Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 19

Australian Rules Football
Semifinal, Stadium Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Swans vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos — FS2, 5 a.m.

Boxing
Solo Boxeo Tecate, Sportsman Lodge, Studio City, CA
Lightweights
José Felix, Jr. vs. Marcos Leonardo Jimenez — UniMás, 11 p.m.

Bundesliga
Darmstadt vs. Bayern Munich — FS1, 9:25 a.m.
VfL Wolfsburg vs. Hertha Berlin — FS2, 9:25 a.m.
Koln vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:25 a.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.
Bundesliga Report: Happy Birthday, Kaiser! Franz Beckenbauer – A Legend Turns 70 — FS2, 11:30 a.m.

CFL
Edmonton Eskimos at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN3, 4 p.m.
Ottawa Redblacks at Saskatchewan Roughriders — TSN/ESPN3, 9 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

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

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

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, midnight

Formula 1
Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore
Qualifying — CNBC/Univision Deportes, 9 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
The Solheim Cup, St. Leon-Rot Golf Club (St. Leon Course), St. Leon-Rot, Germany
Day 2: Foursomes and Four-Ball — Golf Channel, 2 a.m.

European PGA Tour
Italian Open, Golf Club Milano, Monza Park, Italy
3rd Round — Golf Channel, noon (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
FedEx Cup Playoffs
BMW Championship, Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, IL
3rd Round — NBC, noon
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Small Business Connection Championship at River Run, River Run Country Club, Davidson, NC
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

La Liga
Real Madrid vs. Grenada — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Eibar vs. Club Atletico de Madrid — beIN Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator MMA Live
Dynamite 1, SAP Center, San Jose, CA
Light Heavyweight Title
Tito Ortiz vs. Liam McGeary — Spike, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Minnesota — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
Boston at Toronto — MLB Network/NESN/Sportsnet, 4 p.m.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay — MASN2/Sun Sports, 6 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Minnesota — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Houston — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Texas — Root Sports Northwest/KTXA, 8 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs — Fox, 1 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco — Fox Sports Arizona/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Miami at Washington — MLB Network/Fox Sports Florida/MASN, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Dodgers — Root Sports Pittsburgh/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

Interleague
New York Yankees at New York Mets — Fox, 1 p.m.

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

MLS
Toronto FC vs. Colorado — TSN/Altitude, 2 p.m.
D.C. United vs. Columbus — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 7 p.m.
New York City FC vs. San Jose — YES/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Plus, 7 p.m.
Vancouver vs. Seattle — TSN/RDS/KZJO, 7 p.m.
Montreal vs. New England — TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet New England, 8 p.m.
Chicago vs. Orlando — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports Florida, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. L.A. Galaxy — KMYU/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 9:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Challenger Round
myAFibRisk.com 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
Practice — CNBC, 1:30 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Furious 7 300, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
Qualifying — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 4 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: The Day the Series Stopped — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: Pony Exce$$ — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Push: Madison Versus Madison — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Steep — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
The Rivalry: Red V. Blue — ESPN Classic, 4:45 p.m.
30 for 30: Brothers in Exile — ESPN Classic, 6:30 p.m.
Son of the Congo — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Of Miracles and Men — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.

Tennis
Davis Cup
World Group Playoff
Ubekistan vs. United States, Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Doubles: Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin vs. Steve Johnson/Sam Querrey — Tennis Channel, 3 a.m.

World Group Semifinal
Great Britain vs. Australia, Emirates Arena, Glascow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Doubles: Dominic Inglot/Jamie Murray vs. Sam Groth/Lleyton Hewitt — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 2:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.

WNBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinal
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever — NBA TV, 7 p.m. (Chicago leads series 1-0)

Western Conference Semifinal
Phoenix Mercury at Tulsa Shock — NBA TV, 9 p.m. (Phoenix leads series, 1-0)

Sunday, September 20

Basketball
EuroBasket 2015, Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France
Gold Medal Game
Spain vs. Lithuania — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

Bundesliga
VfB Stuttgart vs. Schalke — FS1, 9:25 a.m.
Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayer Leverkusen — FS2, 11:25 a.m.
Augsburg vs. Hannover — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:25 a.m.

Bundesliga Pregame — FS1, 9 a.m.

CFL
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Montreal Alouettes — TSN/ESPN3, 1 p.m.

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

College Soccer
Men’s
Indiana vs. Rutgers — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Stanford vs. Davidson — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 3 p.m.
Washington vs. Harvard — Pac-12 Washington, 3 p.m.

Women’s
Indiana vs. Northwestern — Big Ten Network, noon
Arkansas vs. Mississippi State — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Texas vs. Arkansas-Little Rock — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Missouri vs. South Carolina — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Northern Arizona vs. Robert Morris — Fox College Sports Pacific, 3 p.m.
Tennessee vs. Auburn — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Texas A&M vs. North Texas — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Texas-San Antonio at Texas — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Florida State at Florida — SEC Network, 5 p.m.

Cycling
UCI Road World Championships, Richmond, VA
Women’s Elite Team Time Trial — Universal Sports, 11 a.m.

English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Crystal Palace — USA Network, 8:30 a.m.
Southampton vs. Manchester United — NBCSN, 11 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Norwich City — USA Network, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — USA Network, 8 a.m.
Premier League Live — USA Network, 10:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

Formula 1
Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore
Race — NBCSN/Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

Fórmula 1 Previo — Univision Deportes, 7:30 a.m.
F1 Extra — NBCSN, 10 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
The Solheim Cup, St. Leon-Rot Golf Club (St. Leon Course), St. Leon-Rot, Germany
Day 3: Single Matches — Golf Channel, 4:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
FedEx Cup Playoffs
BMW Championship, Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, IL
Final Round — Golf Channel, noon
Final Round — NBC, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
Road to the Presidents Cup — NBC, 1 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Small Business Connection Championship at River Run, River Run Country Club, Davidson, NC
Final Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

European PGA Tour
Italian Open, Golf Club Milano, Monza Park, Italy
Final Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

La Liga
Barcelona vs. Levante — beIN Sports, 2:25 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

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

National League
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports South, 1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs — TBS/Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco — Fox Sports Arizona/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Dodgers — Root Sports Pittsburgh/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.

Interleague
New York Yankees at New York Mets — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 2 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 p.m.

MLS
Portland vs. New York Red Bulls — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Houston — FS1, 7 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Challenger Round
myAFibRisk.com 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
Race — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Chicagoland — FS1, 11:30 a.m.
NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
NASCAR Post-Race Show — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Chicagoland — FS1, midnight

NFL Viewing Picks

Rugby
2015 IRB Rugby World Cup
Pool B, Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Samoa vs. United States — beIN Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Scottish Premier League
Heart of Midlothian vs. Aberdeen — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:10 a.m.

Soccer
Women’s International Friendly, Legion Field, Birmingham, AL
United States vs. Haiti — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
Shut Up and Drive: Pikes Peak — FS1, 4:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Davis Cup
World Group Playoff
Uzbekistan vs. United States, Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Reverse Singles
Denis Istomin vs. Jack Sock & Farrukh Dustov vs. Steve Johnson — Tennis Channel, 1 a.m.

World Group Semifinal
Great Britain vs. Australia, Emirates Arena, Glascow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Reverse Singles
Andy Murray vs. Bernard Tomic & Daniel Evans vs. Thanisi Kokkinakis — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 12:30 a.m.

WNBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinal
New York Liberty at Washington Mystics — ESPN, 1 p.m. (Washington leads series 1-0)

Western Conference Semifinal
Minnesota Lynx at Los Angeles Sparks — ESPN, 3 p.m. (Minnesota leads series 1-0)

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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