Viewing Picks for October 4, 2014

All Times Eastern

Basketball
2014 FIBA World Championships for Women
Semifinal, Istanbul, Turkey
Australia vs. United States — NBA TV, 2 p.m.

CFL
Edmonton Eskimos at Toronto Argonauts — ESPN3, 4 p.m.
BC Lions at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Volleyball
Women’s
Santa Clara at BYU — BYUtv, 10 p.m.

College Water Polo
Men’s
Cal-Irvine at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 1:30 p.m.

English Championship League
Leeds United vs. Sheffield Wednesday — beIN Sports, 7:10 a.m.

English Premier League
Liverpool vs. West Bromwich Albion — NBCSN/mun2, 10 a.m.
Hull City vs. Crystal Palace — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Burnley — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Newcastle — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Manchester City — NBC/mun2, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Formula 1
Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan
Qualifying — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, St. Andrews Golf Club (Old Course); Carnoustie Golf Links; Kingsbarns Golf Links; St. Andrews, Scotland
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.

LPGA Tour
Reignwood Pine Valley LPGA Classic, Pine Valley Golf Club, Beijing, Communist China
Final Round — Golf Channel, 11 p.m.

Horse Racing
Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, KY
Shadwell Turf Mile — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night, Rory MacDonald vs. Tarec Saffiedine, Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Prelims — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.
Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

MLB Postseason
National League Division Series
Game 2: San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals — Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m. (San Francisco leads series 1-0)
Game 2: St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network, 9:30 p.m. (St. Louis leads series 1-0)

MLB Tonight: NLDS Preview — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight: Division Series — MLB Network, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

MLS
New York vs. Houston — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
San Jose vs. Portland — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Contender Round
Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
Practice 3 — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.

Nationwide Series
Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS
Qualifying — Fox Sports 2, noon
Race — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR Live — Fox Sports 2, 1:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA Real Training Camp: Los Angeles Lakers — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
NBA Real Training Camp: Portland Trail Blazers — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NHL Preseason
Detroit at Boston — NHL Network, 5:30 p.m.
New York Rangers at New Jersey — NHL Network, 8 p.m. (joined in progress)
Colorado vs. Los Angeles at Las Vegas, NV — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
Dari & Mel — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: Mysteries of the Rimet Trophy & Barbosa: The Man Who Made Brazil Cry — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: Maradona ’86 & The Opposition — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Judging Jewell — ESPN Classic, 12:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Nine for IX: Let Them Wear Towels — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Lenny Cooke — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Synchronized Swimming
13th FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup, Université Laval, PEPS Aquatic Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Team Free Final — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Communist China Open, National Tennis Center, Beijing, Communist China
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 4:30 a.m.

ATP Tour
Communist China Open, National Tennis Center, Beijing, Communist China
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m.

ATP Tour
Japan Open Tennis Championships, Ariake Colisseum & Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Tokyo, Japan
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m. & 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Center Court Primetime — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.