Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, Unley Oval, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Adelaide Crows vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 p.m.

NAB Challenge, Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex, Morayfield, Queensland, Australia
Brisbane Lions vs. Gold Coast Suns — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Boxing
Solo Boxeo, Celebrity Theater, Phoenix, AZ
Super Bantamweights
Jessie Magdaleno vs. Edward Mansito — UniMás, 11 p.m.

Bundesliga
Bayern Munich vs. Darmstadt — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:20 a.m.

Bundesliga Report — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 a.m.

College Baseball
Urban Invitational Tournament, Urban Youth Academy, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Tech vs. Southern University — MLB Network, 3 p.m.
Grambling State vs. New Orleans — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

UNLV at Texas — Longhorn Network, 3 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Utah at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Bay Area, 5 p.m.
Cal at Oregon State — Pac-12 Oregon, 5 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Merrimack at Maine — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Minnesota-Duluth at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.Colorado College at Denver – Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

Women’s
UConn at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 2 p.m.
Wisconsin at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.

College Rugby
Air Force at Cal — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 3 p.m.

Diving
2016 FINA Diving World Cup, Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Women’s 3M Synchronized Springboard — Universal HD, 7:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Football Championship
Cardiff City vs. Brighton & Hove Albion — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.

FA Cup
Fifth Round Proper
Arsenal vs. Hull City — FS1, 7:30 a.m.
Reading vs. West Bromwich Albion — FS2, 9:55 a.m.
Bournemouth vs. Everton — FS2, noon
Watford vs. Leeds United — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Figure Skating
ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Taipei Arena, Taipei City, Taiwan
Ladies’ Free Skate, Men’s Short Program — NBC, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
Pairs Free Skate — Universal HD, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
Asian Tour/European Tour
Maybank Championships Malaysia, Royal Selangor Golf Club (East Course), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
Northern Trust Open, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, CA
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.

LPGA Tour
Women’s Australian Open, The Grange Golf Club (West Course), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Final Round — Golf Channel, 9 p.m.

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

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy, Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Weigh-In — FS2, 4 p.m.

World Series of Fighting 28, Next Level Sports Complex, Garden Grove, CA
World Bantamweight Title
Marlon Moraes vs. Joseph Barajas — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

MLB
Hank Aaron: Brave Hero — MLB Network, 6:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Powershares QQQ 300, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Pole Qualifying — FS1, 10 a.m.
Race — FS1, 3:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Final Practice — FS1, noon

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 11:30 a.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 2 p.m.
18 Rising — NBC, 2 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity Daytona — FS1, 3 p.m.

NBA
Golden State at Los Angeles Clippers — 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 GameTime — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Detroit at Ottawa — City TV/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto — CBC/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Florida — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Edmonton — CBC/Sportsnet/Altitude, 10 p.m.

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

NHL Stadium Series, TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Chicago Blackhawks Alumni vs. Minnesota Wild Alumni — NHL Network/Fox Sports North, 5 p.m.

NHL Tonight: 2016 Stadium Series — NHL Network, 3:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/Sun Sports/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Washington — MSG Plus/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Boston at Dallas — NHL Network/NESN/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Nashville — NHL Network/Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.

Afternoon Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 2:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, midnight

Olympics
2016 Youth Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway
Day 8 Highlights — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Skeleton
IBSF World Cup, Igls, Innsbruck, Austria
Women’s World Championships — Universal HD, 5:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, La Thuile, Italy
Ladies Downhill — NBC, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Chamonix, France
Men’s Downhill — Universal HD, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
Global Legends Series, Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV
Team Donovan vs. Team Figo — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Generation Iron — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy & Barbosa: The Man Who Made Brazil Cry — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live (The Final Days) — FS1, 6 p.m.
A Deeper Shade of Blue — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
The Rivalry: Red V. Blue — ESPN Classic, 7:45 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Delray Beach Open semifinal (ATP), Dubai Duty Free Championship final (WTA), Open 13 Provence semifinals (ATP), Rio Open semifinals (ATP/WTA) — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.

ATP Tour
Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center, Delray Beach, FL
Semifinal: Sam Querrey vs. Juan Martin Del Potro — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

Track & Field
109th Millrose Games, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Day Two — NBCSN, 4 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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