Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, April 14

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle vs. Brisbane — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.

Boxing
24/7 Mayweather/Cotto (series premiere) — HBO, 9:45 p.m

College Baseball
North Carolina State at Clemson — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports South/Sun Sports, noon
Michigan at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
New Mexico at San Diego State — the mtn., 9 p.m.

College Bowling
NCAA Women’s Championship, Wickliffe, OH
ESPNU, 8 p.m.

College Football
Michigan Spring Football Game — Big Ten Network, noon
Florida State Spring Football Game — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Army Spring Football: Mission: Fort Benning — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
ESPNU Warrior Classic, Charlotte, NC
Rutgers vs. Syracuse — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Hofstra vs. North Carolina — ESPNU, 1:30 p.m.

Navy at Army – CBS Sports Network, noon
Vanderbilt at Florida — Fox Sports Florida
Ohio State at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 2:30 p.m.
Maryland at Johns Hopkins — ESPNU, 6 p.m.

Women’s
Georgetown at Syracuse — CBS Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.
North Carolina at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

College Softball
LSU at Tennessee — ESPN, noon
East Carolina at Houston — Fox Sports Net, 3 p.m.
Game 1: Wisconsin at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Game 2: Wisconsin at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.

English Premier League
Norwich vs. Manchester City — ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.
West Bromwich vs. Queens Park Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:53 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Blackburn — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Wolverhampton — Fox Soccer, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

ESPN Sports Saturday
ABC, 4 p.m.

FA Cup
Semifinal
Liverpool vs. Everton — Fox Soccer, 7:30 a.m.

Golf
Champions Tour: Encompass Insurance Pro-Am of Tampa Bay, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
European Tour: Malaysian Open, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)
PGA Tour: Heritage Open, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim at New York Yankees — Fox, 1 p.m.
Texas at Minnesota — Fox, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto — MASN/Rogers Sportsnet, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Boston — Sun Sports/NESN, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City — WKYC/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis — Fox, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Washington — Fox Sports Ohio/MASN2, 4 p.m.
New York Mets at Philadelphia — SNY/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Houston at Florida — Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta — MLB Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado — MLB Network/Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Francisco — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 9 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 9 p.m.

MLB Player Poll — Fox, noon
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Philadelphia vs. Columbus — NBC Sports Network, 3:30 p.m.
New England vs. DC United — Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 4 p.m.
Seattle vs. Colorado — KONG/Altitude, 4 p.m.
Toronto vs. Chivas USA — TSN2/Fox Sports West, 4:30 p.m.
New York vs. San Jose — MSG Plus/Comcast SportsNet California Plus, 7 p.m.
Dallas vs. Montreal — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/TVA Plus, 8:30 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. Real Salt Lake — KSMO/KTVX, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles vs. Portland — KDOC/KPDX, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Samsung Mobile 500 — Fox, 7 p.m.

NBA
Phoenix at San Antonio– ESPN, 9 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 2: Washington at Boston — NBC/CBC/RDS, 3 p.m. (Boston leads series, 1-0)
Game 2: Ottawa at New York Rangers — CBC/NBC Sports Network/RDS/MSG Network, 7 p.m. (New York leads series, 1-0)

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 2: San Jose at St. Louis — CNBC/TSN/RDSI/Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:30 p.m. (San Jose leads series, 1-0)
Game 2: Chicago at Phoenix — NBC Sports Network/TSN/RDS/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 10 p.m. (Phoenix leads series, 1-0)

NHL on the Fly– NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Live Postgame — NBC Sports Network, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Tennis
ATP Tour: U.S. Clay Court Championships, Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.
ATP Tour: U.S. Clay Court Championships, Doubles Final — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
ATP Tour: Grand Prix Hassan II, Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 8:30 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
French Food at Home: French for Dieters — Cooking Channel, noon
Kelsey’s Essentials: Sweet Treats — Cooking Channel, 4 p.m.
Titanic, (The new TV mini-series, not the movie, we’ve all seen the movie) Parts One-Three — ABC, 8 p.m.
Hunger Hits Home — Food Channel, 8 p.m.
Shark Men: Hammerhead Islands — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Being Human — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Deadly Sins: Mother of all Sins — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Last Chance Driving School: Highway to Hell (season premiere) — A&E, 10 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery — CBS, 10 p.m.
Scorned: Love Kills — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Last Chance Driving School: Tires & Tantrums — A&E, 10:30 p.m.
That Metal Show — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host Josh Brolin and musical guest Gotye — NBC, 11:29 p.m.

Sunday, April 15

College Baseball
Alabama at LSU — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
VMI at Coastal Carolina — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Cal State Fullerton at UC Irvine — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

College Football
Illinois Spring Game — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Northwestern Spring Game — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Women’s
Penn State at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, noon
North Carolina at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

College Softball
Ohio State at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.
Mississippi State at Mississippi — Fox Sports South, 2 p.m.
Nebraska at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
LSU at Tennessee — ESPN, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Aston Villa — Fox Soccer, 11 a.m.

FA Cup
Semifinal
Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Fox Soccer, 1 p.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Communist China — Speed, 2 a.m.

Golf
Champions Tour: Encompass Insurance Pro-Am of Tampa Bay, Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)
European Tour: Malaysian Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)
PGA Tour: Heritage Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

IndyCar
Grand Prix of Long Beach — NBC Sports Network, 1 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at Toronto — MASN/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Boston — TBS/Sun Sports/NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City — STO/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Detroit/WGN America, 2 p.m.
Texas at Minnesota — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Anaheim at New York Yankees — ESPN, 8 p.m.

National League
Houston at Florida — Fox Sports Houston/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Washington — Fox Sports Ohio/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta — Fox Sports Wisconsin/SportSouth, 1:30 p.m.
New York Mets at Philadelphia — SNY/WPHL, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Francisco — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 4 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, noon
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 12:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 8 p.m.

MLS
Chicago vs. Houston — Galavision/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.

NBA
Miami at New York — ABC, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Los Angeles Lakers — ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Memphis at New Orleans — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 3: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia — NBC/TS/RDS, 3 p.m.
Game 2: New Jersey at Florida — NBC Sports Network/TSN/RDS/MSG Plus, 7:30 p.m.

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 3: Nashville at Detroit — NBC/CBC/RDS, noon
Game 3: Vancouver at Los Angeles — CBC/NBC Sports Network/RDS/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Live Postgame– NBC Sports Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Live Postgame — NBC Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Monday)

Tennis
WTA Tour: Barcelona Ladies Open, Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 12:30 a.m. & 8 a.m. (tape delay)
ATP Tour: U.S. Clay Court Championships, Final — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.
WTA Tour: EBoks Open, Final — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m. (same day coverage
ATP Tour: Grand Prix Hassan II, Final — Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
WTA Tour: Barcelona Ladies Open, Final — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Sandwich King: Lean and Mean Sandwiches — Food Network, 11 a.m.
60 Minutes: Tribute to Mike Wallace — CBS, 7 p.m.
The Amazing Race 20: Let Them Drink Their Haterade — CBS, 8 p.m.
Frozen Planet: Life in the Freezer — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Mob Wives — VH1, 8 p.m.
Nurse Jackie — Showtime, 9 p.m.
The Killing — AMC, 9 p.m.
Game of Thrones — HBO, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Ellen Snyder — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Titanic, (The new TV mini-series, not the movie, we’ve all seen the movie) Part Four — ABC, 9:01 p.m.
The Big C — Showtime, 9:30 p.m.
Mad Men — AMC, 10 p.m.
Unusual Suspects: Murderous Intentions — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Borgias — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Full Metal Jousting: The Championship Joust (season finale) — History Channel, 10:01 p.m.
Girls (series premiere) — HBO, 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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