Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

Basketball
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Group D, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Mexico vs. Australia — NBA TV, 7:30 a.m.

Group A, Grenada, Spain
Serbia vs. Brazil — NBA TV, noon

Group C, Bilbao, Spain
Dominican Republic vs. United States — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

College Football
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
ESPNU Film Room — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Film Room — SEC Network, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Vuelta a España
Stage 11: Pamplona to Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Tour of Alberta
Stage 1: Lethbridge Circuit — Universal Sports, 7 p.m.

Golf
Golf Channel Academy: Tom Watson — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.
Road to the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
School of Golf: Chapter 27: Playing Under Pressure — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
Miracle at Medinah — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Countdown to UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
UFC Roundtable: The Ultimate Fighters — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Seattle at Oakland — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Boston at New York Yankees — ESPN/NESN/YES, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Houston — Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 8 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — WCIU/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Texas at Kansas City — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.

National League
Philadelphia at Atlanta — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/SportSouth, noon
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest, 1:45 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 3 p.m.
Washington at Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/MASN/SportsNet LA, 3 p.m.
New York Mets at Miami — SNY/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — ESPN/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Cincinnati at Baltimore — Fox Sports Ohio/MASN2, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Thursday)

MLS
Philadelphia vs. Toronto — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/TSN2/RDS2, 7 p.m.
New England vs. Sporting KC — Univision Deportes/Comcast SportsNet New England/KMCI, 7:30 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. Seattle — Time Warner Cable Deportes/KZJO, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Game: 2013 Seattle Seahawks — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Inside the NFL: 2014 Week 1 (season premiere) — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
NFL Total Access Special: Coach Speak — NFL Network, 10:30 p.m.

Soccer
International Friendly, Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Republic vs. United States — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

International Friendly, Wembley Stadium, London, England
England vs. Norway — Fox Sports 2, 2:55 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 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./Fox Sports 2, 5 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.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 4:45 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN2, 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.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.
Shark Hunters — NBCSN, 9 p.m.
Fish Mavericks — NBCSN, 10 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, New York, NY
Doubles and Juniors Matches — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.
Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals — ESPN, noon/ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Primetime at the Open: Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Live the U.S. Open — Tennis Channel, 10:30 a.m.
U.S. Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

WNBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final
Game 3: Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever — NBA TV, 7 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

Entertainment
My Grandmother’s Ravioli: Mo’s Triple Quinceanera — 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: Teller is a Blockhead — The CW, 8 p.m.
Restaurant Stakeout: Grand Opening Stakeout — Food Network, 8 p.m.
Rowhouse Showdown: Curb Appeal — FYI, 8 p.m.
Election — Sho2, 8 p.m.
Being There — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Rescue My Renovation: Damage Point — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Mystery Diners: Customer Concerns — Food Network, 9 p.m.
America’s Got Talent: Results — NBC, 9 p.m.
Buying and Selling: Abby & David — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Surviving Evil: Betrayal of Trust — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Boston Benzo Buzz — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
How the Universe Works: The Search for a Second Earth — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Legends: Betrayal — TNT, 9 p.m.
American Grilled: Battle on Beale St. — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Best in Chow: Wing Wars Vancouver — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Sledgehammer: Turning A Crowded Lower Level Into A Play Space, Work Space And Living Space For The Whole Family — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
My Friends Call Me Johnny: Brett Ratner; Dov Charney (series premiere) — Esquire Network, 10:30 p.m.
The League: Sitting Shiva (season premiere) — FXX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Sheridan, WY — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Hot in Cleveland: Don Elka — TV Land, 10 p.m.
Extant — CBS, 10 p.m.
Hardcore Heroes: For a Greater Cause — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
9/11 Firehouse — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Restaurant: Impossible: Take It or Leave It — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Bridge — FX, 10 p.m.
Tiny House Nation: 150 Sq. Ft. Mobile Bachelor Pad — FYI, 10 p.m.
Stan Lee’s Superhumans: High Voltage — H2, 10 p.m.
Dead on Arrival: Fatal Obsession — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Dealer POV — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Runaway Train — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Franklin & Bash: Good Cop/Bad Cop — TNT, 10 p.m.
Wahlburgers: An American Wahlberg in London — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Conjoined Twins: One Mind — TLC, 10:01 p.m.
Compete to Eat: Fig vs. Fig — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Romania — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Ali G: Rezurection: FBI (season premiere) — FXX, 10:33 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Rory Kennedy — Comedy Channel, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project: Final Performances and One Big Decision — VH1, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Randall Monroe — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — TV Guide Network, midnight
At Midnight: Brett Gelman; Rich Fulcher; Horatio Sanz — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Thursday)
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail: The One With Betrayal — Comedy Central, 12:31 a.m. (Thursday)

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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