Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, May 19

Boxing
24/7 Pacquiao/Bradley (series premiere) — HBO, 10:15 p.m.

College Baseball
Penn State at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, noon
Seton Hall at St. John’s — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Miami at Georgia Tech — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/CSS, 1 p.m.
LSU at South Carolina — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Ohio State at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
San Diego State at TCU — the mtn., 5 p.m.

College Lacrosse
NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship
Quarterfinals
Annapolis, MD
Maryland vs. Johns Hopkins — ESPN2, noon
Denver vs. Loyola (MD) — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship
Quarterfinals
Evanston, IL
Duke vs. Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Division I Softball  Championship
Austin Regional
Longhorn Network, 1 p.m.
Longhorn Network, 3:30 p.m.

Louisville Regional
ESPN, 3 p.m.
ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN, 8 p.m.

Tucson Regional
ESPNU, 6 p.m.
ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.
ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia: Stage 14 — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m.
Tour of California: Stage 7, Ontario to Mt. Baldy — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour: World Match Play Championship, Day Three — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.
LPGA Tour: Match Play Championship, Day Three — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
PGA Tour: Byron Nelson Championship, Third Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Hockey
Memorial Cup
Saint John vs. London — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Horse Racing
Preakness Stakes Saturday — NBC Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.
137th Preakness Stakes — NBC, 4:30 p.m.
Preakness Post-Race Show — NBC Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.

IIHF World Championships
Semifinals
NBC Sports Network, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar
Indianapolis 500: Qualifying — NBC Sports Network, 11 a.m. & 4:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts 
Strikeforce: World Grand Prix Final Preliminaries — Showtime Extreme, 8 p.m.
Strikeforce: World Grand Prix Final: Barnett vs. Cormier — Showtime, 10 p.m.

MLB
Interleague
Cincinnati at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/YES, 1 p.m.
New York Mets at Toronto — WPIX/Sportsnet One, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay — Peachtree TV/Sun Sports, 4 p.m.
Miami at Cleveland — Fox Sports Florida/STO, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Milwaukee — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
Oakland at San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet California/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Detroit, 4 p.m.
Seattle at Colorado — Root Sports Northwest/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Kansas City — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Baltimore at Washington — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Boston at Philadelphia — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Texas at Houston — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at San Diego — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

National League
St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/KCAL, 10 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show — Fox, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLS
Vancouver vs. Seattle — TSN/RDS/KONG, 5 p.m.
DC United vs. Toronto — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/TSN2, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal vs. New York — TVA/MSG Network, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Houston — Comcast SportsNet New England/KPRC, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas vs. Philadelphia — Fox Sports Southwest/The Comcast Network, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. Sporting KC — Altitude/KSMO, 9 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. LA Galaxy — ESPN2/TSN2, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. Columbus — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Ohio, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: All-Star Race — Speed, 7 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Western Conference Semifinals
Game 3: San Antonio at Los Angeles Clippers — ABC, 3:30 p.m. (San Antonio leads series, 2-0)
Game 4: Oklahoma City at Los Angeles Lakers — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Eastern Conference Final
Game 3: New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils — NBC/CBC/RDS, 1 p.m.

NHL Tonight: Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eastern Conference Final Postgame — NHL Network, 4 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour: Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m. & 8 a.m.
ATP Tour: Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.

Track and Field
IAAF Diamond League: Shanghai — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

UEFA Champions League
Final
Munich, Germany
Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea  — Fox, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Champions League Pregame — Fox Soccer, 1 p.m.
UEFA Champions League Final Preview — Fox, 2 p.m.

Entertainment
Mexican Made Easy: Mexican Classics — Food Network, 9 a.m.
Property Brothers: First Home Jitters — HGTV, 9:30 a.m.
Giada at Home: Backyard Campout — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
French Food at Home: Picnic — Cooking Channel, noon
The Perfect 3: Meatballs — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
X-Men: First Class — HBO, 8 p.m.
U-571 — IFC, 8 p.m.
Mom Caves: Moroccan Lounge — HGTV, 8:30 p.m.
Meg’s Great Rooms: Contemporary Meets 1960’s Mod — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
The High Low Project: Enclosed Porch Makeover — HGTV, 9:30 p.m.
Bizarre ER: Near-Fatal Fall — Discovery Fit and Health, 10 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: Live to Tell: An Officer and a Hero — CBS, 10 p.m.
Serial Killer Earth: When Lakes Attack — H2, 10 p.m.
Scorned: Love Kills: Wigs and a Gun — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 11 p.m.
That Metal Show — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host and musical guest Mick Jagger — NBC, 11:29 p.m.
The Thick of It — BBC America, midnight
Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show — BBC America, 12:40 a.m. (Sunday

Sunday, May 20

College Baseball
San Diego State at TCU — the mtn., 2 p.m.

College Lacrosse
NCAA Division I Men’s Championship
Quarterfinals
Chester, PA
Notre Dame vs. Virginia — ESPNU, noon
Colgate vs. Duke — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Division I Softball  Championship
Austin Regional
Longhorn Network, 1 p.m.
Longhorn Network, 3:30 p.m. (if necessary)

Louisville Regional
ESPN2, 1 p.m.
ESPN2, 3:30 p.m. (if necessary)

Tucson Regional
ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
ESPNU, 8 p.m. (if necessary)

Cycling
Giro d’Italia: Stage 15 — Universal Sports, 8:30 a.m.
Tour of California: Stage 8, Beverly Hills to Los Angeles — NBC Sports Network, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour: World Match Play Championship, Day Two — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
LPGA Tour: Match Play Championship, Day Two — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
PGA Tour: Byron Nelson Championship, Second Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Hockey
Memorial Cup
Shawnigan vs. London — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

IIHF World Championships
Gold Medal Game
NBC Sports Network, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar
Indianapolis 500: Qualifying — NBC Sports Network, noon

MLB
Interleague
Cincinnati at New York Yankees — Fox Sports Ohio/YES, 1 p.m.
Miami at Cleveland — Fox Sports Florida/WKYC, 1 p.m.
New York Mets at Toronto — WPIX/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports South/Sun Sports, 1:30 p.m.
Baltimore at Washington — MASN2/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Boston at Philadelphia — TBS/NESN/WPHL, 1:30 p.m.
Arizona at Kansas City — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Milwaukee — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Texas at Houston — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Houston, 2 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs — WGN America/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Seattle at Colorado — Root Sports Northwest/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at San Diego — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports San Diego, 4 p.m.
Oakland at San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet California/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.

National League
St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLS
Portland vs. Chicago — Galavision/Root Sports Northwest, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series: A Race That is 250 Miles Long — ESPN, 2 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 4: Miami at Indiana — ABC, 3:30 p.m. (Indiana leads series, 2-1)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 4: San Antonio at Los Angeles Clippers — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Western Conference Final
Game 4: Phoenix at Los Angeles — NBC/CBC/RDS, 3 p.m.

NHL Tonight: Stanley Cup Playoffs, Western Conference Final Postgame — NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour: Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Final — Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m.
ATP Tour: Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Final — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
I Hate My Kitchen: Impossible Layout — HGTV, 9:30 a.m.
I Hate My Bath: Outdoors In — HGTV, 10 a.m.
Sandwich King: BBQ Bonanza — Food Network, 11 a.m.
The Best Thing I Ever Made: Sweet Endings — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Billboard Music Awards — ABC, 8 p.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 8 p.m.
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates: Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez — PBS, 8 p.m.
Empire — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Nurse Jackie — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt — CBS, 9 p.m.
Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall — PBS, 9 p.m.
The Killing — AMC, 9 p.m.
American Ninja Warrior: Southwest Qualifying Pool (season premiere) — G4, 9 p.m.
Game of Thrones — HBO, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Regina Williams — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
The Big C — Showtime, 9:30 p.m.
Veep — HBO, 10 p.m.
Mad Men: Christmas Waltz — AMC, 10 p.m.
American Ninja Warrior: Southwest Qualifying Round — G4, 10 p.m.
Unusual Suspects: Random Acts of Madness — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Borgias — Showtime
Girls — HBO, 10:30 p.m.
Pablo Escobar: The Terror of Colombia — Biography, 11 p.m.
The Pitch: Frangelico: The Ad Store & Kovel/Fuller — AMC, 11:04 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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