Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, June 28

Arena Football
Pittsburgh Power at Jacksonville Sharks — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Spokane Shock at Los Angeles KISS — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle Dockers vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.
Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Boxing
Boxing After Dark, Omaha, NE
WBO Lightweight Title Fight
Terence Crawford vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa — HBO, 10 p.m.

CFL
Montreal Alouettes at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Edmonton Eskimos at BC Lions — TSN, 6 p.m.

Cycling
2014 Tour de France Preview — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
BMW International Open, Cologne, Germany
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Quicken Loans National, Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, MD
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Channel Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Golf Channel Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
Constellation Senior Players, Pittsburgh, PA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
NW Arkansas Championship, Rogers, AR
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Web.com Tour
United Leasing Championship, Newburgh, IN
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Horse Racing
Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA
The Gold Cup — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

IndyCar
Grand Prix of Houston, Houston, TX
Race 1 — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens, San Antonio, TX
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Main Card — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at Toronto — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Kansas City — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Houston — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Sun Sports/MASN2, 4 p.m.
Boston at New York Yankees — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Cleveland at Seattle — STO/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Washington at Chicago Cubs — MASN/WGN America, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Colorado at Milwaukee — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
New York Mets at Pittsburgh — WPIX/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Washington at Chicago Cubs — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — MLB Network/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Oakland at Miami — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.

MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 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, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLS
DC United vs. Seattle — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/KZJO, 7 p.m.
New England vs. Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. FC Dallas — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 8 p.m.
Colorado vs. Vancouver — TSN/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. Real Salt Lake — Time Warner Cable Deportes/KTVX, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. LA Galaxy — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Quaker State 400, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY
Race — TNT, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Kentucky — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 p.m.
Countdown to Green — TNT, 6:30 p.m.

NHL2014 NHL Entry Draft, Philadelphia, PA
Rounds 2-7 — NHL Network, 10 a.m.
Rounds 2-7 — NHL Network, 4:30 p.m.

NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer
2014 FIFA World Cup
Round of 16, Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Brazil vs. Chile — ABC/Univision/Univision Deportes, 11:30 a.m.

Round of 16, Maracanã – Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Colombia vs. Uruguay — ABC/Univision/Univision Deportes, 3:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central Edición Mundial — Univision Deportes, 10 a.m.
República Deportiva: Edición Mundial — Univision/Univision Deportes, 2 p.m.
World Cup Tonight — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
XTRA – beIN Brazil — beIN Sport, 9 p.m.
ESPN FC: World Cup Encore — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Sports Talk
26 Years: The Dewey Bozella Story — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
A Fighting Chance — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m.
30 for 30: There’s No Place Like Home — ESPN Classic, noon
Elevate — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: Once Brothers — ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Bud Greenspan: At the Heart of the Games — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
The Lost Son of Havana — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Tennis
The Championships, Wimbledon, All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England
Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ 3rd Round — ESPN, 8 a.m.

Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Wimbledon Primetime: Part 1 — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m.
Wimbledon Primetime: Part 2 — Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m.
Wimbledon Highlights — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

Track & Field
USATF Outdoor Championships, Sacramento, CA
Day 4 — NBC, 4 p.m./Universal Sports, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
Coming Soon

Sunday, June 29

Australian Rules Football
Adelaide Crows vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Sports 2, 2 a.m.
Collingwood Magpies vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 a.m.

CFL
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Saskatchewan RoughRiders — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
BMW International Open, Cologne, Germany
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Quicken Loans National, Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, MD
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Channel Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
PGA Tour 2014: The Life — CBS, 2 p.m.
Golf Channel Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
Constellation Senior Players, Pittsburgh, PA
Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
NW Arkansas Championship, Rogers, AR
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Web.com Tour
United Leasing Championship, Newburgh, IN
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar
Grand Prix of Houston, Houston, TX
Race 2 — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider: Struve; Machida; Davis; LaBell — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.
UFC Countdown: UFC 175: Weldman vs. Machida — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.
UFC 1 on 1: Johny Hendricks — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at Toronto — WGN America/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Sun Sports/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Kansas City — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Houston — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Cleveland at Seattle — STO/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Boston at New York Yankees — ESPN, 8 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
New York Mets at Pittsburgh — SNY/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Colorado at Milwaukee — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.

Interleague
Oakland at Miami — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown live from Bronx, NY — ESPN, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, 10:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

MLL Lacrosse
Denver Outlaws at Rochester Rattlers — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.

MLS
Montreal vs. Houston — TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 7:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
2014 FIFA World Cup
Round of 16, Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil
Netherlands vs. Mexico — ESPN/Univision/Univision Deportes, 11:30 a.m.

Round of 16, Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Costa Rica vs. Greece — ESPN/Univision/Univision Deportes, 3:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central Edición Mundial — Univision Deportes, 10 a.m.
República Deportiva: Edición Mundial — Univision/Univision Deportes, 2 p.m.
World Cup Tonight — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
ESPN FC: World Cup Encore — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
XTRA – beIN Brazil — beIN Sport, 9 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: From Harlem With Love and Cutthroat — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
The Championships, Wimbledon, All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England
Week One Highlights — ABC, 3 p.m.

Wimbledon Primetime: Week 1 Recap — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

Track & Field
USATF Outdoor Championships, Sacramento, CA
Day 5 — NBC, 4 p.m.

Triathlon
ITU Men’s World Series
Chicago — Universal Sports, 5 p.m.

WNBA
Connecticut Sun at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Atlanta Dream at Indiana Fever — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Emeril’s Florida: Some South Florida Beach & Waterfront Favorites — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
The Case Against 8 — HBO, 2:45 p.m.
Phone Booth — Encore, 2:50 p.m.
The Godfather — HBO Signature, 4 p.m.
If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium — Turner Classic Movies, 4 p.m.
Rush Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland — VH1 Classic, 5 p.m.
BET Awards 2014 Preshow — BET, 6 p.m.
Sideways — Sundance TV, 6:15 p.m.
Insane Coaster Wars: World Domination: Tilting Terror (season premiere) — Travel Channel 7 p.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Insane Coaster Wars: World Domination: Inverted Woodie — Travel Channel, 7:30 p.m.
Beachfront Bargain Hunt — HGTV, 8 p.m.
Wipeout: Hotties vs. Nerds 4.0 — ABC, 8 p.m.
Last Tango in Halifax (season premiere) — PBS, 8 p.m.
The BET Awards 2014 — BET, 8 p.m.
Rambo — IFC, 8 p.m.
Xtreme Waterparks: Building the World’s Tallest — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
Big Brother 16 — CBS, 8:01 p.m.
Beachfront Bargain Hunt — HGTV, 8:30 p.m.
World’s Weirdest Restaurants: Prehistorical Royal Dining — Biography Channel, 9 p.m.
Nurse Jackie (season finale) — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Masterpiece Mystery!: Endeavor, Season 2: Trove — PBS, 9 p.m.
The Musketeers: Sleight of Hand — BBC, 9 p.m.
Bar Rescue: Taffer’s Top 10: Angriest Moments — Spike 9 p.m.
Amazon Rising — CNBC, 9 p.m.
South Park Zoo — Comedy Central, 9 p.m.
True Blood — HBO, 9 p.m.
Brother vs. Brother: Modern Colonials — HGTV, 9 p.m.
48 Hours on ID: Left for Dead: An Officer and a Hero — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Breakdown — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Killer Couples: Simonin-Danylchuk — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
The Last Ship: Welcome to Gitmo — TNT, 9 p.m.
truTV Top Funniest: Comical Escapades — truTV, 9 p.m.
Catching Hell: Bent — Weather Channel, 9 p.m.
World’s Weirdest Restaurant: Supernatural Supper — Biography Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Californication (series finale) — Showtime, 9:30 p.m.
Bar Rescue: Taffer Top 10: Toughest Rescues — Spike, 9:30 p.m.
Rev Run’s Sunday Suppers: Aunt Chelie’s Mac & Cheese — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Chicago, IL — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Frankenfood: Milwaukee Madness — Spike, 10 p.m.
Unforgettable — CBS, 10 p.m.
Wahlburgers: 4th of July Special — A&E, 10 p.m.
Halt and Catch Fire: Adventure — AMC, 10 p.m.
Myth Hunters: The Lost Jewels of Helen of Troy — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Finding Bigfoot: Squatching in a Winter Wonderland — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Naked and Afraid: Primal Fear — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Cutthroat Kitchen: You Wanna Pizza This? — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Ancient Impossible: Ultimate Weapons (series premiere) — H2, 10 p.m.
The Leftovers (series premiere) — HBO, 10 p.m.
The Hunt: Close Encounters — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall: The House on Q Street — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Penny Dreadful (season finale) — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Falling Skies — TNT, 10 p.m.
Cold Water Captains: Take It To the Limit — Weather Channel, 10 p.m.
Salem: Cat and Mouse — WGN America, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Beijing, Communist China — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Frankenfood: Taste of the Turnpike — Spike, 10:30 p.m.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver — HBO, 11:15 p.m.
Robot Chicken: Noidstrom Rack — Cartoon Network, 11:30 p.m.
BET Awards 2014 Postshow — BET, 11:30 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — TV Guide Network, midnight
Hey Bartender! — Sho2, 10:35 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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