Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 27

Basketball
2014 FIBA World Championship for Women
Group Phase
Group D, Istanbul, Turkey
Communist China vs. USA — NBA TV, 2:30 p.m.

CFL
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Winnipeg Blue Bombers — TSN/ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
BC Lions at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN3, 9:30 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Water Polo
Men’s
Cal-Irvine at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 1:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Portland at BYU — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
Iowa State at Texas Christian — Fox College Sports Central, 3:30 p.m.
Kansas at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

Cycling
UCI Road World Championships, Ponferrada, Spain
Women’s Elite Road Race — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m.

English Premier League
Liverpool vs. Everton — NBCSN/mun2, 7:45 a.m.
Manchester United vs. West Ham United — NBCSN/mun2, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Leicester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Hull City vs. Manchester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Queens Park Rangers — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Swansea City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Tottenham Hotspur — NBCSN/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
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Premier League Download: Gerrard — NBCSN, 8 p.m.
Premier League Download: Manchester City — NBCSN, 8:30 p.m.
Match of the Week — NBCSN, 9 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Golf
2014 Ryder Cup, Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Day Two: Fourball — NBC, 3 a.m.
Alternate Shot — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.
Day Two Highlights — NBC, 1 p.m.

Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Champions Tour
Nature Valley First Tee Open, Pebble Beach Golf Resort, Pebble Beach, CA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
UFC Postfight Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLB
American League
New York Yankees at Boston — Fox, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto — MASN2/Sportsnet, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland — Sun Sports/STO, 6 p.m.
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Kansas City/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

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

Interleague
Houston at New York Mets — Comcast SportsNet Houston/SNY, 7 p.m.

MLB Epic Moments: Wild West — Fox Sports 1, noon
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Toronto vs. Portland — TSN/RDS2/TSN4/TSN5/Root Sports Northwest, 1 p.m.
DC United vs. Philadelphia — NBCSN/TSN4, 3 p.m.
Seattle vs. Chivas USA — KZJO/Time Warner Cable Deportes, 4 p.m.
Columbus vs. Montreal — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/TVA, 7 p.m.
Vancouver vs. Real Salt Lake — TSN2/RDS2/KUCW, 7 p.m.
Colorado vs. San Jose — Altitude/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the FedExCup, Challenger Round
AAA 400, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
Practice 3 — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.

Nationwide Series
Dover 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Qualifying — Fox Sports 2, noon
Race — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Rhino Linings 350, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Race — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

NBA
NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon

NHL Preseason
Columbus at Pittsburgh — NHL Network (US)/WPCW, 4 p.m.
Winnipeg at Minnesota — NHL Network (US)/TSN3, 8 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
St. Mirren vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:30 a.m.

Sports Talk
Dari & Mel — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
Nine for IX: No Limits — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Four Days in October — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: The House of Steinbrenner — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.

Tennis
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 2 a.m.
Center Court: Malaysian Open/Wuhan Open — Tennis Channel, 2:15 a.m.

ATP Tour
Malaysian Open, Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 6:30 a.m. & 8:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Wuhan Open, Stadium of Wuhan, Communist China
Final — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sunday, September 28

Basketball
2014 FIBA World Championship for Women
Group Phase
Group D, Istanbul, Turkey
USA vs. Serbia — NBA TV, 2:30 p.m.

College Football
ESPNU Championship Drive: Who’s In? — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Penn State at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Cal State-Northridge at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Missouri at Florida — ESPNU, 2 p.m
Kansas at Texas Christian — Fox College Sports Central, 2 p.m.
West Virginia at Texas — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Maryland at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Virginia at Florida State — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Arkansas at LSU — SEC Network, 4 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Tennessee at Missouri — SEC Network, noon
Penn State at Minnesota — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Auburn at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 2 p.m.

Cycling
UCI Road World Championships, Ponferrada, Spain
Men’s Elite Road Race — Universal Sports, 8 a.m.

English Football Championship
Reading vs. Wolverhampton — beIN Sports, 10:55 a.m.

English Premier League
West Bromwich Albion vs. Burnley — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

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

Golf
2014 Ryder Cup, Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Day Three: Singles — NBC, 7 a.m.
Alternate Shot — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.
Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Champions Tour
Nature Valley First Tee Open, Pebble Beach Golf Resort, Pebble Beach, CA
Final Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider — Fox Sports 1, 7:3o p.m.
Best of WEC — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
UFC Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

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

National League
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — WGN America (final Cubs game on WGN America)/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles Dodgers — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SportsNet LA/KDOC, 4 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco — Fox Sports San Diego/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.

Interleague
Houston at New York Mets — Comcast SportsNet Houston/SNY, 1 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 2:30 a.m.
MLB on TBS Pregame — TBS, 1 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Derek Jeter: A Tribute — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Houston vs. Chicago — UniMás/Comcast SportsNet Houston Plus, 3 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. New York — ESPN2/TSN2, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the FedExCup, Challenger Round
AAA 400, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Race — ESPN, 2 p.m.

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

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL Preseason
Washington at Montreal — RDS, 6 p.m.
Buffalo at Toronto — NHL Network (US)/Sportsnet/MSG Buffalo, 7 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.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
Malaysian Open, Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Final — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Japan Open Tennis Championships, Ariake Colisseum & Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Tokyo, Japan
1st Round — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. & 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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