Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Arena Football
Los Angeles KISS at Pittsburgh Power — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Portland Thunder at San Jose SaberCats — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle Dockers vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.

Boxing
World Championship Boxing, Inglewood, CA
WBO Welterweight Title Elimination Bout
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Mike Alvarado — HBO, 10:15 p.m.

College Baseball
Northwestern at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, noon
North Carolina at Miami — ESPNU, noon
Minnesota at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
South Carolina at Vanderbilt — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
Washington State at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Illinois at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Washington at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Texas at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Cal State-Fullerton at Cal-Irvine — Fox College Sports Pacific, 9 p.m.
Oregon at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
NCAA TournamentQuarterfinals, Hempstead, NY
Maryland vs. Bryant — ESPN2, noon
Notre Dame vs. Albany (NY) — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Tournament
Tallahassee Regional, Tallahassee, FL
Florida State vs. South Florida — ESPN, noon
South Carolina vs. Fordham — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

Tucson Regional, Tucson, AZ
ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN, 7 p.m.
ESPN, 9:30 p.m.

Tempe Regional, Tempe, AZ
Arizona State vs. Michigan — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
San Diego State vs. Dartmouth — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.
ESPNU, 11 p.m.

College Track & Field
Mountain West Conference Championship — Fox College Sports Pacific, 5 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia, Italy
Stage 8: Foligno to Montecopiolo — beIN Sport, 8 a.m.

Tour of California
Stage 7: Santa Clarita to Pasadena — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

FA Cup Final
Arsenal vs. Hull City — Fox, 11:30 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Open de España, Seville, Spain
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Byron Nelson Championship, Irving, TX
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Champions Tour
Regions Tradition, Shoal Creek, AL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Kingsmill Championship, Williamsburg, VA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Horse Racing
The Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, Race Course, Baltimore, MD
Race — NBC, 4:30 p.m.

Preakness Stakes Prep — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Preakness Post Race Show — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.

IndyCar
Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Qualifying — ABC, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator MMA Fighting Championships, Southaven, MS
Light Heavyweight Tournament Final
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at Houston — WGN America/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 4 p.m.
Baltimore at Kansas City — MLB Network/MASN2/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Boston — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/NESN, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet California/STO, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Texas — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Anaheim Angels — Sun Sports/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at St. Louis — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
New York Mets at Washington — WPIX/MASN, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Miami at San Francisco — Fox Sports Florida/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 9 p.m.

Interleague
Pittsburgh at New York Yankees — Fox Sports 1/Root Sports Pittsburgh/YES, 4 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 3 p.m.
MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame Show — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

MLS
Toronto FC vs. New York — TSN/RDS2/MSG Plus, 4:30 p.m.
DC United vs. Montreal — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/TVA Sports, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. New England — The Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet New England, 7 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. Chivas USA — KTXA/KDOC, 8:30 p.m.
Houston vs. LA Galaxy — Comcast SportsNet Houston Plus/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado — KUCW/Altitude, 9:30 p.m.
Seattle vs. San Jose — KZJO/KOMO/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Portland vs. Columbus — Root Sports Northwest/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
All-Star Race, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: All-Star — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final
Game 1: New York Rangers at Montreal Canadiens — NBC/CBC/RDS, 1 p.m.

NHL Tonight: Conference Final Pregame — NHL Network, noon
Hockey Tonight — CBC, 12:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Postgame — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
NHL Plays of the Week: Second Round — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
Nine for IX: The ’99ers — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Inside: U.S. Soccer’s March to Brazil — ABC, 2 p.m.
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: Mysteries of the Rimet Trophy & Barbosa: The Man Who Made Brazil Cry — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: Soccer Stories: Maradona ’86 & The Opposition — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: Hillsborough — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tours
Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy
Men’s & Women’s Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m.

WNBA
Chicago Sky at New York Liberty — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

Entertainment
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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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