Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, February 11

Baseball
Australian Baseball League Championship Series, Perth, Australia
Game 2: Melbourne Aces vs. Perth Heat — MLB Network, noon

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
New Hampshire at Merrimack — NESN, 7 p.m.
Michigan vs. Michigan State at Detroit — Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Denver — Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 9 p.m.

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Liverpool — ESPN2, 7:25 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Arsenal — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:53 a.m.
Everton vs. Chelsea — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Newcastle United — Fox Soccer, 12:30 p.m.
Blackburn vs. Queens Park Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Fulham vs. Stoke City — Fox Soccer, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)
Bolton vs. Wigan Athletic — Fox Soccer, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

ESPN Sports Saturday
ABC, 4 p.m.

Figure Skating
Four Continents Championships, Colorado Springs, CO
Pairs Short Program — Universal Sports, 3 p.m.
Short Dance — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.
Ladies Free Skate — Universal Sports, 11 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour: Dubai Desert Classic, 3rd round — Golf Channel, 4:30 a.m.
LPGA Tour: Women’s Australian Open, 3rd round — Golf Channel, 10 a.m. (taped)
PGA Tour: Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, 3rd round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

NBA
Denver at Indiana — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Sacramento — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Day in Canada, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Hockey Day in Canada live from Summerside, P.E.I — CBC/NHL Network (US), noon
Winnipeg at Pittsburgh — CBC/NHL Network (US), 2 p.m.
Edmonton at Ottawa — CBC, 2 p.m.
Hockey Day in Canada live from Summerside, P.E.I. — CBC/NHL Network (US), 4:30 p.m.
Hockey Tonight — CBC/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
Montreal at Toronto — CBC/NHL Network (US), 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary — CBC, 10 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey — Fox Sports Florida/MSG Plus 2, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles at New York Islanders — Fox Sports West/MSG Plus, 1 p.m.
Nashville at Boston — Fox Sports Tennessee/NESN, 1 p.m.
New York Rangers at Philadelphia — MSG Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Buffalo — Sun Sports/MSG Buffalo/WGRZ, 7 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis — Altitude/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Columbus at Minnesota — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Phoenix — WGN/Fox Sports Arizona Plus

NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Rugby
Rugby Sevens World Series, Las Vegas, NV
NBC, 3:30 p.m.
Universal Sports, 7 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Sochi, Russia
Men’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis
Davis Cup, 1st Round
Switzerland vs. USA, Rubber #3, Doubles — Tennis Channel, 8:30 a.m.

Entertainment
Giada at Home: Chocolate Heaven — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
French Food at Home: French Fruit Desserts — Cooking Channel, noon
Sandra Lee Chocolate — Food Network, noon
Kelsey’s Essentials: Chocolate — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown; A Charlie Brown Valentine — ABC, 8 p.m.
America’s Most Wanted: Crimes of Passion Special Edition — Fox, 8 p.m.
Ultimate Factories: Baccardi — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry?: The Weapon Inside Me — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Fades — BBC America, 9 p.m.
SEC Storied: 40 Minutes of Hell — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
On Freddie Roach — HBO, 9:30 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: Screenplay for Murder — CBS, 10 p.m.
Scorned: Love Kills: Hot for Teacher — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
An Idiot Abroad: The Bucket List: Whale Watching — Discovery Science, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10:15 p.m.
Would You Rather? With Graham Norton — BBC America, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host Zooey Deschanel and musical guest Karmin — NBC, 11:29 p.m.

Sunday, February 12

Baseball
Australian Baseball League Championship Series, Perth, Australia
Game 3: Melbourne Aces vs. Perth Heat — MLB Network, noon

College Basketball Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Wolverhampton vs. West Bromwich Albion — Fox Soccer Plus, 8:23 p.m.
Aston Villa vs. Manchester City — Fox Soccer, 11 a.m.

Figure Skating
Four Continents Championships, Colorado Springs, CO
Pairs Free Skate — Universal Sports, 2:30 p.m.
Free Dance — Universal Sports, 5 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour: Dubai Desert Classic, Final Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m.
LPGA Tour: Women’s Australian Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 10 a.m. (taped)
PGA Tour: Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Boston — ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Utah at Memphis — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.

NHL
Washington at New York Rangers — NBC/NHL Network (Canada)/RDSI, 12:30 p.m.
Florida at New York Islanders — Fox Sports Florida/MSG Plus, 3 p.m.
Anaheim at Columbus — KDOC/Fox Sports Ohio, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at Dallas — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 6 p.m.
San Jose at St. Louis — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Midwest, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh — RDSI/Sun Sports/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Detroit — NBC Sports Network/TSN2, 7:30 p.m.

NHL Overtime — NBC Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.

Rugby
Rugby Sevens World Series, Las Vegas, NV
Universal Sports, 12:30 p.m.
Semifinals — NBC Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.
Cup Final — NBC, 4:30 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Sochi, Russia
Men’s Super Combined — Universal Sports, 10:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Soldeu, Andorra
Women’s Slalom — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis
Davis Cup, 1st Round
Switzerland vs. USA, Rubber #4, Reverse Singles — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Switzerland vs. USA, Rubber #5, Reverse Singles — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.

Track & Field
USA Classic, Fayetteville, AR — ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners with Melissa: Winter in Provence — Food Network, 10 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Once Upon A Time — ABC, 8 p.m.
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards — CBS, 8 p.m.
The 2012 British Academy Film Awards — BBC America, 8 p.m.
The Man Who Can Fly — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Downton Abbey — PBS, 9 p.m.
Luck — HBO, 9 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Designer Drugs — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Shameless — Showtime, 9 p.m.
House of Lies — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Pan Am — ABC, 10 p.m.
The 9/11 Tapes: Chaos in the Sky — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Full Metal Jousting (series premiere) — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Alaska State Troopers: Helter Skelter Homicide — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Californication — Showtime, 10:30 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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