Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Arena Football
Spokane Shock at Tampa Bay Storm — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

2014 Arena Football Hall of Fame Special — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Melbourne Demons vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.

Boxing
IBF, WBA & WBO Heavyweight Championship, Oberhausen, Germany
Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alex Leapai — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Showtime Championship Boxing, Carson, CA
Interim WBA Welterweight Championship
Keith Thurman vs. Julio Diaz — Showtime, 9:30 p.m.

All Access: Mayweather vs. Maidana: Episode 2 — Showtime, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
Army at Navy — CBS Sports Network, noon
Oklahoma at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Pacific, 1 p.m.
Alabama at South Carolina — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Kansas at Baylor — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 3 p.m.
Hawaii at Cal State-Fullerton — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 10:30 p.m.

College Football
Spring Game
Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.
Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Washington State Crimson & Gray Game — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Northern Arizona Spring Game — Fox College Sports Pacific, 5 p.m.
UCLA Spring Game — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Harvard at Yale — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 1:30 p.m.
Ohio State at Johns Hopkins — ESPNU, 2 p.m.

Women’s
Villanova at UConn — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
USC at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

College Softball
Georgia at Alabama — ESPNU, noon
UAB at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 3 p.m.
Penn State at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Jackson State at Mississippi Valley State — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 5 p.m.
UAB at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 5:30 p.m.

English Football League Championship
Burnley vs. Ipswich Town — beIN Sport, 7:10 a.m.
Wigan Athletic vs. Blackpool — beIN Sport, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Southampton vs. Everton — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Fulham vs. Hull City — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Norwich City — NBC, 12:30 p.m.

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

Golf
European PGA Tour
Communist China Open, Communist China
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
New Orleans Classic, Avondale, LA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Swinging Skirts Classic, San Francisco, CA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira, Baltimore, MD
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Main Card — Pay Per View, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at New York Yankees — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Kansas City at Baltimore — Fox Sports Kansas City/MASN, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Houston — Comcast SportsNet California/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox — MLB Network/Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.
Texas at Seattle — Fox Sports Southwest/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.

National League
San Diego at Washington — Fox Sports San Diego/MASN, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — Fox Sports 1/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — WGN America/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
Miami at New York Mets — Fox Sports Florida/SNY, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles Dodgers — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m.

Interleague
Cleveland at San Francisco — STO/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.

MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
Wrigley 100: A Century Celebration — WGN America, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Montreal vs. Philadelphia — TVA Sports/The Comcast Network, 4 p.m.
Seattle vs. Colorado — Univision Deportes/KCPQ/Root Sports Northwest Plus/Altitude, 4 p.m.
DC United vs. FC Dallas — Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. New York — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/MSG Network, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Sporting KC — Comcast SportsNet New England/KCMI, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Vancouver — KUCW/CTV2, 9:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. Chivas USA — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Toyota Owners 400, Richmond International Speedway, Richmond, VA
Race — Fox, 6:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Richmond — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Richmond — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference
Game 4: Indiana at Atlanta — TNT, 2 p.m. (Atlanta leads series 2-1)
Game 3: Miami at Charlotte — ESPN, 7 p.m. (Miami leads series 2-0)

Western Conference
Game 3: San Antonio at Dallas — TNT, 4:30 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)
Game 4: Oklahoma City at Memphis — ESPN, 9:30 p.m. (Memphis leads series 2-1)

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 1:30 p.m.
NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 1:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Pacers/Hawks, Game 4 Postgame — NBA TV, 4:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Spurs/Mavericks, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Heat/Bobcats, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Thunder/Grizzlies, Game 4 Postgame — NBA TV, midnight

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference
Game 5: Detroit at Boston — NBC, 3 p.m. (Boston leads series 3-1)
Game 5: Columbus at Pittsburgh — NBCSN/CBC/RDS/Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. (Series tied 2-2)

Western Conference
Game 5: Minnesota at Colorado — NBCSN/TSN/RDS/Fox Sports North/Altitude, 9:30 p.m. (Series tied 2-2)
Game 5: Los Angeles at San Jose — CNBC/CBC/RDS2/Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m. (San Jose leads series 3-1)

NHL on the Fly: 2014 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 5:30 p.m.
Hockey Tonight — CBC, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, midnight

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.
30 for 30: The Bad Boys — ESPN2, noon
30 for 30: This Is What They Want — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Broke — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
30 for 30: The Price of Gold — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Nine for IX: Runner — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
ESPN Sports Saturday — ESPN, 4 p.m.
SEC Storied: Abby Head On — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: Maradona ’86 & The Opposition — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: Benji — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
The Lost Son of Havana — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Crowd Goes Wild Weekend — Fox Sports 2, 7 p.m.
We Could Be King — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Requiem for the Big East — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Swimming
Arena Grand Prix: Mesa — Universal Sports, 8 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court — Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m.

ATP Tour
Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Porsche Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Track & Field
Penn Relays — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.
Drake Relays — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Entertainment
The 40 Year Old Virgin — Cinemax, 3:50 p.m.
A Healthy You & Carol Alt — Fox News, 4 p.m.
Silver Linings Playbook — The Movie Channel, 5 p.m.
Pacific Rim — HBO, 5:45 p.m.
No Place on Earth — History Channel, 6 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Bringing Brooke Home — NBC, 8 p.m.
My Cat From Hell: Sky Diver’s Nightmares (season premiere) — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Bullet to the Head — HBO, 8 p.m.
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp — Sho2, 8 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
My Cat From Hell: Scratch Tracks: Bea Hates CeCe — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Orphan Black: Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Evil-in-Law: Love’s Fury (season finale) — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
There’s Something About Mary — MoreMax, 9 p.m.
Da Vinci’s Demons: The Rope of the Dead — Starz, 9 p.m.
Vikingdom — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the E.R.: Natural Disaster — TLC, 9 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks; Bobby Mackey’s; Brookdale Lodge — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
How (Not) To Kill Your Husband: Killer Workouts — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Nightline Prime — ABC, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: Dangerous Beauty — CBS, 10 p.m.
My Cat From Hell: Scratch Tracks: Cat Horror Show — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
The Real History of Science Fiction: Space — BBC America, 10 p.m.
America’s Book of Secrets: America’s Secret Armies — H2, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Renovation: Orange County, CA — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Outrageous Acts of Science: Muthas of Invention — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?: Turning Tricks — WE TV, 10 p.m.
How (Not) To Kill Your Husband: Love Sucks — Investigation Discovery, 10:30 p.m.
Now You See Me — HBO, 10:30 p.m.
Grave Encounters — The Movie Channel, 10:35 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 11 p.m.
Comedy Underground with Dave Attell — Comedy Central, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

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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