Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, February 23

Boxing
Showtime Boxing
IBF Junior Middleweight Championship: Cornelius Bundrage vs. Ishe Smith — Showtime, 9 p.m.

NBC Fight Night
Heavyweights: Vyacheslav Glazkov vs. Malik Scott — NBC Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
New Hampshire at Vermont — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
Minnesota-Duluth at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 8:10 p.m.
North Dakota at Denver — Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 9 p.m.

CONCACAF
U-20 Championship
Jamaica vs. Panama — Galavision, 4:30 p.m.
Mexico vs. El Salvador — Fox Soccer/Galavision, 7 p.m.

English Championship
Bristol City vs. Barnsley — beIN Sport, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Fulham vs. Stoke City — ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Manchester United — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 a.m.
Norwich City vs. Everton — Fox Soccer, noon (same day coverage)
West Bromwich Albion vs. Sunderland — Fox Soccer, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Reading vs. Wigan Athletic — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
PGA Tour, Marana, AZ
WGC Match Play Championship, Quarterfinals — Golf Channel, noon/NBC, 2 p.m.

LPGA Tour, Chonburi, Thailand
LPGA Thailand, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche: Prelims — FX, 8 p.m.
UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche: Main Event — Pay Per View, 10 p.m.

UFC Post Fight Show — Fuel, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLB Spring Training
Washington at New York Mets, Port St. Lucie, FL — MLB Network/SNY, noon
Houston at Philadelphia, Clearwater, FL — The Comcast Network, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, Lakeland, FL — Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Boston, Fort Myers, FL — NESN, 1:30 p.m.

MLS
Desert Diamond Cup, Tuscon, AZ
Final: Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle — NBC Sports Network, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Drive4COPD — ESPN, 1 p.m.

Trackside At…: The Daytona 500 — Speed, 5:30 p.m.

NBA
Atlanta at Milwaukee — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NFL
2013 NFL Scouting Combine, Indianapolis, IN
Kicker, Offensive Lineman, Tight End — NFL Network, 9 a.m.

NHL
New Jersey at Washington — NHL Network (US)/MSG Plus/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, noon
Winnipeg at Philadelphia — TSN-Jets/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Phoenix at Edmonton — Fox Sports Arizona/Sportsnet West, 3:30 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles — NHL Network (US)/Altitude/Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.
New York Rangers at Montreal — CBC/RDS/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Ottawa — CBC, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Detroit — NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Buffalo — MSG Plus/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Carolina — Sun Sports/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Columbus at St. Louis — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Dallas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Calgary — CBC/Fox Sports North, 10 p.m.

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

Rugby
Six Nations, Round 3
England vs. France — BBC America, noon

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
ESPN Sports Saturday — ABC, 4 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Dubai Duty Free Championships, Dubai
Final — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.

ATP Tour
US National Indoor Tennsi Championships, Memphis, TN
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m. & 4 p.m.

WTA Tour
US National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, TN

Final — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

ATP Tour
Open 13, Marseille, France
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 9 a.m.
Totally ’80s — VH1 Classic, 9 a.m.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: To Catch a Jedi — Cartoon Network, 9:30 a.m.
Green Lantern: The Animated Series: Larfleeze — Cartoon Network, 10 a.m.
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 10 a.m.
Drop 5 lbs. with Good Housekeeping: Healthy Comfort Food — Cooking Channel, 10:30 a.m.
Giada at Home: Decadent Delights — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Die Another Day — Showtime, 11:30 a.m.
Animaniacs: I’m Mad; Bad Mood Bobby; Blemish Fake — The Hub, 12:30 p.m.
A Few Good Men — AMC, 3 p.m.
Ching’s Chinese New Year — Cooking Channel, 3 p.m.
Gold Rush: The Motherlode — Discovery, 3 p.m.
Cops — Fox, 8 p.m.
American Ninja Warrior: Best of Northeast — NBC, 8 p.m.
Austin City Limits: Esperanza Spalding — PBS, 8 p.m.
Secrets of the Secret Service — Discovery, 8 p.m.
National Lampoon’s Animal House — Encore, 8 p.m.
Wanderlust — HBO, 8 p.m.
On the Waterfront — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Renovation Realities: The Louwers Job — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
48 Hours: The Accuser — CBS, 9 p.m.
Ripper Street: Tournament of Shadows — BBC America, 9 p.m.
When Surgical Tools Get Left Behind — Discovery Fitness & Health, 9 p.m.
Deadly Sins: Deadly Threesomes — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Jesse James: Legend, Outlaw, Terorrist — Military Channel, 9 p.m.
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?: I Kissed a Girl (season premiere) — WE TV, 9 p.m.
Mankind Decoded: Man and Beast — H2, 10 p.m.
Vanity Fair’s Hollywood — CBS, 10 p.m.
Flipping Boston: The Salem Flip Trials — A&E, 10 p.m.
My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera (season premiere) — Biography, 10 p.m.
Argo: Inside Story — Discovery, 10 p.m.
When Surgical Tools Get Left Behind 2 — Discovery Fitness & Health, 10 p.m.
Scorned: Love Kills: Best Friends for Never — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
2013 Independent Spirit Awards — IFC, 10 p.m.
An Idiot Abroad: Lost Luggage — Science, 10 p.m.
Get Shorty — Sundance Channel, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10:15 p.m.
Mankind Decoded: Information is Power — H2, 10:30 p.m.
That Metal Show — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.

Sunday, February 24

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Boston College at Merrimack — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.

English League Cup
Bradford City vs. Swansea City — beIN Sport, 10:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Manchester City vs. Chelsea — Fox Soccer, 8:30 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Southampton — Fox Soccer, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Goals on Sunday — Fox Soccer, 10:30 a.m.

Golf
PGA Tour, Marana, AZ
WGC Match Play Championship, Semifinals — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
WGC Match Play Championships, Finals — NBC, 2 p.m.

LPGA Tour, Chonburi, Thailand
LPGA Thailand, Final Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

MLB Spring Training
Boston at St. Louis, Jupiter, FL — NESNplus, 1 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees, Tampa, FL — MLB Network/YES, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Anaheim Angels, Tempe, AZ — Fox Sports West, 3 p.m./MLB Network, 4 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series,Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
The Daytona 500 — Fox, 1 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay — Speed, 9 a.m.
Fox NASCAR Sunday: The Daytona 500 — Fox, noon
NASCAR Victory Lane: The Daytona 500 — Speed, 5:30 p.m.

NBA
Los Angeles Lakers at Dallas — ABC, 1 p.m.
Memphis at Brooklyn — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Oklahoma City — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
2013 NFL Scouting Combine, Indianapolis, IN
Running Back, Quarterback, Wide Receiver — NFL Network, 9 a.m.

NHL
Boston at Florida — NHL Network (US)/NESN/Fox Sports Florida, 3 p.m.
Vancouver at Detroit — Sportsnet Pacific/Fox Sports Detroit, 5 p.m.
Winnipeg at New Jersey — TSN-Jets/MSG Plus, 5 p.m.
Carolina at New York Islanders — Fox Sports Carolinas/MSG Plus 2, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Chicago — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh — NBC Sports Network/TSN2/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Anaheim — Altitude/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Calgary — Fox Sports Arizona Plus/Sportsnet West, 8 p.m.

NHL Plays of the Week: 2/16/2013-2/22/2013 — NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Celtic vs. Dundee — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:40 a.m.
Dundee United vs. Hibernian — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:25 a.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
E:60 — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Fastest — ESPN Classic, 6:30 p.m.
On Any Sunday — ESPN Classic, 8:30 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
US National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, TN
Final — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m.

WTA Tour
Copa Claro Colsanitas, Bogata, Colombia
Final — Tennis Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Open 13, Marseille, France
Final — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Point Break — Cinemax, 9 a.m.
Emeril’s Florida: St. Pete/Clearwater — Cooking Channel, 10:30 a.m.
Sandwich King: Say Cheese! — Food Network, 11 a.m.
Countdown to the Red Carpet: The 2013 Academy Awards — E!, 1:30 p.m.
Red Carpet Countdown: 2013 Academy Awards — TV Guide Channel, 5 p.m.
Live From the Red Carpet: The 2013 Academy Awards — E!, 5:30 p.m.
Red Carpet with Chris Harrison: 2013 Academy Awards — TV Guide Channel, 6 p.m.
Oscars Red Carpet Live — ABC, 7 p.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Jaws — Cinemax, 7:50 p.m.
The Amazing Race 22: Loose Lips Sink Ships — CBS, 8 p.m.
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited: The Second Doctor — BBC America, 8 p.m.
Silver Rush: The Hunt for Gairsoppa’s Treasure (series premiere) — Discovery, 8 p.m.
48 Hours on ID: The Stranger Beside Me — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Wicked Tuna: Hooked Up: Anger Management — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
The 2013 Academy Awards — ABC, 8:30 p.m.
A Bryk at a Time: Calling Card (series premiere) — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Girls — HBO, 9 p.m.
The Walking Dead: I Ain’t a Judas — AMC, 9 p.m.
Silver Rush: Curse of the Mantola — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Catch My Killer: Little Runaway — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Wicked Tuna: Shark Attack — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Amy Bishop — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Shameless — Showtime, 9 p.m.
A Bryk at at Time: A Family Affair — DIY Network, 9:30 p.m.
Enlightened — HBO, 9:30 p.m.
Hawaii Life — HGTV, 9:30 p.m.
House of Lies — Showtime, 10 p.m.
I Solved a Murder: Sheila Wysocki — Biography, 10 p.m.
Silver Rush: Odyssey’s Victory — Discovery, 10 p.m.
On the Case with Paula Zahn: One Month of Terror — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Bar Rescue: Bro’s Got to Geaux — Spike, 10 p.m.
Californication — Showtime, 10:30 p.m.
Talking Dead — AMC, 10:01 p.m.
E! After Party: 2013 Academy Awards — E!, 11:30 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars — ABC, 12:05 a.m. (Monday)

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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