SALT LAKE CITY, UT – SEPTEMBER 3: Quarterback Jake Rudock #15 of the Michigan Wolverines passes during the 3rd quarter of their 24-17 loss to the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium on September 3, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)

All Times Eastern

Australian Rules Football
Geelong Cats vs. Adelaide Crows — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Soccer
Men’s
Maryland vs. UCLA — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

Women’s
Oklahoma vs. Oral Roberts — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.
BYU vs. Utah– BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
VERT Challenge, Gregory Gymnasium, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Oregon vs. Florida — Longhorn Network, 4 p.m.
Texas vs. Nebraska — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 13: Calatayud to Tarazona — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Formula 1
Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Practice — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Russian Open, Skolkovo Golf Club, Moscow, Russia
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
FedEx Cup Playoffs
Deutsche Bank Championships, TPC Boston, Norton, MA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

IndyCar
IndyCar Series Awards Banquet — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m. (delayed)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — FS2, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Minnesota at Houston — MLB Network, 8 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network, 2:20 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — MLB Network, 8:15 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 10:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Southern 500, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
Practice — NBCSN, 11 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
VFW Sports Clips Help a Hero 200, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
Practice — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Preseason HQ (series finale) — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

Soccer
FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifying
CONCACAF
Grenada National Stadium, St. Georges, Grenada
Grenada vs. Haiti — beIN Sports, 4:05 p.m.

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao
Curaçao vs. El Salvador — beIN Sports, 6:50 p.m.

Kingston Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaica vs. Nicaragua — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

International Friendly, Estadio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal vs. France — beIN Sports, 2:30 p.m.

International Friendly, RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
United States vs. Peru — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 7:24 p.m./FS1, 7:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 6:30 p.m.
U.S. National Team Pregame — FS1, 7 p.m.

International Friendly, Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
Mexico vs. Trinidad and Tobago — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9:54 p.m.

Fútbol Central — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers
Group D, Frankfurt Stadion, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Germany vs. Poland — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

Group E, Groupama Aréna, Budapest, Hungary
Hungary vs. Romania — FS2, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Pregame — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.
UEFA Euro 2016 Highlights — FS2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 4 p.m.
Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express — beIN Sports, 6:15 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. (joined in progress)
ESPN Radio With Ian Fitzsimmons & Freddie Coleman — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kannell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 9:30 p.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN3/DirecTV, 11 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the U.S. Open — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.
Primetime at the U.S. Open — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
U.S. Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m. or at the conclusion of ESPN2’s coverage

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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.