Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, June 25

Arena Football
Cleveland Gladiators at Jacksonville Sharks — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
St. Kilda Saints vs. Geelong Cats — FS1, 5 a.m.

Boxing
Showtime Championship Boxing, O2 Arena, London, England, United Kingdom
IBF World Heavyweight Title

Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale — Showtime, 5:15 p.m.

Premier Boxing Champions, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY
WBA World Welterweight Title

Shawn Porter vs. Keith Thurman — CBS, 9 p.m.

Premier Boxing Champions, Scottish Rite Auditorium, San Antonio, TX
Super Welterweights

Junior Castillo vs. Justin DeLoach — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Solo Boxeo, The Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX
Welterweights

Mike Alvarado vs. Josh Torres — UniMás, 11 p.m.

CFL
Ottawa Redblacks at Edmonton Eskimos — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Calgary Stampeders at BC Lions — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
College World Series, TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE
Elimination Games

Oklahoma State vs. Arizona — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
TCU vs. Coastal Carolina — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Baseball Tonight at the College World Series — ESPN, 7 p.m.
College World Series Postgame — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Copa América Centenario
Third Place Match, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
United States vs. Colombia — Univision/Univision Deportes, 7:30 p.m./FX, 8 p.m.

Univision Deportes Fútbol Club: Copa América Centenario — Univision Deportes, 6 p.m.
Fútbol Club: Copa América Centenario — Univision/Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.
Copa América Centenario Pregame — FS1, 7 p.m.
Copa Tonight — FS1, 11 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA Nationals, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, Norwalk, OH
Quplifting — FS1, midnight (same day coverage)

EURO 2016
Round of 16
Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France

Switzerland vs. Poland — ESPN, 9 a.m.

Parc des Princes, Paris, France
Wales vs. Northern Ireland — ESPN, noon

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens-Agglo, France
Croatia vs. Portugal — ESPN, 3 p.m.

EURO 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN, 8:30 a.m.
EURO 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN, 11:30 a.m.
EURO 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
BMW International Open, Golf club Gut Larchenhof, Pulheim, Germany

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Quicken Loans National, Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Bethesda, MD

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
American Family Insurance Championship, University Ridge Golf Club – Madison, WI

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
NW Arkansas Championship, Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, AR

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 p.m.

Horse Racing
Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA
Golf Cup — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

IndyCar
Road America Grand Prix, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Qualifying — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

MLB
American League
Minnesota at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/WPIX, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports Sun/MASN, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago White Sox — Sportsnet/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Cleveland at Detroit — STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Fox Sports Sun/MASN, 7 p.m.
Houston at Kansas City — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Boston at Texas — NESN/Fox Sports Southwest, 9:20 p.m.
Oakland at Anaheim — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Colorado — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Miami — WGN/Fox Sports Florida, 4 p.m.
San Diego at Cincinnati — FS1, 4 p.m.
Washington at Milwaukee — MASN2/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Pittsburgh — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
New York Mets at Atlanta — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10 p.m.

Interleague
St. Louis at Seattle — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

Play Ball — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Network Breakdown — MLB Network, 10:30 a.m.
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 3:30 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
Seattle vs. New York City FC — ESPN, 5 p.m.
D.C. United vs. New England — NewsChannel 8/Comcast SportsNet New England, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Vancouver — The Comcast Network/TSN, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. New York Red Bulls — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/WWHO/MSG Network, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal vs. Sporting KC — TVA Sports/KMCI, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando vs. Toronto FC — WRDQ/Sportsnet 360, 7:30 p.m.
FC Dallas  vs. Real Salt Lake — KTXA/KMYU, 8 p.m.
San Jose vs. L.A. Galaxy — Univision/Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Some Race That Takes Four Lefts and Runs 200 Miles, Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, IL

Final Practice — FS1, 11:30 a.m.
Qualifying — F2, 5:30 p.m.
Race — FS1, 8:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — FS1, 8 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA

Qualifying — FS1, 2 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 1 p.m.

NBA
NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.

NHL
2016 NHL Draft, First Niagara Center, Buffalo, NY
Rounds 2-7 — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 10 a.m.

Olympic Trials
U.S. Olympic Diving fTrials, Indiana University Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
Men’s 3-Meter Springboard Final — NBC, 4:30 p.m.
Women’s 10-Meter Platform Final — NBC, 8 p.m.

U.S. Men’s Olympic Gymnastic Trials, Chifetz Arena, St. Louis, MO
Day 2 — NBC, 9 p.m.

Soccer
Football Focus: Euro 2016 — BBC World News, 8:30 a.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, midnight

Sports Talk
Nine for IX: Let Them Wear Towels — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
Nine for IX: No Limits — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: White, Blue and White — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: The Bad Boys — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Fernando Nation — ESPN2, noon
30 for 30: Chasing Tyson — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Announcement — ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
E:60: Pictures: Hurley — ABC, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: When the Garden Was Eden — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Without Bias — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Eastbourne International, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom

Final: Dominika Cibulkova vs. Karolina Pliskova — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.

ATP Tour
Nottingham Open, Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottinghamshire, Engalnd, United Kingdom

Final: Steve Johnson vs. Pablo Cuevas — beIN Sports, 9 a.m.

WNBA
Indiana Fever at Dallas Wings — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 26

Australian Rules Football
Hawthorn Hawks vs. Gold Coast Suns — FS2, 1 a.m.

Beach Volleyball
AVP Tour
San Francisco Open, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Finals — NBC, 3 p.m.

College Baseball
College World Series Finals Press Conference — ESPNU, noon

Copa América Centenario
Final, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
Argentina vs. Chile — Univision/Univision Deportes, 7:30 p.m./FS1, 8 p.m.

Univision Deportes Fútbol Club — Univision Deportes, 5 p.m.
Fútbol Central: Edición Copa América Centenario 2016 — Univision/Univision Deportes, 6 p.m.
Copa América Centenario Pregame — FS1, 6:30 p.m.
Copa América Centenario Postgame — FS1, 10 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo: Copa América Centenario — Univision/Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.
Copa Tonight — FS1, 11 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA Nationals, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, Norwalk, OH
Finals — FS1, 11 a.m.

EURO 2016
Round of 16
Stade de Lyon, Lyon, France

France vs. Ireland — ESPN, 9 a.m.

Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille Métropole, France
Germany vs. Slovakia — ESPN, noon

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Hungary vs. Belgium — ESPN, 3 p.m.

UEFA Euro Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m.
EURO 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN, 8:30 a.m.
EURO 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN, 11:30 a.m.
EURO 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
UEFA Euro Tonight — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
BMW International Open, Golf club Gut Larchenhof, Pulheim, Germany

Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Quicken Loans National, Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Bethesda, MD

Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Final Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

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

PGA Tour Champions
American Family Insurance Championship, University Ridge Golf Club – Madison, WI

Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
NW Arkansas Championship, Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, AR

Final Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 p.m.

PGA of America
PGA Professional Championship, Turning Stone Resort (Atunyote Golf Club) – Verona, NY

1st Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Gymnastics
U.S. Women’s National Championships, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, MO
Day 2 — NBC, 9 p.m.

IndyCar
Road America Grand Prix, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Race — NBCSN, 1 p.m.

Indy Lights Grand Prix of Road America, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Race — 3:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar Countdown — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.
IndyCar Post-Race — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at Detroit — MLB Network/STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at New York Yankees — Fox Sports North/YES, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Fox Sports Sun/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago White Sox — Sportsnet/WGN, 2 p.m.
Houston at Kansas City — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.
Boston at Texas — NESN/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Oakland at Anaheim — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at Miami — MLB Network/WLS/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Cincinnati — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
New York Mets at Atlanta — WPIX/Fox Sports South, 1:30 p.m.
Washington at Milwaukee — MASN2/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Rocky Mounain, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Pittsburgh — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
St. Louis at Seattle — Fox Sports Midwest/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.

Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
Portland vs. Houston — ESPN2, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA

Race — FS1, 3 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Sonoma — FS1, 1:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Olympic Trials
U.S. Olympic Diving Trials, Indiana University Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
Women’s 3-Meter Springboard Final — NBC, 4:30 p.m.
Men’s 10-Meter Platform Final — NBC, 7 p.m.

U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, CenturyLink Arena, Omaha, NE
Men’s 400 Meter Freestyle/Men’s & Women’s 400 Meter Individual Medley — NBC, 8 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, midnight

Sports Talk
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? — ESPN2, 6 a.m.
30 for 30: June 17, 1994 — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPNews, 10 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPNews, 10:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

WNBA
Phoenix Mercury at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Connecticut Sun at Los Angeles Sparks — NBA TV, 5 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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