Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, August 20

Australian Rules Football
Port Adelaide Power vs. Adelaide Crows — FS1, 5:30 a.m.
Carlton Blues vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

CFL
Edmonton Eskimos at Toronto Argonauts — TSN/ESPN3, 4 p.m.
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Orange and White Scrimmage — Longhorn Network, noon

Drag Racing
NHRA Nationals, Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, MN
Qualifying — FS1, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Stoke City vs. Manchester City — NBC Universo, 7:25 a.m./NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Burnley vs. Liverpool — NBCSN, 9:55 a.m.
Watford vs. Chelsea — CNBC, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Hull City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Crystal Palace — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Everton — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Arsenal — CNBC, 12:30 p.m.

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

Golf
European Tour
Czech Masters, Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m. (delayed from 8/19)

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC

3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

U.S. Amateur Championship, Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Township, MI
Semifinals — Fox, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Alabama Stakes — FS2, 4 p.m.

IndyCar
ABC Supply 500, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
Qualifying — NBCSN, midnight (same day coverage)

La Liga
Barcelona vs. Real Betis Balompie — beIN Sports, 12:10 p.m.

The Express Kick-Off — beIN Sports, 11 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Texas at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Sun, 6 p.m.
Boston at Detroit — NESN/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Houston at Baltimore — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest/MASN2, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Chicago White Sox — Comcast SportsNet California/WGN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Cleveland — Sportsnet/STO, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.
New York Yankees at Anaheim — WPIX/Fox Sports West, 9:30 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
New York Mets at San Francisco — FS1/SNY/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Cincinnati — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Miami at Pitttsburgh — Fox Sports Florida/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Philadelphia — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta — MASN/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.

Interleague
Milwaukee at Seattle — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

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.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLL Lacrosse
MLL Championship Game, Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, GA
Ohio Machine vs. Denver Outlaws — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
New York City FC vs. LA Galaxy — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Toronto FC — The Comcast Network/Sportsnet 360, 7 p.m.
Montreal vs. Chicago — TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Columbus — Comcast SportsNet New England/Time Warner Cable SportsNet/WOIO, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. Orlando — Altitude/WRDQ, 9 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. FC Dallas — KMYU/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 10 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. Vancouver — KMCI/TSN/RDS, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Bristol Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

Race — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Bristol — FS2, 6:30 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Post-Race Show — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Carolina at Tennessee — WCCB/WKRN, 3 p.m.
New York Giants at Bufrfalo — NFL Network/WWOR/WKBW, 4 p.m.
Baltimore at Indianapolis — NFL Network/WMAR/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/WXIN, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville — WTTA/WJXT, 7:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston — WVUE/KTRK, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at Los Angeles — KCTV/KCBS, 9 p.m./NFL Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)
San Francisco at Denver — KPIX/KTVD, 9 p.m./NFL Network, midnight (same night coverage)

Olympic Viewing Picks

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

Soccer
NASL
Carolina RailHawks vs. Indy Eleven — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

The Xtra — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.

Softball
National Pro Fastpitch, Rhoads Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
Semifinals

Chicago Bandits at Scrap Yard Dawgs — CBS Sports Network, noon
Akron Racers at USSSA Pride — CBS Sports Network 3 p.m.

Sports Talk
ESPN Films: The Fab Five — ESPN2, 6 a.m.
SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale — ESPN Classic, 7 a.m.
Chinese Football-Building a Dynasty — BBC World News, 7:30 a.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
SEC Storied: Dominique Belongs to Us — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
ESPN Films: Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: The U: Part 2 — ESPN2, 10 a.m.
Nine for IX: No Limits — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
ESPN Films: Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN2, noon
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: White, Blue and White — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN, 2 p.m.
30 for 30: June 17, 1994 — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettener — ESPN Classic, 6:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports Weekend — FS1, midnight
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series: Western & Southern Open, Linder Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, OH

Women’s Semifinals — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Men’s Doubles Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.
Men’s Doubles Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m.
Men’s Semifinals — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Sunday, August 21

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Ford Amphitheater, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
Welterweights

Leonard Bundu vs. Errol Spence, Jr. — NBC, 5 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA Nationals, Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, MN
Finals — FS1, 2 p.m.

Burndown Battle — FS1, 5 p.m.

English Premier League
Sunderland vs. Middlesbrough — NBCSN, 8:25 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Bournemouth — CNBC, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — CNBC, 10:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — CNBC, 1 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Czech Masters, Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m. (delayed from 8/20)
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC

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

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

U.S. Amateur Championship, Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Township, MI
Championship Match — Fox, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Lake Placid Stakes — FS2, 4 p.m.

IndyCar
ABC Supply 500, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
Race — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

IndyCar Series Post-Race — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

La Liga
Real Sociedad vs. Real Madrid — beIN Sports, 2:10 p.m.
Club Atlético de Madrid vs. Deporitvo Alaves — beIN Sports, 4:10 p.m. (same day coverage)

The Express — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, 1 a.m.
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Knockout Artists — FS1, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Detroit — TBS/NESN/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Texas at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Sun, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Cleveland — Sportsnet/STO, 1 p.m.
Houston at Baltimore — Root Sports Southwest/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.
Oakland at Chicago White Sox — Comcast SportsNet California/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.
New York Yankees at Anaheim — YES/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.

National League
Los Angeles at Cincinnati — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
Miami at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Florida/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta — MASN/Fox Sports South, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Colorado — WLS/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 4:30 p.m.
New York Mets at San Francisco — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Milwaukee at Seattle — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Northwest, 4 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
D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Seattle vs. Portland — FS1, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Bristol Night Race (in the Afternoon!), Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Race — CNBC, 1 p.m.

Countdown to Green — CNBC, 12:30 p.m.

Olympic Viewing Picks

Soccer
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 6:15 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Softball
National Pro Fastpitch, Rhoads Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
Championship Series

Game 1 — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: No Más — ESPN2, noon
30 for 30 Shorts: Kid Danny — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2;15 p.m.
SC Featured: Gift from the Groves — ESPNews, 5:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series: Western & Southern Open, Linder Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, OH

Women’s Final — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Men’s Doubles Final — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Men’s Final — ESPN2, 4 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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