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Desk Potato Sports: Live streams for Sept. 22-28

Weekly update: U.S. curling power rankings for men and women.

All times ET.

Friday, Sept. 23

Cricket: Middlesex vs. Yorkshire. Fourth and final day. Winner takes the County Championship. If they draw, Somerset wins. Check the BBC Day 3 report. ESPN3, 5:30 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24

Cyclocross: The World Cup circuit stops in Iowa. Yes, Iowa. NBC Sports Live Extra, 4:30 p.m.

WNBA playoffs: #8 Phoenix at #3 New York. Best-of-one series. ESPN3, 7 p.m.

NASL soccer: Indy Eleven vs. New York Cosmos. That’s fourth vs. first. ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 25

Running: Berlin Marathon. Hard-core viewers watching hard-core runners. Enjoy your recovery drinks and give me an update when I wake up to watch EPL soccer. NBC Sports Live Extra, 2:30 a.m. (yes, a.m. — I said hard-core)

Archery: World Cup Final. Americans Brady Ellison and Zach Garrett are in the quarterfinals starting at 5:02 a.m. Olympic Channel, 4 a.m.

Rugby: Clermont at Toulon. Clermont is unbeaten. ESPN3, 10:15 a.m.

Field hockey: #2 Duke at #5 North Carolina. Go Devils. Watch ESPN: ACC, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 27

Soccer: Tons of Champions League. Fox Soccer 2 Go and ESPN3, 2:30 p.m.

ONGOING

World Cup of Hockey: ESPN3 brings plenty of action from the sort-of national teams: USA, Russia, North America, Europe, Sweden …

And your sources for complete listings:

Desk Potato Sports: Live streams for Sept. 15-21

I can’t find any curling, though I’ve updated the U.S. power rankings for men and women.

It’s not biathlon season yet. I couldn’t find anything on the Beach Volleyball World Tour.

But we press forward. All times ET.

Thursday, Sept. 15

Europa League Soccer: Panathinaikos vs. Ajax, ESPN3. In case the options on FS1 and FS2 aren’t quite enough for you. 2:55 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 17

Cricket: Surrey vs. Warwickshire, ESPN3. This is the final of the Royal London One-Day Cup, which is not to be confused with Twenty20 (shorter) or the traditional county championship (longer). 5: 30 a.m.

Rugby: South Africa vs. New Zealand, ESPN3. The second half of the Rugby Championship double round-robin kicks off. New Zealand has a pretty wide lead in the standings. 3:35 a.m., followed by Argentina vs. Australia, ESPN3, 6:05 a.m.

Triathlon: Women’s World Triathlon Series Grand Final, Olympic Channel. The last race of the season-long world championship series, with dominant American Gwen Jorgensen actually trailing in the standings after skipping a couple of earlier races. 4:30 p.m.

NWSL Soccer: Boston vs. Western New York, YouTube. The visiting Flash just need a point to clinch a playoff spot. 7 p.m.

NASL Soccer: Indy Eleven vs. Miami FC, ESPN3. Two of the more ambitious clubs — one building a solid infrastructure, the other paying a ton of money to sign journeyman players — face off with third place on the line. 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 18

Triathlon: Men’s World Triathlon Series Grand Final, Olympic Channel. Spain’s Mario Mola leads Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee. 4 p.m.

ONGOING

Paralympics: NBCSN will have a few hours a day, and NBC will pick up some action on the final day Sept. 18. Want more? Check TeamUSA.org and enjoy. Note the twice-daily highlight shows.

World Cup of Hockey: ESPN3 brings plenty of action from the sort-of national teams: USA, Russia, North America, Europe, Sweden …

And your sources for complete listings:

Desk Potato Sports: Live streams for Sept. 8-14

Welcome to a new feature for those of us who aren’t content with what we get on the networks. We want Olympic sports! We want cricket!

And curling. Plenty of curling.

There’s no way to be comprehensive. But I’ll pick a few good events to check out.

I thought about calling it “Wide World of Webcasts,” but I really don’t want copyright lawyers on my tail.

With that, here’s Week 1 …

ONGOING

Paralympics: NBCSN will have a few hours a day, and NBC will pick up some action on the final day Sept. 18.

But we go hard-core here. Want three track and field feeds? About 12 hours of wheelchair basketball a day? Check TeamUSA.org and enjoy. Note the twice-daily highlight shows.

World Cup of Hockey: ESPN3 brings plenty of action from the sort-of national teams: USA, Russia, North America, Europe, Sweden …

Curling: TESN will attempt to bring coverage of Brady Clark’s team in World Curling Tour action this weekend.

Friday, Sept. 9

College volleyball: Do you get the new ACC programming on WatchESPN? Good time to find out, with a clash of top-12 teams in Wisconsin and North Carolina. 6:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, Sept. 10

Rugby: The competition formerly known as the Tri-Nations (now “The Rugby Championship”) resumes on ESPN3 with first-place New Zealand vs. Argentina and South Africa vs. last-place Australia. 3:35 a.m./6:05 a.m. ET

Marching bands: WatchESPN’s SEC content includes halftime shows from Georgia and Texas A&M. 1 p.m. ET-ish

Saturday, Sept. 10-Sunday, Sept. 11

Table tennis: The Olympic Channel has coverage of the North American Team Championship. Time tba

Tuesday, Sept. 13

WNBA: With less than a week left in the season, ESPN3 has three games to supplement the national ESPN2 broadcast. 7 p.m. ET

And your sources for complete listings:

See anything I’m missing? Let me know.