Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, August 1

Australian Rules Football
Sydney Swans vs. Adelaide Crows — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.

Baseball
National Baseball Youth Championships, 12U, Baseball Heaven, Yaphank, NY
Quarterfinal — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m.
Quarterfinal — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.

Basketball
The Basketball Tournament, Rose Hill Gymnasium, Fordham University, New York, NY
Semifinals
Ants Alumni vs. Team 23 — ESPN, 2 p.m.
City of Gods vs. Overseas Elite — ESPN, 4 p.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Welterweights
Paul Malignaggi vs. Danny Garcia — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Solo Boxeo, Dr. Pepper Arena, Frisco, TX
Super Featherweights
Casey Ramos vs. Daniel Evangelista — UniMás, 10 p.m.

CFL
Montreal Alouettes at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Football
B1G Kickoff Luncheon 2015 — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

FINA World Aquatics Championships
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Synchronized Swimming: Free Combination Finals — Universal Sports, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)
Women’s Diving: 3M Springboard Finals — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Paul Lawrie Match Play, Murcar Links Golf Club, Aberdeen, Scotland
Round of 16 — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
Quarterfinals — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.

Women’s British Open, Turnberry Resort, Turnberry, Scotland
3rd Round — ESPN2, 10 a.m.

PGA Tour
Quicken Loans National, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, VA3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

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

Champions Tour
3M Championship, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, MN
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Utah Championship, Golf Club at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, UT
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

IndyCar
Indy 200, Mid-Ohio Car Course, Lexington, OH
Qualifying — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia, HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

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

World Series of Fighting 22, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Palhares vs. Shields — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

World Series of Fighting Preshow — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Kansas City at Toronto — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Boston — Sun Sports/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Detroit at Baltimore — Fox Sports Detroit/MASN2, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox — WPIX/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland — STO/Comcast SportsNet California, 9 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox Sports South/WCAU, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — WLS/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Miami — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Washington at New York Mets — MLB Network/MASN/SNY, 7 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.

Interleague
Anaheim Angels at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports West/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Houston — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Texas — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

Major League Lacrosse Playoffs
Semifinals
Rochester Rattlers at The Ohio Machine — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
Boston Cannons at New York Lizards — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.

MLS
New York City FC vs. Montreal — YES/TVA Sports, 2 p.m.
D.C. United vs. Real Salt Lake — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/KMYU, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. New York Red Bulls — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
New England vs. Toronto FC — Comcast SportsNet New England/Sportsnet 360, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando vs. Columbus — WOFL/WRBW/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 7:30 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. Houston — KMCI/Root Sports Southwest Plus, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. LA Galaxy — Altitude/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 9 p.m.
Seattle vs. Vancouver — KCPQ/TSN/RDS, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Pennsylvania 400, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
Practice — NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 11:30 a.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Pocono Mountains 150, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
U.S. Cellular 200, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
Qualifying — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA Africa Game 2015, Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Team World vs. Team Africa — ESPN, 9 a.m.

NFL
Inside Training Camp Live: On the Field — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
Inside Training Camp Live — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
Training Camp Primetime — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

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

Soccer
International Club Friendly, Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany
VfB Stuttgart vs. Manchester City — beIN Sports, 10:55 a.m.

German Super Cup, Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany
WfL Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:25 p.m.

2015 Champions Trophy, Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Olympique Lyon vs. Paris Saint-Germain — beIN Sports, 2:55 p.m.

The Express Wrap-Up — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Special Olympics
Los Angeles, CA
Day 8 — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 10:30 a.m.
30 for 30: There’s No Place Like Home — ESPN Classic, 12:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Broke — ESPN Classic, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
26 Years: The Dewey Bozella Story — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: The Price of Gold — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
Charismatic — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
The Real Rocky — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: The Day the Series Stopped — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Brothers in Exile — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Baku Cup, bet-at-home Open, Brasil Tennis Cup, Swiss Open Gstaad — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, noon

ATP Tour/U.S. Open Series
Atlanta Open, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA
Semifinal #1 — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Semifinal #2 — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 2

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle Dockers vs. Greater Western Sydney Giants — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 a.m.

Baseball
National Baseball Youth Championships, 12U, Baseball Heaven, Yaphank, NY
Semifinal #1 — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m.
Semifinal #2 — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.

Basketball
The Basketball Tournament, Rose Hill Gymnasium, Fordham University, New York, NY
Finals
ESPN, 3 p.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Full Sail Live, Winter Park, FL
WBA Super Bantamweight Title
Juan Carlos Payano vs. Rau’shee Warren — Bounce, 9 p.m.

FA Community Shield
Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
Chelsea vs. Arsenal — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.

FA Community Shield Preview Show — Fox Sports 1, 9 a.m.
FA Community Shield Match Day — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.

FINA World Aquatics Championships
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Swimming — NBC, 1:30 p.m. (delayed)
3M Springboard Synchro Mixed Finals — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)
Men’s Diving: 10M Platform Finals — Universal Sports, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Paul Lawrie Match Play, Murcar Links Golf Club, Aberdeen, Scotland
Semifinals — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.
Finals — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

Women’s British Open, Turnberry Resort, Turnberry, Scotland
Final Round — ESPN2, 10 a.m.

PGA Tour
Quicken Loans National, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, VA
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Final Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Road to the PGA Championship — CBS, 2 p.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
3M Championship, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, MN
Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Utah Championship, Golf Club at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, UT
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Horse Racing
Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, Monmouth Park, Oceanport, NJ
William Hill Haskell Invitational — NBC, 5 p.m.

IndyCar
Indy 200, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH
Race — CNBC, 1:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider: Rafael Dos Anjos — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
UFC Unleashed: UFC Bantamweights — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

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

National League
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Miami — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — WLS/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Washington at New York Mets — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Arizona at Houston — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
San Francisco at Texas — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports West/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.

Plays of the Month — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown live from Citi Field, New York, NY — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Studio 42 With Bob Costas: Craig Biggio — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Studio 42 With Bob Costas: Dick Enberg — MLB Network, 10:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
San Jose vs. Portland — ESPN2/TSN, 5 p.m.
Chicago vs. FC Dallas — Fox Sports 1/TSN, 7 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Pennsylvania 400, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
Race — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Pocono — Fox Sports 2, 11 a.m.
NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, noon
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Sprint Cup Post Race — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Pocono — Fox Sports 1, midnight

NFL
Inside Training Camp Live: On the Field — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
Inside Training Camp Live — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
Training Camp Primetime — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Heart of Midlothian vs. St. Johnstone — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.
Dundee United vs. Aberdeen — Fox Soccer Plus, 10:25 a.m.

Soccer
International Champions Cup, Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy
Fiorentina vs. Barcelona — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

International Champions Cup Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.

International Club Friendly, Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Guadelupe, Mexico
Monterrey vs. Benfica — Univision Deportes, 10:55 p.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
ESPN Films: Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: The Bad Boys — ESPN, 1 p.m.
E:60 Reports With Jeremy Schaap: The Rise and Fall of Sepp Blatter — ESPNews, 2 p.m.
Shut Up and Drive!: San Diego — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: bet-at-home Open & Swiss Open Gstaad — Tennis Chanel, 5:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.

WTA Tour
Baku Cup, Baku Tennis Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan
Final — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

World Team Tennis
Austin Aces at Washington Kastles — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

ATP Tour/U.S. Open Series
Atlanta Open, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA
Final — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

ATP World Tour Uncovered — Tennis Channel, 5:30 p.m.

WNBA
Seattle Storm 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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