Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Bobsleigh
IBSF World Cup, Konigssee, Germany
2-Man Bobsleigh — Universal HD, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Prelims — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Main Event: Antonio DeMarco vs. Omar Figueroa — NBC, 8:30 p.m.
Postfight — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Solo Boxeo Tecate, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ
Featherweights
Ernie Sanchez vs. Oscar Valdez — UniMás, 10 p.m.

Bundesliga
Darmstadt vs. Hertha Berlin — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:25 a.m.
Bayern Munich vs. Ingolstadt — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
VfL Wolfsburg vs. Hamburger — FS2, 9:30 a.m.
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — FS2, 12:20 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Ohio State at UConn — CBS, noon
Delaware State at Michigan — ESPNU, noon
Bryant at Providence — FS1, noon
Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana Tech — American Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Marquette at Wisconsin — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.
Eastern Michigan at Louisville — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 2 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.
Oral Roberts at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Net, 2 p.m.
North Carolina-Wilmington at Georgetown — CBS Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Butler — FS1, 2:30 p.m.
Mississippi at Southeast Missouri — American Sports Network, 3 p.m.
Arizona State at Kentucky — ESPN, 3:15 p.m.
Utah at Wichita State — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s at Cal — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 3:30 p.m.
Maryland-Eastern Shore at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 4:15 p.m.
Rutgers at George Washington — CBS Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.
Mississippi State at Missouri-Kansas City — American Sports Network, 5 p.m.
IUPUI at Creighton — FS1, 5 p.m.
Portland State at SIU-Edwardsville — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Midwest, 5 p.m.
North Carolina at Texas — ESPN, 5:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Xavier — Fox, 5:30 p.m.
Kansas State at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 5:30 p.m.
Florida at Michigan State — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Montana at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 6 p.m.
McNeese State at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
Oregon at Boise State — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Drake at Nevada — Mountain West Network, 7 p.m.
Pacific at Fresno State — Mountain West Network, 7 p.m.
Oregon State vs. Kansas at Kansas City, MO — ESPN, 8 p.m.
BYU at Colorado — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain, 8 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Arkansas — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma State vs. Minnesota at Sioux Falls, SD — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.
UCLA at Gonzaga — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Little Rock at DePaul — FS1, 10 p.m.
Dartmouth at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.

Women’s
Notre Dame at TCU — Fox Sports Net, noon
Georgetown at Alabama — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Providence — FS2, 2:30 p.m.
North Dakota State at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 3 p.m.
DePaul at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Missouri at Colorado — Pac-12 Mountain, 3:30 p.m.
Utah at BYU — BYUtv, 4 p.m.
Dixie State at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific, 4 p.m.
Nebraska at Cal — Pac-12 Bay Area, 8 p.m.

FS1 College Hoops Extra — FS1, 2 p.m.
Pac-12 Basketball Pregame Show — Pac-12 Network, 3:30 p.m.
B1G Basketball Game Break — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
FS1 College Hoops Extra — FS1, 4:30 p.m.
Fox College Hoops Tip-Off — Fox, 5 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 5 p.m.
College Basketball Live Scoreboard — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
B1G Basketball Game Break — Big Ten Network, 6:15 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7:30 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Pac-12 Basketball Postgame Report — Pac-12 Network, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
B1G Finale 2015-16 — Big Ten Network, 10:30 p.m.
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, midnight

College Football
NCAA Division I Football Championship
Quarterfinals
Northern Iowa at North Dakota State — ESPN, noon
Colgate at Sam Houston State — ESPN3, noon

Army vs. Navy at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA — CBS, 3 p.m.

College GameDay live from Philadelphia, PA — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Inside College Football: Army-Navy March On Special — CBS Sports Network, noon
Inside College Football: Army-Navy Tailgate — CBS Sports Network, 1:30 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Heisman Trophy Presentation live from New York, NY — ESPN, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament
Lexington Regional Final, Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, KY
Nebraska vs. Washington — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

Des Moines Regional Final, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA
Minnesota vs. Hawaii — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.

Austin Regional Final, Gregory Gym, Austin, TX
Florida vs. Texas — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

San Diego Regional Final, Jenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, CA
USC vs. Kansas — ESPNU, 11:30 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
NCAA Studio Update — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.
NCAA Studio Update — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

English Football Championship
Milton Keynes Dons vs. Ipswich Town — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.
Derby County vs. Brighton & Hove Albion — beIN Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Norwich City vs. Everton — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Swansea City — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Southampton — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Watford — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Bournemouth vs. Manchester United — NBC/NBC Universo, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Preview — NBCSN, 6 a.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, midnight

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Grand Prix Final, Barcelona International Convention Centre, Barcelona, Spain
Free Dance — Universal HD, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
Ladies European Tour
Dubai Ladies Masters, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Final Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m.

PGA Tour/Champions Tour
Father-Son Challenge, The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Grande Lakes, Orlando, FL
Day 1 — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
Day 1 — NBC 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.

PGA Tour
Shark Shootout, Tiburon Golf Club (Gold Course), Naples, FL
Day 3: Better Ball — Fox, 1 p.m.

Asian Tour
Thailand Golf Championship, Amata Spring Country Club, Chonburi, Thailand
Final Round — Golf Channel, 11 p.m.

La Liga
Barcelona vs. Deportivo de La Coruna — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor, MGM Grand Garden Arena, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC’s Road to the Octagon — Fox, noon
UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 7 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

MLB
Christmas at Fenway — NESN, 10 a.m.
15 All Access — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

NBA
Golden State at Milwaukee — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, midnight
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

NFL
50 Super Bowl Stories — ABC, 3 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Ottawa at Montreal — CBC/City TV/TVA Sports, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Calgary — CBC/MSG Plus, 10 p.m.

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

Florida at Boston — Sportsnet One/Fox Sports Florida/NESN, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles at Buffalo — Fox Sports West/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Columbus — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay — NHL Network/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Nashville — Altitude/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Carolina at Arizona — Fox Sports Carolinas/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Minnesota at San Jose — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m./NHL Network, midnight

Top Shelf: Week of 12/5-12/11 — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen vs. Heart of Midlothian — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Skeleton
IBSF World Cup, Konigssee, Germany
Men’s — Universal HD, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Val d’Isere, France
Men’s Giant Slalom — Universal HD, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Are, Sweden
Ladies’ Giant Slalom — Universal HD, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Spirit of Yachting: Middle Sea Race — BBC World News, 7:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
ESPN Films: Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story — ESPN Classic, noon
On the Mat — ESPN Classic, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Muhammad and Larry — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: Trojan War — ABC, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Marinovich Project — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Overthrown — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Transcend — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Four Falls of Buffalo (World Premiere) — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, midnight
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Exhibition: Maria Sharapova and Friends, UCLA Tennis Center, Los Angeles, CA
Andy Roddick vs. Michael Chang — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.
Maria Sharapova vs. Madison Keys — Tennis Channel, 6:45 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016
Final Draw — ESPN2, noon

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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