Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, October 18

Boxing
Fight Night, 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, PA
Heavyweights
Steve Cunningham vs. Natu Visinia — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

World Championship Boxing, Stub Hub Center, Carson, CA
World Middleweight Championship BoutGennnady Golovkin vs. Marco Anthony Rubio — HBO, 10 p.m.

CFL
Montreal Alouettes at Toronto Argonauts — TSN/ESPN3, 4 p.m.
Calgary Stampeders at Winnipeg Blue Bombers — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Lake Superior State at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Texas at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

College Water Polo
Men’s
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 1:30 p.m.

English Football League Championship
Cardiff City vs. Nottingham Forest — beIN Sports, 7:10 a.m.

English Premier League
Manchester City vs. Tottenham Hotspur — NBCSN/mun2, 7:45 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea — NBCSN/mun2, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Hull City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Burnley vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Everton vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Leicester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Sunderland — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, noon
Match of the Day — NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Match Play Championship, London Golf Club, Ash, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Day Four — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

European PGA Tour/Asian PGA Tour
Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong Golf Club, New Territories Fanling, Hong Kong
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Champions Tour
Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, Rock Barn Golf & Spa, Conover, NC
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, TPC Summerlin Course, Las Vegas, NV
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

LPGA Tour
LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship, Sky 72 Golf Club (Ocean Course), Incheon, Republic of Korea
Final Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 p.m.

Horse Racing
West Virginia Breeders Classic, Hollywood Casino, Charles Town, WV
Race — Fox Sports Net, 10:30 p.m.

MLB
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

MLS
Toronto FC vs. Montreal — Univision Deportes/TSN/TSN4/TSN5/RDS, 2 p.m.
Colorado vs. FC Dallas — NBCSN, 3 p.m.
DC United vs. Chicago — WPWR, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Sporting KC — The Comcast Network/KMCI, 7 p.m.
San Jose vs. Vancouver — Comcast SportsNet California/TSN, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Race for the Cup, Contender Round
Geico 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
Qualifying — ESPNews, 4:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Fred’s 250, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
Race — Fox, 1 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — Fox, 12:30 p.m.

NBA Preseason
Dallas at Indiana — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Denver vs. Los Angeles Clippers at Paradise, NV — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Boston at Buffalo — FX Canada/NESN/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Montreal — City TV/TVA Sports/Altitude, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Ottawa — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit — CBC/NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Florida at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Pittsburgh — MSG Plus/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
San Jose at New Jersey — Comcast SportsNet California/MSG Plus 2, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Nashville at Chicago — Fox Sports Tennessee/WGN, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Vancouver — CBC/TVA Sports/Sun Sports, 10 p.m.

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

Scottish Premier League
Ross County vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:30 a.m.

Soccer
2014 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying
Group 2, Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL
Costa Rica vs. Jamaica — Fox Sports 2, 4 p.m.
Martinique vs. Mexico — Fox Sports 2, 6:30 p.m.

CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying Pregame — Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
Dari & Mel — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Bernie and Ernie — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Kicking It — ESPN Classic, noon
The Clemente Effect — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Fernando Nation — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
Nine for IX: Venus vs. — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Overthrown — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Assault in the Ring — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Coverage of Kremlin Cup, Luxembourg Open, Stockholm Open — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 12:30 p.m.

WTA Tour
Kremlin Cup, Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Luxembourg Open, CK Sports Center Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Final — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Stockholm Open, Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Center Court Primetime — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

Sunday, October 19

CFL
Edmonton Eskimos at Saskatchewan Roughriders — TSN/ESPN3, 4 p.m.

College Football
Championship Drive: Who’s In? — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Maryland at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Oregon State at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Texas Tech at Texas Christian — Fox College Sports Central, 2 p.m.
Eastern Washington at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific, 2 p.m.
LSU at Georgia — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Oregon at Washington State — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 4 p.m.
Florida at Kentucky — SEC Network, 4 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Tennessee at Georgia — SEC Network, noon
Illinois at Nebraska — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
North Carolina at Duke — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Oregon State at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Cal at Colorado — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Mountain, 2 p.m.
Washington State at Arizona State — Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Arizona, 2 p.m.
Missouri at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 2 p.m.
Stanford at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Washington at Arizona — Pac-12 Networks, 6 p.m.

English Premier League
Queens Park Rangers vs. Liverpool — NBCSN/mun2, 8:30 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Swansea City — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Match Play Championship, London Golf Club, Ash, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Semifinals — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.
Final — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

European PGA Tour/Asian PGA Tour
Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong Golf Club, New Territories Fanling, Hong Kong
Final Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Champions Tour
Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, Rock Barn Golf & Spa, Conover, NC
Final Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, TPC Summerlin Course, Las Vegas, NV
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

MLB
MLB Network Special: The World Series — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

MLS
New York vs. Columbus — UniMás/MSG Network/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 3 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. Seattle — ESPN2/TSN2, 8:15 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Race for the Cup, Contender Round
Geico 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
Race — ESPN, 2 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Talladega — Fox Sports 1, noon
NASCAR Countdown — ESPN, 1 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Talladega — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Preseason
Boston at Brooklyn — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Charlotte at Chicago — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Minnesota at Los Angeles — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports West, 3 p.m.
San Jose at New York Rangers — TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet California/MSG Network, 5 p.m.
Calgary at Winnipeg — City TV, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Anaheim — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 8 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada — City TV/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 8 a.m./ESPNews, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m./ESPNews, 9:30 a.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Coverage of Kremlin Cup & Stockholm Open — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

ATP Tour
Stockholm Open, Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Final — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Kremlin Cup, Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
Final — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Kremlin Cup, Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
Final — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Center Court Primetime — Tennis Channel, 8 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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