Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, Ikon Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Carlton Blues vs. Essendon Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 p.m.

NAB Challenge, Sounness Park, Mount Barker, Western Australia, Australia
Fremantle Dockers vs. Adelaide Crows — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Bobsleigh
IBSF World Cup, Königssee, Germany
Two-Man Bobsled — Universal HD, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Bundesliga
VfL Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich — FS2, 9:20 a.m.
VfB Stuttgart vs. Hannover 96 — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:20 a.m.

College Baseball
Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic, Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Louisiana-Louisiana s. Texas Tech — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest, 1 p.m.
Arkansas vs. Houston — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest Plus, 4:30 p.m.
Rice vs. TCU — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest Plus, 8 p.m.

Stanford at Texas — Longhorn Network, 4:30 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Southern Utah at BYU — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
Utah at Cal — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Arizona State at UCLA — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Boston University at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
Boston College at UMass-Lowell — NESN, 7 p.m.
UConn at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Colorado College at Miami (OH) — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.
Yale at Quinnipiac — SNY, 7 p.m.
Minnesota-Duluth at St. Cloud State — Fox Sports North Plus, 8 p.m.
North Dakota at Omaha — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.

College Rugby
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 6 p.m.

College Softball
Texas Invitational, Red & Charline McCombs Field, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Texas vs. Tulsa — Longhorn Network, 11 a.m.
Texas vs. Illinois — Longhorn Network, 1:30 p.m.

College Swimming & Diving
Women’s
Pac-12 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
Day 3 — Pac-12 Networks, 1 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
Cal State-Northridge at BYU — BYUtv, 10 p.m.
UCLA at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

College Wrestling
Pac-12 Wrestling Championships, Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, AZ
Championship Rounds — Pac-12 Network, 8 p.m.

English Premier League
West Ham United vs. Sunderland — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Norwich City — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Chelsea — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Crystal Palace — NBC, 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
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 10 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
Siam Country Club Pattaya (Old Course), Chonburi, Thailand
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 a.m.

European Tour
Perth International, Lake Karrinyup Country Club, Perth, Australia
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
The Honda Classic, PGA National Resort & Spa (Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

La Liga
Real Madrid vs. Club Atletico de Madrid — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night, Silva vs. Bisping, O2 Arena, London, England, United Kingdom
Prelims — UFC Fight Pass, 12:45 p.m.
Main Event — UFC Fight Pass, 4 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Georgia 250, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
Pole Qualifying — FS1, 8:30 a.m.
Race — FS1, 1:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity — FS1, 1 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Great Clips 200, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
Pole Qualifying — FS1, 10 a.m.
Race — FS1, 4:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — FS, 4 p.m.

NBA
Golden State at Oklahoma City — ABC, 8:30 p.m.

Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ABC, 8 p.m.
NBA CrunchTime — NBA TV, 9 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
2016 NFL Scouting Combine, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN
Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers and Tight Ends — NFL Network, 9 a.m.

Combine Primetime: Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers and Tight Ends — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Winnipeg at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.
Toronto at Montreal — CBC/City TV/TVA Sports, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Calgary — CBC, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central Saturday — CBC, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central Post — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

NHL Stadium Series, Coors Field, Denver, CO
Detroit at Colorado — NBC/Sportsnet/TVA Sports 2, 8 p.m.

NHL Tonight: Stadium Series Pregame — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Stadium Series Postgame — NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Florida at Columbus — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Ohio, 3 p.m.
St. Louis at Nashville — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Tennessee, 3 p.m.
New York Rangers at Dallas — NHL Network/MSG Network/Fox Sports Southwest, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Los Angeles — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Fox Sports West, 11 p.m.

Top Shelf: 2/21-2/27 — NHL Network, 2:30 p.m.
Afternoon Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 3 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, midnight

Rugby
6 Nations Championship
Round 3, Twickenham Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
England vs. Ireland — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.

Round 3, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Italy vs. Scotland — beIN Sports, midnight (same day coverage)

Running
Tokyo Marathon — NBCSN, midnight (same day coverage)

Skeleton
IBSF World Cup, Königssee, Germany
Men’s Skeleton — Universal HD, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Hinterstoder, Austria
Men’s Super G — Universal HD, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Soldeu-El Tarter, Andorra
Ladies’ Super G — Universal HD, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.

Speed Skating
ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Taereung International Skating Rink, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Day 1 — Universal HD, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
The Best That Never Was — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Judging Jewell — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson — ESPN Classic, 11:30 a.m.
ESPN Classic: Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: Without Bias — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Secret Game — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: Muhammad and Larry — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: The 16th Man — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Lenny Cooke — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Brazil Open (ATP): Semifinals, Dubai Duty Free Championships (ATP): Final, Qatar Total Open (WTA): Final– Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m.

ATP Tour
Abierto Mexicano de Tenis, Princess Mundo Imperial-Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico
Final — Tennis Channel, 10 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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