Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, June 18

Boxing
Boxing After Dark: Canelo Alvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes — HBO, 10:30 p.m.

College Baseball
College World Series, Omaha, NE
Vanderbilt vs. North Carolina — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Texas vs. Florida — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Golf
Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

U.S. Open, 3rd round — NBC, 2 p.m.

Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Strikeforce Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament: Overeem vs. Werdum — Showtime, 10 p.m.

MLB
Interleague
Baltimore at Washington — MASN, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs — Fox, 4 p.m.
Texas at Atlanta — Fox, 4 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at New York Mets — Fox Sports West/WPIX, 7 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay — Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Boston — Fox Sports Wisconsin/NESN, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland — Root Sports Pittsburgh/STO, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Cincinnati — Rogers Sportsnet/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Minnesota — Cox 4/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Arizona — MLB Network/WGN America/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Colorado — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
San Francisco at Oakland — KNTV/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Seattle — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Houston at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight Live — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
New England vs. Chicago — Comcast SportsNet New England, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series/Alliance Truck Parts 250 — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

NHL
Boston Bruins Victory Parade — Comcast SportsNet New England/NHL Network/NESN, 10 a.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour/Eastbourne, Final — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)
WTA Tour/Eastbourne, Finals — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.

Entertainment
5 Ingredient Fix: Belly Dancer to Dinner — Food Network, 10:30 a.m.
Giada at Home: Giada’s Greek Feast — 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.
Ice Pilots: Peril in the Atlantic — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Outcasts (series premiere) — BBC America, 9 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10 p.m.
The Inbetweeners (season premiere) — BBC America, 11 p.m.
Come Fly With Me (series premiere) — BBC America, 11:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 19

College Baseball
College World Series, Omaha, NE
Cal vs. Virginia — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Texas A&M vs. South Carolina — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Gold Cup Soccer
Quarterfinal, Washington, DC
Jamaica vs. United States — Fox Soccer, 2:30 p.m.

Golf
Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.

U.S. Open, final round — NBC, 1:30 p.m.

Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.

IndyCar
The Milwaukee 225 — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

MLB
Interleague
Anaheim Angels at New York Mets — Fox Sports West/WPIX, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland — Root Sports Pittsburgh/STO, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Cincinnati — Rogers Sportsnet/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Washington — MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay — Sun Sports, 1:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Boston — TBS/Fox Sports Wisconsin/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Texas at Atlanta — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports South, 1:30 p.m.
San Diego at Minnesota — Cox 4/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Detroit at Colorado — Fox Sports Detroit/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Seattle — WPHL/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
San Francisco at Oakland — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs — ESPN, 8 p.m.

National League
Houston at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 4 p.m.

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

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series/Something Something Something 400 — TBS, 1 p.m.

Women’s Professional Soccer
Atlanta vs. Boston — Fox Soccer, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction: Greek Barbeque… Opa! — Food Network, 11 a.m.
Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee: Five From France  — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
The 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards — CBS, 8 p.m.
The Miss USA Pageant — NBC, 9 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Game of Thrones (season finale) — HBO, 9 p.m.
True Blood: Sneak Preview — HBO, 10 p.m.
The Glades — A&E, 10 p.m.
The Killing – AMC, 10 p.m.
The Real L Word — Showtime, 10 p.m.
In Plain Sight — USA, 10 p.m.
Treme — HBO, 10:15 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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