All Times Eastern

Australian Rules Football
Hawthorn Hawks vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.
Richmond Tigers vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

Boxing
Friday Night Fights, Chicago, IL
Gabriel Campillo vs. Andrzej Fonfara — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Football
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Big Ten Football Preview: Michigan — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Eneco Tour
Stage 5: Sittard to Geleen — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m.

Golf
Solheim Cup, Parker, CO
Day One — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m. & 5 p.m.

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, NC
Second Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

U.S. Amateur, Brookline, MA
Day Three — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

Champions Tour
Dick's Sporting Goods Open, Endicott, NY
First Round — Golf Channel, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

19th Hole — Golf Channel, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Gymnastics
U.S. Championships, Hartford, CT
Men's Preliminaries — NBC Sports Network, 8 p.m.

Little League World Series
International Pool
Asia-Pacific (Taoyuan, Taiwan) vs. Canada (Ottawa, Ontario), ESPN, 1 p.m.
Japan (Tokyo) vs. Europe-Africa (Brno, Czech Republic), ESPN2, 5 p.m.

United States Pool
West (Chula Vista, CA) vs. Great Lakes (Grosse Pointe, MI), ESPN, 3 p.m.
Mid-Atlantic (Newark, DE) vs. Midwest (Urbanville, IA), ESPN, 8 p.m.

MLB
American League
New York Yankees at Boston or Toronto at Tampa Bay — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL Preseason
Tampa Bay at New England — Fox, 8 p.m.

NFL Preseason Whiparound Coverage — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Partick Thistle vs. Heart of Midlothian — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m.

Sports Talk
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, 9 a.m.
Tim Brando Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network (final airing on NBCSN), noon
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Best of ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
The Crossover with Michelle Beadle — NBC Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: Fantasy Draft — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Fox Soccer News — Fox Soccer, 10 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open Series
ATP/WTA Tour
Western and Southern Open, Cincinnati OH
Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF Athletic Championships, Moscow, Russia
Morning Session — Universal Sports, 1:30 a.m.
Evening Session — Universal Sports, 11:30 a.m.

WNBA
Connecticut Sun at Atlanta Dream — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks — NBA TV, 11 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 four Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.