Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, June 11

24 Hours of LeMans
Start — Speed, 8:30 a.m.
Evening — Speed, 3:30 p.m.
Night Into Day — Speed, 11 p.m.

Belmont Stakes
Live From Belmont — Versus, 3 p.m.
Belmont Stakes — NBC, 5 p.m.
Belmont Wrap-Up — Versus, 7 p.m.

College Baseball
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
Super Regionals

Gainesville Super Regional
Game 2/Mississippi State vs. Florida — ESPN, noon

Charlottesville Super Regional
Game 1/Virginia vs. Cal-Irvine — ESPNU, 1 p.m.

Chapel Hill Super Regional
Game 2/North Carolina vs. Stanford — ESPN, 3 p.m.

Tallahassee Super Regional
Game 1/Florida State vs. Texas A&M — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.

Columbia Super Regional
Game 1/South Carolina vs. UConn — ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Austin Super Regional
Game 2/Texas vs. Arizona State — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Santa Clara Super Regional
Game 1/Cal vs. Dallas-Baptist — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

Nashville Super Regional
Game 2/Vanderbilt vs. Oregon — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Track & Field
NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Des Moines, IA

NCAA Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Championships — CBS, 1 p.m.

ESPN Sports Saturday
E:60 — ABC, 4 p.m.
Winners Bracket — ABC, 5 p.m.

Gold Cup
Group Play
United States vs. Panama — Fox Soccer Channel, 7:30 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour/Greater Hickory Classic, 2nd round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
LPGA Tour/State Farm Classic, 3rd round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
PGA Tour/St. Jude Classic, 3rd round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 131 Countdown — Spike, 6 p.m.
UFC Unleashed — Spike, 7 p.m.
UFC 131: Preliminaries — Spike, 8 p.m.

UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin — PPV, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at New York Yankees — WKYC/YES, 1 p.m.
Texas at Minnesota — Fox, 4 p.m.
Oakland at Chicago White Sox — Comcast SportsNet California/WGN America, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Detroit — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Sun Sports/MASN, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia — Fox, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco — Fox, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Florida — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Houston — SportsSouth/Fox Sports Houston, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/WPIX/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado — KCAL/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Washington at San Diego — MASN2/Cox 4, 8:30 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight Live — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

MLS
Seattle vs. Vancouver — Fox Soccer Channel, 10:30 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour/AEGON Championships, semifinals — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.
WTA Tour/AEGON International, semifinals — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League
Adidas Grand Prix — NBC, 3 p.m.

Entertainment
5 Ingredient Fix: The New Steakhouse — Food Network, 10:30 a.m.
Giada at Home: Dad’s Day — Food Network, 1:30 p.m.
CHAOS — CBS, 8 p.m.
Cops — Fox, 8 p.m.
America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back — Fox, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: A Good Man Goes To War — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Ice Pilots: Coastal Catastrophe — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice — HBO, 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 12

24 Hours of LeMans
The Finish — Speed, 6 a.m.

College Baseball
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

Super Regionals

Gainesville Super Regional
Game 3/Mississippi State vs. Florida — ESPN, 1 p.m. (if necessary)

Charlottesville Super Regional
Game 2/Virginia vs. Cal-Irvine — ESPNU, 1 p.m.

Chapel Hill Super Regional
Game 3/North Carolina vs. Stanford — ESPN, 4 p.m. (if necessary)

Tallahassee Super Regional
Game 2/Florida State vs. Texas A&M — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

Columbia Super Regional
Game 2/South Carolina vs. UConn — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Austin Super Regional
Game 3/Texas vs. Arizona State — ESPN2, 7 p.m. (if necessary)

Nashville Super Regional
Game 3/Vanderbilt vs. Oregon — ESPN2, TBD (if necessary)

Santa Clara Super Regional
Game 2/Cal vs. Dallas-Baptist — ESPNU, 10 p.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Canada — Fox, 1 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour/Greater Hickory Classic, Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
LPGA Tour/State Farm Classic, Final round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)
PGA Tour/St. Jude Classic, Final round — CBS, 3 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at New York Yankees — TBS/WKYC/YES, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Detroit — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Sun Sports/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Oakland at Chicago White Sox — Comcast SportsNet California/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Texas at Minnesota — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Kansas City at Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Florida — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia — WGN America/WPHL, 1:30 p.m.
New York Mets at Pittsburgh — SNY/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Houston — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Houston, 2 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m.
Washington at San Diego — MASN2/Cox 4, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco — ESPN, 8 p.m.

MLB Tonight Live — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight live from San Francisco — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch Live — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Countdown to Green — TNT, noon

Sprint Cup Series/Pocono 500 — TNT, 1 p.m.

NBA Finals
NBA Countdown — ABC, 7:30 p.m.

Game 6/Dallas at Miami — ABC, 8 p.m. (Dallas leads series 3-2)

Tennis
ATP Tour/AEGON Championships, Final — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m.
WTA Tour/AEGON International, Final — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Women’s Professional Soccer
Western New York vs. Philadelphia — Fox Soccer Channel, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction: Wine & Dine Barbeque — Food Network, 11 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
The 65th Annual Tony Awards — CBS, 8 p.m.
Game of Thrones — HBO, 9 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers — History Channel, 9 p.m.
The Glades — A&E, 10 p.m.
The Killing — AMC, 10 p.m.
Treme — HBO, 10 p.m.
The Real L Word (season premiere) — Showtime, 10 p.m.
In Plain Sight — USA, 10 p.m.

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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