Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 3

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Cowboys Dance Hall, San Antonio, TX
Welterweights

Javontae Spinks vs. Darwin Price — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Volleyball
Women’s
Northern Iowa at USC — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 1 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Texas — Longhorn Network, 5 p.m
Texas-San Antonio vs. Army West Point — Longhorn Network, 7:30 p.m.
Penn State at Colorado — Pac-12 Mountain, 9 p.m.
Creighton at USC — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

Formula 1
Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Qualifying — Univision Deportes/NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Euroepan Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre GC (Severiano Ballesteros Course), Crans-Montana, Switzerland

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, MA

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Shaw Charity Classic, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

LPGA Tour
Manulife LPGA Classic, Whistle Bear Golf Club, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar
Grand Prix at the Glen, Watkins Glen International Speedway, Watkins Glen, NY
Qualifying — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

MLB
American League
Houston at Texas — FS1/Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Sun, 6 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — Comcast SporteNet Chicago/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Baltimore — YES/MASN, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City — FS1, 7:15 p.m.
Anaheim at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.
Boston at Oakland — NESN/Comcast SportsNet California, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
San Francisco at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Washington at New York Mets — MASN2/SNY, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles — Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

Interleague
Miami at Cleveland — Fox Sports Florida/STO, 7 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.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Vancouver vs. New York Red Bulls — TSN/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
New England vs. Colorado — Comcast SportsNet New England/Altitude, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago vs. Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/The Comcast Network, 8:30 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. Portland — KTXA/Time Warner Cable SportsNet/KPDX, 9 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. Columbus — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/Time Warner Cable SportsNet/WOIO, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Southern 500, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

Practice — CNBC, 11 a.m.
Practice — NBCSN, 11:30 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Help A Hero 200, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

Race — NBC, 3:30 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBC, 3 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Chevrolet Silverado 200, Canadian Tire Motorport Park, Bowmanville. Ontario, Canada

Qualifying — FS2, 5:30 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.

NFL
Roster Cutdown: The Final 53 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
A Football Life: Brett Favre — CBS, 8 p.m.

Soccer
NASL
Minnesota United vs. Rayo OKC — beIN Sports, 11:30 p.m. (same night coverage)

The Express — beIN Sports, 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team — ESPN Classic, 7 a.m.
Transcend — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
30 for 30: Run Ricky Run — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: Trojan War — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Elway to Marino — ESPN Classic, 12:30 p.m.
Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Once Brothers — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Muhammad and Larry — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: Pony Excess — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Fab Five — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
30 for 30: The Gospel According to Mac — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, midnight

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, New York, NY
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN2, 11 a.m.
Primetime at the Open: Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the U.S. Open — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.
U.S. Open Daily — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.
U.S. Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, midnight

WNBA
Phoenix Mercury at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

Sunday, September 4

Beach Volleyball
AVP Champioships, Chicago, IL
Finals — NBC, 1 p.m.

College Field Hockey
Michigan at Cal — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 3 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Soccer
Men’s
Stanford at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s
Texas vs. Cal — Longhorn Network, noon
Oregon vs. North Texas — Pac-12 Oregon, 4 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Penn State at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 5 p.m.
Illinois at Colorado — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain, 8 p.m.

Formula 1
Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Race — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m./Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

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

Golf
European Tour
Euroepan Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre GC (Severiano Ballesteros Course), Crans-Montana, Switzerland

Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.

PGA Tour
Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, MA

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

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

LPGA Tour
Manulife LPGA Classic, Whistle Bear Golf Club, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Shaw Charity Classic, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

IndyCar
Grand Prix at the Glen, Watkins Glen International Speedway, Watkins Glen, NY
Race — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

IndyCar Series Pre Race — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
IndyCar Series Post Race — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Unleashed: The Best of Fabricio Werdum — FS1, 7 p.m.
UFC Fighter’s Cut: Alistair Overeem — FS1, 8 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Insider: Dominick Cruz — FS1, 8:30 p.m.
UFC Countdown: UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem — FS1, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Toronto at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Sun, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Baltimore — YES/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — WGN/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.
Houston at Texas — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Anaheim at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Boston at Oakland — NESN/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.

National League
St. Louis at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Chicago Cubs — TBS/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/WLS, 2:20 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles — Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
Washington at New York Mets — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Miami at Cleveland — Fox Sports Florida/STO, 4 p.m.

Plays of the Month: August — MLB Network, midnight
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Chevrolet Silverado 200, Canadian Tire Motorport Park, Bowmanville. Ontario, Canada

Race — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — FS1, 2 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Southern 500, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

Race — NBC, 6 p.m.

NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBC, 5:30 p.m.
Post Race Show — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Darlington — FS1, midnight

Soccer
FIFA World Cup Qualifying — UEFA
1st Round (Group Stage): Matchday 1
Group E, Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark

Denmark vs. Armenia — FS2, 11:45 a.m.

Group F, LFF Stadium, Vilinius, Lithuania
Lithuania vs. Slovenia — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:45 a.m.

Group C, Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway
Norway vs. Germany — FS2, 2:30 p.m.

Group F, National Stadium, Ta’ Qali, Malta
Malta vs. Scotland — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

FIFA World Cup Qualifying Highlights: Matchday 1 — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

The Xtra — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reportes — ESPN, 9:30 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
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16– ESPN2, 11 a.m.
Primetime at the Open: Men’s and Women’s Round of 16– ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the U.S. Open — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.
U.S. Open Daily — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.
U.S. Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, midnight

WNBA
Washington Mystics at Dallas Wings — NBA TV, 4:30 p.m.
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks — NBA TV, 7 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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