Saturday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, Highgate Recreation Reserve, Craigieburn, Victoria, Australia
Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 p.m.

NAB Challenge, Harrup Park, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Brisbane Lions vs. St. Kilda Saints — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Boxing
Boxing After Dark, DC Armory, Washington, D.C.
Heavyweights
Luis Ortiz vs. Tony Thompson — HBO, 10 p.m.

Showtime Boxing: Special Edition, Sands Bethlehem Event Center, Bethlehem, PA
IBF Super Welterweight Eliminator Bout
Julian Williams vs. Marcello Matano — Showtime, 10 p.m.

Bundesliga
Augsburg vs. Bayer Leverkusen — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
VfL Wolfsburg vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — FS2, 9:30 a.m.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Ingolstadt 04 — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.
Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich — FX, 12:30 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.
Bundesliga Match Day — FX, noon

College Baseball
Cal at Texas — Longhorn Network, 3 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Stanford — Pac-12 Bay Area, 4 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

English Football Championship
Burnley vs. Blackburn Rovers — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.

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

Premier League Review — 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 — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, midnight

Golf
PGA Tour
WGC-Cadillac Championship, rump National Doral (Blue Monster), Doral, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, noon
3rd Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.

LPGA Tour
HSBC Champions, Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong Course), Sentosa Island, Singapore
Final Round — Golf Channel, midnight

Gymnastics
American Cup, Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
Finals — NBC, 1 p.m.

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

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show: UFC 196 — FS1, 6:30 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show: UFC 196 — FS1, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

MLB Spring Training
Baltimore vs. Minnesota — Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
Boston vs. New York Yankees — MLB Network/NESN/YES, 1 p.m.
New York Mets vs. Houston — Root Sports Houston, 1 p.m./MLB Network, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)
Philadelphia vs. Toronto — Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Miami — Fox Sports Midwest, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Seattle — Fox Sports West, 3 p.m./MLB Network, midnight (same day coverage)
Arizona vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — SportsNet LA, 3 p.m./MLB Network, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
San Francisco vs. Cleveland — STO, 3 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Kobalt 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Practice — FS1, 11:30 a.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Boyd Gaming 300, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Pole Qualifying — FS2, 12:30 p.m.
Race — FS1, 4 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity Las Vegas — FS1, 3:30 p.m.

NBA
Houston at Chicago — ABC, 8:30 p.m.

NBA 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.

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Calgary at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.
Ottawa at Toronto — CBC/TVA Sports 2/NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Washington at Boston — City TV/NHL Network/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Winnipeg — Sportsnet/TVA Sports, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose — CBC/Sporstnet/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Buffalo — Fox Sports North/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 1 p.m.
Nashville at Colorado — Fox Sports Tennessee/Altitude, 3 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Carolinas/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Florida at Arizona — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.

Afternoon Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 3 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
Afternoon Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Top Shelf: 2/28-3/4 — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Jasna, Slovakia
Ladies’ Giant Slalom — Universal HD, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Men’s Giant Slalom — Universal HD, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

Sports Talk
30 for 30: Guru of Go — ESPN Classic, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
26 Years: The Dewey Bozella Story — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Generation Iron — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Announcement — ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
Transcend — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: Pony Excess — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
Out of Nothing — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Nine for IX: Swoopes — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Going Big — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Davis Cup: World Group First Round: Belgium vs. Croatia, France vs. Canada, Great Britain vs. Japan — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m.
Center Court: Davis Cup: World Group First Round: Australia vs. USA — Tennis Channel, 7 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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