nfl-verizon TAMPA, FL – OCTOBER 12: An NFL logo as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Carolina Panthers at Raymond James Stadium on October 12, 2008 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

All Times Eastern

Australian Rules Football
Finals: Week 1, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne Demons vs. Geelong Cats — FS2, 5:30 a.m. (Friday)

College Football
Kennesaw State at Tennessee Tech — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Marty & McGee: Talkin’ Season — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Texas State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
SMU at TCU — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Vuelta a España
Stage 12: Mondoñedo to Far de Estaca de Bares — Olympic Channel ,9:30 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans Montana, Switzerland

1st Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m. (Friday)

PGA Tour/FedExCup Playoffs
BMW Championship, Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, PA

1st Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — FS1, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at Toronto — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at Washington — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Arizona — MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 11 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 6 p.m.

NBA
The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Capital Gains — NHL Network, 8 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Get Up — ESPN, 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.
BTN Live 2018-2019 — Big Ten Network, noon
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 — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1 p.m.
The Will Cain Show — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 4:45 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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:45 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
Titulares y Más — Telemundo, 11:35 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Nación ESPN — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
Boomer & Gio — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m. (Friday)
Golic & Wingo — ESPNews/ESPN2, 6 a.m. (Friday)
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
Primetime at the Open: Women’s Semifinals — ESPN, 7 p.m.

UEFA Nations League
League A, Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
Germany vs. France — ESPN2/Univision Deportes, 2:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 2 p.m.
Misión Europa — Univision Deportes, 5 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.