Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, July 19

Arena Football
San Antonio Talons at Los Angeles KISS — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
St. Kilda Saints vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 a.m.
Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.
Port Adelaide Power vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 14: Grenoble to Risoul — NBCSN, 7 a.m.

Highlights — NBC, 2 p.m.
Extended Primetime Coverage — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Diving
19th FINA Diving World Cup, Shanghai, Communist China
Day 5 — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, Hockenheimring, Germany
Qualifying — NBCSN, noon (same day coverage)

Golf
The Open Championship, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England
3rd Round — ESPN, 5 a.m. (note new starting time)

Live From Royal Liverpool — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.
3rd Round highlights — ABC, 3 p.m.
Live From Royal Liverpool — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

American Century Championship, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, Lake Tahoe, NV
2nd Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Marathon Classic, Sylvania, OH
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Boise Open, Boise, ID
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

IndyCar
Indy Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Race 1 — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Lacrosse
2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
Championship Game
Canada vs. United States — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at Detroit — STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Texas at Toronto — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/Sportsnet One, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Detroit — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Houston at Chicago White Sox — Comcast SportsNet Houston/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Boston — Fox Sports Kansas City/NESN, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Minnesota — Sun Sports/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Oakland — MLB Network/MASN2/Comcast SportsNet California, 9 p.m.
Seattle at Anaheim Angels — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m.

National League
Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis — Fox Sports 1/SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Midwest, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Pittsburgh — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington — Fox Sports Wisconsin/MASN, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta — WCAU/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Miami — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona — WGN America/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
New York Mets at San Diego — WPIX/Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m.

Interleague
Cincinnati at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/YES, 1 p.m.

Road to Cooperstown: Class of 2014 — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
Big Sticks with Ken Griffey, Jr. — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.
Backstage at MLB All-Star Week 2014 — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
MLB All-Star Game Magic — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame Show — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLL Lacrosse
Charlotte Hounds at Ohio Machine — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
Sporting KC vs. LA Galaxy — ESPN2/TSN2, 6 p.m.
New York vs. San Jose — MSG Network/Comcast SportsNet California, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. Montreal — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/TVA Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago vs. Philadelphia — WPWR/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. New England — KTXA/Comcast SportsNet New England, 9 p.m.
Houston vs. Toronto FC — Comcast SportsNet Houston Plus/Sportsnet 360, 9 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Vancouver — KUCW/TSN, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series
EnjoyIllinois.com 300, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
Qualifying — Fox Sports 2, 4 p.m.
Race — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR Countdown — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

NBA Summer League
Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals
Charlotte vs. New York — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
Atlanta vs. Houston — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Sacramento vs. Chicago — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
San Antonio vs. Washington — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

After Dark with Rick Fox — NBA TV, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

NFL
2013 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: A New Day — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
2013 Atlanta Falcons: Renewed Rise — NFL Network, 8:30 p.m.
2013 New Orleans Saints: Crescent City Revival — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
2013 Carolina Panthers — Carolina Revival — NFL Network, 9:30 p.m.

Soccer
Club Friendly: Nuevo Colombino Stadium, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Recreativo de Huelva vs.Barcelona — beIN Sport, 2:40 p.m.

Club Friendly: CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA
Seattle Sounders vs. Tottenham Hotspur — ESPN2, 4 p.m.

Sports Talk
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 7 a.m.
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: Maradona ’86 & The Opposition — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: Mysteries of the Rimet Trophy & Barbosa: The Man Who Made Brazil Cry — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPNU, 11:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Run Ricky Run — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Untucked and Wilt Chamberlain — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
Charismatic — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Pony Excess — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
bet-at-home Open, Hamburg, Germany

Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m. & noon

WTA Tour
Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

WNBA
All-Star Game, Phoenix, AZ
East vs. West — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 20

Australian Rules Football
Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon Bombers — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 a.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 15: Tallard to Nîmes — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Extended Primetime Coverage — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Diving
19th FINA World Cup, Shanghai, Communist China
Day 6 — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, Hockenheimring, Germany
Race — CNBC, 7:30 a.m./Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

Formula 1 Previo — Univision Deportes, 7:30 a.m.
F1 Extra — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Golf
The Open Championship, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England
Final Round — ESPN, 6 a.m.

Live From Royal Liverpool — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.
Final Round highlights — ABC, 3 p.m.
Live From Royal Liverpool — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

American Century Championship, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, Lake Tahoe, NV
Final Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Marathon Classic, Sylvania, OH
Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Boise Open, Boise, ID
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Horse Racing
Jockey Club Racing Tour, Del Mar Race Course, Del Mar, CA & Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Eddie Read Stakes, American Oaks and Lucky Coin Stakes — Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.

IndyCar
Indy Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Race 2 — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Indy Lights 100 — NBCSN, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

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

Interleague
Cincinnati at New York Yankees — Fox Sports Ohio/YES, 1 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown live from Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

MLS
DC United vs. Chivas USA — Univision Deportes/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/KDOC, 8 p.m.

NBA Summer League
Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals
NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA TV, 8 p.m.

After Dark With Rick Fox — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
2013 Cleveland Browns: A Team Worth Watching — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
2013 Baltimore Ravens: Narrow Margin — NFL Network, 8:30 p.m.
2013 Pittsburgh Steelers: Test of Mettle — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
2013 Cincinnati Bengals: Move One — NFL Network, 9:30 p.m.

Soccer
NWSL
Portland Thorns vs. Boston Breakers — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
E:60 Presents: Long Road Home-The Story of Coach Bigler — ESPNU, noon
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
The Fab Five — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
SportsNation: 44 Monthly Jeers of June — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Live From the International — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPNU, 11:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
bet-at-home Open, Hamburg, Germany
Final — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.

WTA Tour
Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden
Final — Tennis Channel, 1:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

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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