Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Geelong Cats vs. Sydney Swans — FS1, 5:30 a.m.
Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Collingwood Magpies — FS2, 11:30 p.m.

CFL
Calgary Stampeders at Ottawa Redblacks — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Edmonton Eskimos — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 7: L’Isle-Jourdain to Lac de Payolle — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Tour de France Pre Show — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.

eSports
ELeague: Best in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive — TBS, 10 p.m.

Formula 1
British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England, United Kingdom
Practice — NBCSN, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European Tour
Scottish Open, Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness, Scotland

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.

Web.com Tour
LECOM Health Challenge, Peek’n Peak Resort (Upper Course), Findley Lake, NY

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Open, CordeValle, San Martin, CA
2nd Round — FS1, 3 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Dick’s Sporting Good Open, En-Joie Golf Course, Endicott, NY

1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — FS1, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS2, 7 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Lion Fight 30, Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Mashantucket, CT
Middleweights

Ky Hollenback vs. Mark Holst — AXS TV, 9 p.m.

Inside MMA — AXS TV, 11:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim at Baltimore — Fox Sports West/MASN2, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto — Fox Sports Detroit/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
New York Yankeese at Cleveland — YES/STO, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Boston — Fox Sports Sun/NESN, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Houston — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

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

Interleague
Atlanta at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 8 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Orlando vs. Houston — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
San Jose vs. FC Dallas — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 10:30 p.m.

Univision Deportes Fútbol Club — Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.
La Barra MLS — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Quaker State 400, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY

Practice — NBCSN, 11:45 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Alsco 300, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY

Race — NBCSN, 8:30 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
Post-Race Show: Kentucky — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

NBA Summer League
Orlando Pro Summer League, Amway Center, Orlando, FL
5th Place Game
Dallas vs. Charlotte — NBA TV, 8 a.m.

3rd Place Game
Oklahoma City vs. Miami — NBA TV, 10 a.m.

Championship Game
Orlando (White) vs. Detroit — NBA TV, noon

7th Place Game
Orlando (Blue) vs. Indiana — NBA TV, 2 p.m.

9th Place Game
LA Clippers vs. New York — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

Las Vegas Summer League, Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, NV
Milwaukee vs. Cleveland — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Atlanta vs. Houston — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Sacramento vs. Toronto — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

Las Vegas Summer League, Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Minnesota vs. Denver — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
LA Lakers vs. New Orleans — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, midnight

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Olympic Trials
U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Men’s 1500 meters, Women’s 100 meter Hurdles, & Men’s & Women’s 400 meter Hurdles semifinals — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Women’s 100 meter Hurdles, Men’s Discus & Steeplechase finals — NBC, 8 p.m.

U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Trials, SAP Center, San Jose, CA
Night 1 — NBC, 9 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
The Locker Room — 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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m.
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN2, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)
Contacto Deportivo — Univision Deportes, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

Tennis
The Championships Wimbledon, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England, United Kingdom
Gentlemen’s Semifinals — ESPN,8 a.m.

Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 7 a.m.

Entertainmemt
All In With Cam Newton: All In With Grant and Tori — Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.
Masters of Illusion — The CW, 8 p.m,
Alaskan Bush People: Off the Grid: Judgement Day — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Killer Women: Mastermind to Murder (series premiere) — TLC, 8 p.m.
Chalie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Girl Meets World: Girl Meets Upstate — Disney Channel, 8:30 p.m.
The Great British Baking Show: Biscuits — PBS, 9 p.m.
Alaskan Bush People: Released to the Wild — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: The Myterious Nine — History Channel, 9 p.m.
I (Almost) Got Away With It: Got to Be Part of the Pittsburgh Six — Investigation Discoverry, 9 p.m.
As I AM: the Life and Times of DJ AM — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Killjoys: Wild, Wild Westerley — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Mysteries of the Museum: Man Who Saved the World; Man in a Box and From the Depths of Hell — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
What Would You. Do? — ABC, 9:01 p.m.
Treehouse Masters: Out on a Limb: Treehouse Z (season premiere) — Animal Planet, 9:01 p.m.
Arranged: Arranged Life: Valentine Decline — FYI, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10 p.m.
Outcast: The Road Before Us — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: Game Changers — CNN, 10 p.m.
Trauma Doctors: Code Red (series premiere) — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Passport to Murder: South of the Border Sins — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Dark Matter: Kill Them All — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Treehouse Masters: Bon-Appé-Treehouse — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
Homestead Rescue: Trust or Die — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
Pulp Fiction — The Movie Channel, 10:10 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — Pop, midnight
The Submission of Emma Marx — Sho2, midnight

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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