City — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Newcastle — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7:45 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Tottenham Hotspur — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Aston Villa — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Swansea City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Pregame — NBC Universo, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Match of the Day — NBC, 12:30 p.m.
Premier League Download: Jack to a King, Part 2 — NBC, 2 p.m.

Formula 1
Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 7:55 a.m./CNBC, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Made in Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort (PGA Backtee Course), Aalborg, Denmark
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

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

U.S. Amateur Championship, Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, IL
Semifinals — Fox, 3 p.m.

Champions Tour
Boeing Classic, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, WA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, The Vancouver Golf Club, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

IndyCar
ABC Supply 500, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
Qualifying — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

IndyCar Chronicles: Scott Dixon — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

La Liga
Club Atletico de Madrid vs. Las Palmas — beIN Sports, 2:25 p.m.
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid vs. Valenica — beIN Sports, 4:25 p.m.

Little League Baseball
Little League World Series, Howard J. Lamade Stadium & Volunteer Stadium, Williamsport, PA
Elimination Games
Australia vs. Caribbean (Dominican Republic) — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Northwest (Wilshire-Riverside, OR) vs. Great Lakes (Bowling Green, KY) — ABC, 3 p.m.
Asia-Pacific (Taiwan) vs. Canada (British Columbia) — ESPN, 6 p.m.
New England (Cranston Western, RI) vs. Midwest (Webb City, MO) — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira, SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at New York Yankees — MLB Network/STO/YES, 1 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 1, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Seattle — WGN/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Oakland — MLB Network/Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet California, 9 p.m.
Toronto at Anaheim Angels — MLB Network/Sportsnet/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports South/WLS, 4 p.m.
San Francisco at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports 1/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 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.
New York Mets at Colorado — WPIX/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at San Diego — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m.

Interleague
Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston — SportsNet LA/Root Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.

Brothers in Exile — MLB Network, 11 a.m.
Road to the Show: C.J. Wilson — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
MLB’s Best — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame Show — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLS
Toronto vs. Orlando — TSN/WOFL/WRBW, 4 p.m.
D.C. United vs. San Jose — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Plus, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. Sporting KC — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/KMCI, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal vs. Philadelphia — TVA Sports/The Comcast Network, 8 p.m.
Chicago vs. Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Altitude, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle — KMYU/KPCQ, 10 p.m.
Vancouver vs. FC Dallas — TSN/KTXA, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Race — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Bristol — Fox Sports 2, 4:30 p.m.
NASCAR America Saturday — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NASCAR Post-Race Show — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Bristol — Fox Sports 1, midnight

NFL Preseason
Baltimore at Philadelphia — NFL Network/WBAL/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/WCAU, 7 p.m.
Miami at Carolina — WFOR/WCCB, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Indianapolis — WFLD/WXIN, 7:30 p.m.
Jacksonville at New York Giants — WJXT/WNBC, 7:30 p.m.
Denver at Houston — KTVD/KTRK, 8 p.m.
New England at New Orleans — WBZ/WVUE, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Minnesota — KTVU/KMSP, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona — NFL Network/KFMB/KCBS/KNXV, 10 p.m.

SportsCenter Special: ESPN The Magazine NFL Preview — ESPNews, 1 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Dundee United vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 6:55 a.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
30 for 30: Pony Exce$$ — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
All In With Laila Ali: Cold Rush — CBS, 11 a.m
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
Game Changers With Kevin Frazier: How the West Was Won — CBS, 11:30 a.m.
Generation Iron — ESPN Classic, noon
Knuckleball — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
On the Mat — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
Nine for IX: Venus vs. — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Unmatched — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: This Is What They Want — ESPN Classic, 9 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 Semifinals — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Women’s Semifinals — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF World Championships, National Stadium, Beijing, Communist China
Day 1 (Afternoon Session) — NBC, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)
Day 2 (Morning Session) — Universal Sports, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, August 23

Arena Football Playoffs
American Conference Championship, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
Jacksonville Sharks at Philadelphia Soul — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
West Coast Eagles vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 a.m.

Beach Volleyball
World Series of Beach Volleyball, Alamitos Beach, Long Beach, CA
Women’s Bronze Medal Match — Universal Sports, 1 p.m.
Women’s Gold Medal Match — NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Men’s Bronze Medal Match — Universal Sports, 4:30 p.m.
Men’s Gold Medal Match — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.

Bundesliga
Ingolstadt vs. Borussia Dortmund — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Mainz — Fox Sports 2, 11:20 a.m.

Bundesliga Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 9 a.m.

Cycling
Vuelta a España
Stage 2: Alhaurín de Torre to Caminito del Ray — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

USA Pro Challenge
Stage 7: Golden to Denver — NBC, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
West Bromwich Albion vs. Chelsea — USA Network/NBC Universo, 8:30 a.m.
Everton vs. Manchester City — NBCSN/Telemundo, 11 a.m.
Watford vs. Southampton — Premier League Extra Time, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — USA Network, 8 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, midnight

Formula 1
Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Race — NBCSN/Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

F1 Pre-race — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Fórmula 1 Previo — Univision Deportes, 7:30 a.m.
F1 Extra — NBCSN, 10 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Made in Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort (PGA Backtee Course), Aalborg, Denmark
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Final Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

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

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

Champions Tour
Boeing Classic, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, WA
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, The Vancouver Golf Club, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

IndyCar
ABC Supply 500, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
Race — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

La Liga
Athletic Club de Bilbao vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports, 12:25 p.m.
Real Sporting de Gijon vs. Real Madrid — beIN Sports, 2:25 p.m.

Little League Baseball
Little League World Series, Howard J. Lamade Stadium & Volunteer Stadium, Williamsport, PA
Double Elimination Games
Latin America (Venezuela) vs. Europe-Africa (Uganda) — ESPN, 11 a.m.
Southwest (Pearland West, TX) vs. West (Sweetwater Valley, CA) — ABC, 3 p.m.
Mexico vs. Japan — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Southeast (Northwood, SC) vs. Mid-Atlantic (Red Land, PA) — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira, SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.
UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at New York Yankees — STO/YES, 1 p.m.
Texas at Detroit — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Boston — Fox Sports Kansas City/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Baltimore — Fox Sports North/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto at Anaheim Angels — Sportsnet/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Seattle — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Oakland — Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington — Fox Sport Wisconsin/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports South/WGN, 2:20 p.m.
New York Mets at Colorado — WPIX/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at San Diego — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports San Diego, 4 p.m.
San Francisco at Pittsburgh — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston — TBS/SportsNet LA/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.

Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
L.A. Galaxy vs. New York City FC — ESPN, 3 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Green Bay at Pittsburgh — NFL Network/WGBA/KDKA, 1 p.m.
Dallas at San Francisco — KTVT/KPIX, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Tennessee — Fox, 8 p.m.

Scottish Football Championship
Rangers vs. Hibernian — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
SportsCenter Featured — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Shut Up and Drive!: Pikes Peak — Fox Sports Live, 4 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series
Western & Southern Open, Linder Family Tennis Center, Mason, OH
Men’s Final — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Women’s Final — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF World Championships, National Stadium, Beijing, Communist China
Day 2 (Afternoon Session) — NBC, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)
Day 3 (Morning Session) — Universal Sports, 9:30 p.m.

WNBA
Chicago Sky at Washington Mystics — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
Minnesota Lynx at Phoenix Mercury — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

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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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