Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, March 24

Australian Rules Football
Great Western Sydney Giants vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 4 a.m.

Boxing
World Championship Boxing: Super Lightweights, Danny Garcia vs. Erik Morales — HBO, 10 p.m.
Zab Judah vs. Vernon Paris — NBC Sports Network, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
North Carolina State at North Carolina — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Arizona/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.
Florida at South Carolina — CSS/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 1 p.m.
Texas at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central, 3 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
NCAA Division I Championship
First Round
West Regional
XCel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN
Western Michigan vs. North Dakota — Fox Sports North, 1:30 p.m.
Boston University vs. Minnesota — NESN/Fox Sports North Plus, 5 p.m.

Northeast Regional
Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA
Boston College vs. Air Force — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Minnesota-Duluth vs. Maine — ESPNU, 11:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

East Regional
Final
Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, CT
Union vs. UMass-Lowell — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.

Midwest Regional
Final
Resch Center, Green Bay, WI
Ferris State vs. Cornell — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Maryland at North Carolina — ESPNU, noon
Johns Hopkins at Virginia — ESPNU, 2 p.m.

English Premier League
Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa — Fox Soccer, 11 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Wigan Athletic — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Manchester City — Fox Soccer, 1:30 p.m.
Sunderland vs. Queens Park Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)
Swansea City vs. Everton — Fox Soccer, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)
Bolton vs. Blackburn — Fox Soccer Plus, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

ESPN Sports Saturday
ABC, 4 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour: Mississippi Golf Resort Classic, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.
European Tour: Trophee Hassan II, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
LPGA Tour: Kia Classic, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m./NBC, 2:30 p.m.

MLB
Washington vs. Baltimore — MLB Network/MASN, 1 p.m.
Houston vs. Pittsburgh — Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
St. Louis vs. New York Mets — Fox Sports Midwest/SNY, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Boston — NESN, 1 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/KCAL, 4 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Texas — Fox Sports West, 4 p.m./MLB Network, 8 p.m.
San Diego vs. Chicago Cubs — WGN America, 4 p.m.

30 Clubs in 30 Days: New York Yankees — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

MLS
Toronto vs. San Jose — TSN/RDS/Comcast SportsNet California, 1 p.m.
Columbus vs. Montreal — Fox Sports Ohio/TVA, 4 p.m.
New England vs. Portland — Comcast SportsNet New England/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Chicago vs. Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/The Comcast Network, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Chivas USA — KUCW/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 9 p.m.
Vancouver vs. DC United — Rogers Sportsnet Pacific/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series: Royal Purple 300 — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.

NBA
Dallas at Houston — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago — WGN America, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at Golden State — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Calgary at Dallas — Rogers Sportsnet West/KTXA, 2 p.m.
Montreal at Philadelphia — CBC/RDS/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Toronto — CBC/NHL Network (US)/MSG 2, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Ottawa — CBC/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Nashville — CBC/Fox Sports Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Detroit — Fox Sports Carolinas/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Buffalo — Fox Sports North/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Tampa Bay — MSG Plus/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Boston at Los Angeles — NESN/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at Colorado — CBC/Altitude, 10 p.m.
Phoenix at San Jose — Fox Sports Arizona/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

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

Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen vs. Inverness — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

Soccer
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying, Nashville, TN
US vs. Canada — Universal Sports, 7 p.m.

Tennis
Sony Ericsson Open, Men’s 2nd Round/Women’s 3rd Round — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

Entertainment
Inside Jet Blue — Bloomberg, 9:30 a.m.
Kelsey’s Essentials: Urban Farming — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 — IFC, 8 p.m.
Sucker Punch — HBO, 8 p.m.
Being Human — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Deadly Sins: Insatiable — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Supersizers Go: The Seventies — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Scorned: Love Kills: House of Deception — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Kill Bill, Vol. 2 — IFC, 10:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 25

College Baseball
East Carolina at Central Florida — Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Arkansas at Mississippi State — SportSouth, 1 p.m.
Texas at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central, 2 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
NCAA Division I Championship
Regional Final
West Regional
XCel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota vs. North Dakota — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

Northeast Regional
Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA
Boston College vs. Minnesota-Duluth — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

English Premier League
West Bromwich Albion vs. Newcastle United — Fox Soccer, 11 a.m.

Formula 1
Malaysia Grand Prix — Speed, 3:30 a.m..

Golf
Champions Tour: Mississippi Golf Resort Classic, Final Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.
European Tour: Trophee Hassan II, Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 a.m. (Monday, tape delay)
LPGA Tour: Kia Classic, Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Final Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m./NBC, 2:30 p.m.

IndyCar
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg — ABC, 12:30 p.m.

MLB
Miami vs. Tampa Bay — MLB Network/Fox Sports Florida/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.
Baltimore vs. Philadelphia — WPHL, 1 p.m.
Boston vs. Toronto — NESN, 1 p.m.
Detroit vs. New York Yankees — YES, 1 p.m.
Houston vs. Atlanta — CSS, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland — WGN America, 4 p.m.
Texas vs. Anaheim Angels — MLB Network/Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Colorado — Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m./MLB Network, 8 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Chicago White Sox — Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m.

30 Clubs in 30 Days: Minnesota Twins — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
New York vs. Colorado — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Kansas City vs. FC Dallas — Galavision/KSMO/Fox Sports Southwest, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Auto Club 400 — Fox, 2:30 p.m.

NBA
Miami at Oklahoma City — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Memphis at Los Angeles Lakers — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Edmonton at Columbus — Rogers Sportsnet West/Fox Sports Ohio, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at Washington — NBC Sports Network, 5 p.m.
New York Islanders at Florida — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Florida, 5 p.m.
New Jersey at Pittsburgh — RDSI/MSG Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Chicago — NBC Sports Network/TSN2, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Anaheim — NESN/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Phoenix — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.

NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBC Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Rangers vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer, 8 a.m.

Tennis
Sony Ericsson Open, Men’s & Women’s 3rd Round — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
From the Kitchens of: Hidden Valley: Lunch Creations — Cooking Channel, 10 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners with Melissa D’Arabian: Scarpetta Swap Out — Food Network, 10 a.m.
Sandwich King: Breakfast for Dinner — Food Network, 11 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Once Upon A Time — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 20: This Is Wicked Strange — CBS, 8 p.m.
Frozen Planet: Summer — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Mad Men (season premiere — AMC, 9 p.m.
Luck (season finale) — HBO, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Ashleigh Pechaluk — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Shameless — Showtime, 9 p.m.
House of Lies — Showtime, 10 p.m.
CSI: Miami — CBS, 10 p.m.
Full Metal Jousting: A Killing Machine — History 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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