Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, November 21

Baseball
Arizona Fall League
Championship Game
Surprise Saguaros at Scottsdale Scorpions — MLB Network, 3 p.m.

Boxing
Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Alvarez, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Main Event — HBO PPV, 9 p.m.

Bundesliga
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Bayer Leverkusen — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
VfL Wolfsburg vs. Werder Bremen — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.
Schalke vs. Bayern Munich — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:20 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1/Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.
Bundesliga Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 8:30 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Furman at UConn — SNY, noon
Stony Brook at Western Kentucky — Fox College Sports Central, 1 p.m.
Penn at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 3 p.m.
Little Rock at San Diego State — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports San Diego, 4 p.m.
North Carolina-Asheville at Texas A&M — SEC Network Plus, 4 p.m.
Brown at Providence — Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
St. Francis (NY) at Saint Louis — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Midwest Plus, 8 p.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
Chattanooga vs. Illinois at Springfield, IL — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.
Mississippi Valley State at New Mexico State — Fox College Sports Pacific, 9 p.m.
New Mexico at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Women’s
TCU at Texas A&M — SEC Network Plus, 1:30 p.m.
Louisville at Western Kentucky — Fox College Sports Central, 3:30 p.m.
Southeastern Louisiana at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Boston College at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Atlantic 10 Tournament, Charles E. Smith Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.Semifinals
Dayton vs. George Washington — American Sports Network, 5 p.m.
Saint Louis vs. URI — American Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

Kansas State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 5 p.m.

English Football Championship
Bristol City vs. Hull City — beIN Sports, 7:25 p.m.

English Premier League
Watford vs. Manchester United — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7:45 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Norwich City — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Arsenal — USA Network, 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. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Liverpool — NBC/Telemundo, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Preview — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Match of the Day — NBCSN, midnight

FIA World Endurance Championship
6 Hours of Bahrain, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Start — FS1, 7 a.m.
Finish — FS2, 9 a.m.

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Rostelecom Cup, Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia
Free Dance — Universal HD, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)
Pairs Free Skate — Universal HD, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

PGA Tour
RSM Classic, Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course, Plantation Course), St. Simons Island, GA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
CME Group Tour Championship, Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour Australasia
Australian Masters, Huntingdale Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Final Round — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

La Liga
El Clasico, Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain
Real Madrid vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports, noon

El Clasico The Movie — beIN Sports, 9:30 a.m.
La Liga World — beIN Sports, 10:30 a.m.
The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 11 a.m.
The Express Postgame — beIN Sports, 2:15 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Gastelum, Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — FS1, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 7 p.m.

MLB
MLB Network Countdown: 2015 Plays of the Year — MLB Network, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
Chase for the Sprint Cup: Championship Round
Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL
Practice — CNBC, 10 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 1 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Ford EcoBoost 300, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL
Qualifying — CNBC, 11 a.m.
Race — NBC, 3 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

NBA
Washington at Detroit — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 10 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Toronto at Boston — CBC/NHL Network/NESN, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Ottawa — City TV/TVA Sports/The Comcast Network, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Winnipeg — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Arizona, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Vancouver — CBC/Sportsnet/TVA Sports/WGN, 10 p.m./NHL Network, 11:30 p.m. (joined in progress)

Hockey Central Preview — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Anaheim at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Washington — Altitude/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Florida — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Pittsburgh — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Dallas — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Detroit at St. Louis — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Nashville at Minnesota — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.

Top Shelf: Week of 11/14-11/20 — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.

Sports Talk
Spirit of Yachting — BBC World News, 7:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
30 for 30: One Night in Vegas — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
ESPN Films: The Real Rocky — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Sweat Solution/Student Athlete — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Pony Exce$$ — ESPN Classic, 12:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Slaying the Badger — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: No Más — ESPN Classic, 7:30 p.m.
Out of Nothing — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Assault in the Ring — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
ATP World Tour Finals, O2 Arena, London, England, United Kingdom
Afternoon Session
Doubles Semifinal: Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo vs. Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Singles Semifinal: Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.

Evening Session
Doubles Semifinal: Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau vs. Bob and Mark Bryabuyn — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.
Singles Semifinal: Roger Federer vs. Stan Wawrinka — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.
Holding Serve with Maria Sharapova — Tennis Channel, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 22

Baseball
Series de las Americas Championship, Marlins Park, Miami, FL
Championship Game — MLB Network, 7:30 p.m.

Bundesliga
Hertha Berlin vs. TSG Hoffenheim — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Ingolstadt vs. Darmstadt — FS2, 11:20 a.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1, 9 a.m.

CFL
Eastern Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Ottawa Redblacks — TSN/ESPNews, 1 p.m.

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

College Basketball
Men’s
2K Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
3rd Place Game
Wisconsin vs. VCU — ESPN, 1 p.m.

Championship Game
Georgetown vs. Duke — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

Charleston Classic, TD Arena, Charleston, SC
7th Place Game
Towson vs. Bradley — ESPN3, 1:30 p.m.

5th Place Game
Mississippi vs. Seton Hall — ESPN3, 4 p.m.

3rd Place Game
Oklahoma State vs. Bradley — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Championship Game
George Mason vs. Virginia — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament, Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
Consolation Games
Old Dominion vs. St. Joseph’s — ESPN3, noon
Niagara vs. North Carolina A&T — ESPN3, 2:30 p.m.

Championship Games
Purdue vs. Florida — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
Vermont vs. Buffalo — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Paradise Jam, Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Semifinals
Tulsa vs. Indiana State — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
Hofstra vs. South Carolina — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

Puerto Rico Tip-Off, Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico
7th Place Game
Missouri State vs. Mississippi State — ESPN3, noon

5th Place Game
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.

3rd Place Game
Temple vs. Utah — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Championship Game
Butler vs. Miami — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.

Garnder-Webb at Tennessee — SEC Network, noon
Harvard at Boston College — ESPNU, 12:30 p.m.
Omaha at Colorado — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain, 2 p.m.
Oakland at Colorado State — Mountain West Network, 4 p.m.
Robert Morris at Air Force — Mountain West Network, 4 p.m.
Yale at SMU — ESPNews, 4:30 p.m.
Akron at Villanova — FS1, 4:30 p.m.
Jacksonville State at UAB — American Sports Network, 5 p.m.
Valparaiso at Oregon — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon, 6 p.m.
Southeastern Louisiana at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Northwestern State at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 8 p.m.
Stanford at St. Mary’s — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Preseason WNIT
Championship
DePaul at Baylor — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.

Mississippi at Middle Tennessee State — Fox Sports Net, 2 p.m.
Lamar at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Arizona, 2:30 p.m.
South Carolina at UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Georgia — SEC Network, 4 p.m.
Wake Forest at Missouri — SEC Network, 8 p.m.

College Football
College Football Sunday — ESPNU, 8 a.m.
NCAA FCS Championship Selection Special — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Championship Drive: Who’s In? — ESPN, 3 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s NCAA Tournament
Quarterfinal, Jeffrey Field, Penn State University, State College, PA
Penn State vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Atlantic 10 Championship, Charles E. Smith Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Dayton vs. Saint Louis — American Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.

Colonial Athletic Association Championship, Sinclair Gymnasium, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
North Carolina-Wilmington vs. College of Charleston — American Sports Network, noon

Conference USA Championship, Convocation Center, University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Texas-San Antonio vs. Western Kentucky — Fox Sports Net, 4 p.m.

Florida at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 2 p.m.
Mississippi State at Georgia — SEC Network, 6 p.m.

College Water Polo
Men’s
MPSF Tournament, Uytengsu Aquatics Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
3rd Place Game
USC vs. Pacific — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 6 p.m.

Championship
UCLA vs. Cal — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

College Wrestling
Penn State at Stanford — Pac-12 Bay Area, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Ham United — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Premier League Download: Sir Alex Ferguson — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Monday)

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Rostelecom Cup, Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia
Men’s and Ladies’ Free Skate — NBC, noon (delayed, 11/21)

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

PGA Tour
RSM Classic, Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course, Plantation Course), St. Simons Island, GA
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
CME Group Tour Championship, Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, FL
Final Round — ABC, 2 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider: Cormier/VanZant/Edgar — FS1, 6:30 p.m.

MLB
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6:30 p.m.

MLS Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final, 1st Leg
Columbus vs. New York Red Bulls — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Western Conference Final, 1st Leg
Portland vs. FC Dallas — FS1, 7:30 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Chase for the Sprint Cup: Championship Round
Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL
Race — NBC, 3 p.m.
NBCSN Hot Pass (Spotlight coverage on four championship drivers) — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Homestead — FS1, 11:30 a.m.
NASCAR America Sunday — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Countdown to Green (season finale) — NBC, 2 p.m.
Sprint Cup Post-Race — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lap — NBCSN, 8 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Homestead — FS1, 10 p.m.

NBA
Golden State at Denver — ESPN, 8 p.m. (blacked out in the local markets)

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA Action — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Rogers Hometown Hockey, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
New York Islanders at Montreal — Sportsnet/RDS/NHL Network/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Carolina — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Carolinas, 1 p.m.
San Jose at Columbus — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Ohio, 5 p.m.
New Jersey at Vancouver — MSG Network/Sportsnet Pacific/Sportsnet Vancouver, 10 p.m.

On the Fly — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

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

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
E:60: Long Road Home: The Story of Coach Bigler — ESPNU, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured — ESPNews, 4 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: ESPN, 10:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
ATP World Tour Finals, O2 Arena, London, England, United Kingdom
Doubles Final: Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea vs. Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau — Tennis Channel, 10:30 a.m.
Singles Final: Roger Federer vs. Novak Djokovic — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

Davis Cup Preview: 2015 Finals — Tennis Channel, 12:30 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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