Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, June 4

Boxing
Super Six World Boxing Classic/Semifinals, Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Boxing After Dark/Sebastian Zbik vs. Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. — HBO, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

Gainesville Super Regional
Jacksonville vs. Manhattan — ESPNU, noon
Miami (FL) vs. Florida — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

Fullerton Super Regional
Kansas State vs. Illinois — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Stanford vs. Cal State-Fullerton — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

NCAA Division II Championship, Cary, NC
Winona State vs. West Florida — CBS Sports Network, noon

College Softball
Women’s College World Series, Oklahoma City, OK
California vs. Oklahoma State — ESPN, noon
Oklahoma vs. Missouri — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Florida vs. California or Oklahoma State — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Baylor vs. Oklahoma vs. Missouri — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

ESPN Sports Saturday
Winner’s Bracket — ABC, 5 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour/Shoprite LPGA Classic, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m.
PGA Tour/Memorial Tournament, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 12:30/CBS, 3 p.m.

MLB
American League
Oakland at Boston — Comcast SportsNet California/NESN, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Detroit/WGN America, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Texas at Cleveland — Fox Sports Southwest/STO, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore — Sportsnet One/MASN, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Anaheim Angels — MLB Network/YES/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m.

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

MLB Tonight Live — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Quick Pitch Live — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Dallas vs. New England — Comcast SportsNet New England, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series/STP 300 — ESPN, 8 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Final
NHL on the Fly at the Stanley Cup Final: Pregame — NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Game 2/Boston at Vancouver — NBC/CBC/RDS, 8 p.m. (Vancouver leads series 1-0)

NHL on the Fly at the Stanley Cup Final: Postgame — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
Hockey Central — Versus, 11 p.m.

Rugby
USA 7’s Collegiate Championship — Universal Sports, noon/Versus, 2 p.m./NBC, 4 p.m./Versus, 6 p.m.

Soccer
International Friendly, Foxboro, MA
USA vs. Spain — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

Tennis
French Open, Women’s Final, Li Na vs. Francesca Schiavone — NBC, 9 a.m.

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League
Prefontaine Classic — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

WNBA
Phoenix at Seattle — ABC, 3 p.m.

Entertainment
5 Ingredient Fix: Mighty Aphrodite Meal — Food Network, 10:30 a.m.
Giada at Home: A Girl’s Grill — Food Network, 1:30 p.m.
CHAOS — CBS, 8 p.m.
America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back — Fox, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: The Almost People — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Surviving D-Day — Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 5

College Baseball
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

Gainesville Super Regional
ESPNU, noon
ESPNU, 4 p.m.

Fullerton Super Regional
ESPNU, 7 p.m.
ESPNU, 11 p.m.

College Softball
Women’s College World Series, Oklahoma City, OK

ESPN, 1 p.m.
ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
ESPN2, 7 p.m. (if necessary)
ESPN2, 9:30 p.m. (if necessary)

Golf
LPGA Tour/Shoprite LPGA Classic, Final Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m.
PGA Tour/Memorial Tournament, Final Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m./CBS, 2:30 p.m.

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

National League
Los Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati — KCAL/Fox Sports Ohio, 1 p.m.
Milwaukee at Florida — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh — WPHL/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis — TBS/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Colorado at San Francisco — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Washington at Arizona — MASN2/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at New York Mets — ESPN, 8 p.m.

MLB Tonight Live — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight live from Queens, NY — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch Live — MLB Tonight, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series/STP 400 — Fox, 12:30 p.m.

NBA Finals
NBA Countdown — ABC, 7:30 p.m.

Game 3/Miami at Dallas — ABC/ESPN 3D, 8 p.m. (Series tied at 1-1)

Rugby
USA 7’s Collegiate Championship — Universal Sports, noon/Versus, 2 p.m./NBC, 4 p.m.

Soccer
International Friendly

Poland vs. Argentina — ESPN2, 10:55 a.m.

Women’s International Friendly
USA vs. Mexico — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Tennis
French Open, Men’s Finals — NBC, 9 a.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Bobby Flay’s Barbeque Addiction: Pacific Northwest Fresh Off The Grill — Food Network, 11 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
CNN Presents: Restoring the American Dream: How to Innovate — CNN, 8 p.m.
Game of Thrones — HBO, 9 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers (season premiere) — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Locked Up Abroad: Saudi Bootlegger (season premiere) — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
2011 MTV Movie Awards — MTV/MTV2/VH-1, 9 p.m.
The Glades (season premiere) — A&E, 10 p.m.
The Killing — AMC, 10 p.m.
The Real L Word (season premiere) — Showtime, 10 p.m.
In Plain Sight — USA, 10 p.m.
Treme — HBO, 10:05 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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