On the air for August 8
Plus the men’s team final in gymnastics.
MLB – Indians at Yankees, 10 a.m., MLB; Red Sox at Dodgers, 1 p.m., FS1; Regional coverage, teams TBA, 4 p.m., MLB, 7 p.m., MLB.
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Brazil vs. Argentina; Boxing; Basketball; Boxing, Telemundo, 9:30 a.m. Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Qualifying (LIVE).
Women’s Soccer – USA vs. France (LIVE), Basketball, Boxing – Elimination Matches.
NBC, 7 p.m.: Men’s Diving; Men’s Gymnastics Team Gold Medal Finals; Swimming; Women’s Beach Volleyball.
The US came out of the gates roaring in the first full day of Rio’s games, with shooter Ginny Thrasher bringing home the first gold medal for Team USA. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Walsh Jennings/Ross (U.S.) vs. Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia) (LIVE).
Baseball: Cincinnati at St. Louis, WMC-AM 790, 6:20 p.m. 9-11 a.m.: Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Australia (LIVE).
Then there’s a chance to enjoy the preliminary round of the Women’s Table Tennis Singles, an event set to be dominated by Chinese trio Ning Ding, Shiwen Liu and Xiaoxia Li, along with the Women’s Fencing Individual Epee. 11 a.m. -1 p.m.: Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Senegal (LIVE). 1-3 p.m.: Women’s Fencing – Individual Sabre Quarterfinals. In the second game of Women’s Rugby between Australia and Columbia ended up being a rout with Australia winning 53-0, showing why they are number 1. Table Tennis – Singles Second and Third Rounds. 6-8 p.m.: Women’s – Russian Federation vs.
10 a.m. -noon: Women’s Beach Volleyball – Fendrick/Sweat (U.S.) vs. Kolosinska/Brzostek (Poland) (LIVE).
The men in question are Paddy Barnes, who is the bookies’ favourite to claim gold in the 49kg category, Mullingar’s David Oliver Joyce who is more of a dark horse for a 60kg medal and Joe Ward who will have to battle his way past highly-rated Cuban Julio Cesar la Cruz in order to secure 81kg glory.
9 a.m. -noon: Equestrian – Eventing, Cross Country (LIVE).
Noon-2:30 p.m.: Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE). Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Brazil. Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE). Women’s Volleyball – China vs. Italy. China (LIVE). 8-9 p.m.: Judo – Gold Medal Finals. 5-8 p.m.: Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Algeria (LIVE). 10-11:30 a.m.: Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round. Table Tennis – Singles Fourth Round.
NBC: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. – midnight. South Korea (LIVE). 5-7 p.m.: Men’s – Argentina vs. Algeria (LIVE).
NBC SOCCER CHANNEL – Men’s Soccer – Fiji vs. Mexico (LIVE), Fiji vs. Mexico Encore, Germany vs.
American Katie Ledecky swims in semifinals in the women’s 400 meter freestyle at 2:51 p.m. Look for the world record holder to be a lock for the final at 11:01 p.m.
CNBC – Women’s Water Polo – Quarterfinals (LIVE), 4-7 p.m.
3-5 a.m.: Late Night Encore. 1-3 p.m.: Basketball. Boxing – Elimination Matches.