Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, October 17

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions on NBC, Eaglebank Arena, Fairfax, VA
Super Middleweights
Lamont Peterson vs. Felix Diaz — NBC, 4 p.m.

HBO PPV, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
WBC/WBA/IBF World Middleweight Title
Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux — Pay per view, 9 p.m.

Bundesliga
Werder Bremen vs. Bayern Munich — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Schalke vs. Hertha Berlin — FS2, 9:30 a.m.
Hamburg vs. Bayer Leverkusen — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — FS2, 12:20 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.

CFL
Calgary Stampeders at Toronto Argonauts — TSN/ESPN3, 4 p.m.
BC Lions at Edmonton Eskimos — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Minnesota at Minnesota-Duluth — Fox Sports North/Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Bemidji State at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Central, 3 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
BYU vs. Pacific — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Texas Tech at Texas — Longhorn Network, 6 p.m.
Idaho State at Northern Arizona — Fox Sports Arizona Plus/Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.
Nebraska at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.
Cal State-Northridge at Long Beach State — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports San Diego/Fox College Sports Pacific, 10 p.m.

College Water Polo
Men’s
UCLA at Stanford — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 1:30 p.m.

English Football Championship
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Hull City — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.

English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Liverpool — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7:45 a.m.
Everton vs. Manchester United — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Aston Villa — USA Network/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Leicester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Sunderland — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. Arsenal — NBC/Telemundo, 12:30 p.m.

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

Golf
European Tour
Portugal Masters, Oceanico Victoria Golf Club, Vilamoura, Portugal
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

Champions Tour
San Antonio Championship, TPC San Antonio (AT&T Canyons Course), San Antonio, TX
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

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

PGA Tour
Frys.com Open, Silverado Resort & Spa (North Course), Napa, CA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

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

La Liga
Real Madrid vs. Levante — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano — beIN Sports, 2:25 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
World Series of Fighting 24, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, Mashantucket, CT
Welterweights
Jon Fitch vs. Yushin Okami — NBCSN, 8:30 p.m.

World Series of Fighting Future Champions — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

MLB Postseason
American League Championship Series
Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals — FS1, 4 p.m. (Kansas City leads series 1-0)

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
Fox ALCS Pregame — FS1, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

National League Championship Series
Citi Field, Queens, New York, NY
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets — TBS, 8 p.m. (Mets lead series 1-0)

MLB Postseason Pre-Game on TBS — TBS, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight: League Championship Series — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
The Postseason Show on TBS — TBS, 11:30 p.m.

MLS
Toronto FC vs. Columbus — TSN/Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 2 p.m.
New England vs. Montreal — Comcast SportsNet New England/TSN, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. FC Dallas — KMYU/KTXA, 9:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Contender Round
Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS
Practice — CNBC, 11:30 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS
Qualifying — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

NBA Preseason
Orlando at Flamengo at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NHL
Detroit at Montreal — CBC/TVA Sports/NHL Network/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Pittsburgh — City TV/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Ottawa — Sportsnet One/Fox Sports Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Tampa Bay — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Washington — Fox Sports Southeast/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Florida — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
San Jose at New York Islanders — Comcast SportsNet California/MSG Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Chicago — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Boston at Arizona — NESN/Fox Sports Arizona, 10 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary — CBC/Sportsnet One, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central Preview — Sportsnet One/NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Top Shelf: Week of 10/10-10/16 — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet One/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC/Sportsnet One, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Scottish Premier League
Motherwell vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 6:55 a.m.

Soccer
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Group B, Estadio Francisco Sanchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile
England vs. Guinea — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:55 p.m

Group A, Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile
Nigeria vs. United States — FS2, 3:55 p.m.

Group B, Estadio Francisco Sanchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile
Brazil vs. Korea Republic — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:55 p.m.

Group A, Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile
Chile vs. Croatia — FS2, 6:55 p.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
It’s Not Crazy, It’s Sports — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
Kicking It — ESPN Classic, noon
The Clemente Effect — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 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.
ESPN Films: The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Nine for IX: Runner — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Elway to Marino — ESPN Classic, 10:30 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Shanghai Masters Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 4:30 a.m.

WTA Tour
Tianjin Open, Tianjin International Tennis Center, Tianjin, Communist China
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Generali Ladies Linz, TipsArena Linz, Linz, Austria
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sunday, October 18

Bundesliga
Koln vs. Hannover — FS2, 9:20 a.m.
VfB Stuttgart vs. Ingolstadt — FS2, 11:25 a.m.

Bundesliga Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 p.m.

CFL
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Montreal Alouettes — TSN/ESPN2, 1 p.m.

College Football
College Football Sunday — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Championship Drive: Who’s In? — ESPN, 1 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Michigan State vs. Penn State — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Washington vs. Oregon State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Oregon, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Syracuse vs. North Carolina State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
West Virginia vs. Iowa State — Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Missouri vs. Tennessee — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Cal vs. Utah — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Mountain, 2 p.m.
Illinois vs. Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Portland vs. Santa Clara — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Florida at Kentucky — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Arizona at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 2 p.m.
Alabama at LSU — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3:30 p.m.
Stanford at Colorado — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Mountain, 4 p.m.
Oregon at Washington State — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 4 p.m.
Arizona State at UCLA — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
Mississippi at Arkansas — SEC Network, 5 p.m.

English Premier League
Newcastle United vs. Norwich City — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

Golf
European Tour
Portugal Masters, Oceanico Victoria Golf Club, Vilamoura, Portugal
Final Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.

Champions Tour
San Antonio Championship, TPC San Antonio (AT&T Canyons Course), San Antonio, TX
Final Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Frys.com Open, Silverado Resort & Spa (North Course), Napa, CA
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider: Rothwell/Waterson/Rockhold/Poirer — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

MLB Postseason
National League Championship Series
Citi Field, Queens, New York, NY
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets — TBS, 8 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 2:30 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Postseason Pre-Game on TBS — TBS, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight: League Championship Series — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
The Postseason Show on TBS — TBS, 11:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

MLS
D.C. United vs. Chicago — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2 p.m.
New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia — MSG Plus 2/The Comcast Network, 3 p.m.
Houston vs. Seattle — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
L.A. Galaxy vs. Portland — FS1, 7 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Contender Round
Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS
Race — NBC, 2 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Kansas — FS1, 11 a.m.
NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBC, 1:30 p.m.
Sprint Cup Series Post Race — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Kansas — FS1, midnight

NBA Preseason
Cleveland at Toronto — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Utah at Portland — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Rogers Hometown Hockey, Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Edmonton at Vancouver — Sportsnet One/Sportsnet 360, 9 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from North Bay, Ontario, Canada — Sportsnet One/Sportsnet 360, 8:30 p.m.

New Jersey at New York Rangers — Sportsnet/MSG Plus/MSG Network, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Winnipeg — Fox Sports Midwest/TSN3, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at Anaheim — NHL Network/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles — Altitude/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, midnight

Running
Amsterdam Marathon — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

Sailing
America’s Cup World Series: Bermuda — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Dundee United vs. Heart of Midlothian — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:10 a.m.

Soccer
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Group C, Estadio Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, Chile
Australia vs. Germany — FS2, 2:55 p.m.

Group D, Estadio Fiscal, Talca, Chile
Belgium vs. Mali — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:55 p.m.

Group C, Estadio Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, Chile
Mexico vs. Argentina — FS2, 5:55 p.m.

Group D, Estadio Fiscal, Talca, Chile
Honduras vs. Ecuador — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:55 p.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Trojan War — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Linz (WTA), Shanghai (ATP), Tianjin (WTA) Finals — Tennis Channel, 1:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Center Court — Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.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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