Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, June 30

Boxing
IBF Junior Middleweight Championship: Cornelius Bundrage vs. Cory Spinks — Showtime, 9 p.m.

CFL
Toronto at Edmonton — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France: Prologue, Liège to Liège — NBC Sports Network, 8 a.m.

ESPN Sports Saturday
ABC, 4 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour: Senior Players Championship, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.
European Tour: Irish Open, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
LPGA Tour: NW Arkansas Championship, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.
PGA Tour: AT&T National, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.
Web.com Tour: United Leasing Championship, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Toronto — MLB Network/Fox Sports West/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/YES, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore — STO/MASN2, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Boston at Seattle — MLB Network/NESN/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Houston at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Houston/WGN America, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Florida, 4 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta — MASN/Peachtree TV, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Milwaukee — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox, 7:15 p.m.

MLB Player Poll — Fox, 3 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLS
Toronto vs. New York — Galavision/Sportsnet One/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
DC United vs. Montreal — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/TVA, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Seattle — Comcast SportsNet New England/KONG, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus vs. Real Salt Lake — Fox Sports Ohio/KUCW, 8 p.m.
Houston vs. Philadelphia — Fox Sports Houston/The Comcast Network, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. Portland — Altitude/KPDX, 9 p.m.
San Jose vs. LA Galaxy — ESPN, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Quaker State 400 — TNT, 7:30 p.m.

Countdown to Green — TNT, 6:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
Women’s International Friendly
United States vs. Canada — NBC, 1:30 p.m.

Softball
World Cup, Oklahoma City, OK
Canada vs. United States — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Tennis
The Championships, Wimbledon: Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ 3rd Round — ESPN, 8 a.m.

Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Wimbledon Primetime — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.
Wimbledon Primetime — Tennis Channel, 9 p.m.

U.S. Olympic Trials
Gymnastics, San Jose, CA
Men’s Final — NBC, 4 p.m.

Swimming, Omaha, NE
Men’s 50m Freestyle – Semifinal
Women’s 200m Breastroke – Final
Men’s 200m Backstroke – Final
Women’s 200m Backstroke – Semifinal
Men’s 200m Individual Medley – Final
Women’s 100m Freestyle – Final
Men’s 100m Butterfly – Semifinal
Qualifying Heats — NBC Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
Finals — NBC, 8 p.m.

Track & Field, Eugene, OR
Heptathlon – Day 1
Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles Finals
Women’s 200 Meters Finals
Men’s 200 Meters Semifinals

Prelims — NBC Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Finals — NBC, 9 p.m.

WNBA
Seattle at New York — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

Entertainment
Mexican Made Easy: Seafood — Food Network, 9 a.m.
Giada at Home: Stars and Stripes — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
The Perfect 3: Cheesecake — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Curb Appeal — HGTV, 5:30 p.m.
My Cat From Hell: Cat Fight! (season premiere) — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration-The Solo Years — TVOne, 8 p.m.
Easy Chinese: Little Taiwan — Cooking Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Meg’s Great Rooms — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Bad Dog!: Home Wreckers (season premiere) — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Celebrity Ghost Stories — Biography, 9 p.m.
The High Low Project: Home Office Makeover — HGTV, 9:30 p.m.
Serial Killer Earth: Hurricane Attacks Weatherman — H2, 10 p.m.
Wicked Attraction: Fascination with Death — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Undercover Boss Abroad: Hutchinson Builders — TLC, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 11 p.m.
Twenty Twelve — BBC America, midnight
Twenty Twelve — BBC America, 12:40 a.m. (Sunday)

Sunday, July 1

CFL
Montreal at Calgary — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France: Stage 1, Liège to Seraing — NBC Sports Network, 8 a.m./NBC, 4 p.m.

EURO 2012
Final, Kiev, Ukraine
Spain vs. Italy — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro Report — ESPN, 2 p.m.
EURO 2012 Tonight — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour: Senior Players Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.
European Tour: Irish Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
LPGA Tour: NW Arkansas Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.
PGA Tour: AT&T National, Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.
Web.com Tour: United Leasing Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

MLB
American League
Cleveland at Baltimore — STO/WJZ/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Detroit/Sun Sports, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees — TBS/WGN America/YES, 2 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Toronto — Fox Sports West/Rogers Sportsnet, 3 p.m.
Boston at Seattle — NESN/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.

National League
Philadelphia at Miami — WPHL/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta — MASN/Fox Sports South, 1:30 p.m.
Arizona at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Houston at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Houston/WGN America, 2:20 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB All-Star Selection Show — TBS, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Plays of the Month — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 5 p.m.

Softball
World Cup, Oklahoma City, OK
Brazil vs. United States — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines  — ESPN, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.

Tennis
The Championships, Wimbledon: Week One Highlights — ABC, 3 p.m.

Wimbledon Primetime — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

U.S. Olympic Trials
Gymnastics, San Jose, CA
Women’s Final — NBC, 9 p.m.

Swimming, Omaha, NE
Women’s 200m Backstroke – Final
Men’s 100m Butterfly – Final
Women’s 800m Freestyle – Final
Men’s 50m Freestyle – Final
Women’s 50m Freestyle – Semifinal
Qualifying Heats — NBC Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Finals — NBC, 8 p.m.

Track & Field, Eugene, OR
Women’s Javelin Throw Finals
Women’s Long Jump Finals
Men’s & Women’s 400 Meters Finals
Men’s & Women’s 1,500 Meters Finals
Men’s 200 Meters Finals
NBC, 7 p.m.

WNBA
Phoenix at Washington — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

Yachting
America’s Cup World Series, Newport, RI
Elimination — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction: Summer Grillin’ Party — Food Network, 11 a.m.
The Best Thing I Ever Made: Burgers and Dogs — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Secret Millionaire: Steve Kaplan: Chicago — ABC, 8 p.m.
Red, White and Grill — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
Queen & Country: London: Royal City — PBS, 8 p.m.
True Blood — HBO, 9 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers: Desperate Measures — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Jackass 3.5 — Comedy Central, 9 p.m.
Weeds (season premiere) — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell: Venice Beach Icon — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Newsroom — HBO, 10 p.m.
On the Case with Paula Zahn: Hanging by a Thread — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Taboo: Booze — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
The Great Escape: Escape From the USS Hornet — TNT, 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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