Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Grand Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
Sydney Swans vs. Hawthorn Hawks — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 p.m.

College Field Hockey
Indiana at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.

College Football
Fresno State at New Mexico — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily: The Edge — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Lemming Report — CBS Sports Network, 7:30
College Football Countdown — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
College Football Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Stanford at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.
USC at Arizona — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Arizona, 5 p.m.
UCLA at Arizona State — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Washington State at Oregon State — Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Oregon, 7 p.m.
Oral Roberts at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.
Texas Tech at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Mississippi at South Carolina — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Michigan State at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Arizona State at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Washington at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

College Water Polo
Men’s
Navy at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 3:30 p.m.

Golf
2014 Ryder Cup, Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Day One: Fourball — Golf Channel, 2:30 a.m.

Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, midnight

Champions Tour
Nature Valley First Tee Open, Pebble Beach Golf Resort, Pebble Beach, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Fox Sports 2, 7 p.m.

Bellator 126, Grand Canyon University Arena, Phoenix, AZ
Middleweight World Title
Alexander Shlemenko vs. Brandon Halsey — Spike, 9 p.m.

Titan FC 30, The Cedar Park Center, Cedar Park, TX
Light Heavyweight Championship
Jason Brilz vs. Vinny Magalhaes — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at Toronto — MASN2/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Boston — WWOR/NESN, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland — Sun Sports/STO, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Chicago — Fox Sports Kansas City/WCIU, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Comcast SportsNet California/KTXA, 8 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati — MLB Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles Dodgers — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SportsNet LA/KDOC, 10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco — Fox Sports San Diego/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m.

Interleague
Houston at New York Mets — Comcast SportsNet Houston/SNY, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: Derek Jeter — ESPN, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Sporting KC vs. New England — NBCSN/TSN2, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series
Dover 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Practice — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
Practice 2 — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Challenger Round
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
Qualifying — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA Media Day — NBA TV, 1 p.m.
NBA Media Day Recap — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Game Rewind: New York Giants at Washington — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Week 4 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the League — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Playbook Primetime — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Sean Taylor: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
Sound FX: Week 3 — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL Preseason
Boston at Washington — NHL Network (US)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Buffalo — Sportsnet One/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Colorado vs. Montreal at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada — RDS, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey vs. New York Islanders at Brooklyn, NY — MSG Plus, 7:30 p.m.
New York Rangers at Chicago — MSG Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 8:30 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver — NHL Network (US)/Sportsnet One, 10 p.m.

NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 2, 1:30 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 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.
E:60 Special: Morganna: The Kissing Bandit — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Unguarded With Rachel Nichols — CNN, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Wuhan Open, Stadium of Wuhan, Communist China
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 3 a.m. & 7 a.m.

ATP Tour
Malaysian Open, Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
Masters of lllusion — The CW, 8 p.m.
Shark Tank (season premiere) — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 25: Go Big or Go Home (season premiere) — CBS, 8 p.m.
America After Ferguson — PBS, 8 p.m.
47 Ronin — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Dredged Up: Under the Ice: Grounds for Divorce — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Cujo — Encore, 8 p.m.
Scarface — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 (season premiere) — CBS, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Before Dawn — NBC, 9 p.m.
Live From Lincoln Center: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street With the New York Philharmonic — PBS, 9 p.m.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team: The Payoff — CMT, 9 p.m.
Alaska Monsters: The Otterman — Destination America, 9 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Extra Dose: I Hate Doctors — Discovery Fitness and Health, 9 p.m.
Love It or List It, Too: Holly & Chester — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Deadly Women: For the Money Honey — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Love Canal; Duquense Spy Ring; Survival in the Colonies — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Queen Rock Montreal — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice: Let the Gold Games Begin — Discovery, 9:01 p.m.
Donut Showdown: Zombies — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Virginia Beach, VA — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Young, Hot & Crooked: The Real Wolf of Wall Street — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The War to End All Wars: The Cost of Victory — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
The Knick — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Swamp Monsters: Cajun Werewolf — Destination America, 10 p.m.
In Search of Aliens: The Mystery of Nazca — H2, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Private Parts — MoreMax, 10 p.m.
20/20: Out of the Woods — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Airplane Repo: Wounded Warbird — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
House Hunters International: Medellin, Colombia — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
American Hustle — Starz, 11:30 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 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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