Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, May 28

Arena Football
Philadelphia Soul at Cleveland Gladiators — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Essendon Bombers vs. Richmond Tigers — FS1, 5 a.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Cowboys Dance Hall, San Antonio, TX
Super Lightweights
Miguel Vazquez vs. Erick Bone — FS1, 10 p.m.

CBS Sports Spectacular
Fight Night, Gila River Arena, Glendale, AZ
Interim WBA World Welterweight Title Fight
Shane Mosley vs. David Avanesyan — CBS Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.

College Baseball
Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament
5th Round, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC
Clemson vs. Wake Forest — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m.
Miami vs. Florida State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3 p.m.
Virginia vs. Louisville — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.

Big South Conference Tournament
Championship, Lexington County Baseball Stadium, Lexington, SC
Coastal Carolina vs. Liberty — ESPNU, noon

Big Ten Conference Tournament
Semifinal Round, TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE
Iowa vs. Maryland — Big Ten Network, 10 p.m.
Ohio State vs. Michigan — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m. (resumption of suspended game)
Michigan State vs. Ohio State or Michigan — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Iowa vs. Maryland — Big Ten Network, 10 p.m. (if necessary)

Big 12 Conference Tournament
Semifinal Round, Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City, OK
West Virginia vs. Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 10 a.m.
TCU vs. Texas — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. West Virginia — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 5 p.m. (if necessary)
Texas vs. TCU — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 8:30 p.m. (if necessary)

Southeastern Conference Tournament
Semifinals, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, AL
Mississippi vs. Texas A&M — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
LSU vs. Florida — SEC Network, 4:30 p.m.

SEC Now — SEC Network, 12:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Mountain, 2 p.m.
Oregon at Stanford — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Bay Area, 4 p.m.
UCLA at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Oregon, 7 p.m.
Cal at Washington — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Washington, 7 p.m.
USC at Arizona State — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship
National Semifinals, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
Loyola (MD) vs. North Carolina — ESPN2, noon
Brown vs. Maryland — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
Super Regionals
Harrisonburg Super Regional, Veterans Memorial Park, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Game 2: James Madison vs. LSU — ESPN, noon (James Madison leads series 1-0)
Game 3: LSU vs. James Madison — ESPNU, 3 p.m. (if necessary)

Ann Arbor Super Regional, Alumni Field, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Game 1: Missouri vs. Michigan — ESPN, 3 p.m.

Tallahassee Super Regional, JoAnne Graf Field, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Game 2: Utah vs. Florida State — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m. (Florida State leads series 1-0)
Game 3: Utah vs. Florida State — ESPN, 7:30 p.m. (if necessary)

Tuscaloosa Super Regional, Rhoads Stadium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Game 2: Alabama vs. Washington — ESPN, 5:30 p.m. (Alabama leads series 1-0)
Game 3: Washington vs. Alabama — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m. (if necessary)

Auburn Super Regional, Jane B. Moore Field, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Game 1: Arizona vs. Auburn — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.

Eugene Super Regional, Jane Sanders Stadium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Game 1: UCLA vs. Oregon — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NCAA Studio Update — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Stage 20: Guillestre to Sant’snna di Vinadio — beIN Sports, 7 a.m.

Giro d’Italia Highlights — beIN Sports, 10:30 p.m.

English Football League Championship
Final, Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
Hull City vs. Sheffield Wednesday — beIN Sports, 11:55 a.m.

The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 11:30 a.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Monaco, Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 7:55 a.m./NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club (West Course), Surrey, England, United Kingdom
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Colonial Invitational, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, TX
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Senior PGA Championship, Harbor Shores, Benton Harbor, MI
3rd Round — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Volvik Championship, Travis Pointe Country Club, Ann Arbor, MI
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

IndyCar
Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade — NBCSN, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt, Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — FS2, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Toronto — MLB Network/NESN/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City — WGN/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland — MLB Network/MASN/STO, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay — MLB Network/WPIX/Fox Sports Sun, 4 p.m.
Houston at Anaheim — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/WLS, 2:20 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Southeast, 4 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at New York Mets — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
St. Louis at Washington — Fox, 7:15 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Arizona, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Pittsburgh at Texas — Fox, 7:15 p.m.

Play Ball — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Network Breakdown — MLB Network, 10:30 a.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

MLS
Vancouver vs. Houston — TSN/Root Sports Southwest, 6 p.m.
New York Red Bulls vs. Toronto FC — MSG Network/Sportsnet 360, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. Real Salt Lake — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/WWHO, 7:30 p.m.
New England vs. Seattle — Comcast SportsNet New England/KZJO, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal vs. LA Galaxy — Time Warner Cable SportsNet, 8 p.m.
Chicago vs. Portland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/KPDX, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. Philadelphia — Altitude/The Comcast Network, 9 p.m.
San Jose vs. FC Dallas — Comcast SportsNet California/KTXA, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
Practice — FS1, 10 a.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 1 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Hisense 4K TV 300, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Qualifying — FS1, 11 a.m.
Race — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 12:30 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity — FS1, 2 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Western Conference Finals
Game 6: Golden State Warriors at Oklahoma City Thunder — TNT, 9 p.m. (Oklahoma City leads series 3-2)

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: West Finals Pregame — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 8 p.m.
Western Conference Finals: Warriors/Thunder, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 11:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight: How They Got There: Western Conference — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: How They Got There: Eastern Conference — NHL Network, 8 p.m.

Soccer
International Friendly, Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland vs. Belgium — ESPN2, 10 a.m.

International Friendly, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
Mexico vs. Paraguay — Univision Deportes, 5:24 p.m./FS1/Univision, 5:30 p.m.

International Friendly, Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, MO
United States vs. Bolivia — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 7:51/FS1, 8 p.m.

U.S. National Team Pregame — FS1, 7 p.m.
Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.

NASL
Miami FC vs. Edmonton FC — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
Knuckleball! — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
Sport Today Extra: Danica Patrick — BBC World News, 8:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
Lenny Cooke — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
ESPN Films: Unguarded — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner — ESPN Classic, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Believeland — ABC, 3:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Requiem for the Big East — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: The U, Part 2 — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Fantastic Lies — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Out of Nothing — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
French Open, Stade Roland-Garros, Paris, France
Men’s and Women’s Singles: 3rd Round — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Singles: 3rd Round — NBC, noon

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League
Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Day 2 — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
Day 2 — NBC, 5 p.m.

UEFA Champions League
Final, Stadio San Siro, Milan, Italy
Real Madrid vs. Club Atlético de Madrid — Fox, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Champions League Pregame — Fox, 2 p.m.

Sunday, May 29

Australian Rules Football
Collingwood Magpies vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 a.m.

College Baseball
American Athletic Conference Tournament
Championship, Brighthouse Field, Clearwater, FL
UConn vs. Houston — ESPNews, noon

Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament
Championship, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC
Clemson vs. Florida State — ESPN2, noon

Big East Conference Tournament
Championship, Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, MD
Xavier vs. Creighton — FS2, noon
Xavier vs. Creighton — FS2, 3:30 p.m. (if necessary)

Big Ten Conference Tournament
Elimination Game, TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE
Michigan State vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 10 a.m.

Championship Game
Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.

Big 12 Conference Tournament
Championship, Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City, OK
West Virginia vs. TCU — Fox Sports Net, 2 p.m.

Conference USA Tournament
Championship, Pete Taylor Park, Hattiesburg, MS
Southern Mississippi vs. Rice — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.

Southeastern Conference Tournament
Championship, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, AL
Texas A&M vs. Florida — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

Washington at Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Mountain, 2 p.m.
UCLA at Oregon State — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Oregon, 2 p.m.
USC at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Arizona, 5 p.m.
Cal at Washington State — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Washington, 5 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Women’s
NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship
National Championship, Talen Energy Stadium, Philadelphia, PA
Maryland vs. North Carolina — ESPNU, noon

NCAA Studio Update — ESPNU, 2 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
Super Regionals
Ann Arbor Super Regional, Alumni Field, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Game 2: Michigan vs. Missouri — ESPN, noon (Michigan leads series 1-0)
Game 3: Missouri vs. Michigan — ESPNU, 3 p.m. (if necessary)

Auburn Super Regional, Jane B. Moore Field, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Game 2: Auburn vs. Arizona — ESPN, 2 p.m. (Auburn leads series 1-0)
Game 3: Arizona vs. Auburn — ESPNU, 5 p.m. (if necessary)

Eugene Super Regional, Jane Sanders Stadium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Game 2: Oregon vs. UCLA — ESPNU, 7 p.m. (Oregon leads series 1-0)
Game 3: UCLA vs. Oregon — ESPNU, 10 p.m. (if necessary)

SportsCenterU — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Stage 21: Cuneo to Turin — beIN Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Monaco, Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco
Race — NBC/Univision Deportes, 8 a.m.

Formula 1 Pre-Race: Monaco — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
F1 Countdown — NBC, 7:30 a.m.
Fórmula 1 Previa — Univision Deportes, 7:30 a.m.
F1 Extra — NBCSN, 10 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club (West Course), Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Final Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Colonial Invitational, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, TX
Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Final Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.
PGA Tour 2016: Nicklaus’ Masterpiece — CBS, 2 p.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Volvik Championship, Travis Pointe Country Club, Ann Arbor, MI
Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Senior PGA Championship, Harbor Shores, Benton Harbor, MI
Final Round — NBC, 3 p.m.

Hockey
Memorial Cup, Enmax Centrium, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Final
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. Brandon Wheat Kings — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 4:30 p.m.

IndyCar
Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Race — ABC, noon

Pre-Race Show — ABC, 11 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt, Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV
Prelims — FS1, 7 p.m.
Main Event — FS1, 9 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 5:30 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, midnight

MLB
American League
Baltimore at Cleveland — MASN2/STO, 1 p.m.
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay — MLB Network/YES/Fox Sports Sun, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.
Houston at Anaheim — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle — Fox Sports North/Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.

National League
St. Louis at Washington — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/WGN, 2:20 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South, 5 p.m.
Los Angeles at New York Mets — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Interleague
Pittsburgh at Texas — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.

Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, noon
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.

MLS
New York City FC vs. Orlando — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
Race — Fox, 6 p.m.

NASCAR RaceDay: Charlotte — FS1, 1 p.m.
Fox NASCAR Sunday — Fox, 5:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NHL
Stanley Cup Final: Media Day — NHL Network, noon
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Final Media Day Recap Show — NHL Network, 7:30 p.m.
Top Shelf: 2016 Conference Finals — NHL Network, 8:30 p.m.

Soccer
Toulon Tournament
Final, Stade Parc des Sports, Avignon, France
France vs. England — beIN Sports, 12:35 p.m.

International Friendly, Estadio Dragão, Porto, Portugal
Portugal vs. Norway — beIN Sports, 3:35 p.m.

Brazil Global Tour, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
Brazil vs. Panama — beIN Sports, 9:20 p.m.

UEFA Champions League Highlights — FS2, 12:30 a.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 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: The Day the Series Stopped — ESPN2, 11 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
The Mint 400 — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: The Deal — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision Deportes, 11:30 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
French Open, Stade Roland-Garros, Paris, France
Men’s and Women’s Singles: Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Singles: Round of 16 — NBC, noon

WNBA
Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream — NBA TV, 3 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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