Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Grand Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hawthorn Hawks vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:20 a.m.

Boxing
Showtime Championship Boxing, U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
Vacant WBA World Super Lightweight Title
Adrien Broner vs. Khabib Allakhverdiev — Showtime, 10 p.m.

Boxing After Dark, StubHub Center, Carson, CA
Vacant WBC World Super Lightweight Title
Lucas Matthysse vs. Viktor Postol — HBO, 10:15 p.m.

Bundesliga
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. VfL Wolfsburg — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
FC Ingolstadt vs. Eintracht Frankfurt — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.

Bundesliga Matchday — FS1/Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Volleyball
Women’s
Iowa State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

College Water Polo
Men’s
Stanford at USC — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 1:30 p.m.

CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying
Group A, Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS
Canada vs. Panama — Telemundo, 2:30 p.m.
Cuba vs. United States — Telemundo, 5 p.m.

English Football Championship
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Hudderfield Town — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.

English Premier League
Crystal Palace vs. West Bromwich Albion — NBC Universo, 7:40 a.m./NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Newcastle — NBC Universo, 9:55 a.m./NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. West Ham United — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Bournemouth vs. Watford — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Norwich City vs. Leicester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Southampton — NBC Universo, 12:25 p.m./NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Preview — NBC Universo, 7 a.m.
Premier League Pregame — NBC Universo, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Postgame — NBC Universo, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Premier League World — NBC Universo, noon
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Golf
Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, Hong Kong, Communist China
3rd Round — ESPN2, 2 a.m.

European PGA Tour
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Old Course at St. Andrews; Carnoustie Golf Links; Kingsbarns Golf Links, Scotland, United Kingdom
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.

Web.com Tour
Tour Championship, TPC Sawgrass (Dye’s Valley Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Horse Racing
Breeders Cup Challenge Series, Keeneland Race Couse, Lexington, KY & Belmont Park, Elmont, NY
Shadwell Turf Mile & Jockey Club Gold Cup — NBC, 5 p.m.

La Liga
Sevilla vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson, Toyota Arena, Houston, TX
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 7:30 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLB
American League
New York Yankees at Baltimore — YES/MASN, noon
Anaheim Angels at Texas — Fox, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota — Fox, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet/Sun Sports, 6 p.m.
Boston at Cleveland — NESN/STO, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Detroit/WGN, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Baltimore — YES/MASN, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.

National League
Washington at New York Mets — MASN2/SNY, 1 p.m.
Colorado at San Francisco — MLB Network/Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Florida/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Florida/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Atlanta — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
Washington at New York Mets — MASN2/SNY, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m.

Interleague
Houston at Arizona — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.

Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
Toronto FC vs. Philadelphia — Sportsnet 360/The Comcast Network, 5 p.m.
New York Red Bulls vs. Columbus — MSG Network/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 7 p.m.
Orlando vs. Montreal — WOFL/WRBW/TVA Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago vs. New England — WPWR/Comcast SportsNet New England, 8:30 p.m.
Portland vs. Sporting KC — KPDX/KMCI, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. Vancouver — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/TSN/RDS, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Hisense 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Final Practice — CNBC, 8:30 a.m.
Race — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
AAA 400, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Practice — CNBC, 11 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 12:15 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Rhino Linings 350, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Final Practice — FS2, noon
Qualifying — FS2, 7 p.m.
Race — FS1, 10 p.m.

NHL Preseason
Detroit at Toronto — NHL Network/Sportsnet One, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Ottawa — TSN5, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 8:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Calgary — TSN3, 9 p.m.
Colorado vs. Los Angeles at Las Vegas — NHL Network/Altitude/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver — Sportsnet, 10 p.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
It’s Not Crazy, It’s Sports — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: This Is What They Want — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Youngstown Boys — ESPN Classic, noon
ESPN Films: The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: The U: Part 2 — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
The Rivalry: Red V. Blue — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
Wild in the Streets — ESPN Classic, 6:45 p.m.
30 for 30: Brothers in Exile — ESPN Classic, 8:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Straight Outta L.A. — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
30 for 30: Muhammad and Larry — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Tennis
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 2 a.m.
Center Court — Tennis Channel, 2:30 a.m.

ATP Tour
Malaysian Open, Putra Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Wuhan Open, Optics Valley International Tennis Center, Wuhan, Communist China
Finals — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

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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