Catch up on your EPL previews now. Check out the whole team-by-team series at The Guardian.
MLS, meanwhile, has Donovan vs. Henry. Sign up to do player ratings.
We also have an interesting grab bag of events from a pretty big gymnastics competition to a USA Basketball friendly.
FRIDAY
2 p.m.: Track and field, Diamond League, London Grand Prix. Check the preview and hope the stream works. Universal Sports online
3 p.m.: Soccer, Bayern Munich-Real Madrid. Interesting friendly. ESPN / ESPN Deportes / ESPN3
11 p.m.: MMA, Strikeforce Challengers. The main event is veteran Joe Riggs vs. Louis Taylor, and Randy Couture’s son, Ryan, makes his debut. But most eyes are on the women’s tournament, featuring Miesha Tate and Carina Damm. Showtime (delayed to 11 p.m. PT on West Coast)
SATURDAY
7:30 a.m.: Soccer, Tottenham-Manchester City. Online only? ESPN3
9:30 a.m.: Track and field, Diamond League, London Grand Prix, Day 2. Universal Sports online
10 a.m.: Soccer, Aston Villa-West Ham. Your first EPL game of the year on FSC should feature at least one American (Brad Friedel) and a lot of chatter about a possible American coach (Bob Bradley). FSC
12:30 p.m.: Soccer, Chelsea-West Brom. Your first Big Four game of the year on U.S. TV. FSC
3 p.m.: Tennis, ATP Rogers Cup (Montreal) semifinals. ESPN2
4 p.m.: Action Sports, Dew Tour. NBC
4 p.m.: Soccer, Philadelphia-Colorado. TeleFutura
5:30 p.m.: Soccer, New York-Los Angeles, including a 30-minute pregame to hype all the Designated Players. FSC
7 p.m.: Tennis, ATP Rogers Cup (Montreal) semifinals. ESPN2
8 p.m.: Gymnastics, Visa Championships. NBC
SUNDAY
11 a.m.: Soccer, Liverpool-Arsenal. Your first really, really big game of the EPL season. FSC
1 p.m.: Basketball, USA-France. ESPN2
3 p.m.: Tennis, ATP Rogers Cup (Montreal) final. ESPN2
4 p.m.: Action Sports, Dew Tour. NBC
6 p.m.: Soccer, WPS, Boston-Sky Blue. FSC
MORE MYRIAD
- Full soccer listings at Soccer America: MLS, EPL, Mexico, elsewhere in Europe and Latin America.
- Selected weekend listings at USA TODAY
- ESPN3: Soccer, tennis, Aussie rules and a bunch of different forms of baseball, from Little to Mexican.
- Tennis Channel: WTA Cincinnati.
- Universal Sports: More gymnastics, track and field, triathlon, FIVB beach volleyball.
- More Olympic sports: The Youth Olympic Games open for the first time Saturday in Singapore. Women’s volleyball has World Grand Prix action with occasional streaming.
Duresport.com 
First Villa game of the season and I have not been this uncertain about my team since John Gregory was in charge.
By the way… “at least one American”, eh? Well, Spector could definitely feature… are we hoping for an Eric Lichaj sighting?
They haven’t sold Friedel yet, have they? Even if they had, wouldn’t Guzan be in goal?
And maybe a certain U.S. national team coach will be in attendance.
Oh, no, Friedel will be there — I was talking more about “AT LEAST one”.
Bob Bradley… Villa manager… Bob Bradley… Villa manager… give me a weekend to wrap the brain around it.
FYI, The Big Lead is calling it: Bradley out as US coach, will take over at Villa, possibly bringing Donovan with him.
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2010/08/13/bob-bradley-resigns-as-u-s-head-coach-heading-to-aston-villa-landon-donovan-going-with-him/
Bring your kid too, Bob. Mike’s a pretty solid holding midfielder. Certainly a sight better than Gavin McCann was.