Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Bobsled
FIBT World Cup, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Men’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
Women’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Boxing
Boxing After Dark, 1stBank Center, Broomfield, CO
Welterweights
Mike Alvarado vs. Brandon Rios — HBO, 9:45 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
2015 Senior Bowl, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
North vs. South — NFL Network, 4 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
North Star College Cup, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN
Third Place Game
Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports North, 5 p.m.

Championship Game
Bemidji State vs. Minnesota State — Fox Sports North, 8 p.m./Fox College Sports Atlantic, 9:30 p.m. (same night coverage)

Ohio State at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Maine at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Denver at Miami (OH) — Fox College Sports Central, 7 p.m.
Colorado State at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Bemidji State at Northern Michigan — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Cloud State — Fox Sports North Plus, 4 p.m.

FA Cup
Fourth Round Proper
Manchester City vs. Middlesbrough — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
Birmingham City vs. West Bromwich Albion — Fox Sports 2, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Bolton Wanderers — Fox Sports 2, 12:30 p.m.

FA Cup 4th Round Preview — Fox Sports 1, 9 a.m.
FA Cup Match Day — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2, 9:30 a.m.
FA Cup Match Day — Fox Sports 2, noon

Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Pairs Free Skate and Free Dance — NBC, 3 p.m.
Ladies Free Skate — NBC, 8 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Qatar Masters, Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar
Final Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Humana Challenge, Palmer Private Course, PGA West; Nicklaus Private Course, PGA West; La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, CA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
Mitsubishi Electric Championship, Hualalai Resort Golf Club, Ka’upulehu-Kona, HI
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night, Gustafsson vs. Johnston, Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Main Event — Fox, 8 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — Fox Sports 2, 10 p.m.

NBA
Detroit at Milwaukee — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Portland — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NHL
NHL All-Star Weekend, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
NHL All-Star Skills Competition — CBC/NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Gary Bettman Media Conference — Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
2015 NHL All-Star Skills Competition Preshow — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.
2015 NHL All-Star Skills Competition Recap — NHL Network, 9:30 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Ross County vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:30 a.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Kitzbuehel, Austria
Men’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 5:30 a.m.

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Ladies’ Downhill — Universal Sports, noon (same day coverage)

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships, Kreischberg, Austria
Snowboard-Big Air — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
CAF Africa Cup of Nations
Group D, Estadio De Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Cote d’Ivoire vs. Mali — beIN Sports, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Final, Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Panama vs. Mexico — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
All In With Laila Ali: Toughness — CBS, 11 a.m.
The Edge — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Game Changers With Kevin Frazier: An Angel Here to Help — CBS, 11:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Straight Outta L.A. — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Run Ricky Run — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
30 for 30: Elway to Marino — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
Year of the Quarterback: The Marinovich Project — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
Year of the Quarterback: The Brady 6 — ESPN Classic, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — ESPN Classic, 7:30 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: The Irrelevant Giant/Arthur and Johnny — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: The Price of Gold — ESPN Classic, 9:30 p.m.
American Man — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Tennis
2015 Australian Open, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN2, 3 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN2, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16 — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Australian Open Today — Tennis Channel, noon
Tennis Channel Live at the Australian Open — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 9 a.m.
E! News Weekend — E!, 10 a.m.
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 10 a.m.
The Kitchen: Gearing Up For Game Day — Food Network, 11 a.m.
Finding Vivian Maier — Showtime, noon
Littlest Pet Shop: The Sister Story — Discovery Family Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Caddyshack — IFC, 3:30 p.m.
Cops: Pass the Rock — Spike, 8 p.m.
Austin City Limits: Ryan Adams; Jenny Lewis — PBS, 8 p.m.
Patriots Rising: The American Revolution: Rise of the Patriots (series premiere) — American Heroes Channel, 8 p.m.
Preposterous Pets: Big Cats and Tiger Sharks — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
300: Rise of an Empire — HBO, 8 p.m.
The Nutty Professor — IFC, 8 p.m.
Philomena — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Coal Miner’s Daughter — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Patriots Rising: The American Revolution: The Empire Fights Back — American Heroes Channel, 9 p.m.
The Musketeers: An Ordinary Man — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Monsters and Mysteries in America: Tennessee Wildman; Subterranean Reptoid — Destination America, 9 p.m.
MythBusters: The A-Team Special — Discovery, 9 p.m.
America Unearthed: The Templars’ Deadliest Secret: The Chase — H2, 9 p.m.
Love By the Book — Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.
Fatal Vows: Broken Dreams — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Outrageous Acts of Science: License to Thrill — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Gary Owen: I Agree With Myself — Sho2, 9 p.m.
Black Sails: IX (season premiere) — Starz, 9 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Nopeming Sanatorium — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Rev. Run’s Renovation: Space Invaders — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: Kiss of Death and the Google Exec — CBS, 10 p.m.
Patriots Rising: The American Revolution: Return of the Rebels (series finale) — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Pit Bulls and Parolees — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Big Giant Swords: Legend of the Blademaker: The Dragon Slayer — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Museum Men: First WWI Tank — H2, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Renovation — HGTV, 10 p.m.
I’d Kill for You: The Crusader’s Son — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the E.R.: Scorching Secret — TLC, 10 p.m.
Transporter: The Series: Trust — TNT, 10 p.m.
Behind the Music Remastered: Michael Hutchence — VH1 Classic, 10 p.m.
All About Sex: Freak in the Sheets — TLC, 11 p.m.
Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle’s Skin City — MoreMax, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host and musical guest Blake Shelton — NBC, 11:29 p.m.
Mine Games — Sho2, midnight
Sex Sent Me to the E.R.: Extra Dose: Cut it Off — TLC, midnight

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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