Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, February 4

Boxing
World Championship Boxing — WBO Jr. Featherweight Title: Nonito Donaire vs. Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. & WBC Middleweight Title: Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio — HBO, 10 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Vermont at UMass-Lowell — NESN, 7 p.m.

English Premier League
Arsenal vs. Blackburn — ESPN2, 7:55 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Sunderland — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:55 a.m.
Wigan Athletic vs. Everton — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Fulham — Fox Soccer, 12:30 p.m.
Norwich City vs. Bolton — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)
West Bromwich Albion vs. Swansea City — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)
Queens Park Rangers vs. Wolverhampton — Fox Soccer, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

ESPN Sports Saturday
ABC, 5 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour: Phoenix Open, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 143 Prelims — FX, 8 p.m.
UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit — Pay per view, 10 a.m.

NBA
Orlando at Indiana — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Milwaukee — WGN America, 8:30 p.m.
Denver at Portland — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NFL
Celebrity Beach Bowl VI — Audience Network (DirecTV), 2 p.m.
Super Bowl Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Hall of Fame Announcement Show: Class of 2012 — NFL Network, 5:30 p.m.
NFL Total Access at the Super Bowl — NFL Network, 7 p.m.
Super Bowl Saturday Night — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
NFL Honors — NBC, 9 p.m.

NHL
New York Jersey at Philadelphia — MSG Plus/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Boston — NHL Network (US)/Root Sports Pittsburgh/NESN, 1 p.m.
Washington at Montreal — CBC/RDS/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 2 p.m.
Vancouver at Colorado — Rogers Sportsnet Pacific/Altitude, 3 p.m.
Toronto at Ottawa — CBC, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Carolina — NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at New York Islanders — MSG Buffalo/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Florida/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas — Fox Sports North/KTXA, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Nashville — Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Phoenix — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Edmonton — CBC/Fox Sports Detroit, 10 p.m.

Hockey Tonight — CBC/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight – NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Women’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
NBC SportsTalk Live From the Super Bowl — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Tennis
Federation Cup, First Round
USA vs. Belarus, Worcester, MA
Singles Match #1 — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.
Singles Match #2 — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.

Entertainment
Giada at Home: Italian Desserts — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
French Food at Home: Simple Terrines — Cooking Channel, noon
AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Dog Show — ABC, 2 p.m.
Kelsey’s Essentials: Butching — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Cops — Fox, 8 p.m.
Ultimate Factories: Ford F-150 — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Cops — Fox, 8:30 p.m.
Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry?: Gold Digging Gradma — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Rubber — The Movie Channel, 9 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: The Country Club Murders — CBS, 10 p.m.
Feherty — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.
Scorned: Love Kills — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
An Idiot Abroad: The Bucket List: Swim with Dolphins — Discovery Science, 10 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host Channing Tatum and musical guest Bon Iver — NBC, 11:29 p.m.

Sunday, February 5

College Basketball Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Newcastle vs. Aston Villa — Fox Soccer, 8:30 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Manchester United — Fox, 10:30 a.m.

Golf
PGA Tour: Phoenix Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

NBA
Memphis at Boston — NBA TV, noon

NFL
Super Bowl XLVI Viewing Picks

NHL
Boston at Washington — NBC Sports Network, 12:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Rangers — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MSG Network, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New Jersey — Root Sports Pittsburgh/MSG Plus, 1 p.m.
Winnipeg at Montreal — CBC/RDS, 2 p.m.

NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Women’s Super G — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Chamonix, France
Men’s Super Combined — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis
Federation Cup, First Round
USA vs. Belarus, Worcester, MA
Singles Match #3 — Tennis Channel, noon
Singles Match #4 — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m.
Doubles Match — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m.

Track & Field
New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Boston, MA — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners with Melissa: Keep the Change Chile — Food Network, 10 a.m.
Giada in Paradise: Bora Bora — Food Network, noon
Puppy Bowl VIII — Animal Planet, 3 p.m.
Seriously, are you watching something other than Super Bowl XVLI in primetime?

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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