Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, August 29

Arena Football
Arena Bowl XVIII, Stockton Arena, Stockton, CA
San Jose SaberCats vs. Jacksonville Sharks — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Featherweights
Leo Santa Cruz vs. Abner Mares — ESPN, 10 p.m.

Bundesliga
Stuttgart vs. Eintract Frankfurt — Fox Sports 2, 9:20 a.m.
Bayern Munich vs. Bayer Leverkusen — Fox Sports 2, 12:20 p.m.

Bundesliga Weekly — Fox Sports 2, 9 a.m.

CFL
Calgary Stampeders at Winnipeg Blue Bombers — TSN/ESPN3, 6 p.m.

College Football
FCS Kickoff
North Dakota State at Montana — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

College GameDay — ESPN, 11 a.m.
College Football Preview — CBS, 2:30 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
UCLA vs. New Mexico — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.

Women’s
Cal vs. San Diego — Pac-12 Bay Area, 5 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
American Campus Classic, Gregory Gymnasium, University of Texas, Austin, TX
LSU vs. Rice — Longhorn Network, 11 a.m.
Texas vs. Cal-Irvine — Longhorn Network, 1:30 p.m.Cal-Irvine vs. Rice — Longhorn Network, 6 p.m.
Texas vs. LSU — Longhorn Network, 8:30 p.m.

Florida State at Colorado — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Virginia at UCLA — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
BYU at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 8: Puebla de Don Fadrique to Murcia — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

English Football Championship
Derby County vs. Leeds United — beIN Sports, 7 a.m.
Ipswich Town vs. Brighton & Hove Albion — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Newcastle vs. Arsenal — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7:45 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Watford — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Sunderland — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Bournemouth vs. Leicester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Stoke City  vs. West Bromwich Albion — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Everton — NBC/Telemundo, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Preview — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Match of the Week — NBCSN, 9 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Czech Masters, Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
FedEx Cup Playoffs
The Barclays, Plainfield Country Club, Edison, NJ
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

Champions Tour
Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie Golf Course, Endicott, NY
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic, RTJ Golf Trail at Capitol Hill (Senator Course), Prattville, AL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Portland Open, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, OR
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Horse Racing
Breeders Cup Challenge Series, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga, NY
Travers Stakes and Sword Dancer Invitational — NBC, 4 p.m.

IndyCar
Grand Prix of Sonoma, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Final Practice — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.

La Liga
Barcelona vs. Malaga — beIN Sports, 2:25 p.m.
Real Madrid vs. Real Betis — beIN Sports, 4:25 p.m.

Little League Baseball
Little League World Series, Howard J. Lamade Stadium, Williamsport, PA
International Championship
Mexico vs. Japan — ABC, 12:30 p.m.

U.S. Championship
Southwest (Pearland West, TX) vs. Mid-Atlantic (Red Land, PA) — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Detroit at Toronto — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Kansas City/Sun Sports, 6 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Cleveland — Fox Sports West/STO, 7 p.m.
Houston at Minnesota — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago White Sox — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Texas — MASN2/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
St. Louis at San Francisco — Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Pittsburgh — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Philadelphia — Fox Sports San Diego/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers — WGN/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

Interleague
Boston at New York Mets — Fox Sports 1/NESN/WPIX, 4 p.m.
New York Yankees at Atlanta — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

Road to the Show: Tim Hudson — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
MLB’s Best — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
New York City FC vs. Columbus — YES/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 4 p.m.
Toronto FC vs. Montreal — TSN/RDS, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. New England — The Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England, 7 p.m.
Orlando vs. Chicago — WOFL/WRBW/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. Sporting KC — Altitude/KMCI, 9 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/KMYU, 9 p.m.
Houston vs. Vancouver — Root Sports Southwest Plus/TSN, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Chevrolet Silverado 250, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Practice — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.
Final Practice — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.
Qualifying — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Road America 180, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Qualifying — NBCSN, 12:15 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Pittsburgh at Buffalo — NFL Network/KDKA/WKBW, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami — WUPA/WFOR, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Tampa Bay — WEWS/WFLA, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas — KMPS/KTVT, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Cincinnati — WFLD/WKRC, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Baltimore — WRC/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/WBAL/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Indianapolis at St. Louis — WXIN/KTVI, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Green Bay — WCAU/WGBA/WTMJ, 8 p.m.
Seattle at San Diego — CBS, 8 p.m.
San Francisco at Denver — KPIX/KTVD, 9 p.m.

NFL GameDay Live — NFL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
30 for 30: The U — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: The U, Part 2 — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN Classic, 1:30 p.m.
ESPN Films: Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: Youngstown Boys — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 f0r 30: Pony Exce$$ — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Color Orange: The Condredge Holloway Story — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
U.S. Open Series
Winston-Salem Open, Wake Forest Tennis Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Final — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series
Connecticut Open, Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Final — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF World Championships, National Stadium, Beijing, Communist China
Day 8: Evening Session — NBC, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
Day 9: Morning Session — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.

WNBA
Chicago Sky at Atlanta Dream — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

Sunday, August 30

Australian Rules Football
St. Kilda Saints vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 a.m.
Fremantle Dockers vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 a.m.

Beach Volleyball
AVP Tour
Chicago Open, Chicago, IL
Men’s and Women’s Finals — NBC, 3:30 p.m.

Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund vs. Hertha Berlin — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:20 a.m.
Werder Bremen vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:25 a.m.

Bundesliga Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 8:30 a.m.

CFL
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Ottawa Redblacks — TSN/ESPN, 4 p.m.

College Field Hockey
Duke at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.

College Football
Fox Sports 1 College Football Preview Show — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.

College Soccer
Texas-San Antonio vs. North Carolina — Longhorn Network, 11:30 a.m.
Texas vs. Ohio State — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
UCLA vs. Wisconsin — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 9: Torrevieja to Cumbre del Sol. Benitatxell — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

English Premier League
Southampton vs. Norwich City — NBCSN, 8 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Manchester United — NBCSN/Telemundo, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Premier League Download: Mourinho — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, midnight

Golf
European PGA Tour
Czech Masters, Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
FedEx Cup Playoffs
The Barclays, Plainfield Country Club, Edison, NJ
Final Round — Golf Channel, noon p.m.
Final Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie Golf Course, Endicott, NY
Final Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic, RTJ Golf Trail at Capitol Hill (Senator Course), Prattville, AL
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Portland Open, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, OR
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

IndyCar
Grand Prix of Sonoma, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Race — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

IndyCar Chronicles — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

Little League Baseball
Little League World Series, Howard J. Lamade Stadium, Williamsport, PA

Third Place Game
Southwest (Pearland West, TX) vs. Mexico — ESPN, 10 a.m.

Championship
Japan vs. Mid-Atlantic (Red Land, PA) — ABC, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Countdown to UFC 191 — Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Insider — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Cleveland — Fox Sports West/STO, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto — Fox Sports Detroit/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Kansas City/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.
Houston at Minnesota — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago White Sox — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Baltimore at Texas — MASN2/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.

National League
Colorado at Pittsburgh — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
San Diego at Philadelphia — Fox Sports San Diego/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
St. Louis at San Francisco — Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Boston at New York Mets — TBS/NESN/SNY, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Atlanta — YES/Fox Sports South, 1:30 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. Portland — ESPN2/TSN2, 4:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls vs. D.C. United — Fox Sports 1/TSN2, 7 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Chevrolet Silverado 250, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Race — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Houston at New Orleans — Fox, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Oakland — NBC, 8 p.m.

Soccer
NWSL
Portland Thorns vs. Washington Spirit — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 8 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 8:30 a.m.
2015 World’s Strongest Man Final — CBS, 1 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
2015 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
SportsCenter at the U.S. Open — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF World Championships, National Stadium, Beijing, Communist China
Day 9: Evening Session — NBC, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

WNBA
Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Washington Mystics at Seattle Storm — NBA TV, 9 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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