Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, August 25

Australian Rules Football
Hawthorn Hawks at Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.

Boxing
24/7 Road to Ward Lawson — HBO, midnight

College Football
College GameDay: Season Preview — ESPN, 11 a.m.

Cycling
USA Pro Challenge: Stage 6, Golden to Boulder — NBC, 2 p.m./NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
Swansea City vs. West Ham United — ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Bromwich Albion — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:53 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Fulham — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Newcastle United — Fox Soccer, 12:30 p.m.
Sunderland vs. Reading — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Aston Villa vs. Everton — Fox Soccer, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
Norwich City vs. Queens Park Rangers — Fox Soccer, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
Southhampton vs. Wigan Athletic — Fox Soccer, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
Champions Tour: Boeing Classic, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
European PGA Tour: Johnnie Walker Championship, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
LPGA Tour: Canadian Women’s Open, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
PGA Tour: The Barclays, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Summer at Saratoga
Travers Stakes — NBC, 4 p.m.

Little League World Series
International Championship
Japan vs. Panama — ABC, 12:30 p.m.

U.S. Championship
Goodlettsville, TN vs. Petaluma, CA — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

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

National League
Colorado at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 1 p.m.
Houston at New York Mets — Fox Sports Houston/WPIX, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco — Fox, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati — Fox, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia — MASN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
Miami at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 9 p.m.

MLB Player Poll — Fox, 3 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 3:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 2 a.m. (Sunday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Wednesday)

MLS
Montreal vs. DC United — TSN/RDS, 4 p.m.
Columbus vs. New England — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet New England, 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Toronto — Fox Sports Southwest/TSN2, 8:30 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. Seattle — Fox Sports West/KING, 10:30 p.m.
Portland vs. Vancouver — Root Spots Northwest/Rogers Sportsnet Pacific, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. Colorado — Comcast SportsNet California/Altitude, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Irwin Tools Night Race — ABC, 7:30 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Indianapolis at Washington — NFL Network/WNDY/WRC/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland — WXYZ/KICU, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo — KDKA/WKBW, 7 p.m.
Houston at New Orleans — CBS, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas — KTVI/KTVT, 8 p.m.

NFL Preseason Live — NFL Network, 8 pm.

Scottish Premier League
Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:40 a.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open Series
ATP Tour: Winston-Salem Open, Men’s Final — CBS, 12:30 p.m.
WTA Tour: New Haven Open at Yale, Women’s Final — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

WNBA
Minnesota Lynx at Atlanta Dream — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
New York Liberty at Los Angeles Sparks — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Hideous Houses: The Chicken Pox House — A&E, 10 a.m.
Giada at Home: Soccer and Snacks — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong: Lijiang, China — Cooking Channel, 12:30 p.m.
The Perfect 3: Sandwiches — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
My Cat From Hell: My Cat Is a Bully — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Rambo — IFC, 8 p.m.
The Delta Force — Military Channel, 8 p.m.
Easy Chinese: Chinatown Unexpected — Cooking Channel, 8:30 p.m.
The Destinations of Doctor Who — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Wicked Attraction: Dressed to Kill — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Hard Rock Calling 2012 — VH1, 9 p.m.
Rambo: First Blood, Part II — IFC, 9:45 p.m.
The uneXplained: The Secret Life of Our Father — Biography, 10 p.m.
Custer’s Last Man: I Survived Little Big Horn — H2, 10 p.m.
Katt Williams: Kattpacalypse — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Larry Wilmore’s Race, Religion and Sex — Showtime, 11 p.m.
That Metal Show — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — Sho2, midnight

Sunday, August 26

Cycling
USA Pro Challenge: Final Stage, Denver — NBC Sports Network, 2 p.m./NBC, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
Stoke City vs. Arsenal — Fox Soccer, 8:25 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Manchester City — Fox Soccer, 10:30 a.m.

Golf
Champions Tour: Boeing Classic, Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)
European PGA Tour: Johnnie Walker Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
LPGA Tour: Canadian Women’s Tour, Final Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.
PGA Tour: The Barclays, Final Round — Golf Channel, noon/CBS, 2 p.m.

IndyCar
Grand Prix of Sonoma — NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.

Little League World Series
Consolation Game
ESPN/ESPN 3D, 11 a.m.

Championship Game
ABC/ESPN 3D, 3 p.m.

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

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

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

MLS
LA Galaxy vs. Dallas — NBC Sports Network, 5 p.m.
Kansas City vs. New York — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

NFL Preseason
San Francisco at Denver — Fox, 4 p.m.
Carolina at New York Jets — NBC, 8 p.m.

Madden 13 NFL Pigskin Pro-Am — NBC, 7 p.m.

Sailing
America’s Cup World Series — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
E:60 — ESPNU, 8:20 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open: Arthur Ashe Kids Day — CBS, noon
U.S. Open Preview — CBS, 1:30 p.m.

U-20 Women’s World Cup
Group Play
Brazil vs. South Korea — ESPNU, 3:10 a.m.
Mexico vs. New Zealand — ESPNU, 6:10 a.m.

WNBA
Washington Mystics at San Antonio Silver Stars — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Minnesota Lynx at Seattle Storm — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
The Man from Snowy River — AMC, 9 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners With Melissa D’Arabian: Diner on a Dime — Food Network, 10 a.m.
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction: Backyard Mexican Food Feast — Food Network, 11 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Women on Death Row — Biography, 8 p.m.
Laura Calder Explores: The French Alps — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
Survivorman Ten Days: Mexican Desert Island Pt. 2 — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Big Brother 14 — CBS, 8:01 p.m.
The Great Food Truck Race: Attitude at High Altitude — Food Network, 9 p.m.
True Blood (season finale) — HBO, 9 p.m.
Sins & Secrets: Auburn — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Bar Rescue: Broke Black Sheep — Spike, 9 p.m.
Leverage — TNT, 9 p.m.
Weeds — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Breaking Bad — AMC, 10 p.m.
Copper: Husbands and Fathers — BBC America, 10 p.m.
The Newsroom (season finale) — HBO, 10 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers — History Channel, 10 p.m.
On the Case With Paula Zahn: Taken – Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Taboo: Strange Passions — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
The Great Escape: Escape From the Tower– TNT, 10 p.m.
Small Town Security: Romancing the Joan — AMC, 11:04 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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