Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, July 30

Golf
PGA Tour: Greenbrier Classic, 3rd round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.
U.S. Senior Open, 3rd round — NBC, 3 p.m.
Women’s Open Championship, 3rd round — ESPN, 10 a.m.

Horse Racing
Summer at Saratoga
Diana Stakes & Jim Dandy Stakes — Versus, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson — Showtime, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MASN/YES, 1 p.m.
Texas at Toronto — Fox Sports Southwest/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Detroit — Fox, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Seattle — Fox, 4 p.m.
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MLB Network/MASN2/YES, 7 p.m.
Boston at Chicago White Sox — NESN/WGN America, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland — Fox Sports Kansas City/WKYC, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Oakland — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet California, 9 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis — Fox, 4 p.m.
Florida at Atlanta — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Washington — WPIX/MASN, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Cincinnati — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Cox 4, 8:30 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Arizona/KCAL, 10 p.m.

Trade Deadline Special Live — MLB Network, 11 a.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight Live — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

MLS
Vancouver vs. Los Angeles — Fox Soccer, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City vs. New England — Comcast SportsNet New England, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series: Kroger 200 — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

NFL
Back to Football — NFL Network, 9 a.m.
NFL Total Access: Back to Football — NFL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
U20 World Cup
Colombia vs. France — ESPNU/Galavision, 8:45 p.m.

World Football Challenge
Barcelona vs. Manchester United — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Swimming
FINA World Championships, Shanghai, Communist China
Swimming & Water Polo — NBC, 1 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open Series
ATP Tour: Farmers Classic, semifinals — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m./ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.
WTA Tour: Bank of the West Classic, semifinals — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (tape delayed)

WNBA
Phoenix at New York– NBA TV, 7 p.m.

Entertainment
Aarti Party — Food Network, 9 a.m.
Giada at Home: Garden Variety — Food Network, 1:30 p.m.
Kelsey’s Essentials: Veggie Bliss  — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
JFK — AMC, 8 p.m.
Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story — ESPN Classic, 8:30 p.m.
Outcasts — BBC America, 9 p.m.
From Spain With Love: Olive Oil: Liquid Gold — Cooking Channel, 9:30 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10 p.m.
Outnumbered (series premiere) — BBC America, 11 p.m.
Friday Night Dinner (series premiere) — BBC America, 11:30 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — Sho2, midnight

Sunday, July 31

Formula 1
Hungarian Grand Prix — Speed, 7:30 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour: Greenbrier Classic, final round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.
U.S. Senior Open, final round — NBC, 3 p.m.
Women’s Open Championship, final round — ESPN, 9 a.m.

Horse Racing
Haskell Invitational — ABC, 5 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Detroit — KCOP/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MASN/YES, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland — Fox Sports Kansas City/STO, 1 p.m.
Texas at Toronto — Fox Sports Southwest/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Boston at Chicago White Sox — TBS/NESN/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Oakland — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Seattle — Sun Sports/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.

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

Trade Deadline Special Live — MLB Network, 11:30 a.m.
MLB Tonight Live — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight live from St. Louis — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch Live — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Trade Deadline Recap Live — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

MLS
FC Dallas vs. Chivas USA — Galavision, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Brickyard 400 — ESPN, 1 p.m.

NFL
Back to Football — NFL Network, 9 a.m.
NFL Total Access: Back to Football — NFL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
U20 World Cup
Costa Rica vs. Spain — ESPNU/Galavision, 3:45 p.m.
Australia vs. Ecuador — ESPNU, 6:45 p.m.

Swimming
FINA World Championships, Shanghai, Communist China
Swimming & Water Polo — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. & 8 p.m. (tape delayed)

Tennis
U.S. Open Series
ATP Tour: Farmers Classic, singles finals — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
ATP Tour: Farmers Classic, doubles final — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)
WTA Tour: Bank of the West Classic, finals — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

WNBA
Minnesota at San Antonio — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles at Indiana — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners with Melissa D’Arabian: Taking on Tex Mex — Food Network, 9 a.m.
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction: California Coasting on the Grill — Food Network, 11 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Big Brother 13 — CBS, 8 p.m.
Great White Invasion — Discovery, 9 p.m.
American Ninja Warrior — G4, 9 p.m.
True Blood — HBO, 9 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Russia’s Toughest Prisons — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Breaking Bad — AMC, 10 p.m.
Jaws Comes Home — Discovery, 10 p.m.
American Ninja Warrior — G4, 10 p.m.
Top Gear — History Channel, 10 p.m.
In Plain Sight — USA Network, 10 p.m.
Curb Your Enthusiasm — HBO, 10:05 p.m.
Entourage — HBO, 10:35 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — Sho2, midnight

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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