Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, August 6

Arena Football
Jacksonville Sharks at Orlando Predators — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Portland Steel at Arizona Rattlers — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Western Bulldogs vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos — FS1, 5 a.m.
Carlton Blues vs. St. Kinda Saints — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Boxing
World Championship Boxing, Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
Light Heavyweights

Andre Ward vs. Alexander Brand — HBO, 10:35 p.m.

Solo Boxeo, Casino del Sol, Tucson, AZ
Lightweights

Juan Diaz vs. Cesar Vazquez — UniMás, 11 p.m.

CFL
Edmonton Eskimos at Ottawa Redblacks — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Cycling
Tour of Utah
Stage 6: Snowbasin Resort to Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort — FS2, 10 p.m.

English Football Championship
Nottingham Forest vs. Burton Albion — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Paul Lawrie Match Play, Archerfield Links Golf Club (Fidra Links), Dirleton, Scotland

Round of 16/Quarterfinals — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
Quarterfinals — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.

PGA Tour
Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, Rolling Green Golf Club, Springfield, PA
Semifinals — FS1, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
3M Championship, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, MN

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, Rolling Green Golf Club, Springfield, PA
Quarterfinals — FS1, 3 p.m.

Hockey
2016 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp, Plymouth, MI
Finland vs. Sweden — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
USA vs. Canada — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Horse Racing
Hambletonian Stakes — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.

Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Whitney Stakes — FS2, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres, Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, UT
Prelims — Fs1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — FS1, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at New York Yankees — MLB Network/STO/YES, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Sun, 6 p.m.
Baltimore at Chicago White Sox — MASN2/WGN, 7 p.m.
Texas at Houston — Fox Sports Southwest/Root Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Kansas City — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.
Anaheim at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Washington — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/MASN, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at St. Louis — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
Miami at Colorado — Fox Sports Florida/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Arizona — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

Interlegaue
Boston at Los Angeles — FS1/NESN/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Oakland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
New York Mets at Detroit — MLB Network/SNY/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.

Play Ball — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Network Breakdown — MLB Network, 10:30 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 5 p.m.

MLS
D.C. United vs. Philadelphia — NewsChannel 8/The Comcast Network, 7 p.m.
Montreal vs. Houston — TVA Sports/Root Sports Southwest, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto FC vs. New England — Sportsnet 360/Comcast SportsNet New England, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. Vancouver — Altitude/TSN, 9 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Chicago — KMYU/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Cheez-It Series 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Qualifying — CNBC, noon

Xfinity Series
Zippo 200 at The Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Race — CNBC, 2 p.m.

Countdown to Green — CNBC, 1:30 p.m.
Post-Race Show — CNBC, 4:30 p.m.

NFL
Inside Training Camp Live: On the Field — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
Inside Training Camp Live: Fantasy Spotlight — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
Hall of Fame Saturday — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
2016 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony — ESPN/NFL Network, 7 p.m.

NHL
Top 20 Forwards of Now — NHL Network, 9:30 p.m.

Olympic Viewing Picks

Scottish Premier League
Rangers vs. Hamilton Academical — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Soccer
International Champions Cup, Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool vs. Barcelona — ESPN, noon

Champions Trophy, Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria
Paris Saint-German vs. Lyon — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

NASL
Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Spirit of Yachting: Giraglia Rolex Cup — BBC World News, 8:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed The USFL? — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
ESPN Films: The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: The House of Steinbrenner — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Marion Jones: Press Pause — ESPN Classic, noon
ESPN Films: Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Real Rocky — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Out of Nothing — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 10 p.m.
30 for 30: Into the Wind — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
U.S. Open Series

Atlanta Open, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA

Semifinal — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Sunday, August 7

Arena Football
Tampa Bay Storm at Philadelphia Soul — ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle Dockers vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.

Cycling
Tour of Utah
Stage 7: Park City — FS2, 8 p.m.

English Football Championship
Queens Park Rangers vs. Leeds United — beIN Sports, 6:55 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Paul Lawrie Match Play, Archerfield Links Golf Club (Fidra Links), Dirleton, Scotland

Semifinals/Finals — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.
Finals– Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

PGA Tour
Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT

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

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, Rolling Green Golf Club, Springfield, PA
Championship — FS1, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
3M Championship, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, MN

Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Alydar Stakes — FS2, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, a.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at New York Yankees — STO/YES, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Sun, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Chiczgo White Sox — MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Texas at Houston — Fox Sports Southwest/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Toronto at Kansas City — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.
Anaheim at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.

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

Interleague
New York Mets at Detroit — SNY/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Oakland — WGN/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Boston at Los Angeles — MLB Network/NESN/SportsNet LA, 7 p.m.

Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN, noon
Plays of the Month: July — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

MLS
Portland vs. Sporting KC — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Orlando vs. Seattle — FS1, 7 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. New York Red Bulls — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

MLS Postgame — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Cheez-It Series 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Race — USA Network, noon

NASCAR RaceDay: Watkins Glen — FS2, 12:30 p.m.
Countdown to Green — USA Network, 2 p.m.
Post-Race Show — USA Network, 5:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, midnight

NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NFL
NFL Hall of Game, Fawcett Field, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH
Green Bay vs. Indianapolis — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Hard Knocks Preview Show — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Back 2 Camp — NFL Network, 6:30 p.m.
Monday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Olympic Viewing Picks

Scottish Premier League
St. Johnstone vs. Aberdeen — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:10 a.m.

Soccer
International Club Friendly, Weser Stadium, Bremen, Germany
Werder Bremen vs. Chelsea — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m.

FA Community Shield, Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
Leicester City vs. Manchester United — FS1, 11 a.m.

FA Community Shield Match Day — FS1, 10:30 a.m.

The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: The Deal — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
U.S. Open Series

Atlanta Open, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA

Final — ESPN2, 1 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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