Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Baseball
Arizona Fall League, Military Appreciation Game
Mesa Solar Sox  at Surprise Saguaros — MLB Network, 8 p.m.

Boxing
Fight Night, Sands Casino Resort, Bethlehem, PA
Heavyweights
Amir Mansour vs. Fred Kassi — NBCSN, 8:30 p.m.

World Championship Boxing, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ
World Light Heavyweight Unification Bout
Bernard Hopkins vs. Sergey Kovalev — HBO, 10:45 p.m.

24/7 Pacquaio/Algieri — HBO, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

CFL
Montreal Alouettes at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN3, 4 p.m.
Edmonton Eskimos at Saskatchewan Roughriders — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Missouri Western at Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Central, 3:30 p.m.
Seattle Pacific at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Michigan State at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Pacific at BYU — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
Northwestern at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.

College Water Polo
Men’s
Stanford at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 1:30 p.m.

English Football Championship
Derby County vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers — beIN Sports, 7:10 a.m.

English Premier League
Liverpool vs. Chelsea — NBCSN/mun2, 7:45 a.m.
Southampton vs. Leicester City — NBCSN/mun2, 10 a.m.
Burnley vs. Hull City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Crystal Palce — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Manchester City — NBC/mun2, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

FA Cup
1st Round Proper
Weston Super Mare vs. Doncaster Rovers — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:55 a.m.
Barnet vs. Wycombe Wanderers — Fox Soccer Plus, noon (same day coverage)

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Cup of Communist China, Shanghai, Communist China
Free Dance — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)
Pairs Free Skate — Universal Sports, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
Grande Prêmio do Brasil, Autodromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 10:55 a.m./CNBC, 11 a.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
Sanderson Farms Championship, Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, MS
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour/European PGA Tour
WGC-HSBC Champions, Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, Communist China
Final Round — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

Gymnastics
World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships, Ocean Center, Daytona, FL
Men’s and Women’s Finals, Day 1 — Universal Sports, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux, Ginásio Arena Multiuso Tancredo Neves, Uberlandia, Brazil
Prelims — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 2, 7 p.m.

MLS Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinal, Leg 2
DC United vs. New York — NBC/Univision Deportes, 2:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Eliminator Round
Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 a.m.
Practice 3 — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 p.m.

Nationwide Series
DAV 200, Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
Qualifying — Fox Sports 2, 12:30 p.m.
Race — ESPN, 4 p.m.

NASCAR Live — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.
NASCAR Countdown — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

NBA
Boston at Chicago — WGN America, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at San Antonio — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NHL
Calgary at Florida — Sportsnet West/Fox Sports Florida, 3 p.m.
New York Rangers at Toronto — CBC/MSG 2, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Montreal — City TV/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports North Plus, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo — FX Canada/Root Sports Pittsburgh/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Ottawa — Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Philadelphia — Altitude/Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Columbus — Sun Sports/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Washington — Fox Sports Carolinas/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus, 8 p.m.
Nashville at St. Louis — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
New York Islanders at Arizona — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Dallas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Los Angeles — CBC/TVA Sports 2/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network (US), 5 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet 360/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Rugby
2014 Rugby League Four Nations, Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand
New Zealand vs. England — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 a.m.

Sailing
Volvo Ocean Race: Week 5 — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Dari & Mel — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
All In With Laila Ali: Fashion Forward — CBS, 11 a.m.
Game Changers With Kevin Frazier: Agassi’s Second Serve — CBS, 11:30 a.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, noon
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
30 for 30: Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Posterized and the Great Imposter — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
Generation Iron — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Tennis
Federation Cup Final
Czech Republic vs. Germany, O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
Singles Rubbers 1 & 2: Petra Kvitova vs. Andrea Petkovic & Lucie Safarova vs. Angelique Kerber — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.

Entertainment
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 9 a.m.
The Calling — Destination America, 9:30 a.m.
We Own the Night — Sundance TV, 9:45 a.m.
E! News Weekend — E!, 10 a.m.
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 10 a.m.
The Kitchen: Harvest — Food Network, 11 a.m.
Simply Laura: Lessons From Nonna — Cooking Channel, 1:30 p.m.
Parents Just Don’t Understand: The T-shirt Printer & Aquatic Sprinter — Discovery Family Channel, 3 p.m.
A Healthy You & Carol Alt — Fox News, 4 p.m.
Cops: Lady Bit My Finger — Spike, 8 p.m.
Austin City Limits: Los Lobos; Thao & The Get Down Stay Down — PBS, 8 p.m.
My Cat From Hell: When the Fat Lady Sings — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
The Nine Lives of Christmas — Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.
The Punisher — IFC, 8 p.m.
August: Osage County — Showtime, 8 p.m.
The Dirty Dozen — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Guns ‘n’ Roses: Live at the O2 Arena — VH1 Classic, 8 p.m.
Buying Alaska: Alaskan Beach Town — Destination America, 9 p.m.
Survivor’s Remorse: Six (season finale) — Starz, 9 p.m.
Sleeping Beauty — ABC Family, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: Death in Heaven (fall finale) — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Airplane Repo: Wheels Up: Narrow Escape — Discovery, 9 p.m.
America Unearthed: Secrets From the Alamo — H2, 9 p.m.
The Legend of Hercules — HBO, 9 p.m.
Fatal Vows: Mid-Life Murder — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Dirty Harry — Sundance TV, 9 p.m.
Transporter: The Series: Harvest — TNT, 9 p.m.
Saturday Night Live — NBC, 10 p.m.
D-Day to Victory: The Scheldt and Arnhem — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Pit Bulls and Parolees: Changing Lanes — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Railroad Alaska: Collision Course — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Airplane Repo: Wheels Up: Alone in Alaska — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Scorned: Love Kills: I’ll Have What She’s Having — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Car SOS: Escort RS in Distress — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
The Chair: Outside the Bubble (season finale) — Starz, 10 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the E.R.: Pole Position — TLC, 10 p.m.
Transporter: The Series: The Switch — TNT, 10 p.m.
The Dead Files — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10:15 p.m.
Animal Cops Houston: Justice Served — Animal Planet, 11 p.m.
Django Unchained — Showtime, 11 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the E.R.: Extra Dose: Have a Ball — TLC, 11 p.m.
Magnum Force — Sundance TV, 11:15 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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