Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Collingwood Magpies vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos — FS2, 5:30 a.m.
Sydney Swans vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

Basketball
The Basketball Tournament
Round of 16, Gallagher Center, Philadelphia, PA

Golden Eagles Alumni vs. Armored Athletge — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Pedro’s Posse vs. Always a Brave — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

USA Basketball Showcase, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
United States vs Argentina — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

Boxing
ShoBox, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT
WBA Fedelatin Super Bantamweight Title

Adam Lopez vs. Roman Ruben Reynoso — Showtime, 10 p.m.

College Football
2016 College Football Media Days: ACC — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 19: Albertville to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc — NBCSN, 7 a.m.

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

Drag Racing
Mile-High NHRA Nationals, Bandimere Speedway, Denver, CO
Qualifying — FS1, 8 p.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Hungary, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary
Practice — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

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

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.

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

2nd Round: Four Ball — Golf Channel, noon

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

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

American Century Championship, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, South Lake Tahoe, NV
1st Round — NBCSN, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Horse Racing
Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Opening Day — FS2, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Shevchenko, United Center, Chicago, IL
Weigh-In — FS1, 5 p.m.

Bellator 159, Kansas Star Arena, Wichita, KS
Bantamweight Title Eliminator

Joe Taimanglo vs. Darrion Caldwell — Spike, 9 p.m.

Legacy Fighting Championship 58, Golden Nugget, Lake Charles, LA
Light Heavyweight World Championship

Ryan Spann vs. Robert Drysdale — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

Hard Knocks MMA Fighting: Best Fights — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at Baltimore — STO/MASN2, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Boston — Fox Sports North/NESN, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Toronto — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Houston — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Texas at Kansas City — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Oakland — Fox Sports Sun/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Miami — SNY/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh — WCAU/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Washington — Fox Sports San Diego/MASN, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at St. Louis — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Atlanta at Colorado — Fox Sports South/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.

Interleague
San Francisco at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/WPIX, 7 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Real Salt Lake vs. San Jose — UniMás/Univision Deportes/KMYU, 11 p.m.

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

Practice — NBCSN, noon
Final Practice — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

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

Practice — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ (The Final Days — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
NASL
Carolina RailHawks vs. Miami FC — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s International Friendly, Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, KS
United States vs. Costa Rica — ESPN, 8:55 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNnews, 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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
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.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 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.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 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, midnight

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

Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the Citi Open — Tennis Channel, 12:30 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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