Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Bobsled
FIBT World Cup, Altenberg, Germany
Men’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
NCAA Division I FCS Championship, FC Dallas Stadium, Frisco, TX
Illinois State vs. North Dakota — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

Medal of Honor Bowl, Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
American vs. National — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

2015 College Football Playoff Media Days — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
ESPN at the College Football National Championship — ESPN, 7 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Minnesota at Michigan — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Detroit, 4 p.m.
Northeastern at Boston College — NESN, 4 p.m.
Western Michigan at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Minnesota-Duluth at North Dakota — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Harvard vs. Yale at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY — NBCSN, 8:15 p.m.

Women’s
Wisconsin at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 5:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
Loyola (Chicago) at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

College Wrestling
Stanford at Oregon State — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Oregon, 8 p.m.

English Championship League
Ipswich Town vs. Derby County — beIN Sports, 7:10 a.m.

English Premier League
Sunderland vs. Liverpool — NBCSN/mun2, 7:45 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Newcastle — NBCSN/mun2, 10 a.m.
Burnley vs. Queens Park Rangers — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Everton vs. Manchester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Hull City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Tottenham Hotspur — NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
South African Open Championship, Glendower Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Tournament of Champions, Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Kapalua, Maui, HI
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

NBA
NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Coast to Coast — ESPN, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Boston at Philadelphia — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US)/NESN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Nashville at Minnesota — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado — Fox Sports Southwest/Altitude, 3 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Montreal — CBC/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Arizona — City TV/Fox Sports Arizona, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Washington — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Columbus — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Carolina at St. Louis — Fox Sports Carolinas/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver — CBC, 10 p.m.
New York Rangers at San Jose — FX-Canada/MSG Network/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Winnipeg at Los Angeles — Sportsnet/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 5 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Skeleton
FIBT World Cup, Altenberg, Germany
Men’s — Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Abelboden, Switzerland
Men’s Giant Slalom — Universal Sports, 7 a.m.

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria
Ladies’ Downhill — Universal Sports, 11 a.m.

Soccer
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Group B, Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Mexico vs. Cuba — Fox Sports 2/Univision Deportes, 3 p.m.

Speed Skating
ISU European Championships 2015, Ice Palace “Uralskaya Molniya,” Chelyabinsk, Russia
Day One — Universal Sports, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
30 for 30 Shorts: Great Trade Robbery — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
On the Mat — ESPN Classic, noon
Steep — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Wild in the Streets — ESPN Classic, 3:15 p.m.
ESPN Sports Saturday — ABC, 4 p.m.
SEC Storied: Going Big — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Nine for IX: The Diplomat — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: The Imposter and Silver Reunion — ESPN, 6:30 p.m.
30 for 30: This Is What They Want — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
The Lost Son of Havana — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
Brisbane International, Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Final: Ana Ivanovic vs. Maria Sharapova — Tennis Channel, 4 a.m.

ATP Tour
Qatar Open, Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar
Final: David Ferrer vs. Tomas Berdych — beIN Sports, noon (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Chennai Open, SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, India
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 2 & 4 p.m.

WTA Tour
Shenzhen Open, Longgang Tennis Centre, Shenzhen, Communist China
Final: Simona Halep vs. Timea Bacsinszky — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
ASB Classic, ASB Tennis Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Final: Venus Williams vs. Caroline Wozniacki — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

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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