Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 p.m.
Carlton Blues vs. Gold Coast Suns — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Baseball
Little League World Series
Mid-Atlantic Regional Semifinals, Breen Field, Bristol, CT
New York vs Pennsylvania — ESPN, 11 a.m.
Delaware vs. New Jersey — ESPN, 3 p.m.

Midwest Regional Final, Ruben F. Glick Little League Baseball Center, Indianapolis, IN
South Dakota vs. Nebraska — ESPN, 1 p.m.

West Regional Final, Al Houghton Stadium, San Bernardino, CA
Nevada vs. Southern California — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Hawaii vs. Northern California — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Southeast Regional Final, Warner Robins, GA
Virginia vs. Tennessee — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Basketball
2014 FIBA U17 Championship
Group A, City Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Greece vs. USA — ESPNU, midnight (delayed)

Boxing
Friday Night Fights: “Fallon Fights: Rural Rumble,” Fallon, NV
Junior Middleweights: Luis Gerajeda vs. Willie Nelson — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Iron Mike Productions, Pittsburgh, PA
IBF/USBA Welterweight Championship
Sammy Vasquez, Jr. vs. James Stevenson — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

CFL
Edmonton Eskimos at Montreal Alouettes — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Hamilton Ti-Cats at BC Lions — TSN/ESPN3, 10 p.m.

College Football
CFB Daily: The Blitz — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
Inside College Football: Summer Special — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

Cycling
Tour of Utah
Stage 5: Evanston to Kamas — Fox Sports Net, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
Premier League Countdown — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.

Golf
PGA Championship, Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, KY
2nd Round — TNT, 1 p.m.

Live From the PGA Championship — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
PGA Championship: On the Range — CBS Sports Network, 10:30 a.m.
Live From the PGA Championship — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
PGA Championship: Clubhouse Report — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, Nassau Country Club, Glen Cove, NY
Day 3 — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Meijer LPGA Classic, Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, MI
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
UFC Unleashed: From the Brink of Defeat — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at New York Yankees — STO/YES, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Texas at Houston — KTXA/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 8 p.m.
Boston at Anaheim Angels — NESN/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Seattle — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.
Minnesota at Oakland — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

National League
Miami at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Philadelphia — SNY/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta — MASN2/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.

Interleague
Tampa Bay at Chicago Cubs — Sun Sports/WGN America, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/MASN, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Kansas City — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
LA Galaxy vs. San Jose — NBCSN/TSN2, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series
Some Sponsor Name That Makes No Sense 200 at the Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
The Whatever Race This is Called by NASCAR That Goes 355 Miles at the Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.

NASCAR Live: Watkins Glen — Fox Sports 1, noon
NASCAR Live: Watkins Glen — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.

NBA
Looking Back at Alonzo Mourning — NBA TV, 3:30 p.m.
Run TMC: The Power of Three — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
The Starters: Class of 2014 — NBA TV, 4:30 p.m.
2014 Hall of Fame Red Carpet Show — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
2014 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Miami at Atlanta — WFOR/WUPA, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Carolina — WKBW/WCCB, 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville — WFLA/WJXT, 7:30 p.m.
New Orleans at St. Louis — NFL Network/WVUE/Cox Sports Television/KTVI, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Minnesota — KTVU/KARE, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago — WPVI/WFLD, 8 p.m.

NFL RedZone: Preseason Edition — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
Group B, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
USA vs. Brazil — ESPNU, 9:45 p.m.

Softball
Senior League Softball World Series, Layton Field, Pyle Center, Roxanna, DE
Semifinal
USA West vs. USA East — ESPNU, 1 p.m.

Big League Softball World Series, Layton Field, Pyle Center, Roxanna, DE
Semifinals
East vs. Southwest — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Central vs. Host District III — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Lead Off (series finale) — CBS Sports Network, midnight
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series, Rogers Cup, Rexall Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (men), Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (women)
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 7 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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