Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, February 25

Boxing
Boxing After Dark: Welterweights, Devon Alexander vs. Marcos Maidana — HBO, 10 p.m.
Ali 70 From Las Vegas — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Queens Park Rangers vs. Fulham — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:53 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Bolton — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Blackburn — Fox Soccer, 12:30 p.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Sunderland — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Wigan Athletic vs. Aston Villa — Fox Soccer Plus, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
Newcastle United vs. Wolverhampton — Fox Soccer, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
LPGA Tour: HSBC Women’s Champions, 3rd round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
PGA Tour: WGC-Match Play Championship, Quarterfinals — Golf Channel, noon/NBC, 2 p.m.
PGA Tour: Mayakoba Classic, 3rd round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 144 Japan Prelims — FX, 8 p.m.
UFC 144 Japan: Edgar vs. Henderson — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series: Drive4COPD 300 — ESPN, 1:15 p.m.

NBA
NBA All-Star Saturday Night — TNT, 8:30 p.m.

NBA All-Star 2012: East/West Practice & Media Availability — NBA TV, 11 a.m.
NBA All-Star 2012: David Stern Media Availability — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA All-Star 2012: All-Star Weekend — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
2012 NFL Scouting Combine: Workouts-Kickers, Offensive Linemen, Tight Ends — NFL Network, 9 a.m.

NHL
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh — NHL Network (US)/Sun Sports/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Winnipeg — CBC/Fox Sports Midwest, 2 p.m.
Phoenix at Edmonton — Fox Sports Arizona/Rogers Sportsnet West, 4 p.m.
Washington at Toronto — CBC/NHL Network (US)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Boston at Ottawa — CBC/RDS/NESN, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at New York Rangers — MSG Buffalo/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Detroit — Altitude/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Florida at Carolina — Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Los Angeles — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports West, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Nashville — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Calgary — CBC/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 10 p.m.

Hockey Tonight — CBC/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Rugby
6 Nations Rugby
England vs. Wales — BBC America, 11 a.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Bansko, Bulgaria
Women’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Men’s Super G — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis
ATP Tour: Open 13, semifinals — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. & midnight (same day coverage)
ATP Tour: Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, semifinals — Tennis Channel, noon & 4 p.m.
WTA Tour: Dubai Duty Free Championships, Finals — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m. (same day coverage)
WTA Tour: Cellular South Cup, Final — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

Entertainment
Drop 5 lbs. with Good Housekeeping: Mom, Around Town — Cooking Channel, 11 a.m.
Giada at Home: Pure Comfort — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Kelsey’s Essentials: Sunday Dinner — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Cops — Fox, 8 p.m.
Ultimate Factories: Heineken — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Cops — Fox, 8:30 p.m.
Parking Wars — A&E, 9 p.m.
Being Human (season premiere) — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Parking Wars — A&E, 9:30 p.m.
The Supersizers Go: The Eighties — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
2012 Spirit Awards — IFC, 10 p.m.
An Idiot Abroad: The Bucket List: Route 66 — Discovery Science, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC, 10:15 p.m.
Would You Rather? with Graham Norton — BBC America, 11 p.m.

Sunday, February 26

Carling Cup
Final
Liverpool vs. Cardiff City — Fox Soccer, 11 a.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Norwich City vs. Manchester United — Fox Soccer Plus, 8:23 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Fox Soccer, 8:25 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour: HSBC Women’s Champions, 2nd round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
PGA Tour: WGC-Match Play Championship, semifinals — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
PGA Tour: WGC-Match Play Championship, Finals — NBC, 2 p.m.
PGA Tour: Mayakoba Classic, 2nd round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Daytona 500 — Fox, noon

NBA
2012 NBA All-Star Game — TNT, 7:30 p.m.

NBA All-Star 2012: NBA Legends Brunch — NBA TV, noon
NBA All-Star 2012: All-Star Sunday — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
NBA All-Star 2012: All-Star Pregame Concert — NBA TV, 5 p.m.
NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 6 p.m.
Inside the NBA — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NFL
2012 NFL Scouting Combine: Workouts-Running Backs, Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers — NFL Network, 9 a.m.

NHL
Columbus at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Jersey — Sun Sports/MSG Plus, 1 p.m.
Vancouver at Dallas — Rogers Sportsnet Pacific/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Montreal at Florida — RDS/TSN-Habs/Fox Sports Florida, 5 p.m.
New York Islanders at Ottawa — MSG Plus/Rogers Sportsnet East, 5 p.m.
San Jose at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports North, 6 p.m.
Chicago at Anaheim — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.

NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

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

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Men’s Giant Slalom — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis
ATP Tour: Open 13, Final — Tennis Channel, 12:30 a.m., Monday (delayed)
ATP Tour: Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, Final — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m.

Track & Field
U.S. Indoor Championships — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners with Melissa: A Down-Home Ten Dollar Dinner — Food Network, 10 a.m.
Sandwich King: Italiano! — Food Network, 11 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Oscars Red Carpet Live — ABC, 7 p.m.
The Amazing Race 20: You Know I’m Not as Smart as You — CBS, 8 p.m.
The Donatella Project — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
The 84th Annual Academy Awards — ABC, 8:30 p.m.
Luck — HBO, 9 p.m.
Ax Men: Wake-up Call — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Full Metal Jousting: Death Sticks & a Coffin — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Unusual Suspects: The Perfect Family — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Alaska State Troopers: Alaskan Standoff — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
E! After Party: 2012 Academy Awards — E!, 11:30 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards — ABC, midnight

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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