Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, Morwell Recreation Reserve, Morwell, Victoria, Australia
Essendon Bombers vs. St. Kilda Saints — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 a.m.

Boxing
World Championship Boxing, Cotai Arena, Macau, Communist China
IBF World Flyweight Championship
Zou Shiming vs. Amnat Ruenroeng — HBO2, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Premier Boxing Champions, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero & Adrien Broner vs. John Molina, Jr. — NBC, 8:30 p.m.

Premier Boxing Champions Post-Fight — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Wisconsin at Michigan State — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
North Dakota at Miami (OH) — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.

College Softball
Missouri at South Carolina — SEC Network, noon
Georgia at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 2 p.m.

College Swimming & Diving
Men’s
Pac-12 Championships, Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
Day 2 — Pac-12 Networks, 1 p.m. (delayed)

English Championship League
Ipswich Town vs. Brentford — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Queens Park Rangers vs. Tottenham Hotspur — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, noon

FA Cup
6th Round Proper
Bradford City vs. Reading — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. West Bromwich Albion — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:25 p.m.

FA Preview Show: 6th Round Proper — Fox Sports 1, 7 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
HSBC Women’s Champions, Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong Course), Sentosa, Singapore
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

European PGA Tour
East London Golf Club, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
WGC-Cadillac Championship, Trump National Doral (Blue Monster), Miami, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, noon
3rd Round — NBC, 3 p.m.
3rd Round Spotlight Coverage — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

PGA Tour
Puerto Rico Open, Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico (Championship Course), Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Gymnastics
American Cup, Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
Men’s and Women’s All-Around — NBC, 1 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Atlanta vs. New York Mets — WPIX, 1 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Washington — MASN, 1 p.m./MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Toronto vs. Philadelphia — MLB Network/The Comcast Network, 1 p.m.
Anaheim vs. Oakland — Fox Sports West, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Cleveland — SportsNet LA, 3 p.m.
San Diego vs. San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 3 p.m./MLB Network, midnight
Texas vs. Milwaukee — Fox Sports Wisconsin, 3 p.m./MLB Network, 4 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
DC United vs. Montreal — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/RDS, 3 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Colorado — WPVI/Altitude, 4 p.m.
Vancouver vs. Toronto — TSN, 6 p.m.
Houston vs. Columbus — Root Sports Southwest/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 8:30 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. San Jose — KTXA/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 8:30 p.m.
Portland vs. Real Salt Lake — Root Sports Northwest/KMYU, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Kobalt Tools 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 a.m.
Practice 3 — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Boyd Gaming 300, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Qualifying — Fox Sports 2, 12:30 a.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity: Las Vegas — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.

NBA
Phoenix at Cleveland — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

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

NHL
Philadelphia at Boston — Sportsnet One/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/NESN, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Toronto — CBC/NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports Midwest, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Arizona — City TV/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Nashville — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Washington — MSG Buffalo/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Columbus — Altitude 2/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Southwest/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Florida — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles — Sportsnet/TVA 2/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.Vancouver at San Jose — CBC/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central — Sportsnet/Sportsnet 360/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 Post — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Skeleton
FIBT World Championship, Winterberg, Germany
Women’s Heat and 4 — Universal Sports, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany
Ladies Downhill — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Kvitfjell, Norway
Men’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

Speed Skating
ISU World Allround Championships, Olympic Oval, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Day One — Universal Sports, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Free Spirits — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Elevate — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
SEC Storied: Croom — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.
Inning by Inning: Portrait of a Coach — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Hellfighters — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Davis Cup, World Group First Round: Great Britain vs. USA & Belgium vs. Switzerland — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

Davis Cup, World Group First Round
Germany vs. France, Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
Rubber 3 – Doubles: Benjamin Becker/Andre Begemann vs. Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut — Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Great Britain vs. USA, Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rubber 3 – Doubles: Dominic Inglott/Jamie Murray vs. Bob & Mike Bryan — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Abierto Monterrey, Club Sonoma, Monterrey, Mexico
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m.

WTA Tour
Malaysian Open, Royal Selangor Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, midnight (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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