Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Geelong Cats vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.
Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Richmond Tigers — Fox Soccer Plus, 10:30 p.m.

Basketball
Women’s
USA Basketball Showcase, Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, CT

United States vs. Canada — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

Men’s
USA Basketball Showcase, United Center, Chicago, IL

United States vs. Venezuela — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
WBC World Light Heavyweight Title Bout

Adonis Stevenson vs. Thomas Williams, Jr. — Spike, 9 p.m.

CFL
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Montreal Alouettes — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
BC Lions at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA Sonoma Nationals, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Qualifying — FS1, 7:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
German Grand Prix, Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Practice — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
Women’s British Open, Woburn Golf Club, Milton Keynes, England United Kingdom
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 a.m.
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

PGA Championship, Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, NJ
2nd Round — TNT, 1 p.m.

PGA Championship On the Range — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m.
Live From the PGA Championship — Golf Channel, noon
Live From the PGA Championship — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
PGA Championship Clubhouse Report — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
2016 PGA Championship Highlights: 2nd Round — CBS, 12:37 a.m. (Saturday)

European Tour
King’s Cup, Phoenix Gold Golf Club, Pattaya, Thailand

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

IndyCar
Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH
Practice 2 — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley, Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Weigh-In — FS1, 4 p.m.

Resurrection Fighting Alliance 41, Cowboys Dancehall, San Antonio, TX
Middleweights

Josh Clark vs. Trevin Giles — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

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

National League
Colorado at New York Mets — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SNY, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Miami — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee — MLB Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Arizona/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)
Washington at San Franisco — MASN2/KNTV, 10:15 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)
Cincinnati at San Diego — Fox Sports San Diego, 10:30 p.m.

Interleague
Seattle at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 8:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Pennsylvania 400, Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA

Practice — NBCSN, 11 a.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Pocono Mountains 150, Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA

Practice — FS1, 12:30 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 3 p.m.

Xfinity Series
U.S. Cellular 250, Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA

Practice — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ (series finale) — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
Inside Training Camp Live: On the Field — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Inside Training Camp Live: Fantasy Spotlight — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Inside Training Camp Live — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
Training Camp Primetime — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
FIFA Football — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter: AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Forbes Sportsmoney — FS1, 8 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. (joined in progress)
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN, 7 p.m.
SportsNation: Hot Take Time Machine — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, 11:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series
Rogers Cup, Aviva Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ATP)/Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (WTA)

Men’s and Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.
Men’s Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 10:30 p.m.

Track & Field
Tracktown Summer Series Championship — ESPN, 9:30 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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