Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, May 1

Boxing
Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather – HBO Pay per view, 10 p.m.

English Premier League
Birmingham vs. Burnley – ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.
Tottenham vs. Bolton – Fox Soccer Plus, 9:55 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Aston Villa – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.
Portsmouth vs. Wolverhampton – Fox Soccer Channel, noon
Stoke City vs. Everton – Fox Soccer Plus, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

ESPN Sports Saturday
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? – ABC, 4 p.m.
Winners Bracket – ABC, 5 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour/Quail Hollow Championship, 3rd round – Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Kentucky Derby – undercard, ESPN, 11 a.m./main race, NBC, 4 p.m.

Indy Car Series
Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 – ABC, 1:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Detroit – Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/YES, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Toronto – Comcast SportsNet California/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Texas at Seattle – Fox, 3 p.m.
Red Sox at Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland – Fox Sports North/STO, 7 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Chicago Cubs – Fox Sports Arizona/WGN America, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at St. Louis – Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Midwest, 1 p.m.
Houston at Atlanta – Fox, 3 p.m.
New York Mets at Philadelphia – Fox, 3 p.m.
Washington at Florida – MASN2/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at San Diego – MLB Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin/Cox 4, 8:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Dodgers – FSN Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.

Baseball Tonight – ESPN, 9:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch Live – MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series/Heath Calhoun 400 – Fox, 7 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 1/Boston at Cleveland – TNT, 8 p.m.

Inside the NBA – TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 1/Philadelphia at Boston – NBC/TSN, 12:30 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1/Vancouver at Chicago – Versus/CBC, 8 p.m.

NHL On The Fly – NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour/Rome Masters, semifinals – Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m.
WTA Tour/Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, semifinals – Tennis Channel,2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
Giada at Home: Lunch with Raffy – Food Network, 1 p.m.
Legend of the Seeker – WGN America, 5 p.m. or check your local listings
It’s Me or The Dog – Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks – BBC America, 9 p.m.
White House Correspondents Dinner – C-SPAN/MSNBC, 9 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery – CBS, 10 p.m.
America’s Worst Driver: Dallas – Travel Channel, 10 p.m.

Sunday, May 2

English Premier League
Liverpool vs. Chelsea – Fox Soccer Plus, 8:25 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Manchester United – Fox Soccer Channel, 11 a.m.

Golf
PGA Tour/Quail Hollow Championship, final round – Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Detroit – Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees – TBS/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/YES, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland – WFTC/WKYC, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Toronto – Comcast SportsNet California/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Red Sox at Baltimore – NESN/WJZ, 1:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Tampa Bay – Fox Sports Kansas City/Sun Sports, 1:30 p.m.
Texas at Seattle – Fox Sports Southwest/FSN Northwest, 4 p.m.

National League
Washington at Florida – MASN2/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Houston at Atlanta – Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports South, 1:35 p.m.
Arizona at Chicago Cubs – Fox Sports Arizona/WGN America, 2 p.m.
Cincinnati at St. Louis – Fox Sports Ohio/KSDK, 2 p.m.
Colorado at San Francisco – FSN Rocky Mountain/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at San Diego – Fox Sports Wisconsin/Cox 4, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Dodgers – FSN Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 4 p.m.
New York Mets at Philadelphia – ESPN, 8 p.m.

MLB Tonight Live – MLB Network, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight – ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch Live – MLB Network, 7 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
TBD

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 2/Montreal at Pittsburgh – NBC/CBC/RDS, 2 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 2/Detroit at San Jose – Versus/TSN, 8 p.m.

NHL On The Fly – NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour/Rome Masters, doubles finals – Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m.
ATP Tour/Rome Masters, singles finals – Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.
WTA Tour/Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, finals – Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
60 Minutes – CBS, 7 p.m.
The Amazing Race 16: They Don’t Even Understand Their Own Language – CBS, 8 p.m.
The Pacific, Part Eight – HBO, 9 p.m.
America The Story of Us: Westward – History Channel, 9 p.m.
The Tudors – Showtime, 9 p.m.
Breaking Bad – AMC, 10 p.m.
Snapped: Annie Marie Stout – Oxygen, 10 p.m.
Treme – HBO, 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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