Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, March 26

Boat Racing
Oxford vs. Cambridge – BBC America, 12:30 p.m.

Boxing
Boxing After Dark/Featherweights, Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jorge Solis (title fight) & Matt Remillard vs. Mikey Garcia – HBO, 9:45 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Tournament
Northeast Regional, Manchester, NH
Semifinals
New Hampshire vs. Miami (OH) – ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Merrimack vs. Notre Dame – Comcast SportsNet New England/MASN, 7:30 p.m.

East Regional Final, Bridgeport, CT
Yale vs. Minnesota-Duluth – ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.

West Regional Final, St. Louis, MO
Colorado College vs. Michigan – ESPNU, 9 p.m.

ESPN Sports Saturday
30 for 30 – ABC, 4 p.m.
Winners Bracket – ABC, 5 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour/Kia Classic, 3rd Round – Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
PGA Tour/Arnold Palmer Invitational, 3rd Round – Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m./NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator Fighting Championships 38 – MTV2, 7 p.m.

MLB
Atlanta vs. New York Mets – CSS/SNY, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. New York Yankees – FSN Pittsburgh/YES, 1 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Florida – Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Toronto vs. Philadelphia – MLB Network/WPHL, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Texas – ESPN2/Fox Sports Southwest, 4 p.m.
Anaheim vs. Chicago White Sox – Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego – Cox 4, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. San Francisco – KNTV, 6 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Boston – MLB Network/NESN, 7 p.m.

NBA
New Jersey at Atlanta – NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Milwaukee – WGN America, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series: Fontana – ESPN, 5:30 p.m.

NHL
New York Rangers at Boston – MSG Network/NESN, 1 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles – Altitude/Fox Sports West, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit – CBC/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Washington at Montreal – CBC/RDS/NHL Network (US)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Buffalo – MSG Plus 2/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Islanders – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Carolina – Sun Sports/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Nashville – KTXA/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota – Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at Chicago – Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Arizona – Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton – CBC, 10 p.m.

NHL on the Fly – NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Soccer
European Qualifier
Wales vs. England – ESPN2, 10:55 a.m.

International Friendlies
Ecuador vs. Columbua – Fox Soccer Channel, 1 p.m.
United States vs. Argentina – ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Tennis
Sony Ericsson Open, Men’s 2nd Round/Women’s 3rd Round – Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

Entertainment
Giada at Home: Bake Sale – Food Network, 1:30 p.m.
Dear Genevieve – HGTV, 8 p.m.
Cash & Cari – HGTV, 8:30 p.m.
America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back – Fox, 9 p.m.
Being Human – BBC America, 9 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: Dream Killer – CBS, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show – BBC America, 10:20 p.m.
That Metal Show – VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Standup – Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 27

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Tournament
2nd Round
Green Bay, WI Regional
ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

Manchester, NH Regional
ESPNU, 8 p.m.

Formula 1
Australian Grand Prix – Speed, 1:30 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour/Kia Classic, Final Round – Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)
PGA Tour/Arnold Palmer Invitational, 3rd Round – Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m./NBC, 2:30 p.m.

IndyCar
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg – ABC, 12:30 p.m.

MLB
Philadelphia vs. Atlanta – MLB Network/Fox Sports South, 1 p.m.
Boston vs. Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 1 p.m.
Detroit vs. Houston – Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Oakland vs. Colorado – FSN Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
Texas vs. Seattle – KTXA, 4 p.m./MLB Network, 5 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series/Auto Club 400 – Fox, 2:30 p.m.

NBA
Boston at Minnesota – Comcast SportsNet New England, 7 p.m.
Portland at Oklahoma City – ESPN, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix – ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Florida at Pittsburgh – Fox Sports Florida/FSN Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Ottawa at Atlanta – Rogers Sportsnet East/SportSouth, 2 p.m.
Vancouver at Columbus – Rogers Sportsnet Pacific/Fox Sports Ohio, 5 p.m.
Boston at Philadelphia – RDS/NESN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

NHL on the Fly – NHL Network, 8 p.m.

Soccer
Scotland vs. Brazil – ESPN2, 8:55 a.m.

Tennis
Sony Ericsson Open, Men’s 3rd Round/Women’s 3rd Round – Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning – CBS, 9 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners with Melissa: Cost-Cutting Effort – Food Network, 10 a.m.
The Minimalist: Latin – Cooking Channel, 10:30 a.m.
Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee: Bake Sale Birthday – Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Luke’s Vietnam: Bac Ha – Cooking Channel, 12:30 p.m.
60 Minutes – CBS, 7 p.m.
The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business: I Feel Like A Monkey in a Circus Parade – CBS, 8 p.m.
Mildred Pierce, Part One & Part Two – HBO, 9 p.m.
Alaska State Troopers: Vice Squad – National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Shayne Lovera – Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Californication – Showtime, 9 p.m.
Shameless – Showtime, 10 p.m.
Alaska State Troopers: Dazed and Confused – National Geographic Channel, 10 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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