TV Schedule, Sunday, September 8

Bull Riding:  Oakland Invitational 7pm on CBS Sports Network

College Volleyball:  Illinois @ Iowa St. 1:30pm on Cyclones.tv (Mediacom)

Golf:

European PGA Tour:  European Masters, final round 8am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
Web.com Tour:  Chiquita Classic, final round 12:30pm on Golf Channel
Walker Cup:  Final Round 3pm on Golf Channel
Champions Tour:  Montreal Championship, final round 5:30pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

MLB Baseball:

Boston @ New  York Yankees 12pm on TBS
Chicago White Sox @ Baltimore 12pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Milwaukee @ Chicago Cubs 1pm on FS Wisconsin & WGN America
Pittsburgh @ St. Louis 1pm on FS Midwest
Toronto @ Minnesota 1pm on FS North
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Cincinnati 7pm on ESPN

Motor Sports:

Formula One:  Italian Gran Prix 7am on NBCSN
 Camping World Series:  Iowa 250 Qualifying 11:30am on Fox Sports 1 (same day tape)
NHRA:  Lucas Oil Series 4:30pm on ESPN2 (same day tape)
Camping World Series:  Iowa 250 1pm on Fox Sports 1
Rolex Series:  Laguna Seca 4pm on Fox Sports 1

NFL Football:

Chicago @ Cincinnati 12pm on KCCI
Minnesota @ Detroit 12pm on KDSM
Green Bay @ San Francisco 3:25pm on KDSM
New York Giants @ Dallas 7:20pm on WHO

Sailing:  America's Cup 3pm on WHO

Soccer:

College:  North Carolina @ Notre Dame 11am on ESPNU
College:  North Texas @ TCU (women's) 12pm on Fox College Sports Central
College:  Oklahoma St. @ Florida (women's) 12pm on Fox College Sports Pacific

U.S. Open Tennis:  11:30 on ESPN2 &  3:30pm on KCCI

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

TV Schedule, Saturday, September 7

AFL Premiership Football:  Collingwood vs Port Adelade 4:30am on Fox Sports 2

College Football:

Big 12:

Oklahoma St. @ Texas San Antonio 11am on Fox Sports 1

SE Louisiana @ TCU 11am on FS Midwest, FS North, & FS Wisconsin

Buffalo @ Baylor 2:30pm on FS Midwest+ (Mediacom) & FS North

Louisana-Lafayette @ Kansas St. 5:30pm on Fox Sports 1
Stephen F Austin @ Texas Tech 6pm on FS Wisconsin

West Virginia @ Oklahoma 6pm on KDSM

Texas @ BYU 6pm on ESPN2

Stephen F. Austin @ Texas Tech 6pm on FS Midwest & FS North+

Big 10:

Cincinnati @ Illinois 11am on ESPN2

Eastern Michigan @ Penn St. 11am on BTN (Check local listings for channel number on satellite)

Indiana St. @ Purdue 11am on BTN (Check local listings for channel number on satellite)

Missouri St. @ Iowa 11am on BTN (Check local listings for channel number on satellite)

South Florida @ Michigan St. 11am on ESPNU

Tennessee Tech @ Wisconsin 11am on BTN (Check local listings for channel number on satellite)

San Diego St. @ Ohio St. 2:30pm on WOI

Navy @ Indiana 5pm on BTN (Check local listings for channel number on satellite)

Southern Miss @ Nebraska 5pm on BTN (Check local listings for channel number on satellite)

Syracuse @ Northwestern 5pm on BTN (Check local listings for channel number on satellite)

Minnesota @ New Mexico St. 7pm on Fox College Sports Pacific

Notre Dame @ Michigan 7pm on ESPN

Missouri Valley:  Drake @ Northern Iowa 4pm on WOI-DT (5.2)

National Games:

Florida @ Miami (FL) 11am on ESPN

Miami (OH) @ Kentucky 11am on FS Midwest+ (Mediacom)

Norfolk St. @ Rutgers 11am on CBS Sports Network

Western Kentucky @ Tennessee 11am on WOI-DT (5.2)

Middle Tennessee @ North Carolina 11:30am on WHO-DT (13.3)

Delaware St. @ Delaware 2:30pm on NBCSN

Oregon @ Virginia 2:30pm on ESPN2

Utah St. @ Air Force 2:30pm on CBS Sports Network
Toledo @ Missouri 2:30pm on ESPNU 

Old Dominion @ Maryland 3pm on ESPNews

South Carolina @ Georgia 3:30pm on ESPN

Austin Peay @ Vanderbilt 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago

Colorado St. @ Tulsa 6pm on CBS Sports Network

UAB @ LSU 6pm on ESPNU

Arkansas St. @ Auburn 6:30pm on FS Midwest+ (Mediacom)

New Mexico @ UTEP 7pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic

Washington St. @ USC 9:30pm on Fox Sports 1

Arizona @ UNLV 9:30pm on CBS College Sports Network

Golf:

European PGa tour:  European Masters, third round 8am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
Web.com Tour:  Chiquita Classic, third round 1pm on Golf Channel
USGA:  Walker Cup, first round 3pm on Golf Channel
Champions Tour:  Montreal Championship, second round 5:30pm on Golf Channel

MLB Baseball:

Boston @ New York Yankees 12pm on KDSM
Milwaukee @ Chicago Cubs 3pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Pittsburgh @ St. Louis 6pm on FS Midwest
Toronto @ Minnesota 6pm on FS North 

MLS Soccer:  Chicago @ Seattle 9pm on NBCSN

Motor Sports:

Formula One:  Grand Prix of Italy practice 5:30 am on NBCSN (same day tape)
Formula One:  Grand Prix of Italy qualifying 7am on NBCSN
Camping World Series:  Iowa 200 practice 11am on Fox Sports 2
Sprint Cup:  Federated Auto Parts 400 6:30pm on WOI

Rugby: 

Dragons vs Warriors 12am on Fox Sports 2
Storm vs Titans 2:30am on Fox Sports 2
London Irish vs Saracena 7:55am on Fox Sports 2
London Wasps vs Harlequins 10:25am on Fox Sports 2
Pro 12 Munster vs Edinburgh 1:10pm on Fox Sports 2

Sailing:  America's Cup 3pm on WHO



U.S. Open Tennis:  11am on KCCI & 5pm on Tennis Channel

WNBA:  Connecticut @ Indiana 6pm on NBATV

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

TV Schedule, Friday, September 6

AFL Premiership Football:  Geelong vs Fremantle 11pm on Fox Sports 2

CFL:  Calgary @ Edmonton 8pm on NBCSN

College Football:

Wake Forest @ Boston College 7pm on ESPN2
Central Florida @ Florida International 7pm on CBS Sports Network

College Volleyball:  San Diego @ Iowa St. 6pm on Cyclones.tv (Mediacom)

Golf:

European PGA Tour:  European Masters, second round 8am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
Web.com Tour:  Chiquita Classic, second round 3pm on Golf Channel
Champions Tour:  Montreal Championship, first round 5:30pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

High School Football:

Bergen Catholic (NJ) at John Curtis Christian (LA) 6pm on Fox Sports 1
Oscar  Smith (VA) vs Lake Taylor (VA) 7pm on ESPNU

MLB Baseball:

Milwaukee @ Chicago Cubs 1pm on WGN America
Boston @ New York Yankees 6pm on MLB Network
Chicago White Sox @ Baltimore 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Detroit @ Kansas City 7pm on FS Kansas City & FS Midwest+ (Mediacom)
Pittsburgh @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest
Toronto @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North

Motor Sports:

Formula One:  Grand Prix of Italy Practice 7am on NBCSN
Nationwide Series:  Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Practice 8am on Fox Sports 1
Sprint Cup:  Federated Auto Parts 400 Practice 11am on ESPN2
Sprint Cup:  Federated Auto Parts 400 Happy Hour 1:30pm on ESPN2
Nationwide Series:  Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Qualifying 3pm on ESPN2
Sprint Cup:  Federated Auto Parts 400 Qualifying 4:30pm on ESPN2
Nationwide Series:  Virginia 529 College Savings 250 6:30pm on ESPN

Soccer:

World Cup Qualifier:  Moldova @ England 2pm on Fox Sports 1
World Cup Qualifier:  Honduras @ Mexico 8:15pm on ESPNews

Sports Radio On TV:

Mike & Mike 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick 8am on NBCSN
Tim Brando 8am on CBS Sports Network
The Herd 9am on ESPNU
#BTN Live 5pm on BTN
Friday Night Live 6pm on WHO-DT 13.2 

U.S. Open Tennis:  11:30am on KCCI

WNBA:  Los Angeles @ Tulsa 7pm on NBATV

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

NBATV To Televise Multipe Preseason NBA Games From Around The Globe

As part of the NBA's  Global Games of 2013, NBATV will televise 8 preseason games from around the Globe.

Coverage beings on Saturday, October 5 as the Oklahoma City visit a team in Turkey.  In addition to Turkey, games will be played in Spain, China, the United Kingdom and other countries.

For a complete schedule, visit the Web Site linked above.

CBS Acquires A Few Big East Basketball Telecasts

Fox Sports today has announced that an agreement has been reached with CBS Sports to sublicense up to 30 Big East Men's basketball games to CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network.

The Agreement begins with the 2013-14 basketball season and includes two telecasts on CBS and 18 telecasts on CBS Sports Network.

The Big East is what Fox Sports 1 is going to hang their hat on this winter, so this is a surprising move.  Fox Sports must be confident enough in their inventory of live sporting events to sublicense game telecasts to not effect their existing inventory.  Not to mention, in gives a boost in programming for CBS Sports Network.

You can get a complete list of Big East games to be televised on CBS or CBS Sports Network at the link above.

Free Preview Of NFL Sunday Ticket This Weekend

For those with DirecTV, there will be a free preview of NFL Sunday Ticket this weekend.  Tune into channels 701-718 for all the action.

BTN's Forever B1G Debuts Friday Night

As part of the BTN's fall programming schedule, a new series called Forever B1G debuts Friday Night at 6:30pm (CT).

Forever B1G is a "where are they now" show catching up with former athletes from around the Big 10.  The 8 episode series will showcase 16 former athletes.  Former Michigan St. lineman, Tony Mandarich, will be featured in the first episode.

For more information about the show, visit the Web Site linked above.

Is CSN Chicago about to become NBCSN Chicago?

I keep noticing in press releases from NBC Sports that the Comcast regional sports networks ("RSN's), including Comcast SportsNet Chicago, being refereed to as the NBC RSN's.

NBC owns several RSN's from coast to coast, all in top 10 media markets.  A rebrand to NBCSN Chicago, New England, etc. would make perfect sense.  In addition, with all of the resources of these RSN's, I have always thought it would logical for NBC to pool its resources from NBC Sports & the RSN's together and launch a nightly highlight show on NBCSN. 

Rebranding the RSN's to NBCSN fill in the blank market would add instant credibility to NBCSN and provide an alternative to Fox Sports 1's Fox Sports Live as a competitor to SportsCenter.

NFL Week 1 Viewing Guide

Here's a listing of the weekend NFL Games on TV in Central Iowa, all times are Central.

Thursday:  Baltimore @ Denver 7:30pm on WHO

Sunday:

Chicago @ Cincinnati 12pm on KCCI
Minnesota @ Detroit 12pm on KDSM
Green Bay @ San Francisco 3:25pm on KDSM
New York Giants @ Dallas 7:20pm on WHO

Monday:

Philadelphia @ Washington 5:55pm on ESPN
Houston @ San Diego 9:15pm on ESPN

TV Schedule, Thursday, September 5

College Football:

Florida Atlantic @ East Carolina 6:30pm on Fox Sports 1
Winston-Salem St. @ North Carolina (Pembroke) 7pm on CBS Sports Network

Golf:

European PGA Tour:  European Masters, First Round 8am on Golf Channel (same day tape)
Web.com Tour:  Chiquita Classic, First Round 3pm on Golf Channel

High School Football:  Katy (TX) vs Taylor (TX) 7pm on ESPNU

MLB Baseball:

Boston @ New York Yankees 6pm on MLB Network
Chicago White Sox @ Baltimore 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
St. Louis @ Cincinnati 6pm on FS Midwest

NFL Football:  Baltimore @ Denver 7:30pm on WHO

U.S. Open Tennis:  10am on Tennis Channel; 11am on ESPN2; and 7pm on ESPN

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