TV Schedule, Sunday July 17

Auto Racing:

MotoGP: German Grand Prix 7am on Speed Channel
Sprint Cup Series: Lenox Industrial Tools 301 12pm on TNT
NHRA: Lucas Oil Series 3pm on ESPN2 (same day tape)
AMA Pro Racing: 5pm on Speed Channel (same day tape)

Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 15 7am on VERSUS

Extreme Sports: Street League Skateboarding 4pm on ESPN2

Golf:

British Open, Final Round: 5am on ESPN & 2pm on ABC (same day tape)
Nationwide Tour, Final Round: 1pm on Golf Channel
American Century Championship (Final Round) 2pm on NBC
PGA Tour: Viking Classic (Final Round) 3pm on Golf Channel

MLB Baseball:

Chicago White Sox @ Detroit 12pm on WGN
Philadelphia @ NY Mets 12pm on TBS
St. Louis @ Cincinnati 12pm on FS Midwest
Kansas City @ Minnesota 1pm on FS Kansas City & FS North
Florida @ Chicago Cubs 1pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Milwaukee @ Colorado 2pm on FS Wisconsin
Boston @ Tampa Bay 7pm on ESPN

Soccer:

Women's World Cup Championship: United States vs Japan 1pm on ESPN
Brazilian Soccer: Internacional vs Sao Paulo 4:30pm on GOL
WPS: Western New York @ Sky Blue FC 5pm on FOX Soccer

WNBA Basketball:

Tulsa @ New York 3pm on NBATV
Washington @ Los Angeles 7:30pm on NBATV

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

Live action on Tennis Channel returns next week

The North American Hard Court series, leading up to the U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam event of the tennis season, gets started next week and the Tennis Channel will provide nearly 100 hours worth of coverage.

According to a Press Release, coverage begins next Friday with the ATP Atlanta Tennis Championships beginning at 11am (CT). The North American Hard Court Series wraps up August 25 with the Winston-Salem Open.

For a complete schedule, including play-by-play talent, please visit the Web Site linked above.

Multiple ESPN platforms to provide coverage of the FIFA Women's World Cup Championship

ESPN Radio announced yesterday that the FIFA Women's World Cup Championship match pitting the United States against Japan will be aired live nationwide on ESPN Radio.

According to a Press Release from ESPN, tomorrow's championship match will be the first time that ESPN Radio has covered a match at the FIFA Women's World Cup, compare that to all matches from last year's Men's World Cup was carried on ESPN Radio.  For more information, including ESPN Radio's broadcast team, please visit the Web Site linked above.

In addition, numerous ESPN Digital platforms including ESPN3.com, ESPN Mobile TV, and the WatchESPN App will provide ESPN's TV coverage.

Dish Network adds Speed2

Dish Network recently announced that their subscribers who have Speed Channel now have access to Speed2. According to a Press Release from Dish Network, Speed2 is only available online similar to ESPN3.com and all Dish Network subscribers need to do to watch programming on Speed2 is visit the Speed2 web site, enter your Dish Network account number and you're in.


Here is a list of some of the racing series that is carried on Speed2:


AMA Supersport
ANDRA
Australian V8 UTE's
Auto GP
Bike Road Racing Series
Blancpain Endurance Series
British Motocross Championship
British Rally Championship
British Touring Car Championship
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
DTM
European Touring Car Championship
European Truck Racing Championship
Ferrari Challenge
FIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA GT1 World Championship
FIA GT3 European Championship
FIA World Touring Car Championship
Formula 3 Euroseries
GP2 Series
GP3 Series
Intercontinental Rally Championship
Superstars Series
Superstars GT Sprint Series
Maserati Trofeo
Mini Challenge
Monster Energy Supercross Lites
Monster Energy Supercross Special
Nissan GT Academy

TV Schedule, Saturday July 16

Auto Racing:

Sprint Cup Series: Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Practice 8:30am on Speed Channel
Nationwide Series: New England 200 Qualifying 9:30am on Speed Channel
Sprint Cup Series: Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Final Practice 10:30am on Speed Channel
Nationwide Series: New England 200 2:30pm on ESPN
ARCA Re/Max Series: Prairie Meadows 200 4pm on Speed Channel
Camping World Series: Coca-Cola 200 presented by Hy-Vee 7pm on Speed Channel
AMA Pro Racing: 10pm on Speed Channel (same day tape)

CFL Football:

Saskatchewan @ Hamilton 3pm on NFL Network
BC @ Edmonton 6pm on NFL Network

Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 14 5:30am on VERSUS

Golf:

British Open, Third Round 6am on ESPN & 2pm on ABC (same day tape)
Nationwide Tour: Third Round 1pm on Golf Channel
American Century Championship (First Round) 2pm on NBC
PGA Tour: Viking Classic (Third Round) 3pm on Golf Channel

MLB Baseball:

Florida @ Chicago Cubs 12pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Chicago White Sox @ Detroit 3pm on Fox (KPTM in Omaha/Council Bluffs will have Boston @ Tampa Bay)
Kansas City @ Minnesota 6:30pm on FS Kansas City & FS North
St. Louis @ Cincinnati 6pm on FS Midwest
Washington @ Atlanta 6pm on MLB Network (DirecTV channel 214)
Milwaukee @ Colorado 7pm on FS Wisconsin

Soccer:

ECNL National Championship: Teams TBA 1pm on ESPNU
MLS: Colorado @ Seattle 3pm on FOX Soccer
USL: Rochester @ Orlando City 5:30pm on FOX Soccer
MLS: Portland @ Chicago 7:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
MLS: Los Angeles vs Real Madrid 9pm on ESPN2

WNBA Basketball: Chicago @ Atlanta 6:30pm on NBATV

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB & MLS telecasts outside of Iowa.

ESPN issues a statement regarding Bruce Feldman

When news broke last night of the Bruce Feldman suspension from ESPN, a fury was created on Twitter not only from sports fans who enjoy Feldman's work, but from fellow sports writers as well. The firestorm regarding the suspension has forced ESPN to issue a statement of denial regarding the suspension.

USA Today is reporting that ESPN has denied that Feldman has been suspended and has "resumed his duties" with ESPN.  What does "resumed his duties mean"?  Does it mean he was actually suspended?  So this just raises more questions, was the original report by Sports by Brooks false?  Or was the report true and the firestorm that resulted made ESPN backtrack and issue a statement?

ESPN Radio's Don't Ever Give Up Auction raises over $800,000

ESPN Radio's annual "Don't Ever Give Up" auction raised over $810,000 for cancer research. According to a Press Release from ESPN, the money raised in this year's auction was up a mind blowing 61% from last year's $504,000.

In seven years of doing the auction, ESPN Radio's auction has raised over $4.9 million for the V Foundation's effort to find a cure cancer. 

For more information, please visit the Web Site linked above.

ESPN suspends Bruce Feldman

ESPN's suspension of Bruce Feldman has really taken off on Twitter over night and in the sports world.  It all started last night when reports began to surface that Feldman was suspended indefinitely from ESPN for his work with the recently released book by former Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach in which Leach was critical of ESPN and Craig James over the alleged treatment of James' son..

There has to be more to the story because Feldman had received prior approval from his bosses at ESPN to work on the Leach project.  So even after Leach files a lawsuit against ESPN and their analyst Craig James for libel and slander, they suspend a great college football writer for his work on a book project after he received permission to do so.

Just another reason to not have anything to do with ESPN.  This morning's Dan Patrick show should be interesting to listen to.

TV Schedule, Friday July 15

Arena League Football: Pittsburgh @ Cleveland 7pm on NFL Network

Boxing: Friday Night Fights 8pm on ESPN2

Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 13 7am on VERSUS

Golf:

British Open, Second Round: 3am on ESPN
Nationwide Tour: Second Round 1pm on Golf Channel
American Century Championship (First Round) 3pm on VERSUS
PGA Tour: Viking Classic (Second Round) 3pm on Golf Channel

MLB Baseball:

Florida @ Chicago Cubs 1pm on WGN
Boston @ Tampa Bay 6pm on MLB Network
Chicago White Sox @ Detroit 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
St. Louis @ Cincinnati 6pm on FS Midwest
Kansas City @ Minnesota 7pm on FS Kansas City & FS North

NASCAR:

Sprint Cup Series: Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Practice 10:30am on Speed Channel
Nationwide Series: New England 200 Final Practice 12:30pm on Speed Channel
Sprint Cup Series: Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Qualifying 2pm on Speed Channel

USL Soccer: Dayton vs Los Angeles 10pm on FOX Soccer

WNBA Basketball: Connecticut @ New York 6pm on NBATV

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

USA's run to the Women's World Cup Championship is a ratings boom

Some impressive TV ratings are coming in for yesterday's United States FIFA Women's World Cup semi-final match.  According to a Press Release from ESPN, 3.35 million ESPN viewers tuned in for the match.  What's impressive is that the match started in the late morning hours in the Central Time Zone with over 450,000 watching on ESPN3.com.

Those ratings are damn impressive, meaning that people were taking an extended lunch break to watch a World Cup soccer match, but it has been proven that these United States runs on the global soccer stage does very little to boost the popularity of the world's most popular game in the United States.  If the FIFA Women's World Cup was staged in the Autumn months, no one in the United States would even notice.

ESPN is starting to assemble college football broadcast teams

It won't be long now until college football teams start the rigors of training camp and ESPN is starting to assemble broadcast teams for the 2011 season.

According to a report in The Oregonian, former Oregon football coach Mike Bellotti will team up with Beth Mowins to call the action for ESPN2's 11am (CT) telecasts.

I know alot of fans can't stand women doing play by play of men's sporting events, but really, i'm indifferent and could care less either way.  I don't watch sports for the play by play announcers or for scantly clad sideline reporters.

Turner Sports announces the addition of Shaquille O'Neal

Last weekend, I had made mention that there were reports that Shaquille O'Neal was going to join Turner Sports today, Turner Sports made it offical.

According to a Press Release, Turner Sports and O'Neal agreed to a multi-year contract to be an NBA analyst across multiple NBA platforms including Turner Sports, NBA.com, and NBATV.  O'Neal will appear on TNT's studio show joining Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith.

Sporting News Radio affiliates across Iowa

KFJB (1230) out of Marshalltown is the only radio station I could find that broadcasts Sporting News Radio, with programming aired in the evening and on the weekends.  However, you can listen to SNR talent like Tim Brando and Steve Czaban at www.sportingnewsradio.com, on smart phones via the TuneIn App, and starting later this summer, Tim Brando's show will be simulcasted on CBS Sports Network.

Back in the day when I was running all over Ankeny in the overnight hours with my paper route, WSCR (670 The Score) out of Chicago carried SNR's overnight programming, whether they still do or not, I have no idea.

TV Schedule, Thursday July 14

Cycling: Tour de France Stage 12 5:30am on VERSUS

Golf:

British Open: 1st Round 3am on ESPN
Nationwide Tour 1pm on Golf Channel
PGA Tour: Viking Classic (First Round) 3pm on Golf Channel

MLB Baseball:

NY Yankees @ Toronto 6pm on MLB Network
Kansas City @ Minnesota 7pm on FS Kansas City & FS North
Florida @ Chicago Cubs 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Milwaukee @ Colorado 7:30pm on FS Wisconsin

WNBA Basketball: Seattle @ San Antonio 8pm on ESPN2

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

Good news & bad news for Fox Sports coverage of the All-Star Game

It's a good news, bad news situation for Fox Sports and their presentation of the 2011 MLB All-Star Game.  Good news is that Fox easily won the night when it comes to network viewership, bad news is that total ratings for the MLB All-Star game were down when compared to last year.

According to a Press Release from Fox Sports, last night's All-Star game generated a rating of 6.9/12 with an average viewership of 11 million viewers, down 8%  from last year and down 9% in total viewership from last year's 12.1 million viewers.

For more information on the ratings for last night's All-Star game, please visit the Web Site linked above.

Amercan Century Championship is in the NBC spotlight this weekend

While the center of the golf universe is in England this week for The Open, eyes here in the states will be focused on Lake Tahoe this weekend and the American Century Championship, which is the games biggest celebrity golf tournament of the year.

According to a Press Release from NBC Sports, over 80 sports and Hollywood's biggest names will be competing and the NBC Sports Group is teaming up for nine hours of live coverage on NBC, VERSUS, and The Golf Channel with coverage beginning Friday afternoon at 3pm (CT) on VERSUS.

For more information, including a partial list of those taking part as well additional sports programming on NBC this weekend, please visit the Web Site linked above.

Monday's Home Run Derby puts up big TV numbers

Chris Berman's call of Monday night's Home Run Derby was the butt of Twitter jokes, but that meant fans were watching and the ratings prove it.

According to a Press Release from ESPN, over 6.86 million fans tuned in for the home run exhibition Monday night, that's an increase of 4% from last year.  In addition, digital viewership was up was up 15% from last year and up 21% on ESPN3.com.

ESPN is growing the audience for the FIFA Women's World Cup

Sunday's US Women's FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinal match put up big viewership numbers.

According to a Press Release from ESPN, 3.89 million people watched Sunday's thrilling match making it the largest audience for a FIFA Women's World Cup match since 1999 final, which of course was won by the United States.  Television ratings for The 2011 Women's World Cup is up 150% from the 2007 World Cup.

For more information, as well as the top 5 listing of the most watched FIFA Women's World Cup matches, please visit the Web Site linked above.

Sports Byline radio affiliates across Iowa

With the slowest sports week of the year upon us, let's take alook at those radio stations across Iowa as well as out-of-state stations with signals that reach into Iowa who carry all or a portion of Sports Byline Radio. This listing is as of July, 2011 and was taken from Sports Byline website:

KAUS (1480) Austin, MN
KCNZ (1650) Cedar Falls
KBGG (1700) Des Moines
KKDB (105.3) Chariton
KIRX (1450) Kirksville, MO
KMGO (98.7) Centerville
KOLM (1520) Rochester, MN
WHB (810) Kansas City

TV Schedule, Wednesday July 13

Doing this from my phone:

2011 ESPYS: 8pm on ESPN

Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 11 7am on VERSUS

Minor League Baseball: Triple A All-Star Game 8pm on MLB Network

Soccer:

Guandong vs Liverpool 7am om FOX Soccer
Women's World Cup: France vs United States 10:30am on ESPN
Women's World Cup: Japan vs Sweden 1:15pm on ESPN

WNBA Basketball: Phoenix @ Minnesota 12pm on NBATV & FS North (subject to blackout across Iowa on NBATV)

WTA Tennis:

New York @ Philadelphia 6pm on Tennis Channel
Boston vs Philadelphia 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

Down for the count

My ISP has been down since I got home from work late this afternoon.  Writing this from my phone, what a pain.  Hope to be back online soon.

Fox Sports Radio affiliates across Iowa

With the slowest sports week of the year upon us, let's take alook at those radio stations across Iowa as well as out-of-state stations with signals that reach into Iowa who carry all or a part Fox Sports Radio lineup (including Dan Patrick and Jim Rome). This listing is as of July, 2011 and was taken from FSR's website:

KASI (1430) Ames
KWBG (1590) Boone
KCNZ (1650) Cedar Falls
KROS (1340) Clinton
KXNO (1460) Des Moines
KXIC (800) Iowa City
KGLO (1300) Mason City
KFAN (1130) Minneapolis, MN
WFXN (1230) Moline, IL
KOZN (1620) Omaha/Council Bluffs
WTAD (930) Quincy, IL
KWEB (1270) Rochester, MN
KMNS (620) Sioux City
KFEQ (680) St. Joesph, MO
KWOA (730) Worthington, MN

Note that some of the affiliate's above may only air FSR in the evening and weekend's and may not carry either Dan Patrick or Jim Rome.

Tim McCarver to call a record 20th MLB All-Star Game

A milestone will take place tonight at the MLB All-Star game as Tim McCarver will call his 20th "Midsummer Classic", the most by any sports broadcaster in history.

According to a Press Release from Fox Sports, McCarver will be joined in the booth by Joe Buck along with Chris Rose and former players Erik Karros and Mark Grace patrolling the dugouts as players and coaches will all be wearing microphones for in-game interviews.

In addition, 21 cameras and over 80 microphones will be positioned around Chase Field so viewers don't miss a thing.  For more information on the Fox Sports broadcast coverage of tonight's All-Star game, visit the Web Site linked above.

Seth Meyers returns to host the 2011 ESPY's

The 2011 ESPY's is tomorrow night at 8pm (CT) on ESPN and according to a Press Release, Seth Meyers from Saturday Night Live returns to host the show for a second straight year.

Hard to believe that this is the 19th year that ESPN has celebrated the best plays, games, and atheletes from the last 12 months in sports.  You can get a list of the athletes who will be in attendance as well as presenters at the link above.

Cable ONE in Sioux City adds the CBS Sports Network

CBS Sports Network recently announced the addition Cable ONE to it's family of cable & TV providers who offer the channel, Cable ONE is the primary cable TV provider in the Sioux City metro.  According to a press release, CBS Sports Network will launch in select Cable ONE markets August 1 and system wide at a later date.  Cable ONE will carry CBS Sports Network in it's Digital Value Pak.

ESPN Radio's V Foundation Auction is tomorrow

For those who don't know, tomorrow is ESPN Radio's V Foundation Auction for cancer research.  I think just heard Mike & Mike mention that tomorrow is the 7th annual auction.

The late Jim Valvano announced the creation of the V Foundation during his famous ESPY speech in the early 90's.  I'm sure that anyone who reads this has been personally effected by the dreaded disease and what ESPN is doing to help find a cure is a very good thing.

You can see Valvano's speech here.

ESPN Classic becomes the new cable home for Friday Night Lights

ESPN Classic just keeps on rolling along with little fan fare, but today, we have some news on ESPN Classic as it was announced today that ESPN Classic has become the new cable TV home for Friday Night Lights.

According to a Press Release from ESPN, Friday Night Lights will debut on ESPN Classic July 12 with a "crash course introduction" to the show with the first two seasons airing July 14 & 15.  Beginning Thursday, July 21, Friday Night Lights will settle into a Thursday night rotation with back to back eposides are at 8pm and 9pm, both times Central.

In addition, it was announced that The Longhorn Network will air Friday Night Lights as well.  For more information as well as quotes from ESPN executives on the addition of Friday, please visit the Web Site linked above.

TV Schedule, Tuesday July 12

College Football Media Day:  BYU 10am on BYUtv

Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 10 7am on VERSUS

MLB All-Star Game Festivities::

Red Carpet Show 3pm on MLB Network
All-Star Game 7pm on Fox

WNBA Basketball:

Washington @ Seattle 2pm on NBATV
Los Angeles @ San Antonio 7pm on NBATV

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

ESPN announces broadcast plans for the reminder of the FIFA Women's World Cup

The dramatic win by the United States women moving them into the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup has generated quite a buzz and ESPN will have live coverage of the semi-finals on Wednesday.

According to a Press Release from ESPN, coverage of the FIFA Women's World Cup gets underway Wednesday morning at 10:30am (CT) when the United States faces France.

For a complete schedule of the semi's, third place, and championship matches, please visit the Web Site linked above.

A look at MLB ratings at the All-Star Break

With the Major League Baseball season is at the All-Star Break, The Sports Business Journal has a look at local MLB ratings for teams across the country.  A pair of National League Central teams lead the way with average ratings, St. Louis is average a rating of 9.7 for their televised games on FS Midwest and Milwaukee is averaging 6.9 for their games on FS Wisconsin, that's an increase of over 30% from last year.

In terms of viewership, the Yankees are the most watched team with over 300,000 per game and the Nationals are the least viewed team with just 28,000 watching per game.

You can get a complete ratings breakdown based on several categories including the 5 best and 5 worst in each category at the Web Site linked above.

ESPN Radio affiliates across Iowa

With the slowest sports week of the year upon us, let's take alook at those radio stations across Iowa as well as out-of-state stations with signals that reach into Iowa who carry all or a portion of ESPN Radio programming. This listing is as of July, 2011 and was taken from ESPN Radio's website:

KBGG (1700) Des Moines
KGYM (1600) Cedar Rapids
KKOJ (1190) Jackson, MN
KQMG (1220) Independence
KSTP (1500) St. Paul, MN (good night coverage across a good part of Iowa)
KVTK (1570) Vermilion, SD
KXSP (590) Omaha/Council Bluffs (good day & night coverage across a large part of Iowa)
WDBQ (1490) Dubuque
WGLR (1280) Lancaster, WI
WHB (810) Kansas City (good coverage across most of Iowa)
WMVP (1000) Chicago (good coverage across most of Eastern Iowa)
WPVL (1590) Platteville, WI
WFXN (1230) Davenport

I'll be posting the radio affiliates for Fox Sports Radio, Sports Byline USA, and Sporting News Radio throughout the week.

FCC says a judge should make Comcast offer Tennis Channel on basic cable packages

There is an interesting battle taking place between The Tennis Channel and Comcast over Comcast's placement of The Tennis Channel in digital sports packages rather than the more widely viewed basic cable packages.

You can read the entire article here, but Multichannel News is reporting that the FCC enforcement bureau has told an administrative judge that he should require Comcast to offer The Tennis Channel on a widely viewed programming package.

What it comes down to is that Comcast owns both VERSUS and The Golf Channel and Comcast makes both channels available in widely viewed programming packages while offering The Tennis Channel in digital ala-carte sports packages and the folks at The Tennis Channel feel they are being discriminated against.  FCC rules prohibit cable operators like Comcast from favoring their own channels over similar, non-owned & operated channels, which clearly is what Comcast is doing.

I would agree what Comcast doing is wrong.  However, if The Tennis Channel agreed to be placed in Comcast digital sports packages and that's what is in the contract, why is The Tennis Channel making such a big deal over it?  Next time the carriage agreement with Comcast is up for renewal, then demand to be placed in a widely viewed programming package.

MLB All-Stars to use social media during tonight's Home Run Derby

In what is another sign of just how big social media is becoming, participants in tonight's Home Run Derby in Phoenix will be interacting with fans via Twitter and their Facebook fan pages.

According to a Press Release, MLB is really going all out in promoting this so much so that for participants in the Home Run Derby who don't use social media, they will be able to interact with fans from social media tables set up on the field.

For more information, including the Twitter handles for numerous players taking part in the Home Run Derby, please visit the Web Site linked above.

TV Schedule, Monday July 11

Welcome to the slowest sports week of the calendar year! I do have a several blog posts created that lists those Iowa radio stations that are ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, and Sports Byline affiliates and I will post throughout the week. That said, here is Monday's TV schedule:

MLB All-Star Game Festivities:

Home-Run Derby: 7pm on ESPN
All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game: 9pm on ESPN

US Women's Open Golf:  9am on ESPN2

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

ESPN names Dari Nowkhah as new studio host on ESPNU

With the announcement last week that Lowel Galindo would be leaving his job as studio host on ESPNU and moving over to the Longhorn Network, ESPN wasted no time in naming a replacement.

According to a Press Release from ESPN, Dari Nowkhah is making the move from ESPN in Bristol and will be the new studio host for ESPNU in their Charlotte, NC studios.  Nowkhah describes himself as a "college sports nut" and will be the third studio host in the six year history of ESPNU.

For those who have never seen ESPNU's studio programming, even though it may have the name of "ESPN" attached to it, ESPNU is totally separate from ESPN and I personally find their studio & highlight shows to be a breath of fresh air from Lou Holtz.

Multiple sources are reporting that Shaquille O'Neal is joining TNT

There has been no formal announcement yet from Turner Sports, but whenever the NBA returns to action, multiple sources are citing a tweet from CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell that recently retired NBA star Shaquille O'Neal will be joining TNT.

TV Schedule, Sunday July 10

Auto Racing:

Formula One: British Grand Prix 11am on FOX (same day tape)
Firestone Indy Lights 11am on VERSUS
American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix 12pm on ESPN2
IRL: Honda Indy Toronto 1pm on VERSUS
NHRA Drag Racing: Route 66 Nationals 8pm on ESPN2 (same day tape)

Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 9 7am on VERSUS

Davis Cup Tennis: 2pm & 5pm on Tennis Channel

Golf:

European PGA Tour 7:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour: John Deere Classic (Final Round) 2pm on CBS
US Women's Open: 2pm on NBC
Champions Tour: Nature Valley First Tee Open (Final Round) 6pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

MLB Baseball:

Atlanta @ Philadelphia 12pm on TBS
Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh 12:30pm on WGN
Arizona @ St. Louis 1pm on FS Midwest
Cincinnati @ Milwaukee 1pm on FS Wisconsin
Detroit @ Kansas City 1pm on FS Kansas City
Minnesota @ Chicago White Sox 1pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS North
NY Mets @ San Francisco 7pm on ESPN

Minor League Baseball: All-Star Futures Game 5pm on ESPN2

Soccer:

Women's World Cup: Brazil vs United States 10am on ESPN
FIFA U-17 World Cup: Brazil vs Germany 2:45 on ESPNU
FIFA U-17 World Cup: Mexico vs Uruguay 5:30pm on ESPNUW
MLS: Seattle @ Portland 3pm on ESPN
WPS: Atlanta @ Boston 5pm on FOX Soccer

WNBA Basketball:

Chicago @ New York 3pm on NBATV
Tulsa @ Phoenix 5pm on NBATV

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.