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Jul 31, 2023

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Australian Rules Football AFL — Round 21Adelaide Crows vs. Gold Coast Suns — FS2, midnightHawthorn Hawks vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m. (Saturday)Geelong Cats vs. Port Adelaide

Australian Rules FootballAFL — Round 21Adelaide Crows vs. Gold Coast Suns — FS2, midnightHawthorn Hawks vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m. (Saturday)Geelong Cats vs. Port Adelaide Power — FS2, 5 a.m. (Saturday)Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m. (Saturday)

BoxingTop Rank BoxingSuper Middleweights, Falls Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United KingdomPadraig McCrory vs. Steed Woodall — ESPN+, 2 p.m.

Welterweights, Coliseo de Combates, Panama City, PanamaDerrieck Cuevas vs. Alberto Mosquera — ESPN+, 9 p.m.

ShoBox: The New GenerationSuper Featherweights, Wind Creek Events Center, Bethlehem, PAJordan White vs. Eridson Garcia — Showtime, 9 p.m.

CFLWeek 9Toronto Argonauts at Calgary Stampeders — TSN4/CFL+, 9 p.m.

College FootballB1G Football Training Camp: Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.ACC Huddle: Season Preview — ACC Network, 6 p.m.

ESPN The OchoMicrosoft Excel World Championship — ESPN2, 7 a.m.Truck and Tractor Pulling — ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.OneWheel World Championship — ESPN2, 8 a.m.Arm Wrestling Reborn — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m.Extreme Axe & Knife Games — ESPN2, 9 a.m.Omegaball Women’s Invitational — ESPN2, 10 a.m.2023 BullShooter Invitational Shootout — ESPN2, 11 a.m.Omegaball Men’s Invitational — ESPN2, noonProfessional Cuesports League — ESPN2, 1 p.m.TurfWars Invitational: Adult Kickball Championship — ESPN2, 2 p.m.The Ocho Show — ESPN2, 3 p.m.2023 NWLA Wiffleball All-Stars — ESPN2, 4 p.m.Major League Table Tennis — ESPN2, 5 p.m.2023 Slippery Stairs — ESPN2, 6 p.m.Johnsonville SuperHole IV Championship — ESPN2, 7 p.m.Viii Sports YMCA Invitational — ESPN2, 9 p.m.Pillow Fight Championship — ESPN2, 10 p.m.2023 FootGolf World Cup — ESPN2, 11 p.m.Masskrugstemmen Stein Holding Competition — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.2023 Corgi Races — ESPN2, midnightWorld Dog Surfing Championship Best Waves — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)USA Dodgeball All-Star Showcase — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)CROSSNET Sand Series: SoCal — ESPN2, 2 a.m. (Saturday)2022 eSkootr Championship — ESPN2, 2:30 a.m. (Saturday)2022 Spikeball’s Co-Ed Invitational: Utah — ESPN2, 3 a.m. (Saturday)Red Bull Paper Wings — ESPN2, 4 a.m. (Saturday)Corunna Belt Sander Races — ESPN2, 4:30 a.m. (Saturday)Franklin Rock River Stone Skipping Competition — ESPN2, 5 a.m. (Saturday)Teqball Tour: Los Angeles — ESPN2, 5:30 a.m. (Saturday)2020 Tetris Championships — ESPN2, 6:30 a.m. (Saturday)

FIFA Women’s World CupKnockout RoundRound of 16, Eden Park, Auckland, New ZealandAnnouncers: FS1/FS1 4K — TBA//Universo/Peacock — Sammy Sadovnik/Maxi RodríguezSwitzerland vs. Spain — FS1/FS1 4K/Universo/Peacock, 12;55 a.m. (Saturday)

Round of 16, Wellington Regional Stadium (Sky Stadium), Wellington, New ZealandAnnouncers: FS1/FS1 4K — //Telemundo/Peacock — Jorge Calvo/Isabella Echeverri/Diana RincónJapan vs. Norway — FS1/FS1 4K/Telemundo/Peacock, 3:55 a.m. (Saturday)

FIFA Women’s World Cup Live — FS1/FS1 4K (Rob Stone/Kate Gill/Ariane Hingst/Stu Holden/Alexi Lalas/Carli Lloyd/Heather O’Reilly//Tom Rinaldi//Chris Fallica), midnightPrevia del partido — Universo/Peacock (Ana Jurka/Miguel Gurwitz/Carlota Vizmanos/Carlos Yustis), 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)FIFA Women’s World Cup Tonight — FS1/FS1 4K (Rob Stone/Kate Gill/Stu Holden/Alexi Lalas/Karina LeBlanc/Heather O’Reilly), 3 a.m. (Saturday)Hoy en La Copa Mundial Femenina — Telemundo (Ana Jurka/Miguel Gurwitz/Carlota Vizmanos/Carlos Yustis), 3 a.m. (Saturday)

GolfPGA TourWyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC2nd RoundAnnouncers: Golf Channel/Peacock — Steve Sands/Camilo Villegas/Jim Gallagher, Jr.//Billy Ray Brown//John CookMain Feed — ESPN+/PGA Tour Live, 6:45 a.m.Featured Holes: 3, 12, 15, 16 — ESPN+/PGA Tour Live, 7:15 a.m.Featured Groups: Si Woo Kim/J.T. Poston/Webb Simpson & Chris Kirk/Harris English/Zack Johnson — ESPN+/PGA Tour Live. 7:30 a.m.Marquee Group: Cam Davis/Russell Henley/Hideki Matsuyama — ESPN+/PGA Tour Live, 7:45 a.m.Featured Group 1: Billy Horschel/Kevin Streelman/Gary Woodland — ESPN+/PGA Tour Live, 2 p.m.Featured Group 2: Shane Lowry/Adam Scott/Justin Thomas — ESPN+/PGA Tour Live, 2 p.m.Featured Hole: 15, 16 — ESPN+/PGA Tour Live, 2 p.m.Main Feed — Golf Channel/Peacock, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

LPGA Tour/Ladies European TourWomen’s Scottish Open, Dundonald Links, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom2nd Round — Golf Channel/Peacock, 9 a.m.

Western Golf AssociationWestern Amateur, North Shore Country Club, Glenview, ILRound of 16 — Peacock, 11 a.m.Quarterfinals — Peacock, 4 p.m.

Korn Ferry TourUtah Championship, Oakridge Country Club, Farmington, UT2nd Round — Golf Channel/Peacock, 6 p.m.

Golfing the World: Caribbean — NLSE, 9 a.m.Golf Central — Golf Channel, 9 p.m.

Hockey2023 Hlinka Gretzky CupKnockout RoundSemifinal, Fosfa Aréna, Břeclav, CzechiaUnited States vs. Canada — TSN4/NHL Network, 1 p.m.

Semifinal, Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín, SlovakiaFinland vs. Czechia– TSN5, 1 p.m.

IndyCarNTT IndyCar SeriesBig Machine Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Street Circuit, Nashville, TNAnnouncers: Leigh Diffey/Townsend Bell/James Hinchcliffe//Dave Burns//Kevin Lee//Dillon WelchPractice 1 — Peacock, 4 p.m.

Leagues CupRound of 32Free Games — All Games on Apple TVChicago Fire vs. Club América, 8 p.m. (also on FS1/UniMás/TUDN) — English: Keith Costigan/Maurice Edu//Spanish: José Hernández/Pável PardoFC Cincinnati vs. Nashville SC, 8 p.m. —English: Jake Zivin/Taylor Twellman//Spanish: Jorge Pérez-Navarro/Marcelo Balboa Columbus Crew vs. Minnesota United, 8 p.m. — English: Steve Cangialosi/Danny Higginbotham//Spanish: Sergio Ruiz/Walter Roque

MLS Season Pass — All Games on Apple TV+ (subscription required)Deportivo Toluca vs. Sporting Kansas City, 9 p.m. — English: Dre Cordero/Jamie Watson//Spanish: Pablo Ramírez/Jesús BracamontesC.F. Monterrey vs. Portland Timbers, 10 p.m. (also on FS1/UniMás/TUDN) — English: Callum Williams/Calen Carr//Spanish: Alejandro Figueredo/Diego Valeri//FS1: Nate Bukaty/Tony MeolaTigres UANL vs. Vancouver Whitecaps, 10:30 p.m. — English: Blake Price/Paul Dolan//Spanish: Adrian Garcia Marquez/Francisco Pinto//French: Frédéric Lord/Vincent Destouches

Fútbol central — UniMás/TUDN, 7 p.m.Leagues Cup Countdown — Apple TV+ (Kaylyn Kyle/Miguel Gallardo/Bradley Wright-Phillips), 7:30 p.m.Leagues Cup La Previa — Apple TV+ (Tony Cherchi/Jaime Macías/Carlos Pavón), 7:30 p.m.Leagues Cup El Resumen — Apple TV+ (Tony Cherchi/Jaime Macías/Carlos Pavón), 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)Leagues Cup Wrap-Up — Apple TV+ (Kaylyn Kyle/Miguel Gallardo/Bradley Wright-Phillips), 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

Mixed Martial ArtsONE Fighting ChampionshipONE Friday Fights 27, Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, ThailandMain Card — YouTube, 7:30 a.m.

ONE Fight Night 13: Allazov vs. Grigorian, Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, ThailandMain Card — Amazon Prime Video, 8 p.m.

Professional Fighters LeaguePlayoffs, Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio, TXFeatherweights & Light Heavyweights — ESPN, 9 p.m.

UFC Main Events: Masvidal vs. Diaz — ESPNews, 7 a.m.UFC Live: Sandhagen vs. Font — ESPNews, 5 p.m.

MLBAmerican LeagueTampa Bay at Detroit — Apple TV+, 6:30 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Cleveland — NBC Sports Chicago/Bally Sports Great Lakes, 7 p.m.Houston at New York Yankees — Apple TV+, 7 p.m.Toronto at Boston — MLB Network/Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m.Seattle at Anaheim — Root Sports/Bally Sports West, 9:30 p.m.

National LeagueAtlanta at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/Bally Sports Southeast/Marquee Sports Network, 2;20 p.m.Washington at Cincinnati — MASN2/Bally Sports Ohio, 6:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Milwaukee — AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh/Bally Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.Colorado at St. Louis — AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain/Bally Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progrress)Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego — Spectrum SportsNet LA/MLB San Diego Padres, 9:30 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

InterleagueKansas City at Philadelphia — MLB Network/Bally Sports Kansas City/WCAU, 7 p.m.New York Mets at Baltimore — SNY/MASN, 7 p.m.Arizona at Minnesota — MLB Arizona Diamondbacks/Bally Sports North, 8 p.m.Miami at Texas — Bally Sports Florida/Bally Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 9 a.m.MLB Now — MLB Network, noonMLB Tonight — MLB Network, 5:30 p.m.Blue Jays Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.MLB Network Strike Zone — Check your local listings, 7 p.m.Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

NASCARNASCAR Xfinity SeriesCabo Wabo 250, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MIPractice and Qualifying — USA Network, 3:30 p.m.

NBAInside the Association — Stadium, 2 p.m.NBA Today — ESPN, 3 p.m.

NFLGood Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.Inside Training Camp Live — NFL Network, 10 a.m.Inside Training Camp Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m.Inside Football — Stadium, 2:30 p.m.NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.NFL Total Access — NFL Network, 6 p.m.Hall of Fame Knocks: Welcome to Canton: Class of 2023 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.Gold Jacket Class of 2023 — NFL Network, 9 p.m.NFL Throwback: 2023 HOF Class Career Highlights — NFL Network, 9:30 p.m.Tiki & Ronde Barber: A Football Life — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

NHLNHL Network: Chasing Hockey: Ovechkin vs. Gretzky — NHL Network, 6 p.m.

NWSLChallenge Cup — Matchday 11Orlando Pride vs. Washington Spirit — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 7 p.m.

PickleballPPA TourTakeya Showcase, Los Cab Sports Village, Fountain Valley, CAMixed Doubles — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.

SoccerMorning Footy — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 7 a.m.Real Madrid Pass — Fubo Sports, 8 a.m.Football Report — Fubo Sports, 9:30 a.m.Box 2 Box — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 1 p.m.Attacking Third — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 4 p.m.ESPN FC — ESPN+, 6 p.m.Línea de cuatro — TUDN, midnight

SoftballAthletes UnlimitedTeam Zerkle vs. Team Romero — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.Team Garcia vs. Team Faraimo — ESPN+, 9 p.m.

Sports News & TalkSportsCenter — ESPN, 7 a.m.The Early Line — SportsGrid, 7 a.m.Get Up — ESPN, 8 a.m.SportsCenter — ESPNews, 8 a.m.Fubo News– Fubo Sports, 9 a.m.SportsCenter — ESPNews, 9 a.m.The Dan Patrick Show — Peacock, 9 a.m.The Dan LeBatard Show With Stugotz: Local Hour — YouTube, 9 a.m.The Carton Show — FS1, 9:30 a.m.Up & Adams — FanDuel TV, 11 a.m.NewsWire — SportsGrid, 11 a.m.The Jim Rome Show — CBS Sports Network, noonSportsCenter — ESPN, noonLive on the Line — Stadium, noonThe Rich Eisen Show — The Roku Channel, noonThe Pat McAfee Show — YouTube, noonThe Short List — NLSE, 1 p.m.SportsCenter — ESPN, 1 p.m.Contacto deportivo — TUDN, 1 p.m.The Short List — NLSE, 1 p.m.SportsCenter — ESPN, 2 p.m.Sports Unlimited — NLSE, 2 p.m.NewsWire — SportsGrid, 2 p.m.Brother From Another — Peacock, 3 p.m.The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.Ferrall Coast to Coast — SportsGrid, 3 p.m.Maggie and Perloff — YouTube, 3 p.m.ACC PM — ACC Network, 4 p.m.Contacto deportivo — TUDN, 4 p.m.SEC Storied: Thunder and Lightning — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.Around the Horn — ESPN2, 5 p.m.Pardon the Interruption — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.SportsCenter — ESPN, 6 p.m.Game Time Decisions — SportsGrid, 6 p.m.Game ON — Womens Sports Network, 7 p.m.In-Game LIVE All Access — SportsGrid, 7 p.m.Stadium Clubhouse — Stadium, 7:30 p.m.In-Game LIVE Prime Time — SportsGrid, 9 p.m.In-Game LIVE Overtime — SportsGrid, 11 p.m.SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11:30 p.m.TYM Zona mixta — Telemundo, midnightContacto deportivo — Univision, midnightSportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 1 a.m. (Saturday)The Bostonian vs. The Book — SportsGrid, 1 a.m. (Saturday)The Bostonian vs. The Book — SportsGrid, 2 a.m. (Saturday)TMZ Sports — FS2, 3 a.m. (Saturday)TMZ Sports Weekend — FS2, 3:30 a.m. (Saturday)

TennisU.S. Open SeriesATP Tour/WTA TourDC Open, Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, Washington, D.C.Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, noonMen’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

ATP TourLos Cabos Open, Cabo Sports Complex, Los Cabos, MexicoSemifinals — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

WNBAConnecticut Sun at Indiana Fever — Ion, 7 p.m.Los Angeles Sparks at Washington Mystics — Ion, 7 p.m.Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings — Ion, 8 p.m.New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx — Ion, 8 p.m.

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.

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Fang celebrates the four Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

"I don't usually like talking about the umpires, but Ángel flat-out missed that."

"Money for NBA teams, the Orlando Magic's money that they donated to Ron DeSantis, doesn't come from a magic tree elf. It comes from the work of players on the court."

"This team came to be defined by arrogant celebrity activists who went out of their way to exhibit shame in the US, begin the process of destroying their own sport (advocating for men to play women’s sports) and curry victimization with false narratives about equal pay."

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"I don't usually like talking about the umpires, but Ángel flat-out missed that."

"Money for NBA teams, the Orlando Magic's money that they donated to Ron DeSantis, doesn't come from a magic tree elf. It comes from the work of players on the court."

"This team came to be defined by arrogant celebrity activists who went out of their way to exhibit shame in the US, begin the process of destroying their own sport (advocating for men to play women’s sports) and curry victimization with false narratives about equal pay."

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