Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, November 22

Boxing
WBO World Welterweight Championship, Cotai Arena at the Venetian Macau, Macau, Communist China
Manny Pacquaio vs. Chris Algieri — Pay per view, 9 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Diving
Texas Diving Invitational — Longhorn Network, 11 a.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Volleyball
Women’s
Kansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.
Texas Christian at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

English Football Championship
Wolverhampton vs. Nottingham Forest — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Chelsea vs. West Bromwich Albion — NBCSN/mun2, 10 a.m.
Everton vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Sunderland — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Queens Park Rangers — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Burnley — Premier League Extra Time, 10 p.m.
Arsenal vs. Manchester United — NBC/mun2, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:10 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Trophée Eric Bompard, Meriadeck Ice Rink, Bordeaux, France
Pairs Free Skate — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Free Dance — Universal Sports, 3:30 p.m.

Formula 1
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
Practice 3 — NBC Sports Live Extra/NBCSports.com, 4 a.m.
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 7:55 a.m./NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Formula E Championship
Putrajaya ePrix, Persiaran Perdana
Race — Fox Sports 2, 1 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
World Tour Championship, Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.

LPGA Tour
LPGA Tour Championship, Tiburon Golf Club (Gold Course), Naples, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour Australasia
Australian Masters, Metropolitan Golf Club, South Oakleigh, Australia
Final Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 p.m.

International Rules Football
Test Match, Patterson Stadium, Perth, Australia
Australian Rules League vs. Ireland Gaelic League — Fox Soccer Plus, 4:30 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night, Edgar vs. Swanson, Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

UFC Fight Night Prefight — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.

MLS Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Championship, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ
Leg 1: New York Red Bulls vs. New England Revolution — NBC, 1:30 p.m.

Western Conference Championship, StubHub Center, Carson, CA
LA Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders — ESPN, 5 p.m.

NBA
Dallas at Houston — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NHL
St. Louis at Ottawa — RDS/Fox Sports Midwest/TSN5, 3 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto — CBC/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New York Islanders — City TV/Root Sports Pittsburgh/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Boston — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/NESN, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Washington — MSG Buffalo/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports North Plus/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Florida at Nashville — Fox Sports Florida, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Dallas — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Carolina at Colorado — Fox Sports Carolinas/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Chicago at Edmonton — CBC/TVA Sports 2/WGN, 10 p.m.
New Jersey at Calgary — Sportsnet/MSG Plus, 10 p.m.
Arizona at San Jose — Fox Sports Arizona/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Scottish Championship League
Heart of Midlothian vs. Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:40 a.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Dari & Mel — ESPNU, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Pony Exce$$ — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: One Night in Vegas — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: Slaying the Badger — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: No Más — ESPN Classic, 7:30 p.m.
The Real Rocky — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Assault in the Ring — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Davis Cup
World Group Final: France vs. Switzerland, Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France
Rubber 3: Doubles – Julien Benneteau/Richard Gasquet vs. Marco Chiudinelli/Michael Lammer — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m.

Champions Tennis League — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.

Sunday, November 23

CFL Grey Cup Playoffs
Eastern Final, Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Montreal Alouettes at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN, 1 p.m.

Western Final, McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Edmonton Eskimos at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN3, 4:30 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
ESPNU Selection Specials: NCAA FCS Football Championship — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Championship Drive: Who’s In? — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Conference USA Championship, Reed Green Coliseum, Southern Mississippi University, Hattiesburg, MS
Fox Sports Net, 1:30 p.m.

Florida at Arkansas — SEC Network, noon
USC at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Washington, 2 p.m.
Utah at Cal — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Bay Area, 2 p.m.
Kentucky at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 2 p.m.
Missouri at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
Crystal Palace vs. Liverpool — CNBC, 8:30 a.m.
Hull City vs. Tottenham Hotspur — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

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

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Trophée Eric Bompard, Meriadeck Ice Rink, Bordeaux, France
Men’s and Ladies Free Skate — NBC, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
Race — NBCSN/Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

F1 Countdown — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Fórmula 1 Previo — Univision Deportes, 7:30 a.m.
F1 Extra — NBCSN, 10 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
World Tour Championship, Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Final Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 a.m.

LPGA Tour
LPGA Tour Championship, Tiburon Golf Club (Gold Course), Naples, FL
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Title Fight Knockouts — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.

MLB
MLB Timeline: April 10, 1998 — Fox Sports 1, noon
MLB Epic Moments: An Ace Arrives — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
MLB Ultimate Lineup: The Most Memorable Postseason Catches We Ever Saw — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.
2014 World Series Film — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Awards Ceremony, Trump National Doral Miami, Doral, FL
Nationwide Series & Camping World Truck Series Awards — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

NBA
Charlotte at Miami — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
St. Louis at Winnipeg — TVA Sports/Fox Sports Midwest/TSN3, 4:30 p.m.
Montreal at New York Rangers — City TV/RDS/NHL Network (US)/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Anaheim — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports West, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Vancouver — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Sportsnet Pacific, 9:30 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada — City TV/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Partick Thistle vs. Aberdeen — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:40 a.m.

Scottish Premiership Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 7 a.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 8 a.m./ESPNews, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m./ESPNews, 9:30 a.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Tennis
Davis Cup
World Group Final: France vs. Switzerland, Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France
Rubber 4: Reverse Singles – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Roger Federer — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Rubber 5: Reverse Singles – Gael Monfils vs. Stan Wawrinka — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.

Champions Tennis League — Tennis Channel, 5 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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