Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, May 3

Boxing
World Championship Boxing/Oscar De La Hoya vs. Steve Forbes – HBO, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
NCAA Men’s Championship/Pepperdine vs. Penn State – ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour/FedEx Kinko’s Classic, 2nd Round – Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
LPGA Tour/SemGroup Championship, 3rd Round – ESPN2, 1 p.m.
PGA Tour/Wachovia Championship, 3rd Round – CBS, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Today at the Kentucky Derby – ESPN, noon
Kentucky Derby Special – ESPN, 3 p.m.
Kentucky Derby – NBC, 4 p.m.

MLB
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis – Fox, 3:55 p.m.
New York Mets at Arizona – Fox, 3:55 p.m.
Baltimore at Anaheim – Fox, 3:55 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Red Sox – FSN Florida/NESN, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland – FSN Kansas City/STO, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota – FSN Detroit/FSN North, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta – FSN Ohio/Peachtree TV, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Florida – Cox 4, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston – FSN Houston, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Philadelphia – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
LA Dodgers at Colorado – FSN Prime Ticket/FSN Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Texas at Oakland – FSN Southwest, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series/Dan Lowry 400 – Fox, 7 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Game 1/Orlando at Detroit – TNT, 7:30 p.m.
Game 1/San Antonio at New Orleans – TNT, 10 p.m.

NHL Playoffs
Game 5/Philadelphia at Montreal – CBC/Versus, 7 p.m.

Entertainment
Cubs Forever: Celebrating 60 Years of WGN-TV and the Chicago Cubs – WGN, 8 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery – CBS, 9 p.m.
Robin Hood – BBC America, 9 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with Jonah Hill and Mariah Carey – NBC, 11:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 4

Golf
Champions Tour/FedEx Kinko’s Classic, Final Round – Golf Channel, 6;30 p.m.
LPGA Tour/SemGroup Championship, Final Round – ESPN2, 4 p.m.
PGA Tour/Wachovia Championship, Final Round – CBS, 3 p.m.

MLB
Kansas City at Cleveland – FSN Kansas City/STO, 1 p.m.
Seattle at New York Yankees – FSN Northwest/YES, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Toronto – WGN/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Florida – FSN Florida, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Red Sox – NESN, 1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta – FSN Ohio/SportSouth, 1:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Philadelphia – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/CW57, 1:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington – FSN Pittsburgh/MASN, 1:30 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota – FSN Detroit, 2 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston – FSN Wisconsin/FSN Houston, 2 p.m.
Baltimore at Anaheim – MASN2/FSN West, 3:30 p.m.
Texas at Oakland – FSN Southwest/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4 p.m.
New York Mets at Arizona – TBS/WPIX/FSN Arizona, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis – ESPN, 8:05 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Game 7/Atlanta at Boston – ABC, 1 p.m.

NHL Playoffs
Game 5/New York Rangers at Pittsburgh – NBC/CBC, 2 p.m.
Game 6/San Jose at Dallas – TSN/Versus, 9 p.m.

Entertainment
60 Minutes – CBS, 7 p.m.
The Simpsons – Fox, 8 p.m.
King of the Hill – Fox, 8:30 p.m.
Family Guy – Fox, 9 p.m.
The Tudors – Showtime, 9 p.m.
This American Life – Showtime, 10 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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