Oct 17, 2018; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig (66) steals third base in the eighth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers in game five of the 2018 NLCS playoff baseball series at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports

All Times Eastern

Bundesliga
Matchday 8
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf — Univision Deportes, 2:25 p.m./FS2, 2:30 p.m.

Previa a la Liga Alemana — Univision Deportes, 1:55 p.m.
Bundesliga Weekly — FS2, 4:30 p.m.
BundesGol — Univision Deportes, 4:30 p.m.
Bundesliga Report: Goals and Glory: Claudio Pizarro — FS2, 5 p.m.

College Football
Yale at Penn — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Colorado State at Boise State — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Air Force at UNLV — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Notre Dame at Nebraska-Omaha — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s
Princeton at Wisconsin — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Columbia vs. Dartmouth — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Women’s
Oklahoma State vs. West Virginia — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Central, 7 p.m.
Texas vs. Kansas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Maryland at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Kentucky at LSU — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Nebraska at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
UCLA at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Washington, 9 p.m.
Cal at Oregon — Pac-12 Oregon, 10 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Pac-12 Mountain, 10 p.m.
Stanford at Oregon State — Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.
Utah at Arizona State — Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.
USC at Washington State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Washington, 11 p.m.

Curling
Curling Night in America, Chaska Curling Center, Chaska, MN
Mixed Doubles

United States vs. Communist China — NBCSN, 11 p.m. (taped 8/27-29)

eSports
ELeague
eSports 101: League of Legends — TBS, 11 p.m.

Formula 1
United States Grand Prix, Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX
Practice 1 — ESPNU, 10:55 a.m.
Practice 2 — ESPNU, 2:55 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Andalucia Valderrama Masters, Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

LPGA Tour
LPGA Shanghai, Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, Communist China

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour Champions
Dominion Energy Charity Classic, The Country Club of Virginia (James River Course), Richmond, VA

1st Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, The Club at Nine Bridges, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

La Liga
Matchday 9
Real Madrid vs. Levante UD — beIN Sports, 6:50 a.m. (Saturday)

La Liga Show — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.

Ligue 1
Olympique Lyonnais vs. Nimes — beIN Sports, 3:25 p.m. (joined in progress)

The Ligue 1 Show — beIN Sports, 12:30 p.m.
The Express Wrap-Up — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Legacy Fighting Alliance 52, Bell County Expo Center, Belton, TX
Bantamweights

Ray Rodriguez vs. Chris Gutierrez — AXS TV, 9 p.m.

Tuff-N-Uff: Future Stars of MMA — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

MLB Postseason
National League Championship Series
Game 6, Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI

Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers — FS1, 8:39 p.m. (Los Angeles leads series 3-2)

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 7:30 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Postgame — FS1, 11:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight: League Championship Series — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPNews, midnight

NASCAR
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Playoffs — Round of 12
Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS

1st Practice — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS

Practice — NBCSN, 3 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

NBA
Boston at Toronto — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Golden State at Utah — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA CrunchTime — NBA TV, 10 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 1 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Kyle Brandt Football Experience — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL GameDay Pick’Em — NFL Network, 6:30 p.m.
Carson Palmer: A Football Life — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
Minnesota at Dallas — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — NHL Network, noon
NHL Now — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Pre-Game Skate — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 11:30 p.m.

Soccer
The Keys & Grey Show — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
ESPN FC: UEFA Nations League Match Week Review — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Get Up — ESPN, 8 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNews, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/AT&T SportsNet (Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest)/Root Sports, noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
The Jim Rome Show — CBS Sports Network, noon
SportsCenter — ESPN, noon
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
Tiki & Tierney — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Will Cain Show — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
High Noon — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
Titulares y Más — Telemundo, 11:35 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
Stockholm Open, Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden/

Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

WTA Tour
Kremlin Cup, Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia

Semifinals — beIN Sports, 8 a.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.