Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, April 23

Boxing
Fight Camp 360°: Pacquaio vs. Mosley – Showtime, 10 p.m.
Championship Boxing/IBO Bantamweight Title, Vic Darchinyan vs. Yonnhy Perez, Showtime, 10:30 p.m.

College Baseball
Purdue at Northwestern – Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Alabama at Florida – ESPN2, 6 p.m.

College Lacrosse
men’s
ESPNU Warrior Classic, Hartford, CT
UMass vs. Hoftstra – ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Rutgers vs. Syracuse – ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

Bucknell at Colgate – CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Navy at Johns Hopkins – ESPNU, 8 p.m.

women’s
Georgetown at Notre Dame – CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Lehigh at Navy – CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.

College Softball
Alabama at Florida – ESPN2, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Everton – ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Birmingham – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Stoke City – Fox Soccer Plus, 10 a.m.
Wolverhampton vs. Fulham – Fox Soccer Plus, noon (same day coverage)
Chelsea vs. West Ham United – Fox Soccer Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Brom – Fox Soccer Channel, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
Champions Tour/Legends of Golf, 2nd round – CBS, 1 p.m.
PGA Tour/The Heritage, 3rd round – Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator Fighting Championships 42 – MTV2, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at Minnesota – STO/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto – Sun Sports/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Detroit Fox, 4 p.m.
New York Yankees at Baltimore – YES/MASN, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Texas – Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Boston at Anaheim Angels – MLB Network/NESNplus/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle – MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet California Plus/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.

National League
Arizona at New York Mets – Fox Sports Arizona/WPIX, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs – KCAL/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco – Fox, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at St. Louis – Fox, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Florida – Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee – Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh – MASN2/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Cox 4, 8:30 p.m.

Baseball Tonight – ESPN2, 9 p.m.

MLS
New England vs. Sporting Kansas City – Comcast SportsNet New England, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles vs. Portland – Fox Soccer Channel, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series/Nashville 300 – ESPN, 3 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 4/Chicago at Indiana – TNT, 2:30 p.m. (Chicago leads series, 3-0)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 4/Dallas at Portland – TNT, 5 p.m. (Dallas leads series 2-1)
Game 3/San Antonio at Memphis – ESPN, 7:30 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)
Game 3/Oklahoma City at Denver – ESPN, 10 p.m. (Oklahoma City leads series 2-0)

NHL Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 5/Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh – Versus/CBC/Sun Sports/Root Sports Pittsburgh, noon (Pittsburgh leads series tied 3-1)
Game 5/New York Rangers at Washington – NBC/TSN/RDS, 3 p.m. (Washington leads series 3-1)
Game 5/Montreal at Boston – Versus/CBC/RDS/NESN, 7 pm. (Series tied 2-2)

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 5/Los Angeles at San Jose – Versus/TSN/RDS/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

NHL on the Fly – NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour/Barcelona Open, semifinals – Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. (same day coverage)
WTA Tour/Porsche Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany, semifinals – Tennis Channel, 8 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

Entertainment
5 Ingredient Fix: Jazz Fest – Food Network, 10:30 a.m.
Giada at Home: If I Could Have Lunch With Anyone – Food Network, 1:30 p.m.
Cops – Fox, 8 p.m.
Search For the Greatest Polar Explorer – National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who Rewind – BBC America, 8 p.m.
Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut, Part 1 (season premiere) – BBC America, 9 p.m.
America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back – Fox, 9 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: Grave Injustice – CBS, 10 p.m.

Sunday, April 24

College Baseball
Minnesota at Indiana – Big Ten Network, noon
LSU at Vanderbilt – ESPN2, 3 p.m.

College Softball
Alabama at Florida – ESPN, 1 p.m.
Ohio State at Northwestern – Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.

English Premier League
Bolton vs. Arsenal – Fox Soccer Channel, 11 a.m.

Golf
Champions Tour/Legends of Golf, final round – CBS, 1 p.m.
PGA Tour/The Heritage, final round – Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at Detroit WGN America/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto – Sun Sports/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Baltimore – YES/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Minnesota – STO/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Kansas City at Texas – Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Boston at Anaheim Angels – NESNplus/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle – MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.

National League
Arizona at New York Mets – Fox Sports Arizona/SNY, 1 p.m.
Colorado at Florida – Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh – MASN2/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee – Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs – TBS/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco – Fox Sports South/Comcast SporrtsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego – WPHL/Cox 4, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at St. Louis – ESPN, 8 p.m.

MLB Tonight Live – MLB Network, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight, Live from St. Louis – ESPN, 7 p.m.
MLB’s 20 Greatest Games: Number 4/1992 NLCS Game 7, Pittsburgh at Atlanta – MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch Live – ESPN, 9 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 4/Miami at Philadelphia – ABC, 1 p.m. (Miami leads series, 3-0)
Game 4/Boston at New York – ABC, 3:30 p.m. (Boston leads series)
Game 4/Orlando at Atlanta – TNT, 7 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 4/Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans – TNT, 9:30 p.m.

Inside the NBA – TNT, midnight

NHL Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 6/Philadelphia at Buffalo – NBC/TSN/RDS, 3 p.m.

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 6/Anaheim at Nashville- Versus/TSN/RDS/Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, TBA
Game 6/Vancouver at Chicago – CBC/RDS/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7:30 p.m. (Vancouver leads series 3-2)

NHL on the Fly – NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour/Barcelona Open, Final – Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
WTA Tour/Porsche Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany, Final – Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning – CBS, 9 a.m.
Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee: Comfort Food for the Soul – Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
60 Minutes – CBS, 7 p.m.
The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business: We’re Good American People – CBS, 8 p.m.
Game of Thrones – HBO, 9 p.m.
Treme (season premiere) – HBO, 10 p.m.
Breakout Kings – A&E, 10 p.m.
The Killing – AMC, 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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