Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, November 26

Boxing
24/7 Cotto/Margarito — HBO, 10 p.m.
Boxing After Dark: WBO Jr. Lightweight Title, Adrien Broner vs. Vincente Rodriguez & WBC Super Welterweight Title, Canelo Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron — HBO, 10:30 p.m.

College Basketball
Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas
3rd Place Game
UConn vs. Florida State — Versus, 2 p.m.

Championship Game
Central Florida vs. Harvard — Versus, 4:30 p.m.

5th Place Game
College of Charleston vs. UMass — HDNet, 7 p.m.

7th Place Game
Utah vs. UNC-Asheville — HDNet, 9:30 p.m.

Chicago Invitational Challenge, Hoffman Estates, IL
Championship
BYU vs. Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, AK
3rd Place Game
San Francisco vs. New Mexico State — Fox College Sports Pacific/Altitude/MASN/YES, 9:30 p.m.

Championship Game
Murray State vs. Southern Mississippi — Fox College Sports Pacific/Altitude/MASN/YES, midnight

Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, NV
Championship Game
UNLV vs. North Carolina — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.

South Padre Invitational, South Padre Island, TX
3rd Place Game
Northern Iowa vs. Providence — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.

Championship Game
Iowa State vs. Rice — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

BU at URI — Cox 4, 5 p.m.
Sam Houston State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Newcastle — ESPN2, 9:55 a.m.
West Brom United vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:55 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Wolverhampton — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Fulham — Fox Soccer, 12:30 p.m.
Norwich City vs. Queens Park Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Bolton vs. Everton — Fox Soccer, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator Fighting Championships 59 — MTV2, 9 p.m.

NHL
New York Islanders at New Jersey — MSG Plus 2, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Rangers — NHL Network (US)/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MSG Network, 2 p.m.
Edmonton at Colorado — CBC/Altitude, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Montreal — CBC/RDS/NHL Network (US)/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Boston — CBC/NESN, 7 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Florida/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Detroit — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Washington at Buffalo — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix — KTXA/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose — CBC/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Chicago at Los Angeles — WGN/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

NHL on the Fly — NHL Network (US), 10 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour: World Tour Finals, Doubles Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m. & 1 p.m.
ATP Tour: World Tour Finals, Singles Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
Giada at Home: Elegant Appetizers — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Easy Chinese: San Francisco: Perfect Party Food — Cooking Channel, 1:30 p.m.
Kelsey’s Essentials: Hooray for the Holidays — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Cops — Fox, 8 p.m.
Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29 — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Primeval — BBC America, 9 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: Murder at the Manor — CBS, 10 p.m.

Sunday, November 27

CFL
99th Grey Cup
Winnipeg at BC — TSN/ESPN3.com, 6 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
76 Classic, Anaheim, CA
7th Place Game
UC-Riverside vs. Washington State — ESPN3.com, 1:30 p.m.

5th Place Game
Boston College vs. New Mexico — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

3rd Place Game
Villanova vs. Santa Clara — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.

Championship Game
Saint Louis vs. Oklahoma — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.

Old Spice Classic, Anaheim, CA
7th Place Game
Texas Tech vs. Wake Forest — ESPN 3D/ESPN3.com, 11:30 a.m.

5th Place Game
DePaul vs. Arizona State — ESPNU, 2 p.m.

3rd Place Game
Indiana State vs. Fairfield — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.

Championship Game
Minnesota vs. Dayton — ESPN2/ESPN3D, 7 p.m.

Michigan State at Eastern Michigan — ESPNU, noon
Chicago State at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Cleveland State at URI — Cox Sports RI, 2:30 p.m.
Robert Morris at Pittsburgh — Big East Network, 5 p.m.
Butler at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
VCU at Alabama — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.

Women’s
Baylor at Tennessee — ESPN, 2 p.m.

English Premier League
Swansea City vs. Aston Villa — Fox Soccer Plus, 8:23 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Manchester City — Fox Soccer, 11 a.m.

Formula 1
Brazilian Grand Prix — Speed, 10:30 a.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Carolina at Ottawa — TVA/Fox Sports Carolinas/Rogers Sportsnet Ottawa, 5 p.m.
Calgary at Minnesota — Rogers Sportsnet Calgary/Fox Sports North, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Columbus — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Anaheim — Rogers Sportsnet Ontario/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 9 p.m.

NHL on the Fly — NHL Network (US), 7 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour: World Tour Finals, Championship — ESPN2, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
ATP Tour: World Tour Finals, Doubles Championship — Tennis Channel, 10:30 a.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Sandra’s Money Saving Meals: Affordable Entertaining — Food Network, 9:30 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, approximately 7:15 p.m.
Once Upon A Time — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 19: Release the Brake! — CBS, approximately 8:15 p.m.
The Walking Dead — AMC, 9 p.m.
Boardwalk Empire — HBO, 9 p.m.
Dexter — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Hung — HBO, 10 p.m.
Border Wars: River Standoff — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Homeland — Showtime, 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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