Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Arena Football
Portland Thunder at Los Angeles Kiss — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Collingwood Magpies vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Sports 2, 4:30 a.m.

Boxing
24/7 Pacquaio/Bradley 2: Episode 2 — HBO, 11:30 p.m.

College Baseball
Cal State-Bakersfield at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 3 p.m.
Alabama at Texas — Fox College Sports Pacific, 3 p.m.
Mississippi State at LSU — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Baylor at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
Oregon at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Duke at Notre Dame — ESPNU, noon
Virginia at North Carolina — ESPNU, 3 p.m.

College Softball
Auburn at Florida — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

College Tennis
TCU at Texas — Longhorn Network, 12:30 p.m.

College Track & Field
Arizona at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.

Curling
Men’s World Championship, Beijing, Communist China
Semifinal — Universal Sports, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

English League Championship
Wigan Athletic vs. Leeds United — beIN Sport, 7 a.m.

English Premier League
Manchester City vs. Southampton — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Manchester United — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Fulham — Premiere League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Cardiff City vs. Crystale Palace — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Hull City vs. Swansea City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Norwich City vs. West Bromwich Albion — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Stoke City — NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Premier League Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

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

Golf
PGA Tour
Houston Open, Humble, TX
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./NBC, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

LPGA Tour
Kraft Nabisco Championship, Rancho Mirage, CA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Horse Racing
Wood Memorial Stakes & Santa Anita Derby — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at Detroit — MASN/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Toronto — YES/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City — WGN America/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Houston — Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 7 p.m.
Texas at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Southwest/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.

National League
Cincinnati at New York Mets — Fox Sports Ohio/SNY, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs — The Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports 1/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington — MLB Network/Fox Sports South/MASN, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Miami — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Milwaukee at Boston — Fox Sports Wisconsin/NESN, 7 p.m.

MLB 162 — Fox Sports 1, noon
MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

MLS
Portland vs. Seattle — NBCSN, 3 p.m.
Montreal vs. New York — TSN/RDS, 4 p.m.
Chicago vs. Philadelphia — WPWR/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Columbus vs. Toronto FC — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/Sportsnet 360, 6 p.m.
Vancouver vs. Colorado — CTV BC/Altitude, 6:30 p.m.
DC United vs. New England — WSBK, 7 p.m.
Houston vs. FC Dallas — Comcast SportsNet Houston Plus/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 8 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting KC — KTVX/KMCI, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Texas 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Final Practice — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m.
Qualifying — Fox Sports 2, 3 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Washington — WGN America, 7 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NHL
Philadelphia at Boston — NHL Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/NESN, 1 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis — Altitude/Fox Sports Midwest, 2 p.m.
Washington at New York Islanders — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/MSG Plus, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Montreal — CBC/RDS/NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at New York Rangers — CBC/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Toronto — CBC, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/WTOG, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Carolina — MSG Plus 2/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Minnesota — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver — CBC/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Nashville at San Jose — SportSouth/Comcast SportsNet California Plus, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Plays of the Week: 03/29-04/04/2014 — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Tonight — CBC/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
After Hours — CBC, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Scottish Premier League
Dundee United vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:40 a.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Crowd Goes Wild Weekend — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
Nine for IX: Swoopes — ESPN Classic, 1:30 p.m.
Unguarded — ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
ESPN Sports Saturday — ABC, 4 p.m.
88 and 1 — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: Without Bias — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
SportScience — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: The Irrelevant Giant/Arthur and Johnny — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured — ESPN, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
E:60: Downhill: The Life of Bill Johnson — ESPNews, 8 p.m.
E:60: Perfect — ESPN, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Elway to Marino — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Family Circle Cup, Charleston, SC
Semifinal — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

Davis Cup
Quarterfinal
Switzerland vs. Kazakhstan, Geneva, Switzerland
Rubber 3-Doubles: Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka vs. Aleksandr Nedovyesov/Evgeny Korolev — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Center Court: Davis Cup Whiparound — Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.
Center Court: Davis Cup Whiparound — Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel, Live — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.

Entertainment
Dateline NBC — The Girl with the Blue Mustang — NBC, 8 p.m.
Rake (The Final Days) — Fox, 8 p.m.
Aliens — IFC, 8 p.m.
Dateline: Real Life Mysteries: The Fugitive — TLC, 8 p.m.
Field of Dreams — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Extra Pulses: Battle of Los Angeles — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
Admission — Cinemax, 8:10 p.m.
Renovation Realities: The Eyer Job — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 9 p.m.
Ripper Street: Our Betrayal — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Lucky in Love — Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.
Celebrity Ghost Stories: Louis Gossett, Jr.; Carolyn Hennesy; Nathan Morris; Kevin Hash — Lifetime Movie Network, 9 p.m.
Da Vinci’s Demons: The Voyage of the Damned — Starz, 9 p.m.
The Hurt Locker — Sundance Channel, 9 p.m.
Dateline: Real Life Mysteries: Mystery in Mustang — TLC, 9 p.m.
Apartment 1303 — The Movie Channel, 9 p.m.
Nether World: Paris Catacombs (series premiere) — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Lemmy — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
48 Hours: Wounded by Love — CBS, 10 p.m.
Flipping Vegas: Dog House — A&E, 10 p.m.
America’s Book of Secrets: Big Brother — H2, 10 p.m.
Reincarnated: Past Lives: Laura, Vincent & Devavani — Lifetime Movie Network, 10 p.m.
Outrageous Acts of Science: The People’s Vote — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Angels in the Outfield — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
A Town Mourns: The Washington Mudslide — Weather Channel, 10 p.m.
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?: Extreme Make Under — WE TV, 10 p.m.
Nightline Prime — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Animation High-Def — Fox, 11 p.m.
Alien 3 — IFC, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host Anna Kendrick and musical guest Pharell — NBC, 11:29 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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