Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, July 26

Arena Football
Arizona Rattlers at Orlando Predators — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Brisbane Lions vs. Gold Coast Suns — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 a.m.
Hawthorn Hawks vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.

Beach Volleyball
World Series of Volleyball, Long Beach, CA
Women’s Quarterfinal — Universal Sports, 2 p.m.
Men’s Semifinal No. 1 — Universal Sports, 3 p.m.
Women’s Semifinal No. 1 — NBC, 4:30 p.m.
Men’s Semifinal No. 2 — Universal Sports, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)
Women’s Semifinal No. 2 — Universal Sports, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Boxing
World Championship Boxing, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
WBA Middleweight Title Fight
Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Geale — HBO, 9:30 p.m.

2 Days: Sergey Kovalev — HBO, 11:45 p.m.

CFL
Ottawa Redblacks at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Toronto Argonauts at Saskatchewan Roughriders — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Commonwealth Games
XX Commonwealth Games, Glascow, Scotland
Day 3: Daytime Highlights — CBS Sports Network, 3:30 p.m.
Day 3: Evening Highlights — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 20: Bergerac to Périgueux (Time Trial) — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Extended Primetime Coverage — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Formula 1
Hungarian Grand Prix, Hangaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 7:55 a.m./CNBC, 8 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Russian Open, Tseleevo Golf & Polo Club, Moscow, Russia
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.

Champions Tour
Senior Open Championship, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Bridgend, Wales, England
3rd Round — ESPN2, noon

PGA Tour
Canadian Open, The Royal Montreal Golf Club, Montreal, Canada
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
International Crown, Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, MD
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

USGA
U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur, Forest Highlands Golf Club (Meadow Course), Flagstaff, AZ
Final Day — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC on Fox 12: Fight Night: Lawler vs. Brown, San Jose, CA
Prelims — Fox, 6 p.m.
Main Event — Fox, 8 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.

MLB
American League
Toronto at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Sportsnet/YES, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle — MASN2/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — WGN America/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

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

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

Road to Cooperstown 2014 — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.
MLB Epic Moments: A Battle in the Bronx — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLL Lacrosse
Denver Outlaws at Ohio Machine — CBS Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.

MLS
Toronto FC vs. Sporting KC — TSN2/RDS2/KCMI, 7 p.m.
New England vs. Columbus — Comcast SportsNet New England/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Practice 2 — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Qualifying — ESPN, 2 p.m.

Nationwide Series
Lilly Diabetes 250, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, noon
Race — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

NASCAR Countdown — ESPN, 4 p.m.

NFL
Inside Training Camp — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
Training Camp Primetime — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

Soccer
EuroAmerican Cup
Estadio Unico de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Estudiantes de La Plata vs. Fiorentina — beIN Sport, 2:55 p.m.

EuroAmerican Cup
Estadio Nacional del Perú, Lima, Peru

Alianza Lima vs. Valencia — beIN Sport, 6:25 p.m.

International Champions Cup
Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, CO
Manchester United vs. Roma — Fox, 4 p.m.

International Champions Cup
California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA

Real Madrid vs. Inter Milan — Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.

Club Friendly
Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ
New York Red Bulls vs. Arsenal — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Club Friendly
Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL
Chicago Fire vs. Tottenham Hotspur — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
Test Drive: Jaguar F-Type Coupe — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Bernie and Ernie — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Free Spirits — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Nine for IX: The ’99ers — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
SEC Storied: Abby Head On — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
ESPN Sports Saturday — ABC, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: There’s No Place Like Home — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: Youngstown Boys — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
Nine for IX: Runner — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
The Announcement — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: No Crossover: the Trial of Allen Iverson — ESPN Classic, 9:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
E:60: Miracle at Michigan — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
U.S. Open Series, Atlanta Open, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA
Semifinal — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

ATP Tour
Suisse Open, Gstaad, Switzerland
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. & midnight (same day coverage)

Track & Field
IAAF World Junior Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Day 4 — Universal Sports, 6:30 p.m.

WNBA
Los Angeles Sparks at Seattle Storm — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

Sunday, July 27

Australian Rules Football
Collingwood Magpies vs. Adelaide Crows — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 a.m.

Beach Volleyball
World Series of Volleyball, Long Beach, CA
Women’s Bronze Medal Match — Universal Sports, 1 p.m.
Men’s Bronze Medal Match — Universal Sports, 2 p.m.
Women’s Gold Medal Match — NBC, 3:30 p.m.
Women’s Gold Medal Match-Encore — Universal Sports, 8:30 p.m.
Men’s Gold Medal Match — Universal Sports, 9:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Commonwealth Games
XX Commonwealth Games, Glascow, Scotland
Day 4: Daytime Highlights — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.
Day 4: Evening Highlights — CBS Sports Network, midnight

Cycling
Women’s La Course by Le Tour de France, Paris, France
Race — Universal Sports, 7:30 a.m.

Tour de France
Stage 21: Évry to Paris Champs-Élysées — NBCSN, 9 a.m.

2014 Tour de France Review Show — NBC, 2 p.m.
Highlights — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Extended Primetime Coverage — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Formula 1
Hungarian Grand Prix, Hangaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Race — CNBC, 7:30 a.m./Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

Fórmula 1 Previo — Universal Sports, 7:30 a.m.
F1 Extra — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Russian Open, Tseleevo Golf & Polo Club, Moscow, Russia
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.

Champions Tour
Senior Open Championship, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Bridgend, Wales, England
Final Round — ESPN2, noon

PGA Tour
Canadian Open, The Royal Montreal Golf Club, Montreal, Canada
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)/CBS, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon
Road to the PGA Championship — CBS, 2 p.m.

LPGA Tour
International Crown, Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, MD
Final Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider: International Fight Week — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
UFC Main Event: UFC 139: Rua vs. Henderson — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Toronto at New York Yankees — TBS/Sportsnet One/YES, 1 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City — STO/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle — MASN2/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.

National League
Washington at Cincinnati — MASN/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Arizona/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
New York Mets at Milwaukee — SNY/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Southwest/WGN America, 2:20 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Colorado — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
San Diego at Atlanta — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports South, 5 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Miami at Houston — Fox Sports Florida/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 2 p.m.

Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Cooperstown, NY
MLB Tonight: Hall of Fame Edition — MLB Network, noon
2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — MLB Network, 1:30 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown live from AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA — ESPN, 7 p.m.
MLB Network Special: 2014 Top Prospects — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLL Lacrosse
Chesapeake Bayhawks at New York Lizards — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.

MLS
Vancouver vs. FC Dallas — TSN/RDS2/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 5 p.m.
Montreal vs. Portland — Univision Deportes/TVA Sports/Root Sports Northwest, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Race — ESPN, 1 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Indianapolis — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
NASCAR Countdown — ESPN, noon
NASCAR Victory Lane: Indianapolis — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
Inside Training Camp — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
Training Camp Primetime — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

Soccer
International Champions Cup
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
AC Milan vs. Manchester City — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.

International Champions Cup
Soldier Field, Chicago, IL

Liverpool vs. Olympiakos — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
SportsCenter Featured — ESPN2, 11 a.m.
SEC Storied: Going Big — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
SportsNation: 44 Monthly Jeers of July — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
E:60: Friday Night Lies — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight
The Fab Five — ESPNU, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan
Final — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Suisse Open, Gstaad, Switzerland
Final — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
U.S. Open Series, Atlanta Open, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA
Final — ESPN2, 4 p.m.

World Team Tennis
Finals
Washington Kastles at Springfield Lasers — ESPN2, 6 p.m.

ATP Tour
Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia
Final — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Track & Field
IAAF World Junior Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Day 5 — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.

WNBA
Atlanta Dream at Washington Mystics — NBA TV, 4 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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