Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Arena Football
Tampa Bay Storm at Orlando Predators — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
West Coast Eagles vs. Gold Coast Suns — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.

Boxing
World Championship Boxing, Inglewood Forum, Inglewood, CA
WBA Middleweight Title
Gennady Golovkin vs. Willie Monroe, Jr. — HBO, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
Oklahoma State at Michigan — Big Ten Network, noon
Virginia at North Carolina — ESPNU, noon
Louisville at North Carolina State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Clemson at Florida State — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Valparaiso at Wright State — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Wake Forest at Duke — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Youngstown State at Illinois-Chicago — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Florida International at Rice — Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Mississippi State at Tennessee — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Arkansas at Georgia — SEC Network Plus, 1 p.m.
Auburn at Florida — SEC Network Plus, 1 p.m.
High Point at Liberty — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Kentucky at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Texas A&M at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus, 2:30 p.m.
Nebraska at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Kansas State at Kansas — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
TCU at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 3 p.m.
Texas at Baylor — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 4 p.m.
USC at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Oregon at Utah — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Washington, 4 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Alabama — SEC Network, 4:30 p.m.
Arizona at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
LSU at South Carolina — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
Washington State at Arizona State — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.
Oregon State at Stanford — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

College Lacrosse
NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Tournament
Quarterfinals
Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO
Notre Dame vs. Albany — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Denver vs. Ohio State — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
Regionals-Double Elimination
Ann Arbor Regional, Wilpon Complex, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan vs. Cal — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Oakland — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
Michigan/Cal vs. Pittsburgh/Oakland — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

Athens Regional, Turner Stadium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Georgia vs. Western Kentucky — SEC Network, noon
Central Connecticut State vs. North Carolina — ESPN3, 2:30 p.m.
Georgia/Western Kentucky vs. Central Connecticut State/North Carolina — ESPN3 or SEC Network, 5 p.m.

Auburn Regional, Jane B. Moore Field, Auburn, AL
South Alabama vs. Auburn — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Chattanooga vs. Tennessee Tech — ESPN3, 3:30 p.m.
South Alabama/Auburn vs. Chattanooga/Tennessee Tech — ESPN3, 6 p.m.

Baton Rouge Regional, Tiger Park, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Arizona State vs. LSU — ESPN, noon
Nebraska vs. Texas Southern — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Arizona State/LSU vs. Nebraska/Texas Southern — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Columbia Regional, University Field, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Missouri vs. Kansas — SEC Network, 11 a.m.
Louisville vs. Indiana State — ESPN3, 1:30 p.m.
Missouri/Kansas vs. Louisville/Indiana State — SEC Network or ESPN3, 4 p.m.

Gainesville Regional, Pressly Stadium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Florida vs. Hofstra — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Florida A&M vs. Florida Atlantic — ESPN3, 3:30 p.m.
Florida/Hofstra vs. Florida A&M/Florida Atlantic — ESPN3, 6 p.m.

Knoxville Regional, Sherri Parker Lee Stadium, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Tennessee vs. Utah — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Virginia Tech vs. Longwood — ESPN3, 3:30 p.m.
Tennessee/Utah vs. Virginia Tech/Longwood — ESPN, 6 p.m.

Lafayette Regional, Lamson Park, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Baylor vs. Louisiana-Lafayette — ESPN3, 4:30 p.m.
Mississippi State vs. Weber State — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Baylor/Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Mississippi State/Weber State– ESPN, 9:30 p.m.

Los Angeles Regional, Easton Stadium, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Texas vs. UCLA — Longhorn Network, 3 p.m.
San Diego State vs. Cal State-Northridge — ESPN3, 5:30 p.m.
Texas/UCLA vs. Cal State-Northridge/San Diego State — Longhorn Network or ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Norman Regional, OU Softball Complex, Oklahoma University, Norman, OK
Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M — ESPN3, 2:30 p.m.
Central Arkansas vs. Lehigh — ESPN3, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma/Texas A&M vs. Central Arkansas/Lehigh — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

Tallahassee Regional, Seminole Softball Complex, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Florida State vs. Central Florida — ESPN3, 10 a.m.
South Carolina vs. Dartmouth — ESPN3, 12:30 p.m.
Florida State/Central Florida vs. South Carolina/Dartmouth — ESPN3, 3 p.m.

Tuscaloosa Regional, Rhoads Stadium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Alabama vs. Washington — ESPN3, noon
Fairfield vs. South Carolina Upstate — ESPN3, 2:30 p.m.
Alabama/Washington vs. Fairfield/South Carolina Upstate — ESPN, 5 p.m.

ESPN Bases Loaded — Check your local listings, 1 p.m.
Softball Bases Loaded — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Softball Bases Loaded — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Softball Bases Loaded — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Softball Bases Loaded — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Softball Bases Loaded — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.
Softball Bases Loaded — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Stage 8: Fiuggi to Campitello Matese — beIN Sports, 9:15 a.m.

Tour of California
Stage 7: Ontario to Mount Baldy — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

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

English Premier League
Southampton vs. Aston Villa — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Relegation Breakaway: Queens Park Rangers vs. Newcastle; Sunderland vs. Leiceseter City; Tottenham Hotspur vs. Hull City — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Burnley vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Newcastle — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Leicester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Hull City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Ham vs. Everton — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace — NBCSN, 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, 2 a.m. (Sunday)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Open de España, Real Club de Golf El Prat, Terrassa, Spain
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Wells Fargo Championship, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, NC
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
Kingsmill Championship, Kingsmill Resort (River Course), Williamsburg, VA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

PGA Reach: Impacting Lives Through Golf — CBS, 2 p.m.
Secret Golf With Steve Elkington — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Secret Golf With Steve Elkington — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.

Hockey
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
Semifinals, O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
Canada vs. Czech Republic — TSN, 9 a.m.
United States vs. Russia — TSN, 1 p.m./NBCSN, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

Horse Racing
Preakness Stakes, Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, MD
Prep — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Race — NBC, 4:30 p.m.

Preakness Post Show — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.

IndyCar
Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Qualifying, Day 1 — ABC, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night, Edgar vs. Faber, Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Phillippines
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 8 a.m.
Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 1, 7 a.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.

MLB
American League
Tampa Bay at Minnesota — Sun Sports/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Baltimore — Fox Sports West/MASN, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Kansas City — YES/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Houston — Sportsnet/Root Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Texas — STO/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Boston at Seattle — MLB Network/NESN/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Oakland — MLB Network/WGN/Comcast SportsNet California, 9 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at Miami — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports 1/WGN, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Arizona/WCAU, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at New York Mets — Fox Sports Wisconsin/SNY, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Cincinnati — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Washington at San Diego — MASN2/Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles Dodgers — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m.

Interleague
Detroit at St. Louis — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 3 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Montreal vs. Real Salt Lake — TSN/KMYU, 4 p.m.
Vancouver vs. Seattle — TSN/KCPQ, 7 p.m.
New England vs. Toronto FC — Comcast SportsNet New England/Sportsnet 360, 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Portland — Root Sports Southwest Plus/KPTV, 8:30 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. Colorado — KMCI/Altitude, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. Columbus — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Plus/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Charlotte — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon
NBA Draft Combine: Day One — NBA TV, 3:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Performance Awards Show — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA Draft Combine: Day Two — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final
Tampa at New York Rangers — NBC/CBC/TVA Sports, 1 p.m.

NHL Tonight: Conference Final Pregame — NHL Network, noon
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Postgame — NHL Network, 4 p.m.

Sports Talk
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPNU, 10:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks — ESPN2, 11:30 a.m.
Nine for IX: The ’99ers — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30 Soccer Stories: Mysteries of the Jules 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.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Swimming
USA Swimming Arena Pro Series, Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, Charlotte, NC
Day Two — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
Men’s and Women’s Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.

ATP World Tour Uncovered — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
WTA All-Access — Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m.

Entertainment
My Cat From Hell: Happily Never After — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Men in Black — Encore, 8 p.m.
When Calls the Heart: Hear’s Desire — Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.
Bessie — HBO, 8 p.m.
Walking Tall — Showcase, 8 p.m.
The Red Shoes — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the Slammer: The Virgin Brian; Photobomed — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Outrageous Acts of Psych: Liars and Lovers — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Countdown to the 2015 Billboard Music Awards — ABC, 9 p.m.
Orphan Black: Scarred by Many Past Frustrations — BBC America, 9 p.m.
The Universe: Ancient Mysteries Solved: Predicting the Future — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Outlander: Wentworth Prison — Starz, 9 p.m.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — The Movie Channel, 9 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Extra Pulses: Apache Junction — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the Slammer: Hawaii 5 Oh No; Navy Squeals — Investigation Discovery, 9:30 p.m.
48 Hours: Father and Son: Janet’s Secret — CBS, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10 p.m.
Annabelle — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Scorned: Love Kills: Teacher, Teacher (season finale) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Dead Files: The Instigator: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Engineering Disasters: Trapped Under Seattle — History Channel, 10:03 p.m.
We Are Marshall — Sundance TV, 10:30 p.m.
Living Big Sky: Glacier National Park — HGTV, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host Louis C.K. and musical guest Rihanna (season finale) — NBC, 11:29 p.m.
Living Big Sky — HGTV, 11:30 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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