Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Bobsled
FIBT World Cup, Königssee, Germany
Men’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Boxing
Showtime Championship Boxing, MGM Grand Garden Arena, NV
WBC World Heavyweight Championship
Bermane Stiverne vs. Deontay Wilder — Showtime, 10 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
East-West Shrine Game, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
East vs. West — NFL Network, 4 p.m.

NFL Total Access: East-West Shrine Game Pregame — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m.

NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, The Stubhub Center, Carson, CA
American vs. National — ESPN2, 4 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Penn State at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Michigan State at Penn State — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Wisconsin at Minnesota — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports North, 6 p.m.
UMass at New Hampshire — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
UCLA at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Wrestling
Cal State-Bakersfield at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.

English Championship League
Derby County vs. Nottingham Forest — beIN Sports, 7:10 a.m.
Millwall vs. Ipswich Town — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Queens Park Rangers vs. Manchester United — NBCSN/mun2, 10 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Liverpool — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Burnley vs. Crystal Palace — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Chelsea — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Sunderland — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Southampton — NBC/mun2, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating Championships Preview: Ladies; Ice Dance — NBC, 5 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m.

Latin America Amateur Championship, Pilar Golf Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3rd Round — ESPNews, 10 a.m.

PGA Tour
Sony Open in Hawaii, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, HI
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Hockey
Hockey Day Minnesota, Holman Field, St. Paul MN
Luverne vs. St. Paul Johnson — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports North, 11 a.m.
Hill-Murray vs. St. Thomas Academy — Fox Sports North, 2:30 p.m.
Cretin-Derham Hill vs. Duluth Northern Stars — Fox Sports North, midnight (delayed)

Hockey Day Minnesota — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports North, 10 a.m.
Hockey Day Minnesota — Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
Hockey Day Minnesota — Fox Sports North, 4:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
World Series of Fighting 17, Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Welterweights
Jake Shields vs. Brian Foster — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

NBA
Golden State at Houston — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NHL
Toronto at St. Louis — CBC/NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports Midwest, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Ottawa — City TV/TVA Sports 2/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Montreal — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Florida — Sportsnet One/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Tampa Bay — Altitude2/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Boston — Fox Sports Ohio/NESN, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Detroit — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Detroit Plus, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Buffalo — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Washington at Dallas — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Minnesota — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports North, 9 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose — CBC/NHL Network (US)/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US)/KCOP/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

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

Scottish Premier League
Hamilton Academical vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:30 a.m.

Skeleton
FIBT World Cup, Königssee, Germany
Men’s — Universal Sports, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Wengen, Switzerland
Men’s Slalom — Universal Sports, 6:30 a.m.

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy
Ladies’ Downhill — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships, Kreischberg, Austria
Snowboard-Halfpipe — Universal Sports, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Fastest — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Guru of Go — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Elevate — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
ESPN Sports Saturday — ABC, 4 p.m.
The Announcement — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Push: Madison Versus Madison — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Nine for IX: Swoopes — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Swimming
Arena Pro Swim Series, Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Day Three — Universal Sports, 7 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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