Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, June 21

Arena Football
Cleveland Gladiators at Philadelphia Soul — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.

Boxing
Fight Night, Wilkes-Barre, PA
IBF Light Heavyweight Elimination Bout
Anatoliy Dudchenko vs. Nadjb Mohammedi — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Showtime Championship Boxing, Carson, CA
Prelims — ShoExtreme, 8 p.m.
Main Event: Welterweights Robert Guerrero vs. Yashihiro Kamegai — Showtime, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
2014 College World Series, TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Omaha, NE
Virginia vs. Mississippi — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Texas vs. Vanderbilt — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de Suisse, Switzerland
Stage 8: Delémont to Verbier — beIN Sport, 9:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, Austria
Qualifying– NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Irish Open, Cork, Ireland
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
Travelers Championship, Cromwell, CT

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
Encompass Championship, Glenview, IL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
U.S. Women’s Open Championship, Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, Pinehurst, NC
3rd Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Royal Ascot, Berkshire, England
Day 5 — beIN sport, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
World Series of Fighting 10, Las Vegas, NV
Middleweight World Championship Match
David Branch vs. Jesse Taylor — NBCSN, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MLB Network/MASN/WWOR, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — WGN America/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Boston at Oakland — MLB Network/NESN/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Houston at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet Houston/Sun Sports, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Texas at Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

National League
Milwaukee at Colorado — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
New York Mets at Miami — WPIX/Fox Sports Florida, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at St. Louis — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Midwest, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Arizona, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Toronto at Cincinnati — MLB Network/Sportsnet/Fox Sports Ohio, 4 p.m.

Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

NASCAR
Nationwide Series
Gardner Denver 200, Road America, Elkhart, WI
Qualifying — ESPN2, 11:30 a.m.
Race — ABC, 2:45 p.m.

NASCAR Countdown — ABC, 2:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Toyota-Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.

NASCAR Live: Sonoma — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.

NBA
NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 9 p.m.

Soccer
2014 FIFA World Cup, Group Play
Group F, Estadio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Argentina vs. Iran — ESPN/Univision/Univision Deportes, 11:30 a.m.

Group G, Estadio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil
Germany vs. Ghana — ESPN/Univision/Univision Deportes, 2:30 p.m.

Group F, Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba, Brazil
Nigeria vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina — ESPN/Univision/Univision Deportes, 5:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central Edición Mundial — Univision Deportes, 10 a.m.
República Deportiva: Edición Mundial — Univision/Univision Deportes, 2 p.m.
República Deportiva: Edición Mundial — Univision Deportes, 5 p.m.
World Cup Tonight — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
ESPN FC: World Cup Encore — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
Nine fox IX: Runner — ESPN Classic, noon
Nine for IX: No Limits — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Nine for IX: Venus vs. — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Nine for IX: The 99ers — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
Nine for IX: Branded — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
Nine for IX: Let Them Wear Towels — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
Nine for IX: Swoopes — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Nine for IX: Pat XO — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Swimming
Arena Grand Prix
Santa Clara — Universal Sports, 8 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Coverage of Topshelf Open and Aegon International — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, noon
Center Court Wimbledon Report — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

WTA Tour
Aegon International, Eastbourne, England
Final — Tennis Channel, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Aegon International, Eastbourne, England
Final — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Topshelf Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Final — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
Real Girl’s Kitchen: Book’lyn — Cooking Channel, 2 p.m.
Sweet Julia: Tricks of the Trade (series premiere) — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
A Healthy You & Carol Alt — Fox News, 4 p.m.
The Transporter — Cinemax, 5 p.m.
The Hunt for Red October — IFC, 5 p.m.
White House Down — Starz, 5:45 p.m.
Key Largo — Turner Classic Movies, 6 p.m.
Dateline NBC — NBC, 8 p.m.
My Cat From Hell: Mama Mia! — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
The Wolverine — HBO, 8 p.m.
Red 2 — HBO2, 8 p.m.
No Country for Old Men — IFC, 8 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the E.R.: Extra Dose: No Air Affair — TLC, 8 p.m.
Aretha: Frankly Speaking — TV One, 8 p.m.
48 Hours: The Perfect Family — CBS, 9 p.m.
Too Cute! — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Orphan Black: By Means Which Have Not Yet Been Tried (season finale) — BBC America, 9 p.m.
America’s Secret Slang: Off the Cuff — H2, 9 p.m.
Happily Never After: Crushed By Love — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Power: This is Real — Starz, 9 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the E.R.: Give a Dog a Bone — TLC, 9 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Overland Hotel & Saloon –Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
I Love the 2000’s: 2008 — VH1, 9 p.m.
Almost Royal: Los Angeles — BBC America, 10 p.m.
Nightline Prime — ABC, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: Relentless — CBS, 10 p.m.
Mafia’s Greatest Hits: Tony Spilotro — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
America’s Cutest: Cat: Snuggle Kitties (season premiere) — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
The Hangover Part III — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
BBQ Pit Wars: Kingsford Invitational — Destination America, 10 p.m.
United Stuff of America: American Firepower — H2, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Devil in the Details: Murder, Cajun Style — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Georgy Girl — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
I Love the 2000’s: 2009 — VH1, 10 p.m.
Almost Royal: Boston — BBC America, 10:30 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 11 p.m.
Dazed and Confused — Sho2, 11 p.m.
Bleach — Cartoon Network, midnight

Sunday, June 22

Australian Rules Football
Melbourne Kangaroos vs. North Melbourne Demons — Fox Sports 2, 3 a.m.

Cycling
Tour de Suisse, Switzerland
Stage 9: Martigny to Saas-Fee -Pearl of the Alps (finish of race)  — beIN Sport, 9:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, Austria
Race– NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.

F1 Extra — NBCSN, 10 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Irish Open, Cork, Ireland
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
Travelers Championship, Cromwell, CT

Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
Encompass Championship, Glenview, IL
Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
U.S. Women’s Open Championship, Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, Pinehurst, NC
Final Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
UFC Presents — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
UFC Unleashed — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 1 p.m.
Houston at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet Houston/Sun Sports, 1:30 p.m.
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MASN/YES, 2 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Boston at Oakland — NESN/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Texas at Anaheim Angels — ESPN, 8 p.m.

National League
New York Mets at Miami — WPIX/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington — MLB Network/Fox Sports South/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at St. Louis — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/WGN America, 2:20 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports San Diego, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Colorado — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.

Interleague
Toronto at Cincinnati — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.

Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown live from Anaheim, CA — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Toyota-Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Race — TNT, 3 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Sonoma — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Countdown to Green — TNT, 2 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Sonoma — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
2014 FIFA World Cup, Group Play
Group H, Maracanã-Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Belgium vs. Russia — ABC/Univision/Univision Deportes, 11:30 a.m.

Group H, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Republic of Korea vs. Algeria — ABC/Univision/Univision Deportes, 2:30 p.m.

Group G, Arena Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil
USA vs. Portugal — ESPN/Univision/Univision Deportes, 5:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central Edición Mundial — Univision Deportes, 10 a.m.
República Deportiva: Edición Mundial — Univision/Univision Deportes, 2 p.m.
Inside U.S. Soccer’s March to Brazil — ABC, 5 p.m.
2014 FIFA World Cup Match Day — ESPN, 5 p.m.
República Deportiva: Edición Mundial — Univision/Univision Deportes, 5 p.m.
World Cup Tonight — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
ESPN FC: World Cup Encore — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 2, 11 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Beautiful People — Biography Channel, 2 p.m.
Emeril’s Florida: Some Central Florida Favorites — Cooking Central, 2:30 p.m.
Cruel Intentions — MoreMax, 3:30 p.m.
Silver Linings Playbook — Showtime, 4:55 p.m.
How Fun Works: Fried Glide Slide and Applied (series premiere) — Travel Channel, 5 p.m.
Third Reich: The Fall — H2, 5 p.m.
Enlisted — Fox, 7 p.m.
Wipeout (season premiere) — ABC, 7 p.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Beachfront Bargain Hunt — HGTV, 8 p.m.
Secrets of Underground London — PBS, 8 p.m.
Meatballs — Encore, 8 p.m.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Hope and a Future (season finale) — Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.
Aliens — IFC, 8 p.m.
Godzilla, King of the Monsters — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap — VH1 Classic, 8 p.m.
Beachfront Bargain Hunt — HGTV, 8:30 p.m.
World’s Weirdest Restaurants: Dinner Ninja Style — Biography Channel, 9 p.m.
Nurse Jackie — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Bar Rescue: Taffer’s Top 10: Most Disgusting Bars — Spike, 9 p.m.
Masterpiece Mystery!: The Escape Artist — PBS, 9 p.m.
The Musketeers: Friends and Enemies (series premiere) — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Timber Kings: Hard Hat & Home — Destination America, 9 p.m.
Food Network Star: Internet Marketing Video — Food Network, 9 p.m.
The World Wars: Extended Edition: Trial by Fire — H2, 9 p.m.
True Blood (season premiere) — HBO, 9 p.m.
Brother vs. Brother — HGTV, 9 p.m.
48 Hours on ID: Left for Dead: The Stranger You Know — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Miracle Landing on the Hudson — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Killer Couples: Poirer-Upton — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
The Last Ship: Pilot: Phase Six (series premiere) — TNT, 9 p.m.
Mega RV Countdown: The Hangover Cure –Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
truTV Top Funniest — truTV, 9 p.m.
Catching Hell: Lost at Sea — Weather Channel, 9 p.m.
World’s Weirdest Restaurants: Down for the Count — Biography Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Californication — Showtime, 9:30 p.m.
Bar Rescue: Taffer’s Top 10: Worst Owners — Spike, 9:30 p.m.
Rev. Run’s Sunday Suppers: Jive Turkey — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Hartford, CT — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Frankenfood: Blown Away by the Windy City (series premiere) — Spike, 10 p.m.
Halt and Catch Fire: Close to the Metal — AMC, 10 p.m.
MythHunters: The Legend of Kruger’s Millions — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Naked and Afraid: New Season Exposed — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Cutthroat Kitchen: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Udder (season premiere) — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: Special Edition: Mysterious Structures — H2, 10 p.m.
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall: See Something, Say Something — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Penny Dreadful — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Black Swan — Sundance Channel, 10 p.m.
Cold Water Captains: Passing the Torch — Weather Channel, 10 p.m.
Salem: The House of Pain — WGN America, 10 p.m.
Falling Skies (season premiere) — TNT, 10:03 p.m.
The World Wars: Extended Edition: The Price of Glory — H2, 10:10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Las Vegas — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Frankenfood — Spike, 10:30 p.m.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – HBO, 11 p.m.
Insidious — IFC, 11 p.m.
Robot Chicken — Cartoon Network, 11:30 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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