Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Sydney Swans vs. St. Kilda Saints — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.
Gold Coast Suns vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Sports 2, midnight

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 4 a.m.

Baseball
Little League World Series, Williamsport, PA
Double Elimination
Canada vs. Mexico — ESPN, 1 p.m.
US Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia) vs. US Southeast (Nashville) — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Japan vs. Venezuela — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
US Southwest (Pearland, TX) vs. US New England (Cumberland, RI) — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Cal Ripken World Series
US Championship, Cal Sr. Yard, Cal Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD
Maryland State vs. Southeast — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.

International Championship, Cal Sr. Yard, Cal Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD
Japan vs. Mexico– CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

Basketball
FIBA U-17 World Championship
Semifinal, City Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Serbia vs. United States — ESPNU, 10:45 a.m.

Boxing
Friday Night Fights, Ynez, CA
Lightweights Rustam Nugaev vs. Denis Shafikov — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

CFL
Edmonton Eskimos at Ottawa Redblacks — TSN/ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

College Basketball
Exhibition, Nassau, Bahamas
Dominican Republic vs. Kentucky — SEC Network, 1 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
CFB Daily: The Blitz — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
2014 Heisman House Special — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Nation Special — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
College Football Awards Preview Show — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
2014 Georgia Football Preview — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Inside College Football: Heisman Preview — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.
2014 Florida Football Preview — SEC Network, 9:30 p.m.

Cycling
Eneco Tour, Belgium
Stage 5: Geraadsbergen — Universal Sports, 9 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Made in Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort, Aalborg, Denmark
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m. & 9:30 a.m.

LPGA Tour
Wegmans LPGA Championship, Monroe Golf Club, Pittsford, NY
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Champions Tour
Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie Country Club, Endicott, NY
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

U.S. Amateur Championship, Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, GA
Quarterfinals — Golf Channel, 8:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux, Bangor, ME
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 2, 4 p.m.

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

National League
Arizona at Miami — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets — WGN America/SNY, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington — Root Sports Pittsburgh/MASN, 7 p.m.
San Diego at St. Louis — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Colorado — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Wisconsin/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/KNTV, 10:15 p.m.

Interleague
Oakland at Atlanta — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Houston vs. Philadelphia — NBCSN/TSN2, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, noon
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Michigan 200, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

The 10: NASCAR’s Closest Calls — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.
NASCAR Live: Michigan — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Philadelphia at New England — NFL Network/WPVI/WBZ, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee at New Orleans — WKRN/WVUE/Cox Sports Television, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland — WXYZ/KTVU, 10 p.m.
San Diego at Seattle — KFMB/KCPQ, 10 p.m./NFL Network, 10:30 p.m. (joined in progress)

SportsCenter Special: ESPN The Magazine NFL Preview — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Soccer
Trofeo Carranza, Ramon de Carranza Stadium, Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain
Cadiz vs. Club Atletico — beIN Sports, 12:25 p.m.Sevilla vs. Campdoria — beIN Sports, 3:55 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 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 — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
Best of ROME — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network 7 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series: Western & Southern Open, Linder Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, OH
Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 9 p.m.

WNBA
Minnesota Lynx at San Antonio Stars — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Seattle Storm at Los Angeles Sparks — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Masters of Illusion — The CW, 8 p.m.
Escape Plan — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Megalodon: The Extended Cut — Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Three Musketeers — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Man Caves: Man Caves Builds Anthony Signorelli a Cool 50’s Themed Supper Club Cave — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Twisted — NBC, 9 p.m.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team: Dancing for Your Life — CMT, 9 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Why Am I Blue? — Discovery Fitness and Health, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: Alien Encounters — H2, 9 p.m.
Bullet to the Head — HBO2, 9 p.m.
Love It or List It, Too: Celine & Kevin — HGTV, 9 p.m.
At Middleton — Starz, 9 p.m.
Cold Justice: Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice (Vigo County, IN) (season finale) — TNT, 9 p.m.
Monumental Mysteries: Blind Tom; Invention of the Tommy Gun; Granddaddy of Snowboarding — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
Girl Meets World: Girl Meets Maya’s Mother — Disney Channel, 9:45 p.m.
Man Caves: Police Officer and Board Game Addict Craig Capoano Gets the Ultimate Board Game Cave — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Where Are They Now? — HGTV, 10 p.m.
The Knick: Mr. Paris Shoes — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Megalodon: The New Evidence — Discovery, 10 p.m.
In Search of Aliens: The Roswell Rock — H2, 10 p.m.
Deadly Women: Catch Me If You Can — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Django Unchained — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
Three Days of the Condor — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Jane’s Addiction: Live From New York — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Fight Club — HBO, midnight
Big Brother After Dark — TV Guide Network, 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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