Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, June 27

Arena Football
Cleveland Gladiators at Jacksonville Sharks — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
St. Kilda Saints vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 a.m.

Boxing
World Championship Boxing, StubHub Center, Carson, CA
Interim WBO Welterweight Championship
Timothy Bradley, Jr. vs. Jesse Vargas — HBO, 9:45 p.m.

CFL
Edmonton Eskimos at Toronto Argonauts — TSN/ESPN3, 5 p.m.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Saskatchewan Rough Riders — TSN/ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Copa América
Quarterfinal, Estadio Municipal Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo, Concepción, Chile
Brazil vs. Paraguay — beIN Sports, 5:20 p.m.

The Express Gameday — beIN Sports, 4 p.m.
The Express: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 4:30 p.m.
The Express Wrap-Up: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.
The Xtra Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.
The Express: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 9:30 p.m.

European Games
Baku, Azerbaijan
Swimming, Boxing — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula E
ePrix London — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
BMW International Open, Golf Club Munchen Eichenried (Championship Course), Munich, Germany
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

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

U.S. Senior Open, Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento, CA
3rd Round — Fox, 2 p.m.

LPGA Tour
NW Arkansas Championship, Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, AR
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Breeders’ Cup Challenge, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA
Gold Cup at Santa Anita — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

IndyCar
MAVTV 500, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA
Race — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night, Machida vs. Romero, Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL
Prelims — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

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

MLB
American League
Texas at Toronto — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 4 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Detroit — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Detroit, 4 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland — Fox Sports Kansas City/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
New York Yankees at Houston — YES/Root Sports Southwest, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Seattle at Anaheim Angels — Fox, 7:15 p.m.

National League
Washington at Philadelphia — MASN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 3 p.m.
Atlanta at Pittsburgh — SportSouth/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at New York Mets — Fox Sports Ohio/WPIX, 4 p.m.
Colorado at San Francisco — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Miami — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Florida, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — MLB Network/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Minnesota at Milwaukee — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.

Road to the Show: A.J. Pierzynski — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
Road to the Show: Prince Fielder — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
MLB Epic Moments: Nearly Perfect — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLS
Toronto FC vs. D.C. United — Sportsnet 360/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Montreal — WPVI/TVA Sports, 7 p.m.
New England vs. Vancouver — Comcast SportsNet New England/TSN, 7:30 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. Colorado — KMCI/Altitude, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus — KMYU/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 10 p.m.
San Jose vs. LA Galaxy — Comcast SportsNet California/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Save Mart 350, Somona Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Final Practice — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.

NBA
NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon

NHL
2015 NHL Draft, BB&T Center, Sunrise, FL
Rounds 2-7 — NHL Network, 10 a.m.

Soccer
UEFA U-21 Championship
Semifinal, Ander Stadium, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Portugal vs. Germany — ESPNU, 11:50 a.m.

Semifinal, Letná Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic
Denmark vs. Sweden — ESPNU, 2:50 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNU, 11:30 a.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.

FIFA Women’s World Cup
Quarterfinal, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Australia vs. Japan — Fox Sports 1/Telemundo, 4 p.m.

Quarterfinal, BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
England vs. Canada — NBC Universo, 7:18 p.m./Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.

FIFA Women’s World Cup Today — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
Antesala Copa Mundial Feminina de FIFA — Telemundo, 4 p.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Today — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Preview Show — NBC Universo, 7 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

International Friendly, Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
Mexico vs. Costa Rica — Univision Deportes, 5:50 p.m./ESPN2/Univision, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: There’s No Place Like Home — ESPN Classic, noon
Sports Minds — beIN Sports, 1 p.m.
Elevate — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: Elway to Marino — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Once Brothers – ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? — ESPN, 3 p.m.
ESPN Sports Saturday — ABC, 4 p.m.
SEC Storied: Herschel Walker — ESPN, 4 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Great Trade Robbery — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPN, 5:13 p.m.
Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Bud Greenspan: At the Heart of the Games — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPN, 7:07 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN, 8:34 p.m.
Lost Son of Havana — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Hellfighters — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Aegon International, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England, United KingdomFinal — Tennis Channel, 8:30 a.m.

ATP Tour
Aegon Open Nottingham, Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Final — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Track & Field
U.S. Outdoor Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Day Three — NBC, 4 p.m.

WNBA
Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 28

European Games
Baku, Azerbaijan
Closing Ceremony — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
BMW International Open, Golf Club Munchen Eichenried (Championship Course), Munich, Germany
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Final Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

U.S. Senior Open, Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento, CA
Final Round — Fox, 2 p.m.

PGA of America
PGA Professional National Championship, Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course); Philadelphia Cricket Club (Militia Hill Course), Flourtown, PA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
NW Arkansas Championship, Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, AR
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

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

National League
Cincinnati at New York Mets — Fox Sports Ohio/SNY, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Miami — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports South/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia — MASN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 4 p.m.
Colorado at San Francisco — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Minnesota at Milwaukee — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.

MLB Network Presents: The Story of Billy Bean — MLB Network, 11 a.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown live from Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

MLS
New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls — ESPN/TSN, 4:30 p.m.
Portland vs. Seattle — Fox Sports 1/TSN, 7 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Save Mart 350, Somona Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Race (Fox Finale) — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Sonoma — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.

Soccer
FIFA Women’s World Cup Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 2 a.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
The Fab Five — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
Garbage Time With Katie Nolan — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Track & Field
U.S. Outdoor Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Day Four — Universal Sports, 3 p.m.
Day Four — NBC, 4 p.m.

WNBA
Los Angeles Sparks at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 3 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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