Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Grand Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sydney Swans vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:24 a.m. (Saturday)

Boxing
CBS Sports Spectacular: Knockout Night at the D, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, Las Vegas, NV
Vacant WBA International Super Bantamweight Title

Hanzel Martinez vs. Emmanuel Quartey — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

Boxeo Telemundo, Blackberry Auditorium, Mexico City, Mexico
Super Bantamweights

Alejandro Hernanedez vs. Emmanuel Dominguez — Telemundo, 11:35 p.m.

Bundesliga
RB Leipzig vs. FC Augsburg — FS2, 2:20 p.m.

College Field Hockey
Michigan at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.

College Football
Penn at Dartmouth — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
Stanford at Washington — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Toledo at BYU — ESPN2, 10:15 p.m.

B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Lemming Report — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 8 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Texas vs. Oklahoma State — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
American at Army — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Arkansas at Missouri — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Wisconsin at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
UCLA at Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Mountain, 8 p.m.
Oregon at Arizona State — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Arizona, 9 p.m.
USC at Colorado — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Mountain, 10 p.m.
Stanford at Washington State — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Arizona, 11 p.m.

eLeague
Overwatch Open Grand Final — TBS, 10 p.m.

Golf
Ryder Cup, Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, MN
USA vs. Europe

Day 1: Four-ball matches — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.

Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Hockey
World Cup of Hockey
Hockey Central @ noon: World Cup — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night 96: Lineker vs. Dodson, Moda Center, Portland, OR
Weigh-In — FS1, 7 p.m.

Resurrection Fighting Alliance 44, St. Charles Convention Center, St. Charles, MO
Lightweight World Title

Thiago Moisés vs. Zach Freeman — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

Hard Knocks MMA Fighting: Adrian Miles & Miles Anstead — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MASN/YES, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Boston — ESPN2/Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Texas — Fox Sports Sun/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City — STO/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.
Houston at Anaheim — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN2, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Philadelphia — SNY/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Colorado — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)
Los Angeles at San Francisco — MLB Network/Spectrum SportsNet LA/KTLA/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m.

Interleague
Detroit at Atlanta — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown (season finale) — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Houston vs. New York City FC — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Chase for the Cup, Round of 16
Citizen Soldier 400, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE

Practice — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series, Xfinity Chase, Round of 12
Drive Sober 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE

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

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
Real Training Camp: 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers (Cutdown) — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Real Training Camp: 2016 Los Angeles Lakers (Cutdown) — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Network Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Fantasy and Friends — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Top 10: Wide Recievers of the 2000’s — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Chad Johnson: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL Preseason
Chicago at Pittsburgh — NHL Network/WPCW/WGN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Buffalo — Sportsnet 360/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Boston at Detroit — Fox Sports Detroit Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary — Sportsnet One, 9 p.m./NHL Network, 9:30 p.m. (joined in progress)

Soccer
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
Group B, Al Hassan International Stadium, Irbid, Jordan

Venezuela vs. Germany — FS2, 7:55 a.m.
Cameroon vs. Canada — Fox Soccer Plus, 10:55 a.m.

Group A, Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Mexico vs. New Zealand — FS2, 9:55 a.m.
Jordan vs. Spain — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:55 p.m.

NWSL Playoffs
Semifinal
Washington Spirit vs. Chicago Red Stars — FS1, 8 p.m.

The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 1:30 p.m.
Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 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)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN, 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.
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.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
E:60: Friday Night Lies — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEc Network, 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
Center Court: Shenzhen International Open (ATP) and Wuhan Open (WTA) — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

WNBA Playoffs
Semifinals
Game 2: Phoenix Mercury at Minneosta Lynx — ESPNews, 8 p.m. (Minnesota leads series 1-0)
Game 2: Chicago Sky at Los Angeles Sparks — ESPNews, 10 p.m. (Los Angeles leads series 1-0)

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
Masters of Illusion (season finale) — The CW, 8 p.m.
Big Cheese: La La Land of Cheese (series premiere) — Food Network, 8 p.m.
All In With Cam Newton: All In With Emerson and Zach — Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.
No Escape — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Ant-Man — Starz, 8 p.m.
Reds — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Dateline on TLC: The Collector — TLC, 8 p.m.
Dr. Ken — ABC, 8:30 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
It Takes a Killer: Oscar Pistorius — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC — NBC, 9 p.m.
Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2016 — PBS, 9 p.m.
Tanked: Unfiltered: Gabriel Iglesias’ Fluffy Tank — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Lady Luck — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Texas Flip N Move: Mediterrean House vs. Two Barns — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey? — HLN, 9 p.m.
Dateline of TLC: Mystery on Sunrise Drive: Part 1 — TLC, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Kensington Runestone, Smile! You’re Being Hijacked and Harriet the Spy — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Abandoned: Nuclear Waste — Viceland, 9 p.m.
The Exorcist — Fox, 9:01 p.m.
Secret Life of Comets — Science Channel, 9:01 p.m.
It Takes a Killer: The Sadist of San Luis — Oxygen, 9:30 p.m.
Burgers, Brew & ‘Que: Salty and Smoky in the Windy City — Food Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: College Sweethearts Seek Hurricane-Proof House in Tampa — HGTV, 10 p.m.
The Hispanic Heritage Awards — PBS, 10 p.m.
Papa Doc: Haiti’s President for Life — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Tanked: Fish City, Kid — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Quarry: Seldom Realized — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Untold Stories of the ER: Once Bitten — Disovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End (series premiere) — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Nightmare Next Door: Death Takes a Toll — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Van Helsing: Stay Inside — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Death on a Comet: The Rosetta Mission — Science, 10:02 p.m.
Dateline on TLC: Mystery on Sunrise Drive: Part 2 — TLC, 10:02 p.m.
From Russia With Love — Starz Encore, 10:05 p.m.
House Hunters International: A Mississippi Family Uses Life Savings To Relocate to Cuenca, Ecuador — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
High Maintenance: Grandpa — HBO, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
The Half Hour: Martha Kelly — Comedy Central, midnight
The Half Hour: Nick Turner — Comedy Central, 12:30 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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