Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, January 31

Bobsled
FIBT World Cup, La Plagne, France
Men’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
New Hampshire at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 8:10 p.m.

Big Ten Hockey Pregame — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

College Swimming & Diving
Arizona and SMU vs. Texas — Longhorn Network, 11 a.m.

College Wrestling
Iowa State at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Oklahoma, 3 p.m.

English Championship League
Brentford vs. Middlesbrough — beIN Sports, 7:10 a.m.

English Premier League
Hull City vs. Newcastle — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Leicester City — NBCSN/mun2, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Everton — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Queens Park Rangers — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Burnley — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Manchester City — NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBC, noon
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Skating Spectacular — NBC, 2:30 p.m. (delayed)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Dubai Desert Classic, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3rd Round — Golf Chanel, 4 a.m.

PGA Tour
Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, AZ
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

LPGA Tour
Coates Golf Championship, Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club, Ocala, FL
Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

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

NBA
Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio — ESPN, 9 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
Road to the Super Bowl — NBC, 4 p.m.
Cris Collinsworth’s NFL Special — NBC, 5 p.m.
Super Bowl Live — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Super Bowl Saturday Night — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
NFL Honors — NBC, 8 p.m.

NHL
Washington at Montreal — RDS/NHL Network (US)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 1 p.m.
New York Islanders at Detroit — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Detroit, 2 p.m.
Arizona at Ottawa — RDS2/TSN5, 3 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia — CBC/Comcast SportsNet Philadephia, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Winnipeg — City TV/KTXA, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Boston — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports West/NESN, 7 p.m.
Carolina at New York Rangers — Fox Sports Carolinas/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Florida at New Jersey — Fox Sports Florida/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Ohio/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary — CBC/TVA Sports, 10 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose — Sportsnet/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 5 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Skeleton
FIBT World Cup, La Plagne, France
Women’s — Universal Sports, noon (same day coverage)

Soccer
CAF Africa Cup of Nations
Quarterfinal, Bata Stadium, Bata, Equatorial Guinea
Tunisia vs. Equatorial Guinea — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
30 for 30: Youngstown Boys — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Elway to Marino — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPN Classic, 12:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Pony Exce$$ — ESPN Classic, 2:30 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Straight Outta L.A. — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
SEC Storied: Book of Manning — ESPN Classic, 8:30 p.m.

Tennis
2015 Australian Open, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Women’s Final
Maria Sharapova vs. Serena Williams — ESPN, 3 a.m.

Men’s Doubles Final
Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut — Tennis Channel, 5:30 a.m.

Mixed Doubles Final
Kristina Mladenovic/Daniel Nestor vs. Martina Hingis/Leander Paes — Tennis Channel, midnight

Australian Open Highlights — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.
Women’s Final Replay — ESPN2, 9 a.m.

Entertainment
Cops: Not My Crack — Spike, 8 p.m.
Saturday Night Live: SNL’s NFL Saturday — NBC, 8 p.m.
Austin City Limits: The Black Keys; J. Roddy Walston and the Business — PBS, 8 p.m.
Rocky — Encore, 8 p.m.
A Wish Come True — Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.
Twentieth Century — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Jail: Las Vegas — Spike, 9 p.m.
Red Band Society (The Final Days) — Fox, 9 p.m.
The Musketeers: The Good Traitor — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Monsters and Mysteries in America: Sabine Thing; Lightning Psychic — Destination America, 9 p.m.
MythBusters: Video Games Special — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Body Bizarre: Cojoined Brothers; Brittle Sisters — Discovery Life Channel, 9 p.m.
America Unearthed: The Templars’ Deadliest Secret: Evidence Exposed (season finale) — H2, 9 p.m.
Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen — HBO, 9 p.m.
Fatal Vows: Death in Vegas — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Black Sails: X — Starz, 9 p.m.
Scent of a Woman — Sundance TV, 9 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Apache Junction — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Rev. Run’s Renovation: Beauty and the Beats — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
20/20: Designing Women — ABC, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: The Millionaire, the Model & the Hit Man — CBS, 10 p.m.
Big Giant Swords: Legend of the Blademaker: Beast From Below — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Rocky II — Encore, 10 p.m.
Museum Men: The Levitating Throne — H2, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Renovation — HGTV, 10 p.m.
I’d Kill for You: Treasure Coast Killing — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the E.R.: Mime Your Business — TLC, 10 p.m.
Transporter: The Series: Sixteen Hands — TNT, 10 p.m.
All About Sex: Banish Bedroom Burnout — TLC, 11 p.m.
The Hangover Part III — HBO, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host J.K. Simmons and musical guest D’Angelo and the Vanguard — NBC, 11:29 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the E.R.: Extra Dose: Mardi Gras Mischief — TLC, midnight

Sunday, February 1

Bobsled
FIBT World Cup, La Plagne, France
Men’s 4-Man — Universal Sports, noon (same day coverage)

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Wrestling
Oregon State at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Central/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 3 p.m.

English Premier League
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 8:30 a.m.
Southampton vs. Swansea City — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, midnight

Figure Skating
ISU European Championships 2015, Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
Pairs, Free Skate — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Dubai Desert Classic, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Final Round — Golf Chanel, 4 a.m.

PGA Tour
Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, AZ
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

Hockey
CHL
Erie Otters at Ottawa 67’s — Sportsnet (East/Ontario/West)/NHL Network (US), 3 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Arizona at Montreal — City TV/RDS, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Washington — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Nashville at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Tennessee/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Vancouver — Fox Sports North/Sportsnet Pacific, 3 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada — City TV/NHL Network (US), 12:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 2 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet Pacific, 2:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 5:30 p.m.

Scottish League Cup
Semifinal, Hampden Park, Glascow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Celtic vs. Rangers — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 a.m.

Match Day — Fox Sports 1, 8 a.m.

Soccer
CAF Africa Cup of Nations
Quarterfinal, Estadio De Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Ghana vs. Guinea — beIN Sports, 10:55 a.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPNU, 9:30 a.m.
E:60 Presents: Long Road Home-The Story of Coach Bigler — ESPNU, noon
30 for 30: Broke — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
2015 Australian Open, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men’s Final
Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray — ESPN, 3 a.m.

Australian Open Highlights — Tennis Channel, 2 a.m.
Men’s Final Replay — ESPN2, 9 a.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Puppy Bowl XI: Ruff vs. Fluff — Animal Planet, 3 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:50 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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