Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, November 28

Bobsleigh
IBSF World Cup, Altenberg, Germany
Men’s Two-Man Bobsleigh — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, The Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX
Super Welterweight World Championship
Jermall Charlo vs. Wilky Campfort — NBC, 2 p.m.

World Championship Boxing, Espirit Arena Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
IBF/WBA/WBO World Heavyweight Title
Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury — HBO, 4:45 p.m. (live)/10:15 p.m. (same day coverage)

Showtime Championship Boxing, Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
IBF Super Middleweight Title
Lucian Bute vs. James DeGale — Showtime, 9 p.m.

Bundesliga
Bayern Munich vs. Hertha Berlin — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Hoffenheim vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — FS2, 9:30 a.m.
Mainz vs. Entracht Frankfurt — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1/FS2, 9 a.m./Fox Soccer Plus, 9:10 a.m. (joined in progress)

College Basketball
Men’s
2K Classic
Bryant at Georgetown — FS2, noon

Barclays Center Classic, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Championship Game
Cincinnati vs. George Washington — American Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.

Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Louisville vs. Saint Louis — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.

Corpus Christi Coastal Classic, American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, TX
Championship Game
Texas-El Paso vs. Colorado State — American Sports Network, 5 p.m.

Emerald Coast Classic, Northwest Florida State College Arena, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL
Championship Game
Iowa State vs. Illinois — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

New Mexico State at Air Force — Mountain West Network, 2 p.m.
Hawaii at Texas Tech — Fox Sports Net (Prime Ticket/San Diego/Southwest Plus), 4 p.m.
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville at Butler — FS2, 5 p.m.
Cleveland State at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
Georgia at Seton Hall — FS1, 7:30 p.m.
Western Illinois at Creighton — FS2, 8 p.m.
Montana State at Wyoming — Mountain West Network, 8 p.m.
Tennessee-Martin at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Belmont at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
Texas Southern at Washington State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 9 p.m.
Prairie View A&M at UNLV — Mountain West Network, 10 p.m.

Women’s
Nebraska at UConn — SNY, 1 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Friendship Four Tournament, Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
3rd Place Game
Colgate vs. Northeastern — NESNplus, 11 a.m.

Championship Game
Brown vs. UMass-Lowell — NESNplus, 2:15 p.m.

Princeton at Maine — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Bentley at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Big East Championship, D.J. Sokol Arena, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Creighton vs. Villanova — FS2, 2 p.m.

Kansas State at Baylor — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Washington State at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 11 p.m.

English Football Championship
Charlton Athletic vs. Ipswich Town — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.

English Premier League
Manchester City vs. Southampton — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Watford — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Bournemouth vs. Everton — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Newcastle — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Manchester United — NBC/NBC Universo, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Review — NBCSN, 8 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9 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
NHK Trophy, Multipurpose Sports Arena, Nagano, Japan
Men’s Short Program — Universal HD, 3 p.m. (delayed from 11/27)
Ladies’ Short Program — Universal HD, 4 p.m. (delayed from 11/27)

Formula 1
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Calificación — Univision Deportes, 7:55 a.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European Tour/Sunshine Tour
Alfred Dunhill Championship, Leopard Creek Country Club, Malalane, South Africa
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.

PGA Tour of Australasia
Australian Open, The Australian Golf Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Final Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

La Liga
Barcelona vs. Real Sociedad — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

NBA
Denver at Dallas — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, midnight

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Washington at Toronto — CBC/NHL Network/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Montreal — City TV/TVA Sports/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose — CBC/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Ottawa at Arizona — City TV/Fox Sports Arizona, 10 p.m.
Winnipeg at Colorado — Sportsnet/Altitude, 10 p.m.

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)

Philadelphia at New York Rangers — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MSG Network, 1:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at Tampa Bay — MSG Plus/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Nashville — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Columbus at St. Louis — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Los Angeles — WGN/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Scottish Challenge Cup
Rangers vs. St. Mirren — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:10 a.m.

Skeleton
IBSF World Cup, Altenberg, Germany
Men’s Skeleton — Universal HD, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
Men’s Downhill — Universal HD, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
Requiem for the Big East — ESPN Classic, 8:30 a.m.
Outside the Lines 25th Anniversary Special — ESPNews, 9 a.m.
The Announcement — ESPN Classic, 10:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Free Spirits — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: There’s No Place Like Home — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: The High Five and Schedule Makers — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson — ESPN Classic, 5:30 p.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Davis Cup
World Group Final: Belgium vs. Great Britain, Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium
Center Court: Rubber 3-Doubles — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.

Sunday, November 29

Bobsleigh
IBSF World Cup, Altenberg, Germany
Men’s 4-Man Bobsleigh — Universal HD, 1 p.m.

Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund vs. VfB Stuttgart — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Augsburg vs. VfB Wolfsburg — FS2, 11:20 a.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1, 9 a.m.

CFL
103rd Grey Cup, Investors Group Field, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ottawa Redblacks vs. Edmonton Eskimos — TSN/ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Advocare Invitational, HP Field House, Orlando, FL
7th Place Game
Wichita State vs. Iowa — ESPN3, 10 a.m.

5th Place Game
Alabama vs. Notre Dame — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

3rd Place Game
USC vs. Monmouth — ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.

Championship Game
Xavier vs. Dayton — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.

Challenge in Music City, Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Day 3
Liberty vs. Tulane — American Sports Network, 2 p.m.
Appalachian State vs. Stephen F. Austin — American Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.
Western Michigan vs. Mercer — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Great Alaska Shootout, Alaska Airlines Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
Championship Game
Toledo vs. Middle Tennessee — CBS Sports Network, 12:30 a.m.

Wooden Legacy, Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
7th Place Game
Boston College vs. Santa Clara — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

5th Place Game
Cal-Irvine vs. Evansville — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.

3rd Place Game
Boise State vs. Arizona — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.

Championship Game
Michigan State vs. Providence — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Utah State at Duke — ESPNU, 12:30 p.m.
Jackson State at Marquette — FS1, 1:30 p.m.
Wisconsin at Oklahoma — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
Northern Colorado at Colorado — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain, 3 p.m.
Cal-Santa Barbara at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 5 p.m.
Cal State-Northridge at UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Women’s
South Florida at St. John’s — FS2, 2 p.m.
Texas at Tennessee — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

College Football
College Football Sunday — ESPNU, 8 a.m.
Championship Drive: Who’s In? — ESPN, 1 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Selection Special — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Chelsea — USA Network/Telemundo, 7 a.m.
West Ham United vs. West Bromwich Albion — USA Network, 9:05 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Swansea City — NBCSN/Telemundo, 11:15 a.m.
Norwich City vs. Arsenal — Premier League Extra Time, 11:15 a.m.

Premier League Live — USA Network, 6:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1:15 p.m.
Premier League Download: Crystal Palace — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
Match of the Week — NBCSN, midnight

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
NHK Trophy, Multipurpose Sports Arena, Nagano, Japan
Pairs Free Skate — Universal HD, 2 p.m. (delayed from 11/28)
Free Dance — Universal HD, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)
Men’s and Ladies Free Skate — NBC, 4 p.m. (delayed from 11/28)

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

Pre Race — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Fórmula 1 Previa — Univision Deportes, 7:30 a.m.
F1 Extra — NBCSN, 10 a.m.

Golf
European Tour/Sunshine Tour
Alfred Dunhill Championship, Leopard Creek Country Club, Malalane, South Africa
Final Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.

MLB
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

MLS Playoffs
Western Conference Final, 2nd Leg
FC Dallas vs. Portland — ESPN/TSN2, 5 p.m.

Eastern Conference Final, 2nd Leg
New York Red Bulls vs. Columbus — FS1, 7:30 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series Award Show — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

NBA
Philadelphia at Memphis — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

NBA Action — NBA TV, 5 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Rogers Hometown Hockey, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
Florida at Detroit — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Detroit, 2 p.m./NHL Network, 3 p.m. (joined in progress)

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada — Sportsnet, 1:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 3 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 4:30 p.m.
NHL’s Best — NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:10 a.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup
Aspen Winternationals, Aspen, CO
Women’s Slalom — NBC, 3 p.m. (delayed)

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
Men’s Super G — Universal HD, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
SportsCenter Featured — ESPNews, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 8 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
Davis Cup
World Group Final: Belgium vs. Great Britain, Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium
Center Court: Rubbers 4 & 5-Singles — Tennis Channel, 7 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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