Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Richmond Tigers vs. Collingwood Magpies — FS2, 5:30 a.m.
Sydney Swans vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 p.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, PA
Super Middleweights

Denis Douglin vs. David Benavidez — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Fight Night, Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, CA
Rob Brant vs. Paul Valenzuela, Jr. — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
CFB Daily: The Blitz — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Cycling
Tour of Utah
Stage 5: Antelope Island State Park to Bountiful — FS2, 10 p.m.

English Football Championship
Fulham vs. Newcastle United — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Paul Lawrie Match Play, Archerfield Links Golf Club (Fidra Links), Dirleton, Scotland

Round of 32 — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Round of 32 — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

PGA Tour Champions
3M Championship, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, MN

1st Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, Rolling Green Golf Club, Springfield, PA
Quarterfinals — FS1, 3 p.m.

Hockey
2016 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth, MI
Sweden vs. Canada — NHL Network, 1 p.m.
Finland vs. United States — NHL Network, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres, Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, UT
Weigh-In — FS1, 7 p.m.

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

National League
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Washington — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/MASN, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at St. Louis — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Miami at Colorado — Fox Sports Florida/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Arizona — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports San Diego, 10:30 p.m.

Interleague
New York Mets at Detroit — SNY/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Boston at Los Angeles — NESN/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m. (joined in progress)
Chicago Cubs at Oakland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m. (joined in progress)

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 Whiparound — FS1, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
San Jose vs. New York City FC — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Zippo 200 at The Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Final Practice — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Cheez-It 335 at The Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

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

NASCAR America — NBCSN, noon
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

NFL
Good Morning Football — 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.

NHL
Hockey Central Signing Season — NHL Network, 11 a.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Olympics
Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Opening Ceremony (delayed) — NBC, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer
UEFA Champions League Playoff Draw — 6 a.m.
2018 FIFA World Cup Magazine — FS1, 6:30 a.m.
FA Community Shield Preview — FS1, 7 a.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 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 Best of 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 Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Russillo & Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Doug. Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC 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.
Beinsider — beIN Sports, 9 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
World Team Tennis, The Pavilion at Villanova University, Bryn Mawr, PA
Springfield Lasers at Philadelphia Freedoms — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m. (delayed from 8/4)

WTA Tour
Brasil Tennis Cup, Costão do Santinho, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

Final — beIN Sports, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
All In With Cam Newton: All In With Isabella and Xander — Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.
Alaskan Bush People: Off the Grid: Made in the Wild — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Kitten Summer Games — Hallmark Channel, 8 pm.
Mission: impossible — IFC, 8 p.m.
Primal Survivor: Tropics — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
You Live Only Twice — Starz Encore, 8 p.m.
Killer Women: Sex on the Beach — TLC, 8 p.m.
Mission: Impossible 2 — TMC Extra, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
The Great British Baking Show: Chocolate — PBS, 9 p.m.
Texas Flip and Move: Casey and Catrina’s Bunkhouse vs. Gary’s Girls’ Flunk House — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Policewoman Files: Railway Killer — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Killjoys: I Love Lucy — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: World’s Greatest Shot cheat; Urine Luck and the White Mouse — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
What Would You Do? — ABC, 9:01 p.m.
20/20: The Last One to See Them — ABC, 10 p.m.
I (Almost) Got Away With It: Got a Handome Face — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Outcast: Close to Home — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: Game Changers — CNN, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Passport to Murder: High Stakes in Hong Kong — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Foo Fighters: Live From Wembley Stadium — MTV Classic, 10 p.m.
GoldenEye — Starz Encore, 10 p.m.
Dark Matter: We Should Have Seen This Coming — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Dark Water — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — Pop, midnight
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 12:35 a.m. (Saturday)

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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