Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 6

Australian Rules Football
First Elimination Final
Sydney Swans vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Sports 2, 12:30 a.m.

Second Elimination Final
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Essendon Bombers — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.

2014 Australian Rules Football League Rising Star Award — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 a.m.

Basketball
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Round of 16, Barcelona, Spain
United States vs. Mexico — ESPN2, 10 a.m.

Round of 16, Madrid, Spain
Croatia vs. France — NBA TV, noon

Round of 16, Barcelona, Spain
Dominican Republic vs. Slovenia — NBA TV, 2 p.m.

Round of 16, Madrid, Spain
Spain vs. Senegal — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

Boxing
Showtime Championship Boxing, Cincinnati, OH
Junior Welterweights, Adrien Broner vs. Emanuel Taylor
Prelims — Showtime Extreme, 7 p.m.
Main Event — Showtime, 9:25 p.m.

All Access: Mayweather vs. Maidana II, Episode 2 — Showtime, 9 p.m.

CFL
Calgary Stampeders at Edmonton Eskimos — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Soccer
Women’s
BYU at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Cal-Riverside at USC — Pac-12 Bay Area/Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Maryland-Baltimore County at BYU — BYUtv, 2 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 14: Santander to La Camperona — Universal Sports, 9 a.m.

Tour of Alberta
Stage 4: Edmonton to Strathcona County — Universal Sports, 4 p.m.

Formula 1
Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo di Monza, Monza, Italy
Qualifying — NBCSN/Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club (Severiano Ballesteros Course), Crans Montana, Switzerland
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
FedExCup Playoffs
BMW Championship, Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, CO
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./NBC, 3 p.m.
Spotlight Coverage — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
PGA Tour 2014: The Legacy of Payne — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Chiquita Classic, River Run Country Club, Davidson, NC
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Champions Tour
Quebec Championship, La Tempete Golf Club, Quebec City, Canada
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

National League
New York Mets at Cincinnati — SNY/Fox Sports Ohio, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MASN, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m. (pick up of suspended game from 9/5), 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, approximately 30 minutes after conclusion of suspended game
Atlanta at Miami — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Arizona/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m.

Interleague
San Francisco at Detroit — Fox, 1 p.m.

Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
Toronto vs. Philadelphia — Univision Deportes/TSN2/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
New York vs. Sporting KC — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Montreal — Comcast SportsNet Houston/TVA Sports, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. FC Dallas — KUCW/KTXA, 10 p.m.
Vancouver vs. DC United — TSN/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Speedway, Richmond, VA
Race — ABC, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Richmond — Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.
NASCAR Countdown — ABC, 7 p.m.

Soccer
International Friendly, Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ecuador vs. Bolivia — beIN Sports, 7:55 p.m.

Sports Talk
Dari & Mel — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
The Goose — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: Hillsborough — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Fernando Nation — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: The Birth of Big Air — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
The Clemente Effect — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
30 for 30: One Night in Vegas — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Lenny Cooke — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, New York, NY
Men’s Semifinals — CBS, noon
Women’s Doubles — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 9 a.m.
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 10 a.m.
Flipping Boston: Daycare Dilemma — A&E, 11 a.m.
The Kitchen: The Back to School Show — Food Network, 11 a.m.
Flipping Vegas: Blackmail House — A&E, noon
The 18th Annual Prism Showcase — FX, noon
Korean Food Made Simple: Pantry — Cooking Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Real Girl’s Kitchen: Book’lyn — Cooking Channel, 2 p.m.
A Healthy You & Carol Alt — Fox News, 4 p.m.
Snake Eyes — Showtime, 4:45 p.m.
Enough Said — Cinemax, 7:30 p.m.
Too Cute!: Pint Sized: Sock Puppies — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Cops: Cruisin’ the Neighborhood — Spike, 8 p.m.
Cedar Cove: Something Wicked This Way Comes — Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.
12 Years a Slave — HBO, 8 p.m.
Coal Miner’s Daughter — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Too Cute!: Pint Sized: Puppy Posse — Animal Planet, 8:30 p.m.
Buying Alaska: Cabin Upgrade — Destination America, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: Robot of Sherwood — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Deadly Affairs: Blood Ties — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Outlander: Rent — Starz, 9 p.m.
Stir of Echoes — Sundance TV, 9 p.m.
Saw II — The Movie Channel, 9 p.m.
Buying Alaska: Flip Flops and Snow Shoes — Destination America, 9:30 p.m.
Epic Meal Empire: T.G.I.Fried, Eh? — FYI, 10 p.m.
WWII’s Greatest Raids: Rangers Lead the Way — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Intruders: Time Has Come Today — BBC America, 10 p.m.
Buying Alaska: On the Water — Destination America, 10 p.m.
10 Things You Don’t Know About: Edison vs. Tesla — H2, 10 p.m.
Kick-Ass 2 — HBO2, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Renovation — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Murder in Paradise: Stranger Danger — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Dead Files: The Cursed Path: Roseburg, OR — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Iron Chef America: Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad 60’s Meal — Food Network, 11 p.m.
The Chair: The Experiment (series premiere) — Starz, 11 p.m.
Bleach — Cartoon Network, midnight
Big Brother After Dark — TV Guide Network, midnight

Sunday, September 7

Australian Rules Football
First Elimination Final
Port Adelaide Power vs. Richmond Tigers — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 a.m.

Basketball
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Round of 16, Barcelona, Spain
Lithuania vs. New Zealand — NBA TV, 10 a.m.

Round of 16, Madrid, Spain
Greece vs. Serbia — NBA TV, noon

Round of 16, Barcelona, Spain
Turkey vs. Australia — NBA TV, 2 p.m.

Round of 16, Madrid, Spain
Brazil vs. Argentina — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

CFL
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Montreal Alouettes — TSN/ESPN/ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Winnipeg Blue Bombers — TSN/ESPN, 4 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Central Arkansas at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 2 p.m.
South Dakota at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific, 3 p.m.
Notre Dame at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Texas A&M at Arizona State — Pac-12 Arizona, 4 p.m.
St. Mary’s at Washington — Pac-12 Oregon/Washington, 4 p.m.
Cal Poly at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Dartmouth at Washington — Pac-12 Oregon/Washington, 7 p.m.
Montana at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Central Arkansas at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 2 p.m.
Illinois at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Iowa at Arizona State — Pac-12 Arizona, 2 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 15: Oviedo / Lagos de Covadonga — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Tour of Alberta
Stage 4: Edmonton — Universal Sports, 4 p.m.

Tour of Britain
Stage 1: Liverpool City Centre — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo di Monza, Monza, Italy
Qualifying — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m./Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

Fórmula 1 Previo — Universal Sports, 7:30 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club (Severiano Ballesteros Course), Crans Montana, Switzerland
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.

PGA Tour
FedExCup Playoffs
BMW Championship, Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, CO
Final Round — Golf Channel, noon/NBC, 2 p.m.
Spotlight Coverage — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
Road to the Ryder Cup — NBC, 1:30 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Chiquita Classic, River Run Country Club, Davidson, NC
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Champions Tour
Quebec Championship, La Tempete Golf Club, Quebec City, Canada
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Fastest Knockouts — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Ultimate Fighter Alumni — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.
UFC Unleashed: Submission — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

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

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

Interleague
San Francisco at Detroit — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown live from Comerica Park, Detroit, MI — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
Columbus vs. Chivas USA — UniMás/Time Warner Cable SportsNet/KDOC, 3 p.m.
Portland vs. San Jose — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
New England vs. Chicago — Comcast SportsNet New England/WPWR, 7 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

Soccer
International Friendly
Serbia vs. France — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 p.m.

Copa Centroamerica, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Costa Rica vs. Panama — Univision Deportes, 5 p.m.
Guatemala vs. Belize — Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.
Honduras vs. El Salvador — Univision Deportes, 9 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 8 a.m./ESPNews, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m./ESPNews, 9:30 a.m.
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
NBCSN Sunday Sports Report — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, New York, NY
Men’s Doubles Final — ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.
Women’s Final — CBS, 4:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016
Qualifiers, Matchday 1
Group F, Budapest, Hungary
Hungary vs. Northern Ireland — Fox Sports 2, 11:45 a.m.

Group I, Aveiro, Portugal
Portugal vs. Albania — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

Group D, Dortmund, Germany
Germany vs. Scotland — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.

Group D, Faro-Louie, Portugal
Gibraltar vs. Poland — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.

WNBA Finals
Game 1: Chicago Sky at Phoenix Mercury — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction: Bobby’s Basics: A Taste of the Mediterranean — Food Network, 11 a.m.
Off the Bat From the MLB Fan Cave — MTV2, 11 a.m.
My Flipping Family: My Family, My Malibu Chic Vision — HGTV, noon
Underground BBQ Challenge: Detroit: Downtown vs. New Orleans (season finale) — Travel Channel, noon
My Flipping Family: Like Daughter, Like Daughter — HGTV, 12:30 p.m.
My Flipping Family: The Family Cleans Up the Front and Back to Spruce Up Curb Appeal — HGTV, 1 p.m.
My Flipping Family: Open House: First Peek at Malibu Chic — HGTV, 1:30 p.m.
Man Fire Food: Small Packages, Big Flavors — Cooking Channel, 2 p.m.
Wes Craven Presents: They — IFC, 6 p.m.
The ABC’s of Schoolhouse Rock — ABC, 7 p.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Beachfront Bargain Hunt: U.S. Virgin Islands — HGTV, 8 p.m.
Wipeout (season finale) — ABC, 8 p.m.
Utopia (series premiere) — Fox, 8 p.m.
Secrets of Westminster — PBS, 8 p.m.
Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge: You Lose, You Leave — CMT, 8 p.m.
Trending Bites — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
Dreamcatcher — Encore, 8 p.m.
9/10: The Final Hours — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Planet of the Apes — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Monster — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Extreme Hotels: Crane Hotel; Groove Cruise; Safari Lounge (series premiere) — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
Big Brother 16 — CBS, 8:01 p.m.
Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Coastal Bend, South Texas — HGTV, 8:30 p.m.
Unforgettable — CBS, 9 p.m.
Masterpiece Mystery!: Breathless, Part 3 — PBS, 9 p.m.
Death Row Stories: Timothy Hennis: Double Jeopardy — CNN, 9 p.m.
A Haunting: Devil Inside Me — Destination America, 9 p.m.
Naked and Afraid: Uncensored: Punishment in Panama — Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Great Food Truck Race: High Stakes in Okc — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Boardwalk Empire (season premiere) — HBO, 9 p.m.
Flipping the Block: The Final Auction — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Dateline on ID: Return of Poplar River — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Collette Reyes — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Ray Donovan — Showtime, 9 p.m.
So You Think You’d Survive?: Frostbite and Bears — Weather Channel, 9 p.m.
Death Row Stories: Nathan Dunlap: Eye for an Eye — CNN, 10 p.m.
Ghost Asylum: Old War Memorial — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Cutthroat Kitchen: Chili’d to the Bone — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Strain: The Disappeared — FX, 10 p.m.
Pressure Cooker: Burlington, VT (series premiere) — FYI, 10 p.m.
Ancient Impossible: Extreme Engineering (season finale) — H2, 10 p.m.
The Leftovers (season finale) — HBO, 10 p.m.
Vacation House for Free: Hilton Head Country Living — HGTV, 10 p.m.
On the Case with Paula Zahn: A Father’s Quest — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Wicked Tuna: North vs. South: We’re Not in Glouester Anymore — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Masters of Sex — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Network — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Beneath the Planet of the Apes — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
Fat Guys in the Woods: Man Down, So Man Up — Weather Channel, 10 p.m.
Manhattan: The New World — WGN America, 10 p.m.
Ice Lake Rebels: Sink or Swim — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
Naked and Afraid: Nicaragua Nightmare — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers: Flirtin’ with Disaster — History Channel, 10:03 p.m.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver — HBO, 11 p.m.
House Hunters: Palm Springs, CA — HGTV, 11 p.m.
House Hunters International: Le Perche, France — HGTV, 11:30 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — TV Guide Network, midnight

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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