Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Richmond Tigers vs. Adelaide Crows — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

Boxing
Fight Night, Bethlehem, PA
Heavyweights: Bryant Jennings vs. Andrey Fedosov — NBC Sports Network, 8 p.m.

Friday Night Fights, West Orange, NJ
Jundy Maraon vs. Juan Carlos Payano — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
2013 College World Series Press Conference — ESPNU, noon & 3 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

Cycling
Tour De Suisse
Day 7: Meilen to La Punt — beIN Sport, 11:30 a.m.

Golf
U.S. Open, Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, PA
Second Round — ESPN, 8:30 a.m./NBC, 3 p.m./ESPN, 5 p.m.

Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 7 a.m. & 7 p.m.
SportsCenter at the U.S. Open — ESPN2, midnight

IndyCar
The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI
Qualifying — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 161: Barão vs. Wineland Weigh-In — Fuel, 5 p.m.

World Series of Fighting 3, Las Vegas, NV
Jon Fitch vs. Josh Burkman and Tyson Steele vs. Steve Carl — NBC Sports Network, 11 p.m.

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

National League
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/SNY, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati — MLB Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Miami — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Atlanta — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Washington at Cleveland — MASN2/STO, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NASCAR
Nationwide Series
Alliance Truck Parts 250, Brooklyn, MI
Final Practice — Speed, 1 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, MI
Practice — Speed, 11:30 a.m.
Qualifying — Speed, 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR Live: Michigan — Speed, 11 a.m.
Trackside at Michigan — Speed, 7 p.m.

NFL
NFL Live — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
Top 10 Quarterback Duels — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
2013 NHL Awards — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Stanley Cup Final Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, 9 a.m.
Tim Brando Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, noon
Sky Sports News — Fox Soccer, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 2:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPNews, 4 p.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPNews, 4:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
The Crossover with Michelle Beadle — NBC Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Sky Sports News — Fox Soccer, 7 p.m.
Fox Soccer News — Fox Soccer, 10 p.m.
Lead Off — CBS Sports Network, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany
Quarterfinal — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

Aegon Championships, London, England
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m.

Entertainment
Dateline NBC — NBC, 8 p.m.
Magic Mike — HBO, 8 p.m.
SBT Emmy Preview Special — HLN, 8 p.m.
Crossing the Ice — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Man Caves: Roadhouse Cave — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Flea Market Flip: Young Hipsters vs. Old School Design — HGTV, 9 p.m.
What Would You Do? — ABC, 9 p.m.
Gone — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Magic City: Crime and Punishment (season premiere) — Starz, 9 p.m.
Poltergeist — Encore, 9:50 p.m.
Extra Yardage: Updated and Rejuvenated — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
Mystery Diners: Crazy Hearts — Food Network, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10 p.m.
Anderson Cooper Special Report: From Chris to Kristin-A Navy SEAL’s Secret — CNN, 10 p.m.
How We Invented the World: Guns — Discovery, 10 p.m.
America’s Book of Secrets: Lost Treasures — H2, 10 p.m.
Rangers Lead the Way — Military Channel, 10 p.m.
XIII: Berzerk — Reelz Channel, 10 p.m.
Slumdog Millionaire — Sundance Channel, 10 p.m.
The Dead Files: Violated-Fort Wayne, Indiana — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Rock Center with Brian Williams (The Final Days) — NBC, 10:01 p.m.
House Hunters International: Leuven, Belgium — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Man of Steel: Max Final Cut — Cinemax, 10:50 p.m.
Zane’s the Jump Off: Down by Contact — Cinemax, 11 p.m.
Cops Reloaded — CMT, 11 p.m.
VICE: The Hermit Kingdom (season finale) — HBO, 11 p.m.
Stroumboulopoulos — CNN, 11 p.m.
Psycho — Encore, 11:50 p.m.
The Transporter — AMC, midnight
Premium Rush — Starz, midnight
Classic in Concert: Motley Crue: Carnival of Sins — VH1 Classic, midnight
Birthday Sex: Cinemax, 12:20 a.m. (Saturday)

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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