Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Baseball
Australian Baseball League
Canberra Calvary at Perth Heat — MLB Network, midnight

Bobsleigh
IBSF World Cup, Lake Placid, NY
4-Man Bobsleigh — Universal HD, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Bundesliga
Bundesliga Season Ticket: Midseason Review — FS2, 2:30 p.m.
Bundesliga Report: Borussia Dortmund’s New Dawn — FS2, 3:30 p.m.
Bundesliga: Best of December — FS2, 4 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
NCAA Division I Championship
National Championship Game, Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
Jacksonville State vs. North Dakota State — ESPN2, noon

2016 College Football Playoff Media Days — ESPNU, 10 a.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Michigan at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Notre Dame at Western Michigan — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

College Swimming & Diving
Georgia at Texas — Longhorn Network, 11:30 a.m.

College Wrestling
Michigan at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.

FA Cup
Third Round Proper
Wycombe Wanderers vs. Aston Villa — FS1, 7:30 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Sunderland — FS1, 10 a.m.
Doncaster Rovers vs. Stoke City — FS2, 10 a.m.
Eastleigh vs. Bolton Wanderers — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Sheffield United — FS2, 12:30 p.m.

FA Cup Preview: 3rd Round — FS1, 7 a.m.
FA Cup Match Day — FS2, noon

Golf
European Tour
South African Open, Glendower Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Tournament of Champions, Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Kapalua, Maui, HI
3rd Round — NBC, 4 p.m.
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

High School Football
U.S. Army All-American Bowl, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
East vs. West — NBC, 1 p.m.

All-American Bowl Pregame Show — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.

La Liga
Barcelona vs. Grenada — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Real Madrid vs. Deportivo — beIN Sports, 2:25 p.m.

NBA
NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Boston at Ottawa — City TV/TVA Sports 2/NESN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at San Jose — CBC/Comcast SportsNet California, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Montreal — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NHL Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Vancouver — CBC/Sportsnet/Sun Sports, 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)

New York Islanders at Philadelphia — MSG Plus/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Washington at New York Rangers — Sportsnet/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/MSG Network, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Columbus — Fox Sports Carolinas/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Nashville at Arizona — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

Afternoon Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 3 p.m.
Top Shelf: 01/01-01/08 — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Olympic Trials
2016 Women’s NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament, Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, NE
USA vs. Dominican Republic — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Skeleton
IBSF World Cup, Lake Placid, NY
Men’s Skeleton — Universal HD, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria
Ladies’ Downhill — NBCSN, 5:30 a.m.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Adelboden, Switzerland
Men’s Giant Slalom — NBCSN, 7 a.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.
Nine for IX: The Diplomat — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
A Deeper Shade of Blue — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Wild in the Streets — ESPN Classic, 12:45 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Assault in the Ring — ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Going Big — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
Out of Nothing — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
E:60: Long Road Home: The Story of Coach Bigler — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
E:60: Pictures: WWE Behind the Curtain — ESPNews, 7 p.m.
Generation Iron — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: This Is What They Want — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Hopman Cup, Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Final
Australia Green vs. Ukraine — Tennis Channel, 2:15 a.m.

WTA Tour
Brisbane International, Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Singles Final
Victoria Azarenka vs. Angelique Kerber — Tennis Channel, 4:30 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
Center Court: Brisbane International (ATP) and APIA International Sydney (WTA) — Tennis Channel, 8 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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