Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 24

Australian Rules Football
Preliminary Finals, Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Western Bulldogs — FS2, 3 a.m.

Bundesliga
Hamburger vs. Bayern Munich — FS2, 9:20 a.m.
FSV Mainz vs. Bayer Leverkusen — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:20 a.m.
Werder Bremen vs. VfL Wolfsburg — FS2, 12:20 p.m.

Bundesliga Report: Carlo Ancelotti and the new FC Bayern Munich — FS2, 11:30 a.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Soccer
Women’s
BYU vs. Long Beach State — BYUtv, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Kansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

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

Premier League Preview — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 6:30 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
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
European Open, Bad Griesbach Golf Resort (Beckenbauer Course), Bad Griesbach, Germany

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
3rd Round — Golf Live Extra App, 9:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Tour Championship, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, GA

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
3rd Round — NBC, noon

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.

Web.com Tour
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, The Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course), Columbus, OH

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Bear Mountain Championship, Bear Mountain Resort (Mountain Course), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Hockey
World Cup of Hockey, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Semifinal

Russia vs. Canada — ESPN2/CBC/Sportsnet/Sportsnet 360/TVA Sports, 7 p.m.

World Cup of Hockey Pregame — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: World Cup — Sportsnet 360, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: World Cup of Hockey Edition — NHL Network, 9:30 p.m.

La Liga
Real Sporting de Gijon vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports, 10:10 a.m.
UD Las Palmas vs. Real Madrid — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

The Express — beIN Sports, 10 a.m.
The Express — beIN Sports, 2:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night 95: Cyborg vs. Lansberg, Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasília, District Federal, Brazil
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — FS1, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Kansas City at Detroit — Fox, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Toronto — MLB Network/WPIX/Sportsnet, 4 p.m.
Texas at Oakland — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Fox Sports Sun, 6 p.m.
Anaheim at Houston — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.

National League
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs — Fox, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Mets — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/SNY, 7 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh — MASN/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego — KNTV/Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)
Colorado at Los Angeles — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SportsNet LA/KTLA, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

Interleague
Arizona at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports Arizona/MASN2, 7 p.m.

Play Ball — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Network Breakdown — MLB Network, 10:30 a.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Toronto FC vs. Philadelphia — TSN2/The Comcast Network, 5 p.m.
D.C. United vs. Orlando — NewsChannel 8/WRDQ, 7 p.m.
New York Red Bulls vs. Montreal — MSG Network/TVA Sports, 7 p.m.
Vancouver vs. Colorado — TSN/Altitude, 7 p.m.
Houston vs. Portland — KFTH/KPDX, 9 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. FC Dallas — KMYU/KTXA/Spectrum SportsNet, 9:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. Sporting KC — Comcast SportsNet California/KMCI, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Chase for the Cup, Round of 16
Blah Blah Blah 300, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH

Practice — CNBC, 9 a.m.
Final Practice — CNBC, 11:30 a.m.

Camping World Truck Series
UNOH 175, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH

Qualifying — FS1, 10 a.m.
Race — FS1, 1 p.m.

NCTWS Setup — FS1, 12:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series Chase: Round of 12
A Race That Makes Drivers Turn Lefts for 300 Miles, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY

Race — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

Scottish Championship League
Dunfermline Athletic vs. St. Mirren — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:10 p.m.

Soccer
NASL
Indy Eleven vs. New York Cosmos — One World Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Jacksonville Armada vs. Rayo OKC — beIN Sports, 10;30 p.m. (same night coverage)

The Xtra Saturday — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.

Sports Talk
30 for 30: The U — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
Sport Today Extra: Ryder Cup Captains — BBC World News, 8:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: The U: Part 2 — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: The Price of Gold — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Playing for the Mob — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Benji — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Assault in the Ring — ESPN Classic, 7:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Bernie and Ernie — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
No No: A Dockumentry — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Moiselle Open (ATP); St. Petersburg Open (ATP); Guangzhou International Open (WTA); Toray Pan Pacific Open (WTA) — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m.
Center Court: Guangzhou International Open (WTA) and Toray Pan Pacific Open (WTA) — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

WNBA Playoffs
2nd Round
Phoenix Mercury at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

Sunday, September 25

Bundesliga
TSG Hoffenheim vs. FC Schalke — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
FC Köln vs. Red Bull Leipzig — FS2, 11:30 a.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1, 9 a.m.

College Field Hockey
Penn State at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.

College Football
College Football Sunday — ESPNU, 8 a.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Washington vs. Seattle — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Oklahoma vs. Texas — Fox College Sports Central, 2 p.m.
Tennessee vs. Florida — SEC Network, 5 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Mississippi at Missouri — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Florida at Alabama — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Auburn at Texas A&M — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Kansas State at Baylor — Fox College Sports Pacific, 3 p.m.
TCU at Iowa State — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA Midwest Nationals, Gateway Motorsports Park, St. Louis, MO
Finals — FS1, 2 p.m.

English Premier League
West Ham United vs. Southampton — NBCSN/Telemundo, 10:55 a.m.

Match of the Week — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 8 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

Golf
European Tour
European Open, Bad Griesbach Golf Resort (Beckenbauer Course), Bad Griesbach, Germany

Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Tour Championship, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, GA

Final Round — Golf Channel, noon
Final Round — NBC, 1:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

Web.com Tour
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, The Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course), Columbus, OH

Final Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Bear Mountain Championship, Bear Mountain Resort (Mountain Course), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Hockey
KHL
Neftekhimik vs. Jokerit — One World Sports, 10 a.m.

World Cup of Hockey, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Semifinal

Europe vs. Sweden — ESPN/CBC/Sportsnet One/TVA Sports, 1 p.m.

Hockey Central: World Cup — CBC/Sportsnet One, 12:30 p.m.
World Cup of Hoekey Postgame — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: World Cup of Hockey Edition — NHL Network, 3:30 p.m.

La Liga
Club Atlético de Madrid vs. Deportivo de La Corunna — beIN Sports, 11 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, 1 a.m.
UFC Ultimate Insider: Bisping; Anderson; Henderson — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

MLB
American League
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Fox Sports Sun, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland — WGN/STO, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
New York Yankeees at Toronto — TBS/YES/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Anaheim at Houston — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Texas — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Texas at Oakland — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.

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

Interleague
Arizona at Baltimore — Fox Sports Arizona/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.

Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB on TBS Pregame — TBS, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
L.A. Galaxy vs. Seattle — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Columbus vs. New England — FS1, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Chase for the Cup, Round of 16
Blah Blah Blah 300, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH

Race — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: New Hampshire — FS1, 11:30 a.m.
NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Coutndown 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: New Hampshire — FS1, a.m. (Monday)

NFL Viewing Picks

Rugby
English Premiership Rugby
Leicester Tigers vs. Bath Rugby — NBCSN, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen vs. Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:55 a.m.

Soccer
NWSL
Houston Dash vs. Seattle Reign — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

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

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
SC Featured — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
SC Featured: Pin Kings — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Moselle Open (ATP) and St. Petersburg Open (ATP) — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

WTA Tour
Wuhan Open, Optics Valley International Tennis Center, Wuhan, Communist China

1st Round — Tennis Channel, midnight

WNBA Playoffs
2nd Round
Atlanta Dream at Chicago Sky — 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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