Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, April 18

Arena Football
Cleveland Gladiators at Philadelphia Soul — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Hawthorn Hawks vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Boxing
Boxing After Dark, Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY and College Park Center, University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, TX
Super Lightweights
Lucas Matthysse vs. Ruslan Provodnikov — HBO, 9:45 p.m.

Mayweather/Pacquiao: At Last — HBO, 11:45 p.m.

Showtime Championship Boxing, StubHub Center, Carson, CA
Light Heavyweights
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. vs. Andrej Fonfara — Showtime, 10 p.m.

All Access: Inside Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Episode (series premiere) — Showtime, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

College Baseball
Tennessee at Kentucky — SEC Network, noon
Vanderbilt at South Carolina — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Wake Forest at Louisville — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
LSU at Georgia — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Florida at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Cal-Davis at Cal-Irvine — ESPN3, 4 p.m.
Santa Clara at TCU — Fox College Sports Central, 5 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Florida State — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Duke at Clemson — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Texas at Kansas — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Mississippi at Auburn — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Alabama at Missouri — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
Arkansas at Texas A&M — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.
Cal at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 10:30 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Oregon, 10:30 p.m.

College Football
Mississippi State Maroon-White Game — SEC Network Plus, noon
Notre Dame Blue-Gold Game — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.
Ohio State Spring Game — Big Ten Network, 1:30 p.m.
Texas Orange & White Spring Game — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Cal Spring Game — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Auburn Spring Game — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
LSU Spring Game — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Penn State Spring Game — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Alabama Spring Game — SEC Network Plus, 3 p.m./SEC Network, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)
Oregon State Spring Game — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Missouri Spring Game — SEC Network Plus, 5 p.m.
Illinois Spring Game — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.

B1G Spring Football Report 2015 — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Spring Football Report — Pac-12 Networks, 6 p.m.
B1G Spring Football Report 2015 — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Maryland at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
Duke at Marquette — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.
Michigan at Johns Hopkins — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
North Carolina at Notre Dame — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

Women’s
Loyola (MD) at Navy — CBS Sports Network, noon

College Softball
Florida at Georgia — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Iowa State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 5 p.m.
Oregon at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 6:30 p.m.
Arizona at Utah — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Mountain, 6:30 p.m.
Cal at UCLA — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
Cal-Santa Barbara at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 8:30 p.m.
Hawaii at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

English Football Championship
Wolverhampton vs. Ipswich Town — beIN Sports, 7:10 a.m.

English Premier League
Everton vs. Burnley — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. West Bromwich Albion — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Swansea City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Southampton — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Manchester United — NBC/NBC Universo, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Preview — NBCSN, 8 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

FA Cup
Semifinal
Reading vs. Arsenal — Fox, noon

FA Cup Show: Semifinals Preview — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 10:55 a.m./CNBC, 11 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Shenzhen International, Genzon Golf Club (A Course), Shenzhen, Communist China
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
Heritage Classic, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, SC
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

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

Champions Tour
Greater Gwinnett Championship, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, GA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
LOTTE Championship, Ko Olina Golf Club, Kapolei, Oahu, HI
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

IndyCar
IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach Circuit, Long Beach, CA
Qualifying — NBCSN, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Rockhold, Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
Prelims — Fox, 6 p.m.
Main Event — Fox, 8 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — Fox Sports 2, 10 p.m.

MLB Viewing Picks

MLS
D.C. United vs. Houston — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Root Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. Orlando — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/WOFL/WRBW, 7:30 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. Toronto — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/TSN5, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. Seattle — Altitude/KZJO, 9 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Vancouver — TSN/KMYU, 9:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. Sporting KC — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/KMCI, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Drive to Stop Diabetes 300, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up to Cancer, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Practice 3 — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.

Weekend Edition: Bristol — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity: Bristol — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Washington at Toronto — ESPN/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/TSN, 12:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago — ESPN/Fox Sports Wisconsin/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.

Western Conference Quarterfinals
New Orleans at Golden State — ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Dallas at Houston — ESPN/KTXA/Root Sports Southwest, 9:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 12:30 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Wizards/Raptors, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Pelicans/Warriors, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Bucks/Bulls, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Mavericks/Rockets, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, midnight
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Detroit at Tampa Bay — CBC/NBC or NBCSN/TVA Sports, 3 p.m. (Detroit leads series 1-0)
Pittsburgh at New York Rangers — CBC/NBC/TVA Sports, 8:15 p.m. (Rangers lead series 1-0)

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Minnesota at St. Louis — NBC or NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports 2, 3 p.m. (Minnesota leads series 1-0)
Winnipeg at Anaheim — NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10:30 p.m. (Anaheim leads series 1-0)

NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/NHL Network (US), 7:30 p.m.
NHL Draft Lottery — CBC/TVA Sports, 7:30 p.m./NBC, 8 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Sports Talk
30 for 30: Sole Man — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: Free Spirits — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
SEC Storied: The Stars Are Aligned — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Pony Exce$$ — ESPN Classic, noon
Senna — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Nine for IX: Let Them Wear Towels — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: No Más — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, 6:30 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: The Imposter and Silver Reunion — ESPN Classic, 8:30 p.m.
SportsCentury: Pat Tillman — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Bernie and Ernie — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 pm.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Tennis
Center Court: Monte-Carlo Masters Semifinals & Fed Cup, Czech Republic vs. France; Italy vs. United States & Russia vs. Germany — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.

ATP Tour
Monte-Carlo Masters, Monte-Carlo Country Club, Monte-Carlo, Principality of Monaco
Semifinal
Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal — Tennis Channel, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Fed Cup
World Group Playoffs
Italy vs. United States, Circolo Tennis Brindisi, Brindisi, Italy
Rubber #1-Singles: Camilia Giorgi vs. Serena Williams — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
Rubber #2-Singles: Sara Errani vs. Lauren Davis — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

World Group Semifinal
Russia vs. Germany, Adler Arena , Sochi, Russia
Rubber #2-Singles: Anatasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sabine Lisicki — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sunday, April 19

Australian Rules Football
West Coast Eagles vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.

College Baseball
Indiana at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
St. John’s at Creighton — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Duke at Clemson — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Lipscomb at South Carolina Upstate — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
North Carolina at Virginia Tech — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
North Carolina State at Notre Dame — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Florida State — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Texas at Kansas — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Wake Forest at Louisville — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Wright State at Oakland — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Alabama at Missouri — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Texas Tech at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central, 2 p.m.
Mississippi at Auburn — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Florida at Mississippi State — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Arkansas at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 4 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Rutgers at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.

Women’s
Colorado at Cal — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
USC at Stanford — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 6 p.m.

College Softball
Penn State at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
Florida at Georgia — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Iowa State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Cal at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Arizona at Utah — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Mountain, 2 p.m.
Oregon at Stanford — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Northwestern at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Texas A&M at LSU — SEC Network, 6 p.m.

English Premier League
Manchester City vs. West Ham United — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 8:30 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Tottenham Hotspur — CNBC/NBC Universo, 10:30 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — CNBC, 1 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Monday)

FA Cup
Semifinal
Aston Villa vs. Liverpool — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.

FA Cup Match Day — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Race — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

F1 Extra — NBCSN, 1 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Shenzhen International, Genzon Golf Club (A Course), Shenzhen, Communist China
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
Heritage Classic, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, SC
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Final Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon
PGA Tour 2015: Making Cancer History — CBS, 2 p.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
Greater Gwinnett Championship, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, GA
Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

IndyCar
Indy Lights, Long Beach Circuit, Long Beach, CA
Race — NBCSN, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach Circuit, Long Beach, CA
Race — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider: McGregor/Case/Cerrone/Nurmagomedov — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.
UFC Countdown: UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

MLB Viewing Picks

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

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up to Cancer, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Race — Fox, 1 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Bristol — Fox Sports 1, noon
Fox NASCAR Sunday — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Bristol — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Boston at Cleveland — ABC, 3 p.m.
Brooklyn at Atlanta — TNT/YES/SportSouth, 5:30 p.m.

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Portland at Memphis — TNT/KGW/SportSouth, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Los Angeles Clippers — TNT/Fox Sports San Antonio/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Countdown — ABC, 2:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Celtics/Cavaliers, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Nets/Hawks, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Trail Blazers/Grizzlies, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Spurs/Clippers, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Monday)
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Monday)

NHL Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Washington at New York Islanders — NBC/Sportsnet/TVA Sports, noon (series tied 1-1)
Montreal at Ottawa — CBC/TVA Sports/NBCSN, 7 p.m. (Montreal leads series 2-0)

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Nashville at Chicago — NBC/Sportsnet/TVA Sports, 3 p.m. (series tied 1-1)
Vancouver at Calgary — CBC/TVA Sports/NBCSN, 10 p.m. (series tied 1-1)

Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 2:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

Running
Boston Marathon Preview Show — Universal Sports, 4 p.m.

Sailing
Volvo Ocean Race: Week 28 — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN2, noon
Year of the Quarterback — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Off the Grid: Melbourne — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
DRIVE: Middle East — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
E:60: Dream On: Stories From Boston’s Strongest — ESPNews, 5 p.m./ESPN2, 7 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Untucked and Wilt Chamberlain; Borscht Belt Bellhop — ESPN Classic, 8:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Garbage Time With Katie Nolan — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Great Trade Robbery — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Monte-Carlo Masters Final & Fed Cup, Italy vs. United States; Czech Republic vs. France, Russia vs. Germany — Tennis Channel, 5:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, noon

ATP Tour
Monte-Carlo Masters, Monte-Carlo Country Club, Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco
Singles Final — Tennis Channel, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
Doubles Final — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m (same day coverage)

Fed Cup
World Group Playoffs
Italy vs. United States, Circolo Tennis Brindisi, Brindisi, Italy
Rubber #3-Singles: Sara Errani vs. Serena Williams — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

World Group Semifinal
Russia vs. Germany, Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia
Rubber #3-Singles: Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Sabine Lisicki — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

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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