Weekend Viewing Picks

by Ken Fang on November 20, 2009

Saturday, November 21

Boxing
Super Six World Boxing Classic/Super Middleweights, Mikkei Kessler vs. Andre Ward – Showtime, 10 p.m.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto (replay) – HBO, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
Rider at Kentucky – Fox Sports South/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.
Presbyterian at Illinois – Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Manchester City at Liverpool – ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.
Wolverhampton at Chelsea – Setanta Sports, 9:30 a.m.
Arsenal at Sunderland – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.
Everton at Manchester United – Fox Soccer Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Aston Villa at Burnley – Setanta Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)
West Ham United at Hull City – Fox Soccer Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)
Fulham at Birmingham City – Setanta Sports, 8:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
LPGA Tour Championship, 3rd round – Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 106, Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 – Undercard, Spike, 9 p.m./Main Event, PPV, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series/Ford 300 – ESPN2, 4 p.m.

NBA
Washington at San Antonio – NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

NHL
Washington at Toronto – NHL Network, 7 p.m.

NHL On The Fly – NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
Legend of the Seeker – WGN America, 5 p.m./CW28, 8 pm./WCVB, Sunday, 11:45 p.m.
Cops – WFXT/WNAC, 8 p.m.
America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back – WFXT/WNAC, 9 p.m.
Robin Hood – BBC America, 9 p.m.
When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs – National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: Death Row Diaries – WBZ/WPRI, 10 p.m.
The Wanda Sykes Show – WFXT/WNAC, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and musical guest, The Dave Matthews Band – WHDH/WJAR, 11:29 p.m.

Sunday, November 22

College Basketball

Charleston Classic
Championship – ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Puerto Rico Tip-Off
7th Place Game – ESPNU, 10:30 a.m.
5th Place Game – ESPNU, 1 p.m.
3rd Place Game – ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
Championship – ESPN2, 8 p.m.

Valparaiso at Michigan State – noon

Baylor at Cal (women’s) – FSN, 5 p.m.

English Premier League
Blackburn at Bolton – Setanta Sports, 8:25 a.m.
Portsmouth at Stoke City – Fox Soccer Channel, 11 a.m.
Wigan Athletic at Tottenham – Fox Soccer Channel, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
LPGA Tour Championship, final round – Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series/Ford 400 – WCVB/WMUR/WLNE, 3:15 p.m.

NBA
Boston at New York – Comcast SportsNet, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Phoenix – NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
NHL On The Fly – NHL Network, 8 p.m.

Tennis
ATP World Finals/Singles and Doubles round robin – Tennis Channel, 7:30 a.m. & 2 p.m.

Entertainment
60 Minutes – WBZ/WPRI, approximately 7 p.m.
The Amazing Race – WBZ/WPRI, approximately 8 p.m.
America Before Columbus – National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
JFK: The Ruby Connection – Discovery Channel, 9 p.m.
Curb Your Enthusiasm (season finale) – HBO, 9 p.m.
Dexter – Showtime, 9 p.m.
Californication – Showtime, 10 p.m.
Snapped: Michelle Michael – Oxygen, 10 p.m.

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Friday’s Viewing Picks

by Ken Fang on November 20, 2009

College Basketball

Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
3rd Place Game/Ohio State vs. Cal – ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Championship/Syracuse vs. North Carolina – ESPN2, 7:20 p.m.

Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Consolation/Georgia Tech vs. George Mason – ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Semifinal/Dayton vs. Villanova – ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.
Semifinal/Ole Miss vs. Kansas State – ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.

Toledo at Michigan State – Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.

College Football
Akron at Bowling Green – ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
Boise State at Utah State – ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour Championship, 2nd round – Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

NBA
Orlando at Boston – Comcast SportsNet/ESPN, 8 p.m.
Denver at Los Angeles Clippers – ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Bruins at Buffalo – NESN, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Jose – NHL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL On The Fly – NHL Network, 8 p.m.

Entertainment
Ghost Whisperer – WBZ/WPRI, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC – WHDH/WJAR, 9 p.m.
Friday Night with Jonathon Ross – BBC America, 9 p.m.
The First Jesus? – National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Stargate Universe – SyFy, 9 p.m.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Cartoon Network, 9 p.m.
Monk – USA Network, 9 p.m.
Psych – USA Network, 10 p.m.
20/20 – WCVB/WMUR/WLNE, 10 p.m.
Late Show with David Letterman – WBZ/WPRI, 11:35 p.m.
Life On Top – Cinemax, midnight

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My Take on the Top 25 Football Announcers

November 19, 2009

Lists by publications are made to stir debate and also give them a bit of publicity. The list that was published today by The Sporting News and sister publication Sports Business Daily/Sports Business Journal certainly does that. Already, I’m a bit perturbed that college and NFL announcers are mixed together as are play-by-play callers and [...]

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Your Thursday Links

November 19, 2009

The stuff is hitting the fan work wise so I’m doing these links now while I can. I may not be able to do the megalinks on Friday. Keep your Twitter and RSS feeds updated.
USA Today’s Michael McCarthy writes about the NFL trying to crack down on extended tailgating in hopes of curbing drunkenness.
Sean Leahy [...]

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Thursday’s Viewing Picks

November 19, 2009

College Basketball
Puerto Rico Tipoff
Quarterfinal, George Mason vs. Villanova – ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Quarterfinal, Indiana vs. Ole Miss – ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Charleston Classic
Quarterfinal, UNC-Wilmington vs. Penn State – ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Quarterfinal, LaSalle vs. South Carolina – ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
Semifinal, Syracuse vs. Cal – ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Semifinal, North Carolina vs. Ohio State – ESPN2, 9:30 [...]

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Late Night Linkage

November 19, 2009

It’s been quite some time since I have done late night links. Usually, I reserve late night for posting the press releases, but since I still don’t have a TV and there was a minimal amount of sports that I wanted to see, I was quite productive posting the release earlier tonight so I can [...]

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Sports Media Weekly Podcast No. 10

November 19, 2009

This week, the podcast that is co-hosted by yours truly and Southeastern New England media mogul Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal explores a whole host of topics.
For the entire half hour, our guest is Tom Hoffarth, sports media writer of the Los Angeles Daily News. Among the topics we discuss are Jon Gruden’s contract [...]

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Doing The Mid-Week Links

November 18, 2009

For some reason, I keep closing my eyes here at the office. I was also doing that while blogging on the main site last night, so yes, I need to get more sleep. Let’s give you some linkage today.
Thanks to Sports Business Daily which opened its Morning Buzz section today. Several good stories there.
John Eggerton [...]

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Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

November 18, 2009

College Basketball
Butler at Northwestern – Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Utah State at Utah – the mtn., 8 p.m.
CBE Classic/Western Carolina at Texas – ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Nevada at UNLV – the mtn., 10:30 p.m.
College Football
Buffalo at Miami (OH) – ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Central Michigan at Ball Street – ESPN2, 8 p.m.
NBA
Cleveland at Washington – ESPN, 7 p.m.
Utah [...]

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With Your Tuesday Links

November 17, 2009

Let’s do your links for today.
I’ll start with the great Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated who writes about ESPN’s Dick Vitale and Jon Gruden.
SI’s Peter King in his Tuesday edition of his Monday Morning Quarterback says Jon Gruden’s staying at ESPN now puts Mike Shanahan in prime position for several job openings during the offseason.
Also [...]

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