Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, July 23

Arena Football
Portland Steel at Tampa Bay Storm — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
West Coast Eagles vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.
Geelong Cats vs. Adelaide Crows — FS1, 5 a.m.

Basketball
The Basketball Tournament
Quarterfinals, Gallagher Center, Philadelphia, PA

City of Gods vs. The Untouchables — ESPN2, noon
Trained To Go vs. Overseas Elite — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Team Colorado vs. Team Utah –ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Golden Eagles Alumni vs. Always A Brave — ESPN2, 8 p.m

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Scottish Rite Theatre, San Antonio, TX
Welterweights

Jorge Maysonet vs. Fabian Andres Maidana — NBCSN, 8:30 p.m.

WBC/WBO World Super Lightweight Unification Bout, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV
Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol — Pay per view, 9 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 20: Megève to Morzine-Avoriaz — NBCSN, 7 a.m.

Tour de France Pre-Race Show — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Primetime Replay — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Hungary, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary
Qualifying — CNBC/Univision Deportes,, 8 a.m.

Golf
PGA Tour Champions
The Senior Open, Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Carnoustie, Scotland, United Kingdom

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.
3rd Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
Canadian Open, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

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.

American Century Championship, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, South Lake Tahoe, NV
2nd Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
UL International Crown, Merit Club, Gurnee, IL

3rd Round: Four Ball — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Utah Championship, Golf Club at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, UT

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Horse Racing
Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Diana Stakes — FS2, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Shevchenko, United Center, Chicago, IL
Prelims — Fox, 6 p.m.
Main Event — Fox, 8 p.m.

UFC Fight Night Postfight Show — FS1, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Seattle at Toronto — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Anaheim at Houston — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore — STO/MASN2, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Boston — Fox Sports North/NESN, 7 p.m.
Texas at Kansas City — FS1, 7:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Oakland — Fox Sports Sun/Comcast SportsNet California, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — WGN/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Miami — WPIX/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Washington — Fox Sports San Diego/MASN, 7 p.m.
Los Angees at St. Louis — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
Atlanta at Colorado — Fox Sports South/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

Interleague
San Francisco at New York Yankees — FS1/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/YES, 4 p.m.

MLS
Portland vs. LA Galaxy — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Columbus vs. Orlando — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/WWHO/WRDQ, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal vs. Philadelphia — TVA Sports/The Comcast Network, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Chicago — Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Chicag0 Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto FC vs. D.C. United — Sportsnet 360/NewsChannel 8, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. FC Dallas — Altitude/KTXA, 9 p.m.
Houston vs. Vancouver — Root Sports Southwest/TSN, 9:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Lilly Diabetes 250, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN

Qualifying — NBCSN, 11:40 a.m.
Race — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN

Qualifying — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Xfinity Series Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 3 p.m.
Xfinity Series Post-Race Show — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight: Atlantic Division Needs — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
NASL
Jacksonville Armada vs. Ottawa Fury — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League, The Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, England, United Kingdom
London Anniversary Games — beIN Sports, 9 a.m.

Sunday, July 24

Arena Football
Cleveland Gladiators at Arizona Rattlers — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Hawthorn Hawks vs. Richmond Tigers — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 a.m.

Basketball
USA Basketball Showcase, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
United States vs. Communist China — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 21: Chantilly to Paris Champs-Élysées — NBCSN, 10:30 a.m.

Tour de France Pre-Race Show — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Primetime Replay — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Drag Racing
Mile-High NHRA Nationals, Bandimere Speedway, Denver CO
Finals — Fox, 3 p.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Hungary, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary
Race — NBCSN/UniMás/Univision Deportes, 7:30 a.m.

Golf
PGA Tour Champions
The Senior Open, Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Carnoustie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Final Round — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.

LPGA Tour
UL International Crown, Merit Club, Gurnee, IL

Final Round: Singles Match Play — NBC, noon
Final Round: Singles Match Play — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour
Canadian Open, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 2:30 p.m.

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

American Century Championship, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, South Lake Tahoe, NV
Final Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Utah Championship, Golf Club at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, UT

Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Horse Racing
Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
American Oaks — FS2, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Countdown: UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley — FS1, 9 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Insider: Condit/Suarez/Woodley — FS1, 10 p.m.

MLB
2016 National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — MLB Network, 1:30 p.m.

2016 Hall of Fame Awards Presentation — MLB Network 11 a.m.
MLB Tonight: Hall of Fame Edition — MLB Network, noon

American League
Seattle at Toronto — Root Sports Northwest/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore — STO/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Boston — Fox Sports North/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Houston — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Detroit/WGN, 2 p.m.
Texas at Kansas City — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Oakland — Fox Sports Sun/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.

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

Interleague
San Francisco at New York Yankees — TBS/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/YES, 1 p.m.

Plays of the Week — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
New York Red Bulls vs. New York City FC — Fox, 1 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. Seattle — ESPN/TSN5, 3 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN

Race — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Indianapolis — FS1, 1 p.m.
NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Post Race Show — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Indianapolis — FS1, 10:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight: Sounds of 2015-16 — NHL Network, 8 p.m.

Soccer
International Champions Cup, Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR
Inter Milan vs. Paris Saint-Germain — ESPN, 5 p.m.

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

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: White, BLue and White — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 fro 30: Hillsborough — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
SEC Storied: Dominique Belongs to Us — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Trojan War — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: Chasing Tyson — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Lenny Cooke — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Citi Open, Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, Washington, D.C.

Doubles Final — Tennis Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Men’s Singles Final: Steve Johnson vs. Ivo Karlovic — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.
Women’s Singles Final: Yanina Wickmayer vs. Yulia Putintseva — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the Citi Open — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m.

ATP Tour
Swiss Open, Roy Emerson Arena, Gstaad, Switzerland
Finals

Feliciano Lopez vs. Robin Haase — beIN Sports, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

U.S. Open Series
WTA Tour

Bank of the West Classic, Taube Family Tennis Stadium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Final

Venus Williams vs. Johanna Konta — ESPN2, 5 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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