Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, March 14

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, Lavington Sports Ground, Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Richmond Tigers vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Soccer Plus, 1:30 a.m.

Boxing
World Championship Boxing, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
IBF/WBA/WBO Light Heavyweight Championship
Sergey Kovalev vs. Jean Pascal — HBO, 9:45 p.m.

College Baseball
Boston College at Louisville — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Duke — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Wright State — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Penn State at Liberty — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Notre Dame at Clemson — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Alabama at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Pepperdine at BYU — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
Bakersfield at New Mexico State — ESPN3/Fox Sports Arizona, 3 p.m.
Michigan at Kansas — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Valparaiso at Illinois-Chicago – ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Baylor at TCU — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 3 p.m.
Arkansas at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 3 p.m.
Kentucky at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus, 4 p.m.
Boston College at Louisville — ESPN3, 4:30 p.m.
Oakland at Wright State — ESPN3, 4:30 p.m.
Western Carolina at Liberty — ESPN3, 5 p.m
Auburn at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 5 p.m.
Alabama at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 5:30 p.m.
Notre Dame at Clemson — ESPN3, 5:45 p.m.
Wake Forest at Florida State — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
West Virginia at Texas — Longhorn Network, 6 p.m.
Tennessee at Florida — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Mississippi at LSU — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona State — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Washington State at USC — Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Gymnastics
Men’s
Ohio State at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.

Women’s
B1G Five — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Hockey East Tournament

Quarterfinal
Vermont at Boston College — NESN, 7 p.m.

Michigan State at Michigan — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 5 p.m.
Ohio State at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Penn State at Minnesota — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports North Plus, 8 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Notre Dame at Virginia — ESPNU, noon
Cornell at Yale — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 12:30 p.m.
Johns Hopkins at Syracuse — ESPNU, 2 p.m.

College Softball
LSU at Florida — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 3 p.m.
Alabama at Georgia — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Oregon State at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Utah at UCLA — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

College Tennis
UCLA at USC — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Cycling
Paris-Nice
Stage 6: Vence to Nice — NBCSN, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Championship League
Middlesbrough vs. Ipswich Town — beIN Sports, 8:10 a.m.
Norwich City vs. Derby County — beIN Sports, 10:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Crystal Palace vs. Queens Park Rangers — NBCSN, 8:45 a.m.
Arsenal vs. West Ham United — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 11 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Hull City — Premier League Extra Time, 11 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 11 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 11 a.m.
Burnley vs. Manchester City — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 1:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 8 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
Premier League Download: Roberto Martinez — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Formula 1
Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Qualifying — NBCSN, 2 a.m.

Countdown to F1 — NBCSN, 1:30 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Tshwane Open, Pretoria Country Club, Waterkloof, South Africa
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Valspar Championship, Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Palm Harbor, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
Prelims — FX, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC Post Fight Show — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

MLB Spring Training
Detroit vs. New York Yankees (SS) — YES, 1 p.m.
Minnesota vs. St. Louis — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Midwest, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees (SS) vs. Toronto — Sportsnet, 1 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore — MASN, 1 p.m.
Washington vs. New York Mets — MLB Network/WPIX, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee — Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — SportsNet LA, 4 p.m./MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Texas vs. San Diego — MLB Network/Fox Sports San Diego, 4 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

MLS
Chicago vs. Vancouver — TSN/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 6 p.m.
Columbus vs. Toronto — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/TSN2, 7:30 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. Sporting KC — KTXA/KMCI, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Philadelphia — KMYU/The Comcast Network, 9:30 p.m.
Seattle vs. San Jose — KCPQ/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Campingworld.com 500, Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.
Practice 3 — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.

Something Something Something 200, Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
Race — Fox, 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Phoenix — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.

NBA
Boston at Indiana — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Boston at Pittsburgh — TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/NESN/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US)/WGN/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Vancouver — CBC, 7 p.m.
Montreal at New York Islanders — City TV/TVA Sports/NBCSN, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Florida at Carolina — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Buffalo — MSG Network/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Arizona — MSG Plus 2/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Calgary at Colorado — CBC/TVA Sports 2/Altitude, 10 p.m.
Nashville at Los Angeles — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central Saturday — CBC, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NHL On the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Sailing
Volvo Ocean Race: Week 23 — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Are, Sweden
Ladies’ Slalom — Universal Sports, 8 a.m.

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Men’s Giant Slalom — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

Speed Skating
ISU World Short Track Championships 2015, Krylatskoe Speed Skating Center, Moscow, Russia
Day Two — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
ESPN Films: The Fab Five — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.
30 for 30: No Más — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Youngstown Boys — ESPN Classic, 1:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Croom — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
ESPN Sports Saturday — ABC, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: This Is What They Want — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Announcement — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Cutthroat/Tommy and Frank — ESPN Classic, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tours
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian Wells, CA
Men’s and Women’s 2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the BNP Paribas Open — Tennis Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 15

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Collingwood Magpies vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 1:30 a.m.

College Baseball
Boston College at Liberty — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Duke — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Michigan at Kansas — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Notre Dame at Clemson — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Penn State at Liberty — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Arkansas at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 1 p.m.
Missouri at Georgia — SEC Network Plus, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Florida — SEC Network Plus, 1 p.m.
Kentucky at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus, 1:30 p.m.
Valparaiso at Illinois-Chicago — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Auburn at Texas A&M — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Alabama at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 2:30 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona State — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Arizona, 4 p.m.
Mississippi at at LSU — SEC Network, 4 p.m.
Washington State at USC — Pac-12 Washington, 6 p.m./Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m. (joined in progress)

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
Colorado Spring Game — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.

College Softball
LSU at Florida — SEC Network, noon
Arizona State at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Oregon State at Oregon — Pac-12 Oregon, 2 p.m.
Alabama at Georgia — SEC Network, 2 p.m.
Utah at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 6 p.m.
Arizona at Cal — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Bay Area, 7 p.m.
Texas at Arkansas — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Fourth Place Match, Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Costa Rica vs. Canada — Fox Sports 2, 4 p.m.

Third Place Match, Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
USA vs. Jamaica — Fox Sports 2/Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.

Final, Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Honduras vs. Mexico — Fox Sports 2/Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Paris-Nice
Stage 7: Nice to Col d’Èze — NBCSN, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Chelsea vs. Southampton — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 9:30 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Tottenham Hotspur — NBCSN, noon
Everton vs. Newcastle — Premier League Extra Time, noon

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 8:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 11:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.

Formula 1
Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Race — NBCSN, 1 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Tshwane Open, Pretoria Country Club, Waterkloof, South Africa
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.

PGA Tour
Valspar Championship, Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Palm Harbor, FL
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Final Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

Hockey
CHL
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at Sherbrooke Phoenix — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 3 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Boston vs. Philadelphia — NESN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Minnesota — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Chicago White Sox — MLB Network/Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cubs — WGN, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Seattle — SportsNet LA/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Texas — KTXA, 4 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Oakland vs. Milwaukee — Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
Arizona vs. San Francisco — KNTV, 6 p.m./MLB Network, 8 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
NYC FC vs. New England — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Portland vs. LA Galaxy — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Campingworld.com 500, Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
Race — Fox, 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Phoenix — Fox Sports 1, noon
Fox NASCAR Sunday — Fox, 3 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Phoenix — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Oklahoma City — ABC, 1 p.m.
Houston at Los Angeles Clippers — ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Orlando — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

NBA Countdown — ABC, 12:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL
The 2015 101 Awards — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
Detroit at Pittsburgh — NBC/Sportsnet, 12:30 p.m.
Carolina at Columbus – Fox Sports Carolinas/Fox Sports Ohio, 5 p.m.
Florida at New York Rangers — Fox Sports Florida/MSG Network, 5 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Ottawa — City TV/TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Boston at Washington — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Anaheim — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 8 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada — City TV/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Scottish League Cup
Final
Dundee United vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 a.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Men’s Giant Slalom — Universal Sports, 7 a.m.

Speed Skating
ISU World Short Track Championships 2015, Krylatskoe Speed Skating Center, Moscow, Russia
Day Three — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner — ESPN, 9 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Garbage Time with Katie Nolan (series premiere) — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
NBCSN Sunday Sports Report — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tours
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian Wells, CA
Men’s 2nd Round/Women’s 3rd Round — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the BNP Paribas Open — Tennis Channel, 1:30 p.m.

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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