Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

Basketball
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
3rd Quarterfinal, Madrid, Spain
Serbia vs. Brazil — ESPN2, noon

4th Quarterfinal, Madrid, Spain
France vs. Spain — ESPN2, 4 p.m.

College Football
BTN Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
ESPNU Film Room — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Film Room: Hugh Freeze — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
Pac-12 Football Weekly — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Cal State Northridge at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 17: Ortigueira to A Coruña — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Tour of Britain
Stage 4: Worcester to Bristol — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
World Match Play Highlights: 1967 — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf: Arnold Palmer vs. Chi Chi Rodriguez vs. Gay Brewer — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.
Arnie: Arnie & His Army — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Arnie: Arnie & the Majors — Golf Channel, 4 p.m. & 9 p.m.
Arnie: Arnie & His Legacy — Golf Channel, 5 p.m. & 10 p.m.
Road to the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
School of Golf: Chapter 28: Path to Greatness — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Unleashed: Debuts — 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.
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: For the Belt (season premiere) — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at Boston — MASN/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit — ESPN/Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland — Fox Sports North/STO, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New York Yankees — Sun Sports/YES, 7 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Texas Rangers — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Chicago White Sox — Comcast SportsNet California/WCIU, 8 p.m.
Houston at Seattle — Comcast SportNet Houston/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at Washington — MLB Network/SportSouth/MASN2, 4 p.m.
Colorado at New York Mets — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SNY, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Miami at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco — ESPN/Fox Sports Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m.

Interleague
Chicago Cubs at Toronto — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Thursday)
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Thursday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Thursday)

MLS
Montreal vs. LA Galaxy — TSN/RDS/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 7:30 p.m.
New York vs. DC United — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Vancouver vs. San Jose — TSN/Comcast SportsNet California Plus, 10 p.m.

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

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
NFL Fanstay Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Replay: New Orleans at Atlanta — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Inside the NFL: 2014 Week 1 — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
NFL Turning Point: 2014 Week 1 (season premiere) — NBCSN, 10 p.m.

Soccer
Copa Centroamerica 2014, BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX
Panama vs. Nicaragua — Univision Deportes, 6 p.m.
El Salvador vs. Belize — Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
Honduras vs. Guatemala — Univision Deportes, 10 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.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 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.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
SEC in 60 — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Entertainment
My Grandmother’s Ravioli: Jersey Nurse Story — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
Rescue My Renovation: Roof Raff — DIY Network, 8 p.m.
Big Brother 16 — CBS, 8 p.m.
America’s Got Talent: Cutdown — NBC, 8 p.m.
Hell’s Kitchen (season premiere) — Fox, 8 p.m.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us — The CW, 8 p.m.
Hustling the House — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Rowhouse Showdown: Finale! (season finale) — FYI, 8 p.m.
Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof — IFC, 8 p.m.
George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Ninotchka — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Mystery Diners: Heavy Metal Mess — Food Network, 9 p.m.
America’s Got Talent: Results — NBC, 9 p.m.
NOVA: Vaccines: Calling the Shots — PBS, 9 p.m.
12 Years a Slave — HBO, 9 p.m.
Buying and Selling — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Surviving Evil: The Girl in the Box — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Legends: Rogue — TNT, 9 p.m.
American Grilled: Meet Me in St. Louis — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Casino Secrets — Discovery, 9:01 p.m.
Wahlburgers: Meet the Press — A&E, 10 p.m.
Best in Chow: Burger Wars Saskatoon (Cheese Burgers) — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Sledgehammer: Transforming One Bathroom Into Two Bathrooms for One Big Family — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
My Friends Call Me Johnny: Michael Douglas; Mario Batali — Esquire Network, 10 p.m.
The League: Tefl-Andre — FXX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Close Encounters: Examined: Delphos & Lebanon — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Hot in Cleveland: The Bachelors — TV Land, 10 p.m.
Extant — CBS, 10 p.m.
Hardcore Heroes: Battling the Elements (season finale) — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Restaurant: Impossible: Spicing Things Up — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Bridge — FX, 10 p.m.
Tiny House Nation: 207 Sq. Ft. Minnesota Prairie Cottage — FYI, 10 p.m.
Stan Lee’s Superhumans: Disc of Death — H2, 10 p.m.
Dead on Arrival: Dance With the Devil — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Sea of Love — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Franklin & Bash: Deep Throat — TNT, 10 p.m.
Poker Underground — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
Compete to Eat: Brotherly Love — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Close Encounters: Examined: Rendlesham Forest & Shang Harbor — Science Channel, 10:30 p.m.
House of 1000 Corpses — IFC, 10:30 p.m.
Ali G: Rezuerction: Acting — FXX, 10:31 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Restaurant Stakeout: Million Dollar Stakeout (season finale) — Food Network, 11 p.m.
The Heat — HBO2, 11 p.m.
I Am Evel Knievel — Spike, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Henry Kissinger — 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: Brody Stevens; Arden Myrin; Ron Funches — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Thursday)
The Beach — Sundance TV, 12:30 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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