Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 29

Boxing
Boxing After Dark: Edwin Rodriguez vs. Jason Escalara and two other bouts — HBO, 9:30 p.m.

CFL
Toronto at Winnipeg — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
BC at Saskatchewan — TSN/ESPN3, 10 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Arsenal vs. Chelsea — ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.
Norwich City vs. Liverpool — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:53 a.m.
Fulham vs. Manchester City — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Fox Soccer, 12:30 p.m.
Everton vs. Southampton — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Reading vs. Newcastle United — Fox Soccer, 3:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
Stoke City vs. Swansea City  — Fox Soccer Plus, 4 p.m.
Sunderland vs. Wigan Athletic — Fox Soccer, 5:30 p.m.

Match Day — Fox Soccer, 9:30 a.m.
Match Day 2 — Fox Soccer, noon

Golf
2012 Ryder Cup, Day Two — NBC, 9 a.m.
Web.com Tour: Chiquita Classic, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Struve vs. Miocic — Fuel, 4 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fuel, 3 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — Fuel, 7 p.m.

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

National League
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Atlanta — SNY/Peachtree TV/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Washington at St. Louis — MASN2/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona — WGN America/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego — KNTV/Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 9 p.m.

MLB 2012: Down the Stretch — CBS, 2 p.m.
MLB Player Poll — Fox, 3 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
New York vs. Toronto — MSG Network/Gol TV Canada, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. Philadelphia — Fox Sports Ohio/The Comcast Network, 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. New England — KPRC/Comcast SportsNet New England, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver vs. Seattle — NBC Sports Network/TSN2/RDS2, 9 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. Real Salt Lake — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/KTVX, 10:30 p.m.
Portland vs. DC United — KPTV/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose vs. Dallas — Comcast SportsNet California/KTXA, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series: Your Name Here 200 — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Live — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Around the League Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Playbook NFC — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Playbook AFC — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
Top 10 Trick Plays — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen vs. Hibernian — Fox Soccer Plus, 6:55 a.m.
Motherwell vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, noon (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
SportsNation — ESPNU, 10 a.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour: Toray Pan Pacific Open, Final — Tennis Channel, midnight
ATP Tour: Malaysian Open, Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. (same day coverage)
ATP Tour: Thailand Open, Semifinals– Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

WNBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 2: Connecticut Sun at New York Liberty — NBA TV, 7 p.m. (Connecticut leads series, 1-0)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 2: Los Angeles Sparks at San Antonio Silver Stars — NBA TV, 5 p.m. (Los Angeles leads series, 1-0)

Entertainment
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Revival (season premiere) — Cartoon Network, 9:30 a.m.
Green Lantern: The Animated Series: The New Guy — Cartoon Network, 10 a.m.
Giada at Home: L.A. Hot Spots: Breakfast — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong: Chiang Khong, Thailand — Cooking Channel, 12:30 p.m.
The Perfect 3: Cupcakes — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Doctor Who in the U.S. — BBC America, 8 p.m.
Ultimate Factories: UPS — CNBC, 8 p.m.
True Lies — Encore, 8 p.m.
Napoleon Dynamite — IFC, 8 p.m.
Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Happily Never After: To Have and To Kill (season finale) — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Dateline: Real Life Mysteries: Deadly Triangle — TLC, 9 p.m.
How the States Got Their Shapes: Red State vs. Blue State — H2, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: My Dad’s Killer (season premiere) — CBS, 10 p.m.
Chef Race: UK vs U.S.: Vegas or Bust! — BBC America, 10 p.m.
I Was Impaled: Who Said Exercise Was Good for You? — Discovery Fitness & Health, 10 p.m.
Deadly Affairs: Lust for the Job — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Dateline: Real Life Mysteries: The Goldfinger Mystery — TLC, 10 p.m.
How the States Got Their Shapes: White Collar vs. Blue Collar — H2 10:30 p.m.
That Metal Show — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.

Sunday, September 30

College Soccer
Men’s
Louisville at Rutgers — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Northwestern at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 3;30 p.m.
Ohio State at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Network, 7 p.m.
Oregon State at Washington — Pac-12 Network (Oregon/Washington), 7 p.m.

Women’s
Iowa at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Duke at Virginia — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
LSU at Georgia — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Oregon State at Cal — Pac-12 Network, 4:30 p.m.
USC vs. Arizona — Pac-12 Network (Los Angeles/Arizona), 4:30 p.m.
Washington State vs. Colorado — Pac-12 Network (Washington/Mountain), 4:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Cal at Arizona — Pac-12 Network, 2:30 p.m.
USC at Washington State — Pac-12 Network (Los Angeles/Washington), 2:30 p.m.
Utah at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network (Mountain/Oregon), 2:30 p.m.

English Premier League
Aston Villa vs. West Bromwich Albion — Fox Soccer, 10:30 a.m.

Goals on Sunday — Fox Soccer, 2 p.m.

Golf
2012 Ryder Cup, Final Day — NBC, noon
Web.com Tour: Chiquita Classic, Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

MLB
American League
Kansas City at Cleveland — STO, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Toronto — YES/Sportsnet One, 1 p.m.
Boston at Baltimore — NESN/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox — TBS/Sun Sports/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Texas — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.

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

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

MLS
Colorado vs. LA Galaxy — Galavision/Altitude/KDOC, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: AAA 400 — ESPN, 2 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Outside The Lines — ESPN2, 10 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 10:30 a.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour: Malaysian Open, Final — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
ATP Tour: Thailand Open, Final — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

WNBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 2: Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream– ESPN2, 4 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 2: Minnesota Lynx at Seattle Storm — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Jesus Conspiracies: Who Was Mary Magdalene? — Discovery, 9 a.m.
Sandwich King: Healthy: Fit For a King — Food Network, 11 a.m.
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender — Biography, 1 p.m.
Earth vs. Sun — Discovery, 3 p.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Once Upon A Time (season premiere) — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 20: Double Your Money (season premiere) — CBS, 8 p.m.
Making Monsters: Horrors For Houston — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
The Great Food Truck Race: Where In The World is Lubec? (season finale) — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Boardwalk Empire — HBO, 9 p.m.
Sins & Secrets: Catalina Island — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Stephanie Lazarus — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Dexter (season premiere) — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Bar Rescue: Bikini Bust (season finale) — Spike, 9 p.m.
Making Monsters: Zombie, Say Cheese! — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Behind the Music: Carrie Underwood — VH1, 9 p.m.
Copper — BBC America, 10 p.m.
Treme — HBO, 10 p.m.
Unusual Suspects: Blood Trail — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Homeland (season premiere) — Showtime, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Renovation — HGTV, 11 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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