NEW YORK, NY – JULY 04: Competitive eaters compete in the men’s division of the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island on July 4, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Joey Chestnut won the men’s division by successfully tying his own world record by eating 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes; he has now won the competition six years in a row. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

This week, European sports take the forefront of the sports action. We have the semifinals of UEFA Euro 2016 in France, Wimbledon goes to inot its second week of action and the Tour de France begins.

In ‘Murica, we have the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest, the Olympic Track & Field Trials and MLB speeds towards next week’s All-Star Break. For those jonesing for the NBA, there’s plenty of Summer League action. Let’s take a look at what have for this week.

UEFA EURO 2016

Once France and Iceland decide the final semifinalist today, we’ll have the final four teams to decide who will play for the Euroepan Championship next Sunday. After spending the last week on ESPN2, Euro 2016 returns to the Mothership this week. Both semifinal games will be played on ESPN. The games will be played on Wednesday and Thursday at 3 p.m. ET with pre-match shows at 2:30.

Unlike the World Cup and Copa América, there is no third-place match.

Here’s how the schedule shapes up this week:

Wednesday, July 6
Portugal vs. Wales — ESPN, 3 p.m.

Thursday, July 7
Germany vs. France or Iceland — ESPN, 3 p.m.

The final will take place next Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN which will be quite a doubleheader day with the Gentlemen’s Singles Final on ESPN at 9 a.m. and then the Euro 2016 Final at 3 p.m.

WIMBLEDON

The glorious fortnight goes into its 2nd week and with rare action taking place on the middle Sunday today, it means the Big W can back on schedule after rain hit SW19 in the first week. Starting on Monday with the Round of 16 through Wednesday’s quarterfinal round, ESPN and ESPN2 will be airing matches simultaneously. ESPN will focus on the matches on Centre Court while ESPN2 will show the matches on Court 1 and the outer grounds at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

Here’s how the schedule looks for this week. All times are Eastern:

Monday, July 4
Round of 16

Court 1 and outer courts — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
Centre Court — ESPN, 8 a.m.

Tuesday, July 5
Ladies’ Quarterfinals

Centre Court — ESPN, 8 a.m.
Court 1 — ESPN2, 8 a.m.

Wednesday, July 6
Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals

Centre Court — ESPN, 8 a.m.
Court 1 — ESPN2, 8 a.m.

Thursday, July 7
Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Ladies Semifinals — ESPN, 8 a.m.

Friday, July 8
Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Gentlemen’s Semifinals — ESPN, 8 a.m.

Saturday, July 9
Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 8 a.m.
Ladies’ Championship — ESPN, 9 a.m.

Sunday, July 10
Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 8 a.m.
Gentlemen’s Championship — ESPN, 9 a.m.

TOUR DE FRANCE

The Tour has already begun and the 22-day long event will run through the country of France through its grand cities, small towns and big mountains. NBCSN will provide live coverage during the week with NBC providing live coverage next Saturday. The familiar voices of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen will call their 31st Tour together. They’ll be joined by former cyclists Christian Vande Velde and Jens Voigt as analysts. Hosting will be Paul Burmeister and Todd Harris and they’ll be joined by analyst Bob Roll and reporters Steve Schlanger, Jenna Corrado and Steve Porino.

NBCSN or NBC will air live coverage each morning with replays in the afternoon and then primetime replays each evening.

Here’s the schedule of live coverage this week:

Monday, July 4
Stage 3: Granville to Angers — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Tuesday, July 5
Stage 4: Saumur to Limoges — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Wednesday, July 6
Stage 5: Limoges to Le Lioran — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Thursday, July 7
Stage 6: Arpajon-sur-Cère to Montauban — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Friday, July 8
Stage 7: L’Isle-Jourdain to Lac de Payolle — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Saturday, July 9
Stage 8: Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon — NBC, 9 a.m.

MLB

Major League Baseball begins to transition to the second half of its season. Tonight is the first-ever MLB regular season game to be played on a military installation. The Miami Marlins will face the Atlanta Braves at Fort Bragg, NC in what is hoped will be an annual event. ESPN will air the game live.

For the 4th of July, MLB Network airs a tripleheader while ESPN will show two games.

This Friday, NHL on NBC voice Mike Emrick will have the opportunity to call a regular season baseball game for the first time as he and Bob Costas will be on hand for the Chicago Cubs-Pittsburgh Pirates game on MLB Network.

Here’s your schedule for this week:

Sunday, July 3
Miami vs. Atlanta at Fort Bragg, NC — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Monday, July 4
Milwuakee at Washington — MLB Network, 11 a.m.
Anaheim at Tampa Bay — MLB Network, 2 p.m. (joined in progress)
Colorado at San Francisco — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Los Angeles or San Diego at Arizona — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, July 5
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network, 2:20 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Baltimore at Los Angeles or Colorado at San Francisco — MLB Network, 11 p.m. (joined in progress)

Wednesday, July 6
Miami at New York Mets — MLB Network, 1 p.m. or Detroit at Cleveland — MLB Network, noon
Baltimore at Los Angeles or Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network, 4 p.m. (joined in progress)
Texas at Boston — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 7
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — MLB Network, 1:30 p.m. or Los Angeles at Tampa Bay — MLB Network, noon
Washington at New York Mets or Detroit at Toronto — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles or Philadelphia at Colorado — MLB Network, 11 p.m. (joined in progress)

Friday, July 8
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh at Washington at New York Mets — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 9
Detroit at Toronto — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Cleveland — FS1, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh or San Diego at Los Angeles or Washington at New York Mets — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas or Philadelphia at Colorado — MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

NBA SUMMER LEAGUE

NBA TV will have extensive coverage of the NBA Summer Leagues in Orlando, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. NBA TV will have round the clock coverage all week. ESPN will have a primetime doubleheader from Las Vegas on Friday.

Here’s the schedule for this week:

Monday, July 4
Orlando, FL
Dallas vs. Orlando (White) — NBA TV, 1 p.m.
Orlando (Blue) vs. Detroit — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Charlotte vs. Oklahoma City — NBA TV, 5 p.m.

Salt Lake City, UT
Boston vs. Philadelphia — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
San Antonio vs. Utah — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, July 5
Orlando, FL
Orlando (Blue) vs. Miami — NBA TV, 1 p.m.
LA Clippers vs. New York — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Detroit vs. Indiana — NBA TV, 5 p.m.

Salt Lake City, UT
Philadelphia vs. San Antonio — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Boston vs. Utah — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, July 6
Orlando, FL
Orlando (White) vs. New York — NBA TV, 1 p.m.
Dallas vs. Charlotte — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Indiana vs. Oklahoma City — NBA TV, 5 p.m,

Thursday, July 7
Orlando, FL

Dallas vs. Orlando (Blue) — NBA TV, 1 p.m.
LA Clippers vs. Orlando (White) — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Detroit vs. Miami — NBA TV, 5 p.m.

Salt Lake City, UT
Boston vs. San Antonio — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Utah — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

Friday, July 8
Orlando, FL

6th seeded team vs. 5th seeded team — NBA TV, 8 a.m.
4th seeded team vs. 3rd seeded team — NBA TV, 10 a.m.
2nd seeded team vs. 1st seeded team — NBA TV, noon
8th seeded team vs. 7th seeded team — NBA TV, 2 p.m.
10th seeded team vs. 9th seeded team — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

Las Vegas, NV
Milwaukee vs. Cleveland — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Atlanta vs. Houston — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Denver — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
Sacramento vs. Toronto — NBA TV, 10 p.m.
LA Lakers vs. New Orleans — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 9
Las Vegas, NV

Phoenix vs. Portland — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
Boston vs. Chicago — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Denver vs. Memphis — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Dallas vs. Miami — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

GOLF

The Women’s U.S. Open takes place this week at CordeValle in San Martin, CA. FS1 and Fox will combine for coverage

1st Round — FS1, 3 p.m.
2nd Round — FS1, 3 p.m.
3rd Round — Fox, 3 p.m.
Final round — Fox, 3 p.m.

With the PGA Tour cancelling this week’s scheduled Greenbrief Classic due to the massive flooding in West Virginia, Golf Channel has adjusted its schedule by extending its coverage of the Web.com Tour’s LECOM Health Challege from 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m. ET on Thrusday and Friday and 1-4 on Saturday and Sunday. It then airs the Champions’ Dick’s Sporting Goods Open at 4 p.m. from Friday through Sunday.

CBS will air last year’s Greenbrief Classic in its PGA Tour windows on Saturday and Sunday.

MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR heads to Kentucky for its Camping World Truck (Buckle Up Your Truck 225), Xfinity (ALSCO 300) and Sprint Cup Series (Quaker State 400). The Camping World Truck Series race will air on FS1 on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET. NBCSN airs the Xfinity race on Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET. The Quaker State 400 will be shown Saturday on NBCSN in primetime at 7:30 p.m.

IndyCar goes to Iowa for the Iowa Corn 300 and NBCSN will air qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

Formula 1 goes to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix on Sunday. CNBC will air the race next Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET. NBCSN shows the practice and qualifying sessions on Friday and Saturday.

OLYMPIC TRIALS

The U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials ramp up at Hayward Field in Eugene, OR this week. NBCSN and NBC will air coverage this week. NBCSN airs the bulk of the coverage and this is how it will go:

Monday, July 4
800 Meters and Men’s Pole Vault — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 7
Women’s steeplechase and shot put — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Friday, July 8
Men’s 1,500 Meters; 100 Meter Hurdles; Steeplechase Final — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
NBC, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 9
Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles; 200 Meters and 5,000 Meters Finals — NBC, 8 p.m.

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

UFC is busy this week. There’s the Ultimate Fighter Final live from Las Vegas. FS1 airs the prelims and main event on Friday beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Then there’s the Cormier vs. Jones 2 event to be held at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday. FS1 has the prelims at 8 p.m. ET and the main event will be on pay per view starting at 10 p.m.

HOT DOGS

What would the 4th of July be without some gluttony? The annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest takes place from Nathan’s on Coney Island in New York. ESPN airs it on a tape delayed basis Monday at 3 p.m. ET. ESPN3 through the WatchESPN app will have live coverage beginning at 10:50 a.m. through the conclusion at 1 p.m.

Ane there you have what is on TV this week.

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.