Aug 17, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) readies for the snap against the Detroit Lions during the game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

All Times Eastern

Australian Rules Football
AFL — Women’s
Round 2
Western Bulldogs vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m. (Friday)

AFL — Men’s
Finals Week 1
Qualifying Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Western Bulldogs vs. Hawthorn Hawks — FS2, 5:30 a.m. (Friday)

College Football
Always College Football — ESPNews, 2 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
South Carolina vs. Clemson — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Duke vs. North Carolina — ACC Network, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
UCLA at Tennessee — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Texas — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

CONCACAF Nations League
Group Stage — Matchday 1
Group A, Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Costa Rica vs. Guadeloupe — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 8 p.m.

Group A, Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Guatemala vs. Martinique — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 10 p.m.

CONCACAF W Champions Cup
Group Stage — Matchday 2
Estadio BBVA, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
CF Monterrey vs. Frazsiers Whip — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 18: Vitoria-Gasteiz to Maeztu-Parque Natural de Izki — Peacock, 8:50 a.m.

FIFA World Cup Qualifying
CONMEBOL: Matchday 7
Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Announcers: Andrés Cantor/Manuel Sol
Argentina vs. Chile — Universo, 7:55 p.m.

 

Golf
DP World Tour
European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans Montana, Switzerland
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

Asian Tour
40th Shinhan Donghae Open, Ocean Course at Club72, Incheon, Republic of Korea
2nd Round — Golf Channel, midnight

The Smylie Kaufman Show — SportsGrid, 7 a.m.
Golf Central — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

LaLiga
LaLiga News — ESPN+, 9 a.m.

Minor League Baseball
International League
Gwinnett Stripers at Nashville Sounds — Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Perfect Game TV — Stadium, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Anik and Florian — DraftKings Network, 8 p.m.
Dana White’s Contender Series: Next Level-Age is Just a Number (Raul Rosa, Jr.) –ESPNews, midnight

MLB
American League
Minnesota at Tampa Bay — MLB Network (main)/Bally Sports North/Bally Sports Sun, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland — Root Sports/NBC Sports California, 3:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Texas — Bally Sports West/Bally Sports Southwest, 8 p.m./MLB Network (backup), 9;30 p.m. (joined in progress)

National League
Arizona at San Francisco — Dbacks.TV/NBC Sports Bay Area, 3:45 p.m./MLB Network, 4 p.m. (joined in progress)
Philadelphia at Miami — MLB Network (main)/NBC Sports Philadelphia/Bally Sports Florida, 6:30 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh — MLB Network (backup)/MASN/SportsNet Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.
Colorado at Atlanta — Rockies.TV/Bally Sports South, 7:20 p.m.

Interleague
Houston at Cincinnati — MLB Network (backup)/Space City Home Network/Bally Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
Detroit at San Diego — Bally Sports Detroit/Padres.TV, 8:30 p.m./MLB Network (main), 9:30 p.m. (joined in progress)

MLB Central — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour: Ben Kennedy Interview — FS1, 9 p.m.
NASCAR Race Classic: The 1987 Winston 500 — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA Today (season premiere) — ESPN, 3 p.m.
High Tops: Best of 2024 NBA Playoffs — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.

NFL
Week 1
NFL Kickoff Game, GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Announcers — NBC/Peacock: Mike Tirico/Cris Collinsworth//Melissa Stark//Telemundo/Peacock: Miguel Gurwitz/Rolando Cantú//Ariana Figuera
Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs — NBC/Peacock/Telemundo, 8:20 p.m.

Announcers: In Kansas City-Maria Taylor/Jason Garrett/Devin McCourty/Chris Simms/Mike Florio/Matthew Berry//In São Paulo, Brazil: Jac Collinsworth/Tony Dungy/Rodney Harrison
NFL Kickoff Special live from GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO — NBC, 7 p.m.
Football Night in America live from GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO — NBC/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.

Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
GMFB: Overtime — Check your local listings/The Roku Channel, 10 a.m.
The Fantasy Life Show — Fubo Sports, 10 a.m.
Pushing the Pile — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Ross Tucker Football Podcast — DraftKings Network, 4:30 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
NFL GameDay Kickoff — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Pro Football Today — SportsGrid, 7 p.m.
Baltimore Ravens vs. Kansas City Chiefs NFL Football In-Game LIVE Gameday — SportsGrid, 8 p.m.
NFL Pro Football Today Recap — SportsGrid, 11 p.m.
NFL GameDay Final — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Paralympics
17th Summer Paralympic Games
Day 8
Studio Shows
Gold Zone: Day 8 — Peacock, 11 a.m.
Gold Medals: Day 8 — USA Network, 4 p.m.

Para Cycling Road
Men’s and Women’s, Clichy-sous-Bois, France
Individual Time Trials — USA Network, 7 a.m.

Wheelchair Tennis
Stade Roland-Garros,
Court Phillippe-Chatrier, Paris, 16th arrondissement, France
Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Match/Men’s Singles Semifinals — USA Network, 9:30 a.m.

Wheelchair Basketball
Men’s
Semifinal, Bercy Arena, Paris, France
Great Britain vs. Germany — USA Network, 10 a.m.

Para Swimming
Evening Session, Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre, France
Finals: Women’s 100m Breaststroke-SB7/Men’s 50m Freestyle-S5/Men’s 100m Freestyle-S6/Women’s 400m Freestyle-S10/Men’s 100m Breaststroke-SB11/Women’s 100m Breaststroke-SB11/Men’s 200m Individual Medley-SM9/Women’s 200m Individual Medley-SM9/Men’s 100m Breaststroke-SB13/Women’s 100m Breaststroke-SB12/Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB13/Women’s 50m Freestyle-S8/Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay-20 Points Final — USA Network, 11:30 a.m.

Para Track & Field
Evening Session, Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Finals: Women’s Long Jump-T63/Men’s Discus Throw-F64/Men’s 100m-T11/Women’s 100m-T12/Women’s 400m-T53/Women’s Shot Put-F33/Women’s 400m-T53/Women’s Shot Put-F33/Women’s 400m-T54/Men’s 800m-T53/Men’s 800m-T54/Men’s Shot Put-F35/Men’s Javelin Throw-F13//Round 1: Women’s 100m-T64/Men’s 100m-T52/Women’s 400m-T13 — USA Network, 1 p.m.

Day 9
Overnight
Para Swimming: Qualifying Heats/Para Track & Field: Qualifying Heats — USA Network, 5 a.m. (Friday)

Soccer 
Morning Footy — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 8 a.m.
Football Report — Fubo Sports, 9 a.m.
Attacking Third — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 2 p.m.
Call It What You Want — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 3 p.m.
Scoreline — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 5 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN+, 5:30 p.m.
Faitelson sin censura — TUDN, 8 p.m.
Línea de cuatro — TUDN, 11 p.m.

Sports News & Talk
SportsCenter — ESPN, 7 a.m.
GOJO and Golic — DraftKings Network, 8 a.m.
Get Up — ESPN, 8 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
Breakfast Ball — FS1, 8 a.m.
Sports News Highlights — NLSE, 8 a.m.
The Early Line LIVE — SportsGrid, 8 a.m.
Morning Buzz — CBS Sports HQ, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
The Ringer: East Coast Bias — FanDuel TV, 9 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Peacock, 9 a.m.
The Dan LeBatard Show With Stugotz: Local Hour — YouTube, 9 a.m.
Nothing Personal With David Samson — DraftKings Network, 10 a.m.
The Ringer: East Coast Bias — FanDuel TV, 10 a.m.
The Facility — FS1, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — DraftKings Network, 11 a.m.
Up & Adams — FanDuel TV, 11 a.m.
NewsWire Live — SportsGrid, 11 a.m.
Game ON: Spotlight — Women’s Sports Network, 11:49 a.m.
B1G Today — Big Ten Network, noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
Midday Rundown — CBS Sports HQ, noon
The Pat McAfee Show — ESPN, noon
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Peacock, noon
The Rich Eisen Show — The Roku Channel, noon
The Immortals — NLSE, 1 p.m.
Kaplan and Crew Southern California Sports Talk — SportsGrid, 1 p.m.
Invincible: Michael Schumacher — NLSE, 1:30 p.m.
Game ON — Women’s Sports Network, 1:31 p.m.
Sportswoman: Good, Better, Fastest — NLSE, 2 p.m.
Early Edge — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Contacto deportivo — TUDN, 2 p.m.
Trending Now — CBS Sports HQ, 3 p.m.
CBS Sports HQ Spotlight — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
Pablo Torre Finds Out — DraftKings Network, 3 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Ferrall Coast to Coast — SportsGrid, 3 p.m.
Game ON: Spotlight — Women’s Sports Network, 3 p.m.
ACC PM — ACC Network, 4 p.m.
The GM Shuffle — DraftKings Network, 4 p.m.
You Better You Bet — Stadium, 4 p.m.
CBS Sports HQ Spotlight — CBS Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Primetime Pregame — CBS Sports HQ, 6 p.m.
All the Smoke — DraftKings Network, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 6 p.m.
ESPN BET Live — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Gametime Decisions LIVE — SportsGrid, 6 p.m.
The Rally — Stadium, 6 p.m.
Oddball — DraftKings Network, 7 p.m.
Gameday Scoreboard and Highlights — CBS Sports HQ, 7 p.m.
Game ON — Women’s Sports Network, 7:13 p.m.
Sportsday — BBC News, 7:45 p.m.
Game ON — Women’s Sports Network, 7:45 p.m.
Game ON: Spotlight — Women’s Sports Network, 8:15 p.m.
Sportsday — BBC News, 8:45 p.m.
Sportsday — BBC News, 9:45 p.m.
Contacto deportivo — TUDN, 10 p.m.
The B1G Show — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
Scoreboard Final — CBS Sports HQ, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto deportivo — Univision/TUDN, midnight
Beat The Odds — SportsGrid, midnight
Best of SportsGrid — SportsGrid, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)
TMZ Sports — FS1, 1 a.m. (Friday)
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 1 a.m. (Friday)
The Bostonian vs. The Book — SportsGrid, 1 a.m. (Friday)
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, 2 a.m. (Friday)
The Bostonian vs. The Book — SportsGrid, 2 a.m. (Friday)
Forgotten Seasons — DraftKings Network, 4 a.m. (Friday)
Boomer and Gio — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m. (Friday)
Unsportsmanlike with Evan, Carty and Michelle — ESPN2/ESPNews, 6 a.m. (Friday)
Maggie and Perloff — YouTube, 6 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
USTA
US Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
Mixed Doubles Final: Taylor Townsend/Donald Young vs. Sara Errani/Andrea Vavassori — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Primetime at the Open: Women’s Singles Semifinals: Emma Navarro vs. Aryna Sabalenka/Jessica Pegula vs.Karolina Muchova — ESPN, 7 p.m.

UEFA Nations League
League Phase — Matchday 1
League C: Group C1, Tofiq Bähramov adina Respublika stadionu, Baku, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan vs. Sweden — FS2, 11:50 a.m.

League A: Group A4, Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade, Serbia
Serbia vs. Spain — FS2, 2:30 p.m.

League A: Group A1, Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland vs. Poland — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

League A: Group A4, Parken Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark vs. Switzerland — Fubo Sports, 2:30 p.m.

League C: Group C3, ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
Belarus vs. Bulgaria — Fubo Sports 2, 2:30 p.m.

League C: Group C1, A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia vs. Slovakia — Fubo Sports 3, 2:30 p.m.

League C: Group C3, National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland vs. Luxembourg — Fubo Sports 4, 2:30 p.m.

League D: Group 1, San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino
San Marino vs. Liechtenstein — Fubo Sports 5, 2:30 p.m.

League A: Group A1, Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal vs. Croatia — Fubo Sports 6, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Nations League Matchnight — FS1, midnight

WNBA
Seattle Storm at New York Liberty — Amazon Prime Video/Amazon Prime Video (Seattle only)/KZJO/WWOR, 7 p.m.
Washington Mystics at Phoenix Mercury — Amazon Prime Video/Monumental Sports Network/KPHE, 10 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.