Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

Baseball
Little League World Series, Williamsport, PA
Double Elimination
Japan vs. Republic of Korea — ESPN, 3 p.m.
US West (Las Vegas, NV) vs. US Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia) — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

Basketball
Exhibition, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
United States vs. Dominican Republic — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Freshman Focus — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
2014 Big 10 Football Preview — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
2014 Kentucky Football Preview — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
2014 College Football Preview — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
2014 Missouri Football Preview — SEC Network, 8:30 p.m.
2014 Pac-12 Football Preview — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Trophy Lives: Heisman Winners of the SEC — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Under Center With Kirk Herbstreit — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
The Herbies — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.

CONCACAF Champions League
Group Stage
DC United vs. Waterhouse — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.
CD FAS vs. Montreal Impact — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

Cycling
U.S. Pro Cycling Challenge, Colorado
Stage 3: Gunnison to Monarch Mountain — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

Golf
Golf Central Special: The Barclays-News Conference — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
European Tour Weekly — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
School of Golf: Chapter 25: Better Wedge Play — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
FedExCup Playoffs Highlights: 2013 — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.
Playing Lessons From the Pros: Mo Martin — Golf Channel, 9 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Boston — ESPN2/Fox Sports West/NESN, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Detroit/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Houston at New York Yankees — Comcast SportsNet Houston/YES, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Chicago White Sox — MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Minnesota — STO/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Washington — Fox Sports Arizona/MASN, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Pittsburgh — SportSouth/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at St. Louis — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Chicago Cubs — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/WCIU, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers — ESPN/Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Texas at Miami — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Florida, 12:30 p.m.
Seattle at Philadelphia — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Milwaukee — MLB Network/Sportsnet/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
New York Mets at Oakland — MLB Network/SNY/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Colorado — Fox Sports Kansas City/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6:30 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Thursday)

MLS
Colorado vs. LA Galaxy — Altitude/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 9 p.m.
Seattle vs. San Jose — KZJO/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
UNOH 200, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, OH
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
That Other Pregame Show: Season Preview — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

Olympics
2014 Youth Summer Olympic Games, Nanjing, Communist China
Day 5 — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)
Swimming & Gymnastics (Women’s All-Around) — NBCSN, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Softball
National Pro Fastpitch Championship, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, AL
Game 2: Pennsylvania Rebellion vs. USSSA Pride — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 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.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m./ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 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 — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Shark Hunters — NBCSN, 9 p.m.
Fish Mavericks — NBCSN, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 11 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, New York, NY
Qualifying Tournament — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.

WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series: Connecticut Open, Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale, New Haven, CT
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

ATP Tour
U.S. Open Series: Winston-Salem Open, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m. & 5 p.m.

UEFA Champions League
Playoffs, 1st Leg
Maribor vs. Celtic — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 p.m.
Standard Liège vs. Zenit St. Petersburg — Fox Sports Net, 2:30 p.m.
LOSC vs. FC Porto — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Champions League Pregame — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Net/Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.
UEFA Champions League Highlights — Fox Sports 2, midnight

Entertainment
My Grandmother’s Ravioli: A Home Run in the Kitchen — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
Big Brother 16 — CBS, 8 p.m.
America’s Got Talent: Cutdown — NBC, 8 p.m.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us — The CW, 8 p.m.
Restaurant Stakeout: Father Daughter Stakeout — Food Network, 8 p.m.
Rowhouse Showdown: Battle of the Backyards — FYI, 8 p.m.
2 Guns — HBO2, 8 p.m.
Blue Caprice — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Mystery Diners: Dueling Food Trucks — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Extant — CBS, 9 p.m.
America’s Got Talent: Results — NBC, 9 p.m.
Brew Dogs: New Orleans — Esquire Network, 9 p.m.
Property Brothers: Nadine & Greg — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Deadly Devotion: Witness to Murder — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Dallas Dope Cowboys — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
How the Universe Works: Milky Way — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Who Do You Think You Are?: Kelsey Grammer — TLC, 9 p.m.
Legends: Chemistry — TNT, 9 p.m.
American Grilled: America’s Favorite Pastime — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Wahlburgers: The Great Wahlburger of China — A&E, 10 p.m.
Best in Chow: Pizza Wars Vancouver — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Sledgehammer: Turning a Two Family Rental Into Home Sweet Home — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Clermont, FL — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Hot in Cleveland: Mystery Date: Oscar Edition — TV Land, 10 p.m.
Extant — CBS, 10 p.m.
Hardcore Heroes: Lone Wolves — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Best Bars in America: New Orleans — Esquire Network, 10 p.m.
Restaurant: Impossible: Holy Cow! — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Bridge: Lamia — FX, 10 p.m.
Tiny House Nation: 493 Sq. Ft. Vermont Chalet — FYI, 10 p.m.
Stan Lee’s Superhumans: Rapid Fire — H2, 10 p.m.
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart — HBO, 10 p.m.
Heartbreakers: Losing My Religion — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Man v. the Universe: How to Kill an Asteroid — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Annie Hall — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Franklin & Bash: Kershaw vs. Lincecum — TNT, 10 p.m.
Raze — Sho2, 10:05 p.m.
House Hunters International: Northern Ireland — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project: Breaking Bands — VH1, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
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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