Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, December 27

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football Viewing Picks

Golf
Golf Central Special: Men’s Major Review — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Hockey
2015 IIHF World Junior Championship
Preliminary Round
Group B, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Denmark vs. Sweden — TSN/NHL Network (US), 1 p.m.
Switzerland vs. Czech Republic — TSN3/NHL Network (US), 5 p.m.

Group A, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Finland vs. Slovakia — TSN, 4 p.m.
Germany vs. Canada — TSN/NHL Network (US), 8 p.m.

NBA
Memphis at Miami — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Sacramento — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon

NHL
Detroit at Ottawa — CBC/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Minnesota — City TV/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Boston at Columbus — NESN/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Carolinas/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at New York Rangers — MSG Plus 2/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Buffalo — MSG Plus/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh — NBCSN/Sportsnet/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Arizona — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Nashville — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary — CBC, 10 p.m.
San Jose at Los Angeles — NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 5 p.m.
NHL Top 10: Winter Classic Moments — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Road to the Winter Classic: Episode 2 — Sportsnet, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Sports Talk
Morning Drive: Features — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
SEC Storied: Going Big — ESPN Classic, noon
We Need to Talk — CBS, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: Hawaiian: the Legend of Eddie Aikau — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: Big Shot — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
Top 20 Stars: Part 1 — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: This Is What They Want — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
26 Years: The Dewey Bozella Story — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
The Real Rocky — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPN Classic, 9:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Silly Little Games — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Outside the Lines: Year in Review — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
30 for 30: Guru of Go — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Australian Open
Asia Pacific Wildcard Playoff, Shenzhen, Communist China
Women’s Singles Final — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m. (delayed)

Sunday, December 28

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Great Lakes Invitational, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
Semifinals
Michigan vs. Michigan Tech — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Detroit Plus, 3:30 p.m.
Michigan State vs. Ferris State — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Detroit Plus, 7 p.m.

Quinnipiac at Princeton — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

English Championship League
Blackburn vs. Middlesbrough — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Manchester United — NBCSN/mun2, 7 a.m.
Southampton vs. Chelsea — NBCSN, 9:05 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Sunderland — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Hull City vs. Leicester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Burnley — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Crystal Palace — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. West Bromwich Albion — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Arsenal — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Everton — NBCSN/Telemundo, 11:15 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 1:15 p.m.
Goal Zone — NBC, 1:30 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

Golf
Golf Central Special: 2015 PGA Preview — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Hockey
2015 IIHF World Junior Championship
Preliminary Round
Group B, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Russia vs. Switzerland — TSN2/NHL Network (US), 5 p.m.

Group A, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Germany vs. United States — TSN2/NHL Network (US), 8 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Toronto at Florida — TVA Sports/Sportsnet Ontario/Fox Sports Florida, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Anaheim — City TV/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 8 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada — City TV, 7:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Sailing
Volvo Ocean Race: Week 11 — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs. Aberdeen — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:55 a.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Tirol, Austria
Ladies Giant Slalom — Universal Sports, 7 a.m.

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Santa Catarina Valfurva, Italy
Men’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. (delayed)

Sports Talk
Morning Drive: PGA Tour Review — Golf Channel, 7 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.
SEC Storied: Bo, Barkey & The Big Hurt — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Free Spirits — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: Bernie and Ernie — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Nine for IX: The ’99ers — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: Benji — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
Top 20 Stars: Part 2 — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: The U: Part 2 — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
ESPN Films: Nixon’s National Champs — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
NBCSN Sunday Sports Report — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Tennis
Tennis Highlights: ATP World Tour Masters 1000-Review of the Year — Tennis Channel, noon

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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