Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, April 30

Boxing
Fight Camp 360°: Pacquaio vs. Mosley – CBS, 8 p.m.
Fight Camp 360°: Pacquaio vs. Mosley – Showtime, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
Alabama at Georgia – ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Penn State at Michigan State – Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.

College Softball
Northwestern at Illinois – Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas – ESPN, 8 p.m.

College Lacrosse
men’s
Princeton vs. Cornell – CBS Sports Network, 12:30 p.m.
Notre Dame at Syracuse – ESPNU, 7 p.m.

women’s
Johns Hopkins at Penn State – Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.

Patriot League Championship, Hamilton, NY
Colgate vs. Navy – CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.

English Premier League
Sunderland vs. Fulham – ESPN2, 9:55 a.m.
West Brom vs. Aston Villa – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.
Wigan Athletic vs. Everton – Fox Soccer Plus, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Totteham Hotspur – Fox Soccer Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Blackpool vs. Stoke City – Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

ESPN Sports Saturday
ABC, 4 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour/Avnet LPGA Classic, 3rd Round – Golf Channel, 4 p.m.
PGA Tour/New Orleans Classic, 3rd Round – CBS, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 129: Preliminary fights – Spike, 8 p.m.
UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields – Pay per view, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Tampa Bay – Fox, 1 p.m.
Texas at Oakland – Fox Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees – Rogers Sportsnet/YES, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland – Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 6 p.m.
Baltimore at Chicago White Sox – MLB Network/MASN2/WGN America, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City – Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Boston – MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/NESN, 7 p.m.

National League
New York Mets at Philadelphia – Fox, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Atlanta – Fox, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Washington – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/MASN, 4 p.m.
Florida at Cincinnati – Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston – Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Houston, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona – Comcast SportsNet/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Colorado – Root Sports Pittsburgh/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers – Cox 4/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.

Baseball Tonight – ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight Live – MLB Netowrk, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series/A Race Named After Two Guys 400 – Fox, 7 p.m.

NFL
2011 NFL Pre-Draft Show – NFL Network, 10 a.m.
2011 NFL Draft – NFL Network, 11:58 a.m.
2011 NFL Draft – ESPN, noon

NFL Total Access – NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.

NHL Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 1/Boston at Philadelphia – NBC/CBC/RDS, 3 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 2/Nashville at Vancouver – Versus/CBC/RDS, 9 p.m. (Vancouver leads series 1-0)

NHL on the Fly – NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour/Estoril Open, Semifinals – Tennis Channel, 9 & 11 p.m. (same day coverage)
WTA Tour/Estoril Open, Final – Tennis Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Track & Field
Penn Relays – ESPN2, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
5 Ingredient Fix: My Team is on Fire – Food Network, 10:30 a.m.
Walking the Great Wall – National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
White House Correspondents Association Dinner – C-SPAN, 8 p.m./MSNBC, 9 p.m.
Nick DiPaolo: Raw Nerve – Showtime, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: Day of the Moon – BBC America, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who in America – BBC America, 10 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: Last Chance for Justice – CBS, 10 p.m,
That Metal Show – VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.

Sunday, May 1

Arena Football
Orlando at Jacksonville – NFL Network, 3 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs – ESPN2, 2 a.m.

College Baseball
Oklahoma at Texas – ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Auburn at South Carolina – ESPN, 3 p.m.

College Lacrosse
men’s
Patriot League Championship, Lewisburg, PA
CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.

women’s
Atlantic 10 Championship, Philadelphia, PA
CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.

English Premier League
Birmingham vs. Wolverhampton – Fox Soccer Plus, 7 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Newcastle – Fox Soccer Chanel, 7 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour/Avnet LPGA Classic, Final Round – Golf Channel, 4 p.m.
PGA Tour/New Orleans Classic, Final Round – CBS, 3 p.m.

MLB
American League
Detroit at Cleveland – Fox Sports Detroit/WKYC, 1 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees – TBS/Rogers Sportsnet/YES, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Tampa Bay – Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Florida, 1:30 p.m.
Seattle at Boston – Root Sports Northwest/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Baltimore at Chicago White Sox, MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City – Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Texas at Oakland – Fox Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.

National League
San Francisco at Washington – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Atlanta – Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports South, 1:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston – Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Houston, 2 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Colorado – Root Sports Pittsburgh/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona – WGN America/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.
Florida at Cincinnati – Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Ohio, 4 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers – Cox 4/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 live from Philadelphia, PA – ESPN, 7 p.m.
MLB’s 20 Greatest Games: #3, 1986 World Series Game 6 – MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch Live – MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Plays of the Month – MLB Network, 10 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 1/Boston at Miami – ABC, 3:30 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1/Memphis at Oklahoma City – ABC, 1 p.m.

NFL
2011 NFL Pre-Draft Show – NFL Network, 1 p.m.
2011 NFL Draft – NFL Network, 5:58 p.m.
2011 NFL Draft – ESPN, 6 p.m.
2011 NFL Draft – ESPN2, 8 p.m.

NFL Total Access – NFL Network, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 2/Tampa Bay at Washington – Versus/CBC/RDS, 7 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 2/Detroit at San Jose – NBC/TSN/RDS, 3 p.m.

NHL on the Fly – NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour/Estoril Open, Semifinals – Tennis Channel, 7 & 9 p.m. (Same Day Coverage)
WTA Tour/Barcelona Ladies Open, Final – Tennis Channel, 1 a.m. (Delayed)

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning – CBS, 9 a.m.
The Minimalist: Soup & Sandwich – Cooking Channel, 10:30 a.m.
Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee: A Fine Fiesta – Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
60 Minutes – CBS, 7 p.m.
The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business: Too Many Cook in the Kitchen – CBS, 8 p.m.
Nature: Salmon Running the Gauntlet – PBS, 8 p.m.
Ninja Warrior 26 – G4, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Game of Thrones – HBO, 9 p.m.
Breakout Kings – A&E, 10 p.m,
The Killing – AMC, 10 p.m.
Treme – HBO, 10 p.m.
The Borgias – Showtime, 10 p.m.
In Plain Sight – USA, 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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