Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, March 15

Australian Rules Football
Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 1:30 a.m.

Boxing
Fight Night, Bethlehem, PA
Tomasz Adamek vs. Vyacheslav “Czar” Glazkov — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Showtime Championship Boxing, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Unified Super Lightweight World Championship, Danny Garcia vs. Mauricio Herrera
Prelims — Showtime Extreme, 7 p.m.
Main Card — Showtime, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
Texas Tech at Baylor — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Kansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
San Diego at BYU — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
Belmont at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 6 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Minnesota, Iowa, Penn State at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 1:30 p.m.
Nebraska, Illinois, Ohio State at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.
Georgia at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Wisconsin at Michigan State — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Detroit, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Syracuse at Johns Hopkins — ESPNU, noon
North Carolina at Duke — ESPNU, 2 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
Cal-San Diego at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Water Polo
Women’s
Cal at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 7:30 p.m.

English Premier League
Hull City vs. Manchester City — NBCSN, 8:45 a.m.
Everton vs. Cardiff City — Premier League Extra Time, 11 a.m.
Fulham vs. Newcastle United — Premier League Extra Time, 11 a.m.
Southampton vs. Norwich City — Premier League Extra Time, 11 a.m.
Stoke City vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 11 a.m.
Swansea City vs. West Bromwich Albion — Premier League Extra Time, 11 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Chelsea — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 8 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Premier League Goal Zone — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Formula 1
Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne, Australia
Qualifying — NBCSN, 2:00 a.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
Valspar Championship, Palm Harbor, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./NBC, 2 p.m.
3rd Round Spotlight Coverage — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

Champions Tour
Toshiba Classic, Newport Beach, CA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler, Dallas, TX
Prelims — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.
Main Card — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 2, 7 p.m.
UFC Postfight Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

MLB Spring Training
Minnesota vs. New York Mets (SS) — SNY, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees vs. Baltimore — MLB Network/MASN, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Colorado — Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee — MLB Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
New York Mets (SS) vs. Chicago Cubs — WGN America, 4 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Seattle — Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Texas vs. Oakland (SS) — Fox Sports Southwest, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Boston — MLB Network/NESN, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago White Sox– MLB Network/SportsNet LA/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 10 p.m.

MLS
New York vs. Colorado — MSG Network/Altitude, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. New England — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast SportsNet New England, 4 p.m.
Seattle vs. Toronto — NBCSN/TSN/RDS2, 4:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Montreal — Comcast SportsNet Houston/TVA Sports, 8:30 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. FC Dallas — KMCI/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. San Jose — KTVA/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Practice — Fox Sports 1, 8 a.m.
Final Practice — Fox Sports 2, noon

Nationwide Series
The Sponsor That Decided to Name This Race 300, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Qualifying– ESPN2, 10 a.m.
Race — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

NASCAR Countdown — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.

NBA
Denver at Atlanta — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Chicago — WGN America, 8 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NHL
Carolina at Boston — Fox Sports Carolinas/NESN, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia — NHL Network (US)/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal — CBC/RDS/NHL Network (US), 7 p.m.
Buffalo at New York Islanders — MSG Buffalo/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Tampa Bay — MSG Network/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Minnesota — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Nashville — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Phoenix — CBC/Fox Sports Arizona, 10 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Plays of the Week: 03/08-03/14/2014 — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Tonight — CBC/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
After Hours — CBC, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Paralympics
2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Sochi, Russia
Cross-Country Skiing– NBCSN, 3:30 a.m.
Ice Sledge Hockey Gold Medal Final: USA vs. Russia — NBC, noon
Wheelchair Curling Gold Medal Game — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Scottish Premier League
St. Johnstone vs. Ross County — Fox Soccer Plus, 1:25 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine World Cup Final, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
Women’s Slalom, 1st Run — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)
Men’s Giant Slalom, 1st Run — Universal Sports, noon (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
30 for 30: No Más — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Youngstown Boys — ESPN Classic, 1:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Croom — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
30 for 30: This Is What They Want — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
The Announcement — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Summer Dreams — CBS, 8 p.m.
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10:45 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, CA
Men’s Semifinals — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
Men’s Doubles Final — Tennis Channel, 8:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Rocky — AMC, 3 p.m.
A Healthy You & Carol Alt — Fox News Channel, 4 p.m.
Pitch Perfect — Cinemax, 4:20 p.m.
20/20 on TLC: A Death Foretold — TLC, 5 p.m.
Rocky II — AMC, 5:30 p.m.
20/20 on TLC: Mothers Accused — TLC, 6 p.m.
Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry?: Weathering the Storm — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Toxic — NBC, 8 p.m.
The Natural — Encore, 8 p.m.
No Country for Old Men — IFC, 8 p.m.
The Incredible Dr. Pol: Deja MOO!: Pigs in a Blanket — National Geographic Wild, 8 p.m.
The Rundown — Sho2, 8 p.m.
The Sugarland Express — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Extra Pulses: Bannack Ghost Town — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
Renovation Realities: The Henderson Job — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Nightline Prime (series premiere) — ABC, 9 p.m.
Ripper Street: Dynamite and a Woman — BBC America, 9 p.m.
When Calls the Heart: Love Comes First — Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.
Deadly Sins: Louisiana’s Lost Souls — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Incredible Dr. Pol: Pol Speed Ahead — National Geographic Wild, 9 p.m.
Black Sails: VIII. (season finale) — Starz, 9 p.m.
Martha Marcy May Marlene — Sundance Channel, 9 p.m.
Stir of Echoes — The Movie Channel, 9 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Fear Factory — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
48 Hours: Fateful Connection — CBS, 10 p.m.
Flipping Vegas: Black Market House — A&E, 10 p.m.
The Universe: Ancient Mysteries Solved: Heavenly Destruction — H2, 10 p.m.
Fatal Vows: Descent Into Madness — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Shear Madness: Cockadoodledoo! — National Geographic Wild, 10 p.m.
Outrageous Acts of Science: When Nature Calls — Science, 10 p.m.
Butterflies Are Free — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
The Incredibles — Encore, 10:20 p.m.
That Metal Show — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
Bleach — Cartoon Network, midnight

Sunday, March 16

Australian Rules Football
Carlton Blues vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Soccer Plus, 4:30 a.m.

College Baseball
Belmont at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Pacific, 1 p.m.
Dartmouth at TCU — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 2 p.m.
Kansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Texas Tech at Baylor — Fox College Sports Pacific, 4 p.m. (joined in progress)
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Gymnastics
Men’s
Penn State at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Virginia at Notre Dame — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
Cal-Irvine at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Liverpool — NBCSN, 9:30 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Arsenal — NBCSN, noon

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 8:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 11:30 a.m.
Premier League Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Formula 1
Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne, Australia
Race — NBCSN/Univision Deportes, 2 a.m.

Countdown to F1 — NBCSN, 1 a.m.
Formula One Pre-Race — NBCSN, 1:30 a.m.
Fórmula 1 Previa — Universal Sports, 1:30 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Trophée Hassan II, Agadir, Morocco
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 a.m. (delayed)

PGA Tour
Valspar Championship, Palm Harbor, FL
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./NBC, 3 p.m.
Final Round Spotlight — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

Champions Tour
Toshiba Classic, Newport Beach, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Atlanta vs. New York Yankees — YES, 1 p.m.
Boston vs. Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.
Detroit vs. Washington — MASN, 1 p.m.
Miami vs. Minnesota — Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
New York Mets vs. St. Louis — Fox Sports Midwest, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Texas — KTXA, 4 p.m./MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Chicago Cubs — Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m.
Colorado vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
Seattle vs. Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.

MLB Tonight: 30 Clubs in 30 Days: Houston Astros — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
Chicago vs. Portland — UniMás/WPWR/Root Sports Northwest, 3 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. Vancouver — CTV2, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Race — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Bristol — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Bristol — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.

NBA
Houston at Miami — ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Los Angeles Clippers — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NFL
The 2014 101 Awards  — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh — NBC/TSN2, 12:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Carolina — Sportsnet West/Fox Sports Carolinas, 3 p.m.
Toronto at Washington — Sportsnet Ontario/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 3 p.m.
Vancouver at Florida — Sportsnet Pacific/Fox Sports Florida, 3 p.m.
San Jose at New York Rangers — Comcast SportsNet California/MSG Network, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Ottawa — Altitude/Sportsnet East/TVA Sports, 5 p.m.
Montreal at Buffalo — RDS/TSN-Habs/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago — NBCSN/TSN2, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Winnipeg — KTXA/TSN-Jets, 8 p.m.

NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 3 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Top 10: Sochi Olympic Moments — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

Paralympics
2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Sochi, Russia
Alpine Skiing: Giant Slalom– NBCSN, 4:30 a.m.
Closing Ceremony — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine World Cup Final, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
Men’s Slalom, 1st Run — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)
Women’s Giant Slalom, 1st Run — Universal Sports, noon (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Fox Sports Salutes the Troops ’14 — Fox Sports 2, 12:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Requiem for the Big East — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Big East Extras — ESPNU, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, CA
Women’s & Men’s Championships — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown: More Chowdown Countdown 101-81 — (series premiere) — Travel Channel, 3 p.m.
101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown: More Chowdown Countdown 80-61 — Travel Channel, 4 p.m.
101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown: More Chowdown Countdown 60-41 — Travel Channel, 5 p.m.
Life of Pi — Cinemax, 5:20 p.m.
Looper — Encore, 6 p.m.
101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown: More Chowdown Countdown 40-21 — Travel Channel, 6 p.m.
America’s Funniest Home Videos — ABC, 7 p.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Cook Your A.. Off: Kids’ Faves Redo — HLN, 7 p.m.
101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown: More Chowdown Countdown 20-1 — Travel Channel, 7 p.m.
2014 mtvU Woodie Awards Special — MTV, 8 p.m.
Once Upon a Time — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race All-Stars: Smarter, Not Harder — CBS, 8 p.m.
Naked and Afraid: Uncensored: Island From Hell — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Food Court Wars: The Maybird vs. Wingzza — Food Network, 8 p.m.
Cook Your A.. Off: The Last Slice (season finale) — HLN, 8 p.m.
Dateline on ID: The Wrong Man — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Resurrection — ABC, 9 p.m.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey: Some of the Things That Molecules Do — Fox, 9 p.m.
The Walking Dead: The Grove — AMC, 9 p.m.
Monster Squid: The Giant is Real — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Death Row Stories: Gloria Killian: Ride to the Rescue — CNN, 9 p.m.
Naked and Afraid: Man vs. Amazon — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Unusual Suspects: Blood in the Water — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Army Wives: A Final Salute — Lifetime (The Network That Hates Men), 9 p.m.
Wicked Tuna: Operation T.U.N.A. — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Teresa Imel — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Shameless — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Bar Rescue: Critters and Quitters — Spike, 9 p.m.
Girls — HBO, 10 p.m.
Island Hunters: Australia — HGTV, 10 p.m.
House of Lies — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Catch a Contractor: Hack of All Trades — Spike, 10 p.m.
Crisis (series premiere) — NBC, 10 p.m.
Codes and Conspiracies: Outlaw Bikers — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Banshee: Bullets and Tears (season finale) — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Cutthroat Kitchen: A Few Good Ramen (season premiere) — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Bible Rules: The Curse — H2, 10 p.m.
On the Case with Paula Zahn: Footsteps in the Dark — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Lindsay — Oprah Winfrey Network (The Network That Absolutely Despises Men), 10 p.m.
Church Secrets & Legends: Salem Witch Trials; World’s Largest Cathedral; Grand Mosque of Paris (series premiere) — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Coast Guard Cape Disappointment: Pacific Northwest: From The Mountains to the Ocean — Weather Channel, 10 p.m.
Talking Dead — AMC, 10:01 p.m.
Ordinary People — Sundance Channel, 10:01 p.m.
Island Hunters: Philippines — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Episodes (season finale) — Showtime, 10:30 p.m.
Naked After Dark: After the Amazon (series premiere) — Discovery, 10:32 p.m.
Lolita From Interstellar Space — Cinemax, 11:30 p.m.
Comic Book Men: Batcycle on Broad — AMC, midnight

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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