Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, August 27

Australian Rules Football
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Great Western Sydney Giants — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 a.m.

Beach Volleyball
World Series of Beach Volleyball, Long Beach, CA
Women’s Semifinals — NBC, 3 p.m.
Men’s Semifinals — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmumd vs. F.S.V. Mainz — FS2, 9:20 a.m.
Hamburger vs. Ingolstadt — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:20 a.m.
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Bayer Leverkusen — Fox, 12:30 p.m.

Bundesliga Weekly — Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.
Bundesliga Match Day — Fox, noon

College Football
Charleston Southern at North Dakota State — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

College GameDay: Season Preview — ESPN, 11 a.m.
College Football Preview — CBS, 2:30 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPN, 3 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Arizona State vs. Beijing Normal — Pac-12 Arizona, 2 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Mississippi at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 1 p.m.
UTEP at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Southwest, 1 p.m.
Santa Clara at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 1 p.m.
Rice at BYU — BYUtv, 2:30 p.m.
Cal-Davis at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.
Missouri-Kansas City at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
Florida at Oregon — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon, 9 p.m.
Cal-Irvine at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

English Football Championship
Cardiff City vs. Reading — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Liverpool — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7:25 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Burnley — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 9:55 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Everton vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Swansea City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Sunderland — Premixer League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Hull City vs. Manchester United — NBC/NBC Universo, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Preview — NBCSN, 6 a.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 Pregame — NBC Universo, 9:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Premier League Pregame — NBC Universo, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Formula 1
Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Clasificacíon — Univision Deportes, 7:55 a.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European Tour
Made in Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort (PGA Backtee Course), Aalborg, Denmark

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
FedExCup Playoffs, The Barclays, Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, NY

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

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

LPGA Tour
Canadian Women’s Open, Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club (Raven Course), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Boeing Classic, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, WA

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Portland Open, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, OR

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

Horse Racing
Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Ballston Spa — FS2, 2 p.m.

Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Travers Cup & Sword Dancer International — NBC, 4:30 p.m.

IndyCar
Firestone 600, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Race (resumption of suspended race, 6/12) — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.

Pre-Race — NBCSN, 9 p.m.
Post Race — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.
IndyCar Chronicles: Mario Andretti — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

La Liga
Real Madrid vs. Real Club Celta de Vigo — beIN Sports, 2:10 p.m.
Leganes vs. Club Atlético Madrid — beIN Sports, 4:10 p.m.

The Express — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.

Little League World Series
Internatonal Championship, Howard J. Lamade Stadium, Williamsport, PA
Asia-Pacific (East Seoul, South Korea) vs. Latin America (Aguadulce Cabezera, Panama) — ABC, 1 p.m.

United States Championship, Howard J. Lamade Stadium, Williamsport, PA
Southeast (Goodlettsville, TN) vs. Mid-Atlantic (Maine-Endwell, NY) — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Condit, Rogers Arena, Vancouer, British Columbia, Canada
Prelims — Fox, 6 p.m.
Main Card — Fox, 8 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS2, 5 p.m.
UFC Postfight Show — FS1, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MLB Network/MASN/YES, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Toronto — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Anaheim at Detroit — FS1, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Boston — Fox Sports Kansas City/NESN, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Chciago White Sox — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Houston — Fox Sports Sun/Root Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Texas — STO/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
Colorado at Washington — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/MASN2, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles — FS1/WGN/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Mets — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/WPIX, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Miami — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Arizona — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

Interleague
Oakland at St. Louis — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.

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

MLS
D.C. United vs. Chicago — NewsChannel 8/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Sporting KC — The Comcast Network/KMCI, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. San Jose — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/WOIO/Comcast SportsNet California Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto vs. Montreal — TSN, 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. FC Dallas — Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 9 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. Vancouver — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/TSN, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

Practice — CNBC, 8:30 a.m.
Final Practice — CNBC, 11:30 a.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Career for Veterans 200, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

Qualifying — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Race — FS1, 1 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — FS1, 12:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Road America 180, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI

Race — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Kansas City at Chicago — NFL Network/KCTV/WFLD, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Baltimore — WJBK/WBAL/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Indianapolis — WCAU/WTTV, 7 p.m.
New York Giants at New York Jets — WCBS, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Oakland — CBS, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Denver — KCBS/KTVD, 9 p.m./NFL Network, midnight (same night coverage)

NFL GameDay Live — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer
NASL
Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Rayo OKC — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

The Xtra — beIN Sports, 6:15 p.m.

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: Soccer Stories: White, Blue and White — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
ESPN Films: Bad Boys — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
ESPN Films: Catching Hell — 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.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 foe 30: When the Garden Was Eden — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Wirhout Bias — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.
TMZ Sports Weekend — FS1, 11 p.m.
30 for 30: Pony Excess — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
U.S Open Series, Winston-Salem Open, Wake Forest Tennis Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Final: Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Roberto Bautista Agut — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series, Connecticut Open, Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Final: Agniesszka Radwanska vs. Elena Svitolina — ESPN2, 4 p.m.

WNBA
Washington Mystics at Indiana Fever — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

Sunday, August 28

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle Dockers vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.

Beach Volleyball
World Series of Beach Volleyball, Long Beach, CA
Women’s Finals — NBC, 4:30 p.m.
Men’s Finals — NBCSN, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

Bundesliga
Hertha Berlin vs Freiburg — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
TSG Hoffenheim vs. Leipzig — FS2, 11:20 a.m.

CFL
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Football
Heisman Trophy Preview Show — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Fox College Football Kickoff — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Cal vs. Penn State — Pac-12 Bay Area, 6 p.m.
Stanford vs. St. Mary’s — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Sam Houston State vs. College of Charleston — Longhorn Network, noon
Oklahoma vs. Utah Valley — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 1 p.m.
Texas vs. Detroit — Longhorn Network, 3 p.m.
Oregon vs. Nebraska — Pac-12 Oregon, 3 p.m.
UCLA vs. Florida — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 6 p.m.
Washington vs. Santa Clara — Pac-12 Washington, 6 p.m.
Princeton vs. Villanova — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

English Premier League
West Bromwich Albion vs. Middlesbrough — CNBC, 8:30 a.m.
Manchester City vs. West Ham United — NBCSN/Telemundo, 10:55 a.m.

Premier League Live — CNBC, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10:30 a.m.
Premier League Pregame — Telemundo, 10:30 a.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, midnight

Formula 1
Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Race — NBCSN/Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

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

Golf
European Tour
Made in Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort (PGA Backtee Course), Aalborg, Denmark

Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
FedExCup Playoffs, The Barclays, Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, NY

Final Round — Golf Channel, noon
Final Round — CBS, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Canadian Women’s Open, Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club (Raven Course), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Boeing Classic, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, WA

Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Portland Open, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, OR

Final Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

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

La Liga
Athletic Club de Bilbao vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports, 2:10 p.m.

The Express — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.

Little League World Series
Consolation Game, Howard J. Lamade Stadium, Williamsport, PA
Latin America (Aguadulce Cabezera, Panama) vs. Southeast (Goodlettsville, TN) ESPN, 10 a.m.

Championship Game, Howard J. Lamade Stadium, Williamsport, PA
Asia-Pacific (East Seoul, Republic of Korea) vs. Mid-Atlantic (Maine-Endwell, NY) ABC, 3 p.m.

2016 Little League World Series Webgems/Championship Preview — ESPN, 12:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim at Detroit — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MASN/YES, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Toronto — Fox Sports North/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago White Sox — Root Sports Northwest/WGN, 2 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Houston — Fox Sports Sun/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Cleveland at Texas — STO/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Kansas City at Boston — ESPN, 8 p.m.

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

Interleague
Oakland at St. Louis — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 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
New York Red Bulls vs. New England — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Portland vs. Seattle — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Orlando vs. New York City FC — FS1, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

Race — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Michigan — FS1, 11:30 a.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Post-Race Show — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap —  NBCSN, 6 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Michigan — FS1, 6 p.m.

NFL Preseason
San Diego at Minnnesota — Fox, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Houston — Fox, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at Jacksonville — NBC, 8 p.m.

The Timeline: Peyton Manning 2013 — NBC, 7 p.m.

Soccer
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
30 for 30: Little Big Men — ESPN2, 6 a.m.
SportsMoney — FS1, 6:30 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: June 17, 1994 — ESPN2, 10 a.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, New York, NY
Arthur Ashe Kids Day — ABC, 2 p.m. (delayed from 8/27)

WNBA
Connecticut Sun at Atlanta Dream — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Seattle Storm at Minnesota Lynx — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury — ESPN2, 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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