Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 12

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle Dockers vs. Sydney Swans — FS2, 1 a.m.
Western Bulldogs vs. Adelaide Crows — FS2, 5 a.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Foxwoods Resorts Casino, Mashantucket, CT
IBF Super Welterweight Title
Cornelius Bundrage vs. Jermall Challo — NBC, 3 p.m.

Floyd Mayweather vs. Andre Berto, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
WBA/WBC World Welterweight Title
Main Event — Pay per view, 9 p.m.

Bundesliga
Bayern Munich vs. Augsburg — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Darmstadt — FS2, 9:30 a.m.
Hannover vs. Borussia Dortmund — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Koln — FS2, 12:20 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 20: San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Cercedilla — Universal Sports, 9 a.m.

Tour of Britain
Stage 7: Fakenham to Ipswich — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Football Championship
Queens Park Rangers vs. Nottingham Forest — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.

English Premier League
Everton vs. Chelsea — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7:40 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 9:55 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Stoke City — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Norwich City vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. Swansea City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Southampton — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Liverpool — NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
The Evian Championship, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les Bains, France
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

European PGA Tour
KLM Open, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, The Netherlands
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Web.com Tour
Hotel Fitness Championship, Sycamore Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, IN
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

La Liga
Espanyol vs. Real Madrid — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Atletico Madrid vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports, 2:25 p.m.

MLB
American League
Kansas City at Baltimore — Fox, 1 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees — Fox, 1 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Sportsnet/YES, approximately 4:30 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — FS1, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/WGN, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Houston at Anaheim Angels — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m.

National League
St. Louis at Cincinnati — Fox, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Atlanta — WPIX/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
Washington at Miami — MASN/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco — MLB Network/Fox Sports San Diego/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 9 p.m.

Interleague
Colorado at Seattle — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.

Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Philadelphia vs. Columbus — The Comcast Network/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 7 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. New York City FC — KTXA/YES, 8:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Real Salt Lake — Root Sports Southwest Plus/KMYU, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. D.C. United — Altitude/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 9 p.m.
L.A. Galaxy vs. Montreal — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/TVA Sports, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. Seattle — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/KZJO, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
Race — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Richmond — FS2, 4 p.m.
NASCAR America Saturday — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NASCAR Post-Race Show — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

Sports Talk
SEC Storied: Miracles on the Plains — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
Knuckleball — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
American Man — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Sidd Finch and the Tibetan Fastball — ESPN Classic, 12:30 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
SEC Storied: Herschel Walker — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Play That Changed College Football — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
Senna — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: Of Miracles and Men — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
ESPN Classic: Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
Women’s Final: Flavia Pennetta vs. Roberta Vinci — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Men’s Doubles Final: Jamie Murray/John Peers vs. Pierre-Hughes Herbert/Nicolas Mahut — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

U.S. Open Tonight: Women’s Singles Final/Men’s Doubles Final, 8 p.m.

Sunday, September 13

Australian Rules Football
Richmond Tigers vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos — FS2, 1 a.m.

Basketball
FIBA Americas Championship, Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
Gold Medal Match
ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.

Beach Volleyball
Kingston AVP Championship, Huntington Beach, CA
Men’s and Women’s Finals — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Bundesliga
TSG Hoffenheim vs. Werder Bremen — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Schalke vs. Mainz — FS1, 11:30 a.m.

College Football
College Football Sunday — ESPNU, 8 a.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Penn State vs. Indiana — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
UCLA vs. Cal-Riverside — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Texas vs. Abilene Christian — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Arizona State vs. Texas Tech — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 2 p.m.
USC vs. Long Beach State — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
Colorado vs. Northwestern — Pac-12 Mountain, 3 p.m.
Kentucky vs. Wisconsin — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Stanford vs. Oklahoma — Pac-12 Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Arizona vs. Pepperdine — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 4:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Colorado State vs. Iona — Longhorn Network, 11 a.m.
Texas vs. Colorado State — Longhorn Network, 4 p.m.

College Water Polo
Men’s
Pacific at Princeton — ESPNU, noon

Cycling
Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
Women’s Race — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m.

La Vuelta a España
Stage 21: Alcalá de Henares to Madrid (Final Stage) — Universal Sports, 1 a.m.

Tour of Britain
Stage 8: London — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Football Championship
Fulham vs. Blackburn Rovers — beIN Sports, 6:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Sunderland vs. Tottenham — NBCSN, 8:30 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Aston Villa — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Match of the Day — NBCSN, 1 a.m.
Premier League Live — 7:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Premier League Download: Bournemouth — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Premier League Review Show — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
The Evian Championship, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les Bains, France
Final Round — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m. (same day coverage)
Final Round — NBC, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

European PGA Tour
KLM Open, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, The Netherlands
Final Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Web.com Tour
Hotel Fitness Championship, Sycamore Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, IN
Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

Horse Racing
Jockey Club Racing Tour, Woodbine Race Course, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Woodbine Mile — FS1, 5 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees — TBS/Sportsnet/WPIX, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Houston at Anaheim Angels — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, approximately 4:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Baltimore — ESPN, 8 p.m.

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

Interleague
Colorado at Seattle — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 2:30 a.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

MLS
Toronto FC vs. New England — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Orlando vs. Sporting KC — FS1, 7 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

Running
NYRR 5th Avenue Mile — ESPN, 1 p.m.

Soccer
NWSL
Semifinals
Chicago Red Stars vs. FC Kansas City — FS1, 1:30 p.m.
Seattle Reign vs. Washington Spirit — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

The Express-Kick-Off — beIN Sports, 11:30 a.m.
2018 FIFA World Cup Magazine — FS1, 3:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: The Price of Gold — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
Men’s Final: Roger Federer vs. Novak Djokovic — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Women’s Doubles Final: Martina Hingis/Sania Mirza vs. Casey Dellacqua/Yaroslava Shvedova — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

U.S. Open Men’s Championship Preview — ESPN, 3 p.m.

WNBA
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever — NBA TV, 5 p.m.
San Antonio Stars at Seattle Storm — NBA TV, 9 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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