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The top sports events to watch on TV during the coming week
U.S. OPEN GOLF 1 When: Friday-Sunday
TV: FSI (Friday), Fox (Saturday-Sunday) Dustin Johnson, ranked No. 1 in the world, will attempt to defend his national championship at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. Johnson also has a tie for second in the U.S. Open among his accomplishments. Red Sox at Astros When: 7 p.m. Sunday TV: ESPN This will be the second of two nationally-televised games for the Astros and Red Sox this weekend. They also meet on Fox on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. Boston is trying to keep up with the Yankees in the AL East. College World Series When: 2/7 p.m. Saturday TV: ESPN It’s opening day for the final stage of the college baseball championship, the eight-team, double-elimination tournament from Omaha. Texas A&M and TCU are representing the Lone Star State and play their first games Sunday. FireKeepers Casino 400 When: 2 p.m. Sunday TV: FS1 NASCAR drivers in the Monster Energy Cup Series return to Michigan International Speedway hoping for changes that will make the track more aerodynamically consistent than last year, when Joey Logano won. Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev When: 8 p.m. Saturday TV: HBO pay-per-view The much-anticipated rematch for the unified light heavyweight boxing title takes place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Ward won a 12-round decision in the first meeting between two of the sport’s best pound-for-pound fighters. Dynamo at Galaxy When: 9:30 p.m. Saturday TV: KFTH After the MLS took a week off while national teams played World Cup qualifiers, the Dynamo’s young prospects won on Wednesday night in the U.S. Open Cup in North Carolina. Now the real squad resumes attempting to notch its first road win. Confederations Cup When: 10 a.m. Sunday TV: FS1 Eight teams were invited to participate in a tournament in Russia as a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup there. Mexico plays in the second game of the opening day against Portugal.
Nationals at Mets When: 6:10 p.m. Friday TV: ESPN If New York is going to make up ground in the NL East, this series against Washington would be a good place to start. Dusty Baker’s Nationals are running away with the division. ATP Stuttgart
When: 5 a.m. Sunday TV: Tennis Channel Done with clay for a while, men’s players will be wrapping up the first of six grass-court tournaments leading to Wimbledon with the final in Germany. Roger Federer returned for his first tournament since he won in Miami on April 2 but lost his first match to Tommy Haas. NFL Top 100 countdown 10 When: 10 a.m. Saturday TV: NFL Network Last week’s announcement of players 31-40 created controversy when J.J. Watt said he didn’t deserve to be ranked No. 35 because of his limited play last season. Let’s see who complains this week about being ranked 21-30.