Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
West Virginia at Virginia Tech — ESPNU, noon
Indiana at Rutgers — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Houston at South Florida — ESPNU,  2 p.m.
Michigan at Illinois — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Long Beach State at Duke — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 4 p.m.
Northwestern at Nebraska — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Penn State at Maryland — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Oakland at Virginia — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Clemson at North Carolina — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Seton Hall at Marquette — FS1, 7 p.m.
Francis Marion at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Arkansas at Dayton — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Syracuse at Pittsburgh — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Georgetown at DePaul — FS1, 9 p.m.
Cal-Davis at Boise State — Mountain West Network, 9 p.m.
Western Michigan at Vanderbilt — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Wyoming at San Diego State — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.
Utah State at San Jose State — Mountain West Network, 10 p.m.
Fresno State at UNLV — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Women’s
South Florida at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 4:30 p.m.
Central Florida at Florida — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Kansas at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Baylor at Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.
USC at UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

College Football
Birmingham Bowl, Legion Field, Birmingham, AL
Memphis vs. Auburn — ESPN, noon

Belk Bowl, Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
Mississippi State at North Carolina State — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

Music City Bowl, Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
Louisville vs. Texas A&M — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Holiday Bowl, Stadium Formerly Known as San Diego Jack Murphy, San Diego, CA
USC vs. Wisconsin — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Inside Pac-12 Football — Pac-12 Network, 9 p.m.
Inside Pac-12 Football — Pac-12 Network, 2 a.m. (Thursday)

College Hockey
Men’s
Great Lakes Invitational, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
3rd Place Game
Michigan State vs. Northern Michigan — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox College Sports Atlantic, 3:30 p.m.

Championship Game
Michigan Tech vs. Michigan — Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.

Maine at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.

English Premier League
Sunderland vs. Liverpool — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

Golf
Golf Central Special: Tiger Turns 40 — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Hockey
IIHF 2016 World Junior Hockey Championship
Group B, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Czech Republic vs. Belarus — TSN2/NHL Network, 7 a.m.
Slovakia vs. Finland — TSN2, 11 p.m./NHL Network, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Group A, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
Sweden vs. Denmark — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/NHL Network, 9:30 a.m.
United States vs. Switzerland — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/NHL Network, 1 p.m.

La Liga
Real Madrid vs. Real Sociedad — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Rayo Vallecano vs. Club Atlético de Madrid — beIN Sports, 12:10 p.m.
Barcelona vs. Real Betis — beIN Sports, 2:25 p.m.
Las Palmas vs. Granada — beIN Sports, 4:25 p.m. (joined in progress)

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NBA
Los Angeles Lakers at Boston — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Denver at Portland — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

The Starters — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Fantasy Tip-Off — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV Postgame — NBA TV, 12:30 a.m. (Thursday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Network News: Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Ken Stabler: A Football Life — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Inside the NFL: 2015 Week 16 — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
Sound FX: 2015 Week 16 — NFL Network, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Wednesday Night Rivalry, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
New York Rangers at Tampa Bay — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Washington — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Ottawa — TVA Sports/MSG Plus/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Jose — NBCSN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Road to the NHL Winter Classic: Episode 3 — Sportsnet, 9:30 p.m.
Road to the NHL Winter Classic: Episode 3 — Epix, 10 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Thursday)

Scottish Premier League
Dundee vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
Real Madrid: All the Goals — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Barcelona: All the Goals — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 11:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive: Top Golf Trips — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show with guest hosts Paul Burmeister and Ross Tucker — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:45 a.m.
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
Garbage Time With Katie Nolan — FS1, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
TMZ Sports — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Thursday)

Entertainment
I Get That a Lot — CBS, 8 p.m.
Alaskan Bush People: Off the Grid: Dead in the Water — Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Day the Earth Stood Still — IFC, 8 p.m.
Michael Jackson: Life and Death — Reelz Channel, 8 p.m.
My Fat Saved My Life — TLC, 8 p.m.
In Defense of Food — PBS, 9 p.m.
Alaskan Bush People: Alarmed & Dangerous — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Your Worst Nightmare: Fight or Flight — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Shooting Up Suburbia — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Extreme Time Cheaters — TLC, 9 p.m.
Expedition Unknown: Legends: The Real Lewis & Clark — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Going Deep With David Rees: How to Do the Dishes (season finale) — Esquire Network, 10 p.m.
Mystery Diners: Comic Book Caper — Food Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Family Dukes It Out over Style in Dallas — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Bad Blood: My Father, My Mother, My Nightmare — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Rev Runs Around the World: Copenhagen: Rev’s Great Dane Fairytale — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Men, Women, Wild: Unveiled — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Eraser — Encore, 10 p.m.
Southern Justice: Domestic Disturbance — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Listen to Me, Marlon — Sho2, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: A Canadian Leaves Her Family and Career to Follow Her Heart and Fiancé to Bergamo, Italy — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Bad Blood: A Brother Betrayed — Investigation Discovery, 10:30 p.m.
Rev Runs Around the World: Rome: Pizza & Gelato Farfar Home — Travel Channel, 10:30 p.m.
The Equalizer — Starz, 10:30 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
American Ninja Warrior: Team Ninja Warrior Preview Special — Esquire Network, 11 p.m.
Bikini Super Heroes — Cinemax, 11:30 p.m.
The Deer Hunter — Encore, midnight

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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