Saturday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
TaxSlayer Bowl, EverBank Field, Jacksonville, FL
Penn State vs. Georgia — ESPN, noon

Liberty Bowl, Liberty Bowl Stadium, Memphis, TN
Kansas State vs. Arkansas — ESPN, 3:20 p.m.

Alamo Bowl, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Oregon vs. TCU — ESPN, 6:45 p.m.

Cactus Bowl, Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ
Arizona State vs. West Virginia — ESPN, 10:15 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Notre Dame at Denver — Root Sports Rocky Mountain Plus, 9 p.m.

English Football Championship
Middlesbrough vs. Derby County — beIN Sports, 11:55 a.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
West Ham United vs. Liverpool — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7:45 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Newcastle — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Swansea City — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Norwich City vs. Southampton — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Stoke City — Premier League Time, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. Manchester City — NBC/NBC Universo, 12:30 p.m.

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

Hockey
2016 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship
Quarterfinal, Hartwell Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Russia vs. Denmark — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5/NHL Network, 7 a.m.

Quarterfinal, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
Sweden vs. Slovakia — TSN2, 11 a.m.

Quarterfinal, Hartwell Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Finland vs. Canada — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5/NHL Network, 11 a.m.

2016 IIHF World Junior Championship Pregame — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5, 10:30 a.m.
2016 IIHF World Junior Championship Postgame — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5, 1:30 p.m.

Quarterfinal, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
United States vs. Czech Republic — TSN2/NHL Network, 1 p.m.

2016 IIHF World Junior Championship Postgame — TSN2, 3:30 p.m.

La Liga
RCD Espanyol vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Malaga vs. Real Club Celta de Vigo — beIN Sports, 4:25 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 7:30 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

NBA
Phoenix at Sacramento — NBA TV, 5 p.m.
Houston at San Antonio — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 4:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, midnight

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
St. Louis at Toronto — CBC/City TV/Fox Sports Midwest, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NHL Network/MSG Plus/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Colorado — CBC/TVA Sports/Altitude 2, 10 p.m.
Winnipeg at San Jose — Sportsnet/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

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

Detroit at Buffalo — Fox Sports Detroit/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Edmonton — Sportsnet West, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Los Angeles — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports West, 7 p.m.
Dallas at New Jersey — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports North Plus/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Carolina — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Florida — MSG Network/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Washington at Columbus — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.

Top Shelf: Week of 12/26-1/1 — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, midnight

Scottish Championship League
Alloa Athletic vs. Falkirk — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:10 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Dundee vs. Dundee United — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive: Golf’s Big Four: Palmer, Nicklaus, Player, and Trevino — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
SportsMoney — FS1, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: Tim Richmond: To the Limit — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Hillsborough — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Four Falls of Buffalo — ABC, 3 p.m.
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, noon

Tennis
Mubadala World Tennis Championship, International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3rd Place Match
Stan Wawrinka vs. David Ferrer — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.

Championship Match
Rafael Nadal vs. Milos Raonic — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.

Hopman Cup, Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Australia Green vs. Germany — Tennis Channel, 9 a.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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