Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 13

Australian Rules Football
2nd Semifinal
Fremantle Dockers vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.

Boxing
Mayweather vs. Maidana II, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
WBC Welterweight Championship
Countdown Live — Showtime, 7 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 8 p.m.

CFL
Toronto Argonauts at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at BC Lions — TSN/ESPN3, 10 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Soccer
Women’s
BYU vs. Long Beach State — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Arizona vs. Florida A&M — Longhorn Network, 11 a.m.
Central Florida vs. Texas — Longhorn Network, 1 p.m.
Florida A&M vs. Texas — Longhorn Network, 4 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 20: Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil to Puerto de Ancares — Universal Sports, 9 a.m.

Stage of Britain
Stage 7: Camberley to Brighton — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

English League Championship
Birmingham City vs. Leeds United — beIN Sports, 7:10 a.m.

English Premier League
Arsenal vs. Manchester City — NBCSN/mun2, 7:45 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Swansea City — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Burnley — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Newcastle — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Leicester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Brom Albion vs. Everton — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Aston Villa — 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
Premier League World — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.
Premier League Download: Liverpool — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.
Premier League Download: Manchester City — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
Evian Championship, Route du Golf (The Evian Resort Golf Club), Evian-les Bains, France
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
FedExCup Playoffs
Tour Championship, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, GA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, noon/NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m.

Web.com Tour
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, The Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course), Columbus, Ohio
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

European PGA Tour
KLM Open, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
World Series of Fighting, Sands Casino Resort, Bethlehem, PA
Bantamweight Championship
Marlon Moraes vs. Cody Bollinger — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
New York Yankees at Baltimore — Fox, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto — Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 4 p.m.
Boston at Kansas City — NESN/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Detroit — STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/WGN America, approximately 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Anaheim Angels — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Houston/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.

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

Interleague
Atlanta at Texas — Fox, 1 p.m.

Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Network Special: Roberto Clemente — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLS
Philadelphia vs. New York — NBCSN/TSN2/RDS2, 3 p.m.
New England vs. Montreal — Comcast SportsNet New England/TVA Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago vs. Toronto — WPWR/Sportsnet One, 8:30 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. Vancouver — KTXA/TSN2, 8:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Columbus — Comcast SportsNet Houston Plus/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. Portland — Altitude/KPTV, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Sprint Cup-Challenger Round
MyAfibStory.com 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
Practice 3 — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.

Nationwide Series
A Strangely Named Race by an Equally Strange Sponsor 300, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
Qualifying — Fox Sports 2, noon
Race — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR Live: Chicagoland — Fox Sports 2, 1:30 p.m.

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

Soccer
Copa Centroamerica
Final, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Guatemala vs. Costa Rica — Univision Deportes, midnight

Sports Talk
Dari & Mel — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: The Bad Boys — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Renée — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: Big Shot — ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: Mysteries of the Rimet Trophy & Barbosa: The Man Who Made Brazil Cry — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: Requiem for the Big East — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: Free Spirits — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 6:30 a.m.
Davis Cup Semifinals: France vs. Czech Republic & Switzerland vs. Italy — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

Davis Cup
Semifinal: Switzerland vs. Italy, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
Rubber 3, Doubles: Roger Federer/Stan Wawrinka vs. Paolo Lorenzi/Andreas Seppi — Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Davis Cup
World Group Playoffs: United States vs. Slovakia, Sears Centre Arena, Chicago, IL
Rubber 3: Doubles: Bob & Mark Bryan vs. Lukas Lacko/Michal Mertinak — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.

Signature Series: Arthur Ashe — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m.

WTA Tour
Coupe Banque Nationale, Pavillon de l’Education physique et des sports, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Track & Field
IAAF Continental Cup, Le Grande Stade, Marrakech, Morocco
Day 1 — Universal Sports, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sunday, September 14

Basketball
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
3rd Place Game, Madrid, Spain
Lithuania vs. France — ESPN2, 1 p.m. (delayed)

Final, Madrid, Spain
United States vs. Serbia — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

CFL
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN3, 1 p.m.

College Field Hockey
Albany at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Ohio State vs. Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Cal vs. Gonzaga — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
UCLA vs. Cal Poly — Pac-12 Networks, 8:30 p.m.

Women’s
Princeton vs. Villanova — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Cal vs. Santa Clara — Pac-12 Networks, 6:30 p.m.

Cycling
Vuelta a España
Stage 21: Final Stage: Santiago de Compostela to Santiago de Compostela — Universal Sports, 1:30 p.m.

Tour of Britain
Stage 8: London — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

English League Championship
Nottingham Forest vs. Derby County — beIN Sports, 8 a.m.

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Queens Park Rangers — NBCSN/Telemundo, 11 a.m.

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

Golf
LPGA Tour
Evian Championship, Route du Golf (The Evian Resort Golf Club), Evian-les Bains, France
Final Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m. (same day coverage)/NBC, noon (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
FedExCup Playoffs
Tour Championship, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, GA
Final Round — Golf Channel, noon/NBC, 1:30 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, The Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course), Columbus, Ohio
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

European PGA Tour
KLM Open, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Final Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Horse Racing
Jockey Club Race Tour, Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Woodbine Mile & Northern Dancer Turf — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: For the Belt (season premiere) — Fox, 2:30 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. (check your local listings)
UFC Ultimate Insider: Swanson, Edgar, Poirer, McGregor — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
UFC Unleashed: Debuts — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

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

National League
Washington at New York Mets — MASN2/SNY, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh — WGN America/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Florida/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Colorado at St Louis — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco — SportsNet LA/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.

Interleague
Atlanta at Texas — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight live from Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
San Jose vs. LA Galaxy — UniMás/Comcast SportsNet California/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 3 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Sprint Cup-Challenger Round
MyAfibStory.com 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
Race — ESPN, 2 p.m.

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

NFL Viewing Picks

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 8 a.m./ESPNews, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m./ESPNews, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: White, Blue and White — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
The Zen of Bobby V — ESPN Classic, noon
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
NBCSN Sunday Sports Report — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, midnight

Tennis
Davis Cup
Semifinal: France vs. Czech Republic, Roland Garros, Paris, France
Rubber 4, Singles: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Tomas Berdych — Tennis Channel, 4:30 a.m.

Davis Cup Semifinals: France vs. Czech Republic & Switzerland vs. Italy — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, noon

Davis Cup
World Group Playoffs: United States vs. Slovakia, Sears Centre Arena, Chicago, IL
Rubber 4, Singles: John Isner vs. Martin Klizan — Tennis Channel, 1:30 p.m.
Rubber 5, Singles: Sam Querrey vs. Norbert Gombos — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m.

WTA Tour
Coupe Banque Nationale, Pavillon de l’Education physique et des sports, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Final — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Track & Field
IAAF Continental Cup, Le Grande Stade, Marrakech, Morocco
Day 2 — Universal Sports, 9 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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