Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Baseball
Australian Baseball League
Sydney Blue Sox vs. Melbourne Aces — MLB Network, midnight

Bobsleigh
IBSF World Cup, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
2-Man Bobsleigh — Universal HD, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Welterweights
Robert Guerrero vs. Danny Garcia — Fox, 8 p.m.

Bundesliga
TSG Hoffenheim vs. Bayer Leverkusen — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Koln vs. VfB Stuttgart — FS2, 9:30 a.m.
Hertha Berlin vs. Augsburg — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.
Borussia Mönchengladbach — FS2, 12:20 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
East-West Shrine Game, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
East vs. West — NFL Network, 4 p.m.

NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, StubHub Center, Carson, CA
National vs. American — ESPN2, 6 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Women’s
UCLA at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Arizona, 3 p.m.
Oregon State at Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Mountain, 5 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Minnesota at Wisconsin — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.

College Wrestling
West Virginia at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 1 p.m.
West Virginia vs. Stanford — Pac-12 Bay Area, 3 p.m.

English Football Championship
Queens Park Rangers vs. Wolverhampton — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.
Fulham vs. Hull City — beIN Sports, 12:55 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Norwich City vs. Liverpool — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Southampton — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Tottenham Hotspur — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. Newcastle — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.West Ham United vs. Manchester City — NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN
Pairs Free Skate and Free Dance — NBC, 3 p.m.
Ladies Free Skate — NBC, 8 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m.

PGA Tour
CareerBuilder Challenge, PGA West (TPC Stadium and Nicklaus Tournament Course)/La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, CA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

Champions Tour
Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Hualalai Golf Course, Ka’upulehu-Kona, HI
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

La Liga
Malaga vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

NASCAR America: Stories of NASCAR — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.
NASCAR America: Hall of Fame Special — NBCSN, 1 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Cleveland — ABC, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ABC, 8 p.m.
NBA CrunchTime — NBA TV, 9 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Montreal at Toronto — CBC/TVA Sports/NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Detroit — City TV/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Winnipeg — Sportsnet/MSG Plus 2, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Edmonton — CBC/Sportsnet/Fox Sports Tennessee, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central Preview — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Vancouver at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.
Minnesota at San Jose — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Columbus at Boston — Fox Sports Ohio/NESN, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Florida — Sun Sports/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Islanders — The Comcast Network/MSG Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas — Altitude/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Arizona — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 9 p.m.

Hockey Central — Sportsnet, noon
Afternoon Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 2:30 p.m.
Top Shelf: 01/15-01/22 — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, midnight

Skeleton
IBSF World Cup, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Women’s — Universal HD, 3:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
Ladies Downhil — Universal HD, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
Women’s International Friendly, Stadium Formerly Known as San Diego Jack Murphy, San Diego, CA
United States vs. Ireland — FS1 5:30 p.m.

U.S. National Team Pregame — FS1, 5 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
The Announcement — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Elway to Marino — ESPN Classic, 12:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: The Price of Gold — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
Generation Iron — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: Youngstown Boys — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Australian Open, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men’s and Women’s Singles Round 3 — ESPN2, 3 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Singles Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Singles Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 9 p.m.

Australian Open Today — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live at the Australian Open — Tennis Channel, 6 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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