Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, May 14

Arena Football
Arizona Rattlers at Philadelphia Soul — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Richmond Tigers vs. Sydney Swans — FS1, 5 a.m.

Bundesliga
Bayern Munich vs. Hannover 96 — Fox, 9:30 a.m.
Werner Bremen vs. Eintracht Frankfurt — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — Fox/FS2, 9 a.m.
MULTIMATCH 90 — FS2, 9:20 a.m.
Bundesliga Championship Award Ceremony — FS2, 11:30 a.m.

College Baseball
Fairfield at Monmouth — ESPN3, noon
Milwaukee at Wright State — ESPN3, noon
North Carolina State at Louisville — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Ball State at Toledo — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Florida State at Duke — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
LSU at Tennessee — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Indiana State at Bradley — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
TCU at Baylor — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Georgia at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 3 p.m.
Fairfield at Monmouth — ESPN3, 3:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Wright State — ESPN3, 3:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Florida — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Mississippi State at Auburn — SEC Network, 4:30 p.m.
Kentucky at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus, 5 p.m.
Notre Dame at North Carolina — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Washington State at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 7 p.m.
Alabama at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Kansas at Kansas State — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Arizona State at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.
USC at UCLA — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
NCAA Division I Lacrosse Championship
1st Round
Duke at Loyola (MD) — ESPNU, noon
North Carolina at Marquette — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
Johns Hopkins at Brown — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Air Force at Notre Dame — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.

College Rowing
Men’s
Windermere Cup — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 2 p.m.

Women’s
Windermere Cup — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 2:30 p.m.

College Softball
American Athletic Conference Championship, Collins Family Softball Complex, Tulsa, OK
South Florida vs. Tulsa — ESPN, noon

Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, Dail Softball Stadium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Florida State vs. Notre Dame — ESPN, 2 p.m.

Big East Championship, Ballpark at Rosemont, DePaul University, Rosemont, IL
Butler vs. St. John’s — FS2, 3 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament, Nittany Lion Softball Park-Beard Field, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Semifinals
Northwestern vs. Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Penn State vs. Michigan — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.

Championship Game
Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.

Conference USA Championship, Lovelace Stadium, North Texas University, Denton, TX
Florida Atlantic vs. UAB — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.

SEC Championship, Nusz Park, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Auburn vs. LSU — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma State at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 3 p.m.
Washington at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Bay Area, 3 p.m.
Arizona State at Oregon State — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Oregon, 3 p.m.
Utah at Oregon — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Oregon, 5 p.m.
Cal at Arizona — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Arizona, 5 p.m.
Baylor at Texas — Longhorn Network, 9 p.m.

College Track & Field
Big West Outdoor Championships — Fox College Sports Pacific, 5 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA Southern Nationals, Atlanta Dragway, Atlanta, GA
Qualifying — FS1, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Football Championship
Semifinal, 1st LegDerby County vs. Hull City — beIN Sports, 7:25 a.m.

Formula 1
Gran Premio de España, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 7:55 a.m./NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Mauritius Open, Four Seasons Golf Club at Anahita, Beau Champs, Maurtius
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
The Players Championship, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
3rd Round — NBC, 2 p.m.

Live From The Players — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.
Live From The Players — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Ladies European Tour
Buick Invitational, Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Shanghai, Communist China
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar
Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Race — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

La Liga
Deportivo de La Coruna vs. Real Madrid — beIN Sports, 10:55 a.m.
Grenada vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

The Express-Kick-Off — beIN Sports, 10:30 a.m.
The Express Wrap-Up — beIN Sports, 1 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 154, SAP Center, San Jose, CA
Light Heavyweights
King Mo Lawal vs. Phil Davis — Spike, 8 p.m.

UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic, Estádio Atlético Paranaense, Curitiba, Brazil
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — Pay per view, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/YES, 1 p.m.
Houston at Boston — FS1/Root Sports Southwest/NESN, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland — FS1, 4 p.m.
Oakland at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Sun, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/MASN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Texas — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Northwest, 9 p.m.

National League
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/WLS, 2:20 p.m.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN2, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Milwaukee — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Colorado — WPIX/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)
San Francisco at Arizona — KNTV/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Midwest/SportsNet LA, 9 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

Interleague
Atlanta at Kansas City — MLB Network/Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

Play Ball — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Network Breakdown — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Montreal vs. Philadelphia — TSN4/RDS/The Comcast Network, 5 p.m.
Columbus vs. Colorado — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/WWHO/Altitude, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Chicago — Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Real Salt Lake — Root Sports Northwest/KMYU, 8:30 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. Seattle — KTXA/KCPQ, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Qualifying — FS1, 10:30 p.m.
Race — Fox, 2:30 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity — Fox, 2 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Practice — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Final Practice — FS2, 12:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, noon

Scottish Premiership
Kilmarnock vs. Dundee — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Soccer
NASL
Minnesota United vs. Jacksonville Armada — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
Spirit of Yachting — BBC World News, 8:30 a.m.
30 for 30: The Band That Wouldn’t Die — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
ESPN Films: Catching Hell — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus — ESPN2, 11 a.m.
30 for 30: The Bad Boys — ESPN2, noon
Lenny Cooke — ESPN Classic, noon
E:60: Pictures: Hurley — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Out of Nothing — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: Pony Excess — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
Generation Iron — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Believeland (premiere) — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Internazionali BNL d’italia (ATP/WTA): Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 15

Australian Rules Football
Melbourne Demons vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 a.m.

College Baseball
Furman at Virginia Military Institute — ESPN3, 11 a.m.
Rutgers at Maryland — Big Ten Network, noon
Fairfield at Monmouth — ESPN3, noon
Youngstown State at Northern Kentucky — ESPN3, noon
Ball State at Toledo — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Florida State at Duke — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
North Carolina State at Louisville — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Florida — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Indiana State at Bradley — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Kansas at Kansas State — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
TCU at Baylor — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 2 p.m.
Alabama at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Georgia at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
LSU at Tennessee — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Mississippi State at Auburn — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Michigan at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus, 3 p.m.
Washington State at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 3 p.m.
Youngstown State at Northern Kentucky — ESPN3, 3:30 p.m.
Texas A&M at South Carolina — SEC Network, 4 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon, 6 p.m.
Arizona State at Arizona — Pac-12 Arizona, 6 p.m.
USC at UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
NCAA Division I Lacrosse Championship
1st Round
Quinnipiac at Maryland — ESPNU, 12:30 p.m.
Towson at Denver — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Navy at Yale — ESPNU, 5:15 p.m.
Albany at Syracuse — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Softball Championship Selection Special — ESPNU, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’italia
Stage 9: Classico Stage — beIN Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Tour of California
Stage 1: San Diego Overall Start — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA Southern Nationals, Atlanta Dragway, Atlanta, GA
Eliminations — 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Relegation Sunday
Stoke City vs. West Ham United — Bravo, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Leicester City — CNBC/Telemundo, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Crystal Palace — E!, 10 a.m.
Everton vs. Norwich City — Esquire Network, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Liverpool — MSNBC, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Manchester City — NBC, 10 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Bournemouth — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. Sunderland — Oxygen, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Newcastle United vs. Tottenham Hotspur — USA Network, 10 a.m.

Premier League Live — CNBC, 9 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBC/NBCSN, noon
Premier League Download: The Champions: The Leicester City Story — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, midnight

Formula 1
Gran Premio de España, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain
Race — NBCSN/Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

Formula 1 Pre-Race — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Fórmula 1 Previa — Univision Deportes, 7:30 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Mauritius Open, Four Seasons Golf Club at Anahita, Beau Champs, Maurtius
Final Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
The Players Championship, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Final Round — NBC, 2 p.m.

Live From The Players — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.
Live From The Players — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Ladies European Tour
Buick Invitational, Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Shanghai, Communist China
Final Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Hockey
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
Group B, Yubilieny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
Germany vs. USA — NBCSN, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, 1 a.m.
UFC Ultimate Insider: Amikhan/Cruz/Faber/Weidman — FS1, 11 p.m.

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

National League
Cincinnati at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN2, 1:30 p.m.
San Diego at Milwaukee — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
New York Mets at Colorado — SNY/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Atlanta at Kansas City — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.

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

MLS
Sporting KC vs. Orlando — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Portland vs. New York City FC — FS1, 7:30 p.m.

Somos MLS — Univision Deportes, 1 a.m. (Monday)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Race — FS1, 1 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Dover — FS1, 11:30 a.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinal
Game 7: Miami at Toronto — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 2:30 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Heat/Raptors, Game 7 Postgame — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Western Conference Final
Game 1: San Jose Sharks at St. Louis Blues — CBC/NBCSN/TVA Sports, 8 p.m.

Top Shelf: Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 2 — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Pregame — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Conference Final Edition — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Conference Final Edition — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Scottish Premiership
Celtic vs. Motherwell — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Soccer
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Believeland — ESPN2, noon
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
30 for 30: Four Days in October — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Internazionali BNL d’italia (ATP/WTA): Singles and Doubles Final– Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.

Track & Field
Cayman Islands Invitational — ESPN2, 5 p.m. (delayed from 5/14)

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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