Viewing Picks for August 18, 2016

All Times Eastern

College Football
CFB Daily: The Blitz — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Green and White Days: Inside Michigan State Training Camp 2016 (series premiere) — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

CONCACAF Champions League
Group H, Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Suchitepé vs. Real Estelí — Facebook Live/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.

Group A, Estadio Olimpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico
Pumas UNAM vs. Honduas Progresso — Facebook Live/Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

Group B, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Heredia, Costa Rica
Saprissa vs. CD Dragón — Facebook Live, 10 p.m.

Golf
U.S. Amateur Championship, Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield, MI
Round of 32 — USGA.org, 11 a.m.
Round of 16 — FS1, 3 p.m.

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Horse Racing
Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Union Avneue Stakes — FS2, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Reloaded: UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz — FS1, 8 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Detroit — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Anaheim — MLB Network, 11 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network, 2:20 p.m.
Los Angeles at Philadelphia — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at San Francisco — MLB Network, 11 p.m. (joined in progress)

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 9 p.m
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Food City 300, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Practice — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago Plus/Mid-Atlantic/Northwest)/NBCSports.com, 1 p.m.
Final Practice — Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/Chicago Plus/Mid-Atlantic/Northwest)/NBCSports.com, 3:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NFL Preseason
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh — NFL Network/WCAU 10.2/KDKA, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Detroit — WKRC/WJBK, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Cleveland — WUPA/WEWS, 8 p.m.
Chicago at New England — WFLD/WBZ, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Green Bay — WTVU/WACY, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle — NFL Network/KMSP/KCPQ, 10 p.m.

Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Olympics

NBC

10 a.m. – Noon
Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE)

Men’s 400m Hurdles – Gold Medal Final

Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Gold Medal Finals

Noon – 2 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball –United States vs. Serbia (LIVE)

2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Women’s Diving – Platform Semifinal
Men’s Cycling – BMX Quarterfinals

3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Synchronized Swimming – Team Qualifying
Karolyi

8 p.m. – Midnight
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)

Men’s Shot Put
Women’s Javelin
Men’s 1500m Decathlon
Women’s 400m Hurdles
Men’s 200m

Women’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball –United States vs. Serbia (Encore)

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m.
Men’s Beach Volleyball Gold Medal Final – Nicolai/Lupo (Italy) vs. Alison/Bruno (Brazil)

NBCSN

8 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE)

Men’s 400m Hurdles – Gold Medal Final

11:20 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Men’s Water Polo – Montenegro vs. Croatia (LIVE)
Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle Qualifying
Men’s Field Hockey Bronze Medal – Netherlands vs. Germany

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Spain vs. Serbia (LIVE)

4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Wrestling – Freestyle Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – United States vs. France (LIVE)

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Men’s Boxing – Light Heavy Gold Medal Final
Men’s Beach Volleyball Bronze Medal – Brouwer/Meeuwsen (Netherlands) vs. Krasilnikov/Semenov (Russia) (LIVE)

10 p.m. – Midnight
Women’s Volleyball – Communist China vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
Taekwondo – Gold Medal Finals

MSNBC

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Women’s Badminton – Doubles Gold Medal Final
Women’s Handball – Netherlands vs. France (LIVE)

USA

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Men’s Triathlon (LIVE)
Women’s Badminton – Singles Semifinals

CNBC

5 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Men’s Water Polo – Italy vs. Serbia
Taekwondo – Quarterfinals and Semifinals

6:15 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Field Hockey Gold Medal Final – Belgium vs. Argentina
Sailing – Gold Medal Finals

GOLF CHANNEL

5 a.m. – 6:30 a.m.
Golf Central Live From the Olympics

6:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Women’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE)

9 a.m. – Noon
Women’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE)

Noon – 3 p.m.
Women’s Golf – 2nd Round (LIVE)

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Golf Central Live From the Olympics

11 p.m. – 4 a.m.
Women’s Golf – 2nd Round (Encore)

BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Spain vs. Serbia (LIVE)

4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Spain vs. Serbia (Encore)

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. France (LIVE)

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. France (Encore)

10 p.m. – Midnight
Women’s Basketball – Spain vs. Serbia (Encore)

Midnight – 2 a.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. France Encore

TELEMUNDO

 

10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
News Recap
Synchronized Swimming
Athletics

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Gold Medal Final (Encore)
Athletics

Midnight – 2 a.m.
Late Night Recap Show

NBC UNIVERSO

4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball – Semifinal
Boxing

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
FIFA Football — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show with guest host Andrew Siciliano — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m.
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
League of Hope — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, 11:30 p.m.
Sports Jeopardy! — NBCSN, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series: Western & Southern Open, Linder Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, OH
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16 — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16 — ESPN2, 7 p.m.