Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, August 16

Australian Rules Football
Essendon Bombers vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Baseball
Little League World Series, Williamsport, PA
Elimination Games
Czech Republic vs. Australia — ESPN, noon
US Northwest (Lynnwood, WA) vs. US Midwest (Rapid City, SD) — ABC, 2 p.m.
Canada vs. Venezuela — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
US Southeast (Nashville) vs. New England (Cumberland, RI) — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Senior League World Series, Shawn T. Mansfield Stadium, Bangor, ME
Championship Game
ESPNU, 2 p.m.

RBI World Series, Globe Life Park, Arlington, TX
Senior Boys Division
Jackie Robinson Jersey City RBI vs. Angels RBI — MLB Network, 4:30 p.m. (taped from 8/11)

Cal Ripken World Series, Cal Ripken, Sr. Field, Cal Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD
World Championship
US Southeast vs. Mexico — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

Basketball
FIBA U17 World Championship
Final, City Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
USA vs. Australia or Spain — ESPNU, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Exhibition, United Center, Chicago, IL
United States vs. Brazil — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Boxing
Showtime Championship Boxing, StubHub Center,Carson, CA
IBF Welterweight Championship
Kell Brook vs. Shawn Porter — Showtime, 9 p.m.

BKB: Big Knockout Boxing, Mandalay Bay Casino, Las Vegas, NV
World Middleweight Championship
Brian Vera vs. Gabe Rosado — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

CFL
Calgary Stampeders at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Montreal Alouettes at Saskatchewan Roughriders — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Basketball
Exhibition, Nassau, Bahamas
Champagne Chalons-Reims vs. Kentucky — SEC Network, 1 p.m.

College Football
Inside College Football: Who’s Better, Who’s Best? — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.

Cycling
Eneco Tour, Belgium
Stage 6: Heerlen to Aywaile — Universal Sports, 9 a.m.

English Championship League
Leeds United vs. Middlesbrough — beIN Sports, 7:15 a.m.

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Swansea City — NBCSN/mun2, 7:45 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Everton — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Hull City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albionvs. Sunderland — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace — NBC/mun2, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Made in Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort, Aalborg, Denmark
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
Wegman’s Championship, Monroe Golf Club, Pittsford, NY
3rd Round — Golf Central, 3 p.m.

U.S. Amateur Championship, Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, GA
Semifinals — NBC, 4 p.m.

Champions Tour
Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie Country Club, Endicott, NY
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar
Wisconsin 250, The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI
Qualifying — NBCSN, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night, Bader vs. Saint Preux, Bangor, ME
Prelims — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 2, 7 p.m.

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

National League
Philadelphia at San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Miami — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets — WGN America/WPIX, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington — Root Sports Pittsburgh/MASN, 7 p.m.
San Diego at St. Louis — Fox Sports 1, 7:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Colorado — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m.

Interleague
Oakland at Atlanta — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.

MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — 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
Semifinals
Ohio Machine at Rochester Rattlers — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
New York Lizards at Denver Outlaws — CBS Sports Network, 5:30 p.m.

MLS
Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Montreal vs. Chicago — TSN2/RDS/WPWR, 6:30 p.m.
Columbus vs. LA Galaxy — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Portland — Comcast SportsNet New England/KPTV, 7:30 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. Toronto FC — KMCI/TSN2, 8:30 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. Vancouver — Time Warner Cable Deportes/TSN, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. FC Dallas — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series
Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH
Qualifying — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
Race — ESPN2, 2:45 p.m.

NASCAR Countdown — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Sprint Cup Happy Hour: Practice 2 — ESPN2, 11 a.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Michigan 200, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Race — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — Fox Sports 1, noon

NFL Preseason
Green Bay at St. Louis — NFL Network/WGBA/WTMJ/KTVI, 4 p.m.
Baltimore at Dallas — NFL Network/WBAL/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/KTVT, 7 p.m.
New York Giants at Indianapolis — WNBC/WISH, 7 p.m.
New York Jets at Cincinnati — WCBS/WKRC, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh — WKBW/KDKA, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Tampa Bay — WFOR/WFLA, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Minnesota — KNXV/KARE, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at Houston — WUPA/KTRK, 8 p.m.

Olympics
2014 Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing, Communist China
Opening Ceremony — Universal Sports, 3 p.m./NBCSN, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Scottish Premier League
Celtic vs. Dundee United — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:40 a.m.

Soccer
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
Quarterfinal, National Soccer Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Democratic Republic of Korea vs. USA — ESPNU, 4:45 p.m.

Sports Talk
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
We Could Be King — ESPN Classic, noon
’51 Dons — ESPN Classic, 1:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau — ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Croom — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
Right to Play — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Senna — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Renée — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Tim Richmond: To the Limit — ESPN Classic, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series: Western & Southern Open, Linder Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, OH
Men’s and Women’s Semifinals — ESPN2, 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

WNBA
Tulsa Shock at Minnesota Lynx — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

Sunday, August 17

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle Dockers vs. Hawthorn Hawks — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 a.m.

Baseball
Little League World Series, Williamsport, PA
Double Elimination

Republic of Korea vs. Puerto Rico — ESPN2, noon
US Great Lakes (Chicago, IL) vs. West (Las Vegas, NV) — ABC, 2 p.m.
Mexico vs. Japan — ESPN, 5 p.m.
US Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia) vs. US Southwest (Pearland, TX) — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

USSSA National Youth Championship, Memphis, TN
12 & Under Championship
CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m.

14 & Under
CBS Sports Network, 1:30 p.m.

All-America Game, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
American vs. National — MLB Network, 8 p.m.

Beach Volleyball
AVP Tour
Manhattan Beach Open, Manhattan Beach, CA
Men’s and Women’s Championship — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.

CFL
BC Lions at Toronto Argonauts — TSN/ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

College Basketball
Exhibition, Nassau, Bahamas
Kentucky vs. Dominican Republic — SEC Network, 1 p.m.

College Football
College Football Preview — CBS, 2:30 p.m.

Cycling
Eneco Tour, Belgium
Stage 7: Riemst to Sittard-Geleen — Universal Sports, 9 a.m.

English Premier League
Liverpool vs. Sunderland — NBCSN, 8:30 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Manchester City — NBCSN/Telemundo, 11 a.m.

Premier League Download: Gerrard — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10:30 a.m.
Premier League Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Made in Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort, Aalborg, Denmark
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
Wegman’s Championship, Monroe Golf Club, Pittsford, NY
3rd Round — Golf Central, 3 p.m.

U.S. Amateur Championship, Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, GA
Final — NBC, 4 p.m.

Champions Tour
Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie Country Club, Endicott, NY
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Horse Racing
Jockey Club Racing Tour, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Sword Dancer Stakes — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.

IndyCar
Wisconsin 250, The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI
Race — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Indy Lights, The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI
Race — NBCSN, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

National League
Arizona at Miami — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/SNY, 1 p.m.
San Diego at St. Louis — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Colorado — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Wisconsin/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington — Root Sports Pittsburgh/MASN2, 5 p.m.

Interleague
Oakland at Atlanta — ESPN, 8 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown live from Turner Field, Atlanta — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
DC United vs. Colorado — Univision Deportes/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Altitude, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Race — ESPN, 1 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Michigan — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
NASCAR Countdown — ESPN, noon
NASCAR Victory Lane: Michigan — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Denver at San Francisco — NFL Network/KTVD/KPIX, 4 p.m.
Kansas City at Carolina — Fox, 8 p.m.

Olympics
2014 Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing, Communist China
Opening Ceremony & Swimming — NBC, 3 p.m. (delayed)
Day 2 — Universal Sports, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
Swimming — NBCSN, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Scottish Championship League
Heart of Midlothian vs. Hibernian — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.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.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
NBCSN Sunday Sports Report (series premiere) — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series: Western & Southern Open, Linder Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, OH
Women’s Final — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Men’s Final — ESPN2, 4 p.m.

WNBA
Indiana Fever at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Phoenix Mercury at Seattle Storm — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

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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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