Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, April 30

Arena Football
Portland Steel at Arizona Rattlers — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Richmond Tigers vs. Port Adelaide Power — FS1, 5 a.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, StubHub Center, Carson, CA
Welterweights
Andre Berto vs. Victor Ortiz, 8 p.m.

Showtime Championship Boxing, D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C.
WBC Word Super Middleweight Title
Lucian Bute vs. Badou Jack — Showtime, 10 p.m.

Bundesliga
Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — FS2, 9:20 a.m.
Borussia Dortmund vs. VfL Dortmund — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:20 a.m.
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Hertha Berlin — FS1, 12:25 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1, noon

College Baseball
LSU at Mississippi — ESPN, noon
Dartmouth at Harvard — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Western Michigan at Toledo — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Maryland at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.
Gonzaga at BYU — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
Texas A&M at Arkansas — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Oklahoma at Kansas — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Sacramento State at New Mexico State — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Georgia at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 3 p.m.
Tennessee at Missouri — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Georgia Tech — ESPN3, 4 p.m.
Florida at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus, 4 p.m.
Mississippi State at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 4 p.m.
Dartmouth at Harvard — ESPN3, 4:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 4:30 p.m.
Oakland at Wright State — ESPN3, 5 p.m.
Texas Tech at TCU — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 5 p.m.
Arizona at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 5 p.m.
Florida State at Clemson — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Jacksonville at Stetson — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Florida A&M at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
New Jersey Institute of Technology at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Kentucky at Auburn — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Dallas Baptist at Bradley — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

College Football
Oregon Spring Game — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon, 2 p.m.

Inside Pac-12 Football — Pac-12 Network, 4 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Michigan at Penn State — Big Ten Network, noon
Cornell at Princeton — ESPNU, noon
Maryland at Johns Hopkins — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Marquette at Denver — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
Rutgers at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

College Softball
Florida at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Kansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Missouri at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Alabama at South Carolina — SEC Network, 5 p.m.
Auburn at Tennessee — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Oregon — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Oregon, 8 p.m.
Arizona State at UCLA — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.
Cal at Stanford — Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.
Utah at Washington — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA SpringNationals, Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, TX
Qualifying — FS1, 10 p.m.

English Football Championship
Bolton Wanderers vs. Hull City — beIN Sports, 8 a.m.

English Premier League
Stoke City vs. Sunderland — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
Newcastle United vs. Crystal Palace — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Everton vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Norwich City — NBC/NBC Universo, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Preview — NBCSN, 8 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Formula 1
Russian Grand Prix, Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 7:55 a.m./CNBC, 8 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Communist China Open, Topwin Golf & Country Club, Beijing, Communist China
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
New Orleans Classic, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, LA
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Texas Shootout, Las Colinas Country Club, Irving, TX
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Web.com Tour
United Leasing & Financing Championship, Victoria National Golf Club, Newburgh, IN
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

La Liga
Real Sociedad vs. Real Madrid — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Club Atlético de Madrid vs. Rayo Vallecano — beIN Sports, 12:10 p.m.

The Express – Kick-Off — beIN Sports, 9:30 a.m.
The Express Preview — beIN Sports, noon

MLB
American League
Detroit at Minnesota — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Houston at Oakland — Root Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Sun, 6 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Baltimore — MLB Network/WGN/MASN2, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Boston — MLB Network/WPIX/NESN, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Texas — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at Seattle — Fox Sports Kansas City/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Washington at St. Louis — MLB Network/MASN/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/Fox Sports South/WLS, 2:20 p.m.
San Francisco at New York Mets — FS1/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/SNY, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Miami at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles — Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m.

Interleague
Cleveland at Philadelphia — STO/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Montreal vs. Colorado — RDS/Altitude, 4 p.m.
New York City FC vs. Vancouver — YES/TSN, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. San Jose — WPVI/Comcast SportsNet California Plus, 4 p.m.
Seattle vs. Columbus — KZJO/Time Warner Cable SportsNet/WSYX, 4 p.m.
Chicago vs. D.C. United — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/WJLA, 5 p.m.
New England vs. Orlando — Comcast SportsNet New England/WFTV, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. Houston — KMYU, 9:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Sparks Energy 300, Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
Qualifying — FS1, 10:30 p.m.
Race — Fox, 3 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity — Fox, 2:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
GEICO 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
Qualifying — FS1, 12:30 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Western Conference Semifinal
Game 1: Oklahoma City at San Antonio — TNT, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Thunder/Spurs, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 11 p.m.

NFL
Annual Player Selection Meeting, Grant Park, Chicago, IL
Rounds 4-7 — ESPN, noon
Rounds 4-7 — NFL Network, noon

2016 NFL Draft Kickoff: Day 3 — NFL Network, 10 a.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 2: New York Islanders at Tampa Bay — NBC/Sportsnet/TVA Sports, 3 p.m. (Islanders lead series 1)
Game 2: Pittsburgh at Washington –CBC/NBC/TVA Sports, 8 p.m. (Washington leads series 1-0)

NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 2 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 3 p.m.
Top Shelf: Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 5:30 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday: Draft Lottery — CBC/NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Heart of Midlothian vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Soccer
NASL
Rayo OKC vs. Indy Eleven — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.

The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: Tim Richmond: To the Limit — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: Hillsborough — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Fantastic Lies — ABC, 3 p.m.
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Dotted Line — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
Istanbul Open, Koza World of Sports Complex, Istanbul, Turkey
1st Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m.
2nd Semifinal — Tennis Channel, noon

Track & Field
Penn Relays, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA
USA vs. the World — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.

Drake Relays, Drake Stadium, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Finals — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Sunday, May 1

Australian Rules Football
West Coast Eagles vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m.

College Baseball
Tennessee at Missouri — SEC Network, 12:30 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Georgia Tech — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Duke at North Carolina State — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Florida A&M at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Stetson — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Northern Illinois at Bowling Green — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Wright State — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Western Michigan at Toledo — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Xavier at Butler — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 1 p.m.
Florida at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus, 1:30 p.m.
Texas A&M at Arkansas — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Dallas Baptist at Bradley — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
New Jersey Institute of Technology at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Oklahoma at Kansas — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Georgia at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Kentucky at Auburn — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 2:30 p.m.
Northwestern at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Florida State at Clemson — ESPN3, 4 p.m.

College Beach Volleyball
Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championships, Merle Norman Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Winners Bracket Semifinal — Pac-12 Networks, noon
Contenders Bracket Quarterfinal — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Contenders Bracket Semifinal — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Final — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
ACC Championship, Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, GA
Syracuse vs. Notre Dame — ESPNU, noon

Patriot League Championship, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Army vs. Loyola (MD) — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.

Women’s
ACC Championship, Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
North Carolina vs. Syracuse — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.

College Softball
Kansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, noon
Iowa at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Oregon — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Utah at Washington — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Washington, 4 p.m.
Missouri at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 4:30 p.m.
Central Florida at South Florida — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Auburn at Tennessee — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Cal at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.

College Tennis
Women’s
Big 12 Championship, Greenwood Tennis Center, Stillwater, OK
FS2, 2 p.m.

College Track & Field
USC at UCLA — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 5 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA SpringNationals, Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, TX
Eliminations — FS1, 5 p.m.

English Premier League
Swansea City vs. Liverpool — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Leicester City — NBCSN/Telemundo, 9:05 a.m.
Southampton vs. Manchester United — NBCSN/Telemundo, 11:30 a.m.

Match of the Day — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 11:10 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Premier League Download: I Was There — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Formula 1
Russian Grand Prix, Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia
Race — CNBC, 7 a.m.

F1 Extra — CNBC, 10 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Communist China Open, Topwin Golf & Country Club, Beijing, Communist China
Final Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
New Orleans Classic, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, LA
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Final Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Texas Shootout, Las Colinas Country Club, Irving, TX
Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Web.com Tour
United Leasing & Financing Championship, Victoria National Golf Club, Newburgh, IN
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Evans — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Toronto at Tampa Bay — MLB Network/Sportsnet/Fox Sports Sun, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Baltimore — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Anaheim at Texas — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Houston at Oakland — Root Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Kansas City at Seattle — Fox Sports Kansas City/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
New York Yankees at Boston — ESPN, 8 p.m.

National League
San Francisco at New York Mets — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/SNY, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Miami at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Washington at St. Louis — MASN2/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:15 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports South/WGN, 2:20 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles — Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.

Interleague
Cleveland at Philadelphia — STO/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 2:30 p.m.

Plays of the Month: April — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

MLS
Portland vs. Toronto FC — ESPN/TSN2/RDS2, 3:30 p.m.
Sporting KC vs. L.A. Galaxy — FS1, 8 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
GEICO 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
Race — Fox, 1 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Talladega — FS1, 10:30 p.m.
Fox NASCAR Sunday — Fox, 12:30 p.m.
NASCAR Victory Lane: Talladega — FS1, midnight

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 7: Charlotte at Miami — ABC, 1 p.m. (Series tied 3-3)
Game 7: Indiana at Toronto — TNT, 8 p.m. (Series tied 3-3)

Western Conference Semifinal
Game 1: Portland at Golden State — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

NBA Countdown — ABC, 12:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Hornet/Heat, Game 7 Postgame — NBA TV, 3:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Trail Blazers/Warriors, Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Pacers/Raptors, Game 7 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
Path to the Draft: Draft Recap — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: Draft Grades — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Western Conference Semifinals
Game 2: St. Louis at Dallas — NBC/Sportsnet/TVA Sports, 3 p.m. (Dallas leads series 1-0)
Game 2: Nashville at San Jose — CBC/NBCSN/TVA Sports, 8 p.m. (San Jose leads series 1-0)

NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 2 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 3 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 5:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10:45 p.m.

Scottish Championship League
St. Mirren vs. Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
SportsCenter: Top Ten — ESPNews, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: The Deal — ESPN, 3 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 3:30 p.m.
E:60 Profile: Rob Gronkowski — ESPNews, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: Four Days in October — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Norm — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Istanbul Open (ATP)/Madrid Open (WTA) — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 3:30 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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