Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 1

Boxing
Boxing After Dark: Gennady Golovkin vs. Grezegorz Proska, Middleweights — HBO, 9:45 p.m.
24/7 Chavez, Jr./Martinez (series premiere) — HBO, 11:45 p.m.
24/7 Road to Ward/Dawson — HBO, 12:15 a.m. (Sunday)

College Football Viewing Picks 

Cycling
Vuelta a España: Stage 14 — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

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

Golf
European PGA Tour: European Masters, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
PGA Tour: Deutsche Bank Championship, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.
Web.com Tour: Mylan Classic, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Horse Racing
Summer at Saratoga
Woodward Stakes — NBC, 5 p.m.

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

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

MLB Player Poll — Fox, 3 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Columbus vs. Montreal — Fox Sports Ohio/TVA, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Toronto — KSMO/Sportsnet One, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. DC United — KUCW/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 9 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. Vancouver — KDOC/TSN/RDS, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series: Atlanta 300 — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Soccer
Women’s International Friendly
United States vs. Costa Rica — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
SportsNation — ESPNU, 10 a.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open: Men’s  & Women’s 3rd Round — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m./CBS, noon
U.S. Open: Primetime at the Open: Men’s  & Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Breakfast at the Open — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Today at the U.S. Open — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m.
U.S. Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

WNBA
Washington Mystics at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
San Antonio Silver Stars at Phoenix Mercury — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
Mexican Made Easy: Light and Healthy — Food Network, 9 a.m.
Hideous Houses: Mom’s Hoarding Ends Here! — A&E, 10 a.m.
Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong: Xishuangbana, China — Cooking Channel, 12:30 p.m.
The Perfect 3: Brunch — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
My Cat From Hell: Big Boi Ruins Our Social Life — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
One Giant Leap: A Neil Armstrong Tribute — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Full Metal Jacket — IFC, 8 p.m.
Easy Chinese: Chinatown Unexpected — Cooking Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Tanked: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Tank — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: Asylum of the Daleks (series premiere) — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Wicked Attraction: Love Me Tender — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Download Festival 2012 — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: A Family’s Honor — CBS, 10 p.m.
Happily Never After: Bloody Proposal — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Investigators: Interview with the Devil — HLN, 10 p.m.
That Metal Show: Aerosmith — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — Sho2, midnight

Sunday, September 2

CFL
Winnipeg at Saskatchewan — TSN/ESPN3, 4 p.m.

College Football 
Bethune-Cookman vs. Alabama State at Orlando, FL — ESPN, noon
Kentucky at Louisville — ESPN, 3;30 p.m.
SMU at Baylor — Fox Sports Net (National)/Fox College Sports Central, 6:30 p.m.

Cycling
Vuelta a España: Stage 15 — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

English Premier League
Liverpool vs. Arsenal — Fox Soccer, 8:25 a.m.
Southampton vs. Manchester United — Fox Soccer, 10:30 a.m.
Newcastle United vs. Aston Villa — Fox Soccer Plus, 10:53 a.m.

Formula 1
Belgian Grand Prix —  Speed, 7:30 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour: European Masters, Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
PGA Tour: Deutsche Bank Championship, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./NBC, 3 p.m.
PGA Tour: Deutsche Bank Championship, 3rd Round Spotlight Coverage — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
Web.com Tour: Mylan Classic, Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar
Baltimore Grand Prix — NBC Sports Network, 2 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MASN/YES, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto — Sun Sports/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Texas at Cleveland — Fox Sports Southwest/STO, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Boston at Oakland — NESN/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Detroit — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

National League
New York Mets at Miami — SNY/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Washington — Fox Sports Midwest/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Houston — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Houston, 2 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
San Francisco at Chicago Cubs — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/WGN America, 2:20 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta — WPHL/Fox Sports South, 5 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Plays of the Month — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

MLS
Dallas vs. Seattle — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/KONG, 7 p.m.
Chicago vs. Houston — Galavision/WMAQ 5.2, 7 p.m.
San Jose vs. Chivas USA — NBC Sports Network, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: AdvoCare 500 — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

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

Tennis
U.S. Open: Men’s 3rd Round & Women’s Round of 16 — CBS/CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m.
U.S. Open: Primetime at the Open: Men’s 3rd Round & Women’s  Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

Breakfast at the Open — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Today at the U.S. Open — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m.
U.S. Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

WNBA
Connecticut Sun at Atlanta Dream — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles Sparks at Chicago Sky — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners with Melissa D’Arabian: Swine and Dine — Food Network, 10 a.m.
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addition: Eastern Intrigue — Food Network, 11 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Royal Memories: Prince Charles’ Tribute to the Queen — PBS, 8 p.m.
Women on Death Row — Biography, 8 p.m.
Survivorman: Norwegian Mountain Survival, Part 1 — Discovery, 8 p.m.
MDA Show of Strength — WGN America, 8 p.m.
Big Brother 14 — CBS, 8:01 p.m.
TV’s Most Dynamic Duos: Presented by The Paley Center for Media — ABC, 9 p.m.
The Great Food Truck Race: Even Food Trucks Are Bigger in Texas — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Sins & Secrets: Kansas City — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Leverage — TNT, 9 p.m.
Weeds — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Breaking Bad (season finale) — AMC, 10 p.m.
Copper: In the Hands of an Angry God — BBC America, 10 p.m.
On the Case with Paula Zahn: Murder at Bird Key — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Taboo: U.S. of Alcohol — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Web Therapy: Stalk Therapy — Showtime, 10:30 p.m.
Small Town Security: Lieutenant Croft’s Release — 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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