Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, August 15

Arena Football Playoffs
Quarterfinal
Cleveland Gladiators at Philadelphia Soul — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Geelong Cats vs. Hawthorn Hawks — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 a.m.

Baseball
High School All-America Game, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
MLB Network, 4 p.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Super Middleweights
Lucian Bute vs. Andrea Di Luisa — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Solo Boxeo Tecate, Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Super Featherweights
Jerry Belmontes vs. Jason Sosa — UniMás, 11 p.m.

Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Hoffenheim — Fox Sports 2, 9:25 a.m.
Werder Bremen vs. Schalke — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:25 a.m.
Borussia Dortmund vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — Fox Sports 2, 12:25 p.m.

CFL
BC Lions at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Ottawa RedBlacks at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Eneco Tour
Stage 6: Heerlen to Houfalize — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m.

English Football Championship
Burnley vs. Birmingham City — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.
Milton Keynes Dons vs. Preston North End — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Southampton vs. Everton — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Stoke City — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Leicester City — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Norwich City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Newcastle — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. West Bromwich Albion — NBC Universo/Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Barclays Premier League World — NBC Universo, 9:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, noon
Match of the Day — NBC, 12:30 p.m.
Premier League Download: Jack to the King, Part 1 — NBC, 2 p.m.

Golf
PGA Championship, Whistling Straits, Kohler, WI
Conclusion of 2nd Round and start of 3rd Round — TNT, 8 a.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 2 p.m.

Live From the PGA Championship — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
PGA Championship Clubhouse Report — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, Portland Golf Club, Portland, OR
Semifinals — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Portland Classic, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, OR
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Gymnastics
P&G Gymnastics Championships, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Women’s Final — NBC, 8 p.m.

Little League Baseball
New England Regional Tournament, A. Bartlett Giamatti Little League Leadership Training Center, Bristol, CT
Semifinal
Vermont vs. Rhode Island — ESPN, 11 a.m.

Midwest Regional Tournament, Reuben F. Glick Little League Baseball Center, Indianapolis, IN
Final
Minnesota vs. Missouri — ESPN, 1 p.m.

Northwest Regional Tournament, Al Houghton Stadium, San Bernardino, CA
Final
Oregon vs. Idaho — ESPN, 3 p.m.

Great Lakes Regional Tournament, Reuben F. Glick Little League Baseball Center, Indianapolis, IN
Semifinal
Ohio vs. Kentucky — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament, Ruben F. Glick Little League Baseball Center, Bristol, CT
Semifinal
New Jersey vs. Maryland — ESPN, 7 p.m.

West Regional Tournament, Al Houston Stadium, San Bernardino, CA
Final
Hawaii vs. Southern California — ESPN, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
New York Yankees at Toronto — MLB Network/YES/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Boston — Root Sports Northwest/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Kansas City — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Minnesota — STO/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Houston — Fox Sports Detroit/Root Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Baltimore — Comcast SportsNet California/MASN, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Texas — Sun Sports/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Atlanta — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Milwaukee — WCAU/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New York Mets — Root Sports Pittsburgh/WPIX, 7 p.m.
Miami at St. Louis — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Ohio/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m.
Washington at San Francisco — Fox Sports 1/MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox — WLS/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLS
New York Red Bulls vs. Toronto — MSG Network/TSN/RDS, 7 p.m.
New England vs. Houston — Comcast SportsNet New England/Root Sports Southwest Plus, 7:30 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. LA Galaxy — KTXA/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 9 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. Vancouver — KMCI/TSN/RDS, 9 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Portland — KMYU/Root Sports Southwest, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, NY
Practice 2 — CNBC, 8:30 a.m.
Final Practice — CNBC, 11:30 a.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Careers for Veterans 200, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, NY
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.

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

Xfinity Series
Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH
Qualifying — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago/Mid-Atlantic), 11 a.m.
Race — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

NFL Preseason
San Francisco at Houston — KPIX/KTRK, 8 p.m./NFL Network, midnight
Tampa Bay at Minnesota — NFL Network/WFLA/KMSP, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at Arizona — KCTV/KNXV, 9 p.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Softball
National Pro Fastpitch Championship, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, AL
Semifinals-Division II
Game 1: Akron Racers vs. Chicago Bandits — CBS Sports Network, noon
Game 1: Dallas Charge vs. USSSA Pride — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
30 for 30: Broke — ESPN2, 6:30 a.m.
Back on Board: Greg Louganis — HBO, 7:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Pony Exce$$ — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
Assault in the Ring — ESPN Classic, 8:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
Lenny Cooke — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: Playing for the Mob — ESPN Classic, non
’51 Dons — ESPN Classic, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau — ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
30 for 30: The U, Part 2 — ABC, 3 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
SEC Storied: Croom — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
E:60 — ABC, 5 p.m.
World Armwrestling League — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Right to Play — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Senna — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
ESPN Films: Renée — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Tim Richmond: To the Limit — ESPN Classic, 10:30 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series
Rogers Cup, Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (ATP)/Aviva Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (WTA)
Women’s 1st Semifinal — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Men’s 1st Semifinal — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Women’s 2nd Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 6:30 p.m.
Men’s 2nd Semifinal — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

WNBA
Tulsa Shock at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

Sunday, August 16

Australian Rules Football
Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 a.m.
Fremantle Dockers vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 a.m.

Baseball
Perfect Game All-American Classic, Petco Park, San Diego, CA
East vs. West — MLB Network, 8 p.m.

Beach Volleyball
AVP Manhattan Beach Open, Manhattan Beach Pier, Manhattan Beach, CA
Men’s and Women’s Finals — NBC, 4:30 p.m.

Bundesliga
VfL Wolfsburg vs. Entracht Frankfurt — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.
VfB Stuttgart vs. FC Koln — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:25 a.m.

Bundesliga Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 9 a.m.
Bundesliga Club Profiles: Schalke, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayer Leverkusen — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.
Bundesliga Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 10:30 a.m.
Goal! Bundeliga Special: Derby Edition — Fox Soccer Plus, 1:30 p.m.

Cycling
Eneco Tour
Stage 7: St. Pieters-Leeuw to Geraardbergen — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m.

USA Pro Challenge Preview Show — Universal Sports, 4 p.m.

English Football Championship
Wolverhampton vs. Hull City — beIN Sports, 6:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal — NBCSN, 8:30 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Chelsea — NBCSN/Telemundo, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Monday)

Golf
PGA Championship, Whistling Straits, Kohler, WI
Final Round — TNT, 11 a.m.
Final Round — CBS, 2 p.m.

Live From the PGA Championship — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Live From the PGA Championship — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
PGA Championship Clubhouse Report — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, Portland Golf Club, Portland, OR
Championship — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Portland Classic, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, OR
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Gymnastics
P&G Gymnastics Championships, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Men’s Final — NBC, 3 p.m.

Little League Baseball
New England Regional Tournament, A. Bartlett Giamatti Little League Leadership Training Center, Bristol, CT
Final
New Hampshire vs. Rhode Island — ESPN, 1 p.m.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament, A. Bartlett Giamatti Little League Leadership Training Center, Bristol, CT
Final
Pennsylvania vs. New Jersey — ESPN, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
UFC Unleashed: UFC Featherweights — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

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

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

Interleague
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/WGN, 2 p.m.

Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
Seattle vs. Orlando — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Chicago — Fox Sports 1/TSN2, 7 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, NY
Race — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Michican — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.
NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Post-Race Show — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Michigan — Fox Sports 1, midnight

NFL Preseason
Indianapolis at Philadelphia — NFL Network/WXIN/WCAU, 1 p.m.

Scottish Championship League
Alloa Athletic vs. Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Soccer
Women’s International Friendly, Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
United States vs. Costa Rica — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.

U.S. National Team Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.

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

Softball
National Pro Fastpitch Championship, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, AL
Semifinal-Division I
Game 3 (if necessary) — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m.

Semifinal-Division II
Game 3 (if necessary) — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.

Championship Series
Game 1 — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Pure Sports: Women’s World Cup — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Mobsteel: Chrome Dream Machine (series premiere) — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
World Armwrestling League — ESPN2, 10 p.m
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series
Rogers Cup, Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (ATP)/Aviva Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (WTA)
Women’s Final — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Men’s Final — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

WNBA
Connecticut Sun at Atlanta Dream — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Chicago Sky at Los Angeles Sparks — NBA TV, 5 p.m.
Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

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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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