Weekend Viewing Picks

All Times Eastern

Saturday, December 17

Boxing
CBS Sports Spectacular: Knockout at the D, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, Las Vegas, NV
Vacant WBA-NABA Super Flyweight Title/Vacant WBO Inter-Continental Super Flyweight Title
Oscar Cantu vs. Aston Palicte — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

World Championship Boxing, Inglewood Forum, Inglewood, CA
Light Heavyweights
Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Smith, Jr. — HBO, 10 p.m.

Bundesliga
Red Bull Leipzig vs. Hertha BSC Berlin — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
FSV Mainz vs. Hamburger SV — FS2, 9:30 a.m.
Augsburg vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.
VfL Wolfsburg vs. Eintracht Frankfurt — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 a.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 9 a.m.
Bundesliga Highlights Show I — Fox Soccer Plus, 8:30 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football Viewing Picks

College Volleyball
NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship
National Championship, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
Texas vs. Stanford — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

English Football Championship
Leeds United vs. Brentford — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 7:25 a.m.
Middlesbrough vs. Swansea City — NBCSN, 9:55 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Leicester City — Premier League Extra Time, 9:55 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Hull City — Premier League Extra Time, 9:55 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Watford — CNBC, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Manchester United — NBC/NBC Universo, 12:30 pm.

Premier League Preview — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Previo — NBC Universo, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:30 a.m.
Goal Rush — Premier League Extra Time, 9:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Premier League Previo — NBC Universo, noon
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Hockey
CHL
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at Drummondville Voltigeurs — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 3 p.m.

Women’s
Winter Champions Series, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth, MI
USA vs. Canada — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: VanZant vs. Waterson, Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA
Prelims — FS1, 5 p.m.
Main Event — Fox, 8 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 4 p.m.
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, 10 p.m.

NBA
Portland at Golden State — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Pittsburgh at Toronto — CBC/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Washington — City TV/TVA Sports/NHL Nework/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Ottawa — Sporstnet 360/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Edmonton — CBC/Sportsnet 360/Fox Sports Sun, 10 p.m./NHL Network, midnight (joined in progress)

Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet 360/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Minnesota — Fox Sports Arizona Plus/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 2 p.m.
Anaheim at Detroit — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Carolina — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
New York Rangers at Nashville — MSG 2/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.

Top Shelf — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL Network: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Network — NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Val d’Isere, France
Ladies’ Downhill — Universal HD, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Val Gardena/Groeden, Italy
Men’s Downhill — Universal HD, 5:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
The Xtra Saturday — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.

Speed Skating
ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating, Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
Day 2 — Universal HD, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
30 for 30: No Más — ESPN Classic, 7:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Broke — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPN Classic, 10:30 a.m.
Generation Iron — ESPN Classic, noon
Notre Dam Echoes — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.
30 for 30: There’s No Place Like Home — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN Classic, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: The Bad Boys — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killled the USFL — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: The Legend of Jimmy the Greek — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Muhammad and Larry — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
ESPN Films: The Real Rocky — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Out of Nothing — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.

Sunday, December 18

Bundesliga
SV Darmstadt 98 vs. Bayern München — FS2, 9:20 a.m.
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Ingolstadt — FS2, 11:30 a.m.

Bundesliga Highlights Show II — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

English Football Championship
Queens Park Rangers vs. Aston Villa — beIN Sports, 6:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Premier League Sunday
Bournemouth vs. Southampton — NBCSN, 8:25 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Arsenal — NBCSN/Telemundo, 10:55 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Burnley — CNBC, 11 a.m.

Premier League World — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Previo — Telemundo, 8 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10:30 a.m.
Premier League Previo — Telemundo, 10:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Behind the Badge: Watford FC (season finale) — NBCSN, 2:15 p.m.
Match of the Day II — NBCSN, midnight

La Liga
Barcelona vs. Espanyol — beIN Sports, 2:35 p.m.

The Express — beIN Sports, 2:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Classics: Legendary Brawls — FS1, 9:30 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Insider: Amanda Nunes on the Brink — FS1, 10:30 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Highlight Reel Knockouts — FS1, 11 p.m.

MLB
MLB Tonight: AL West Needs — MLB Network, 8 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 1 a.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA T, 10 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Rogers Hometown Hockey, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Ottawa at New York Islanders — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Milton, Ontario, Canada — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Boston — Sportsnet/Fox Sports West/NESN, 1 p.m.
Colorado at Winnipeg — Altitude/TSN3, 3 p.m.
Columbus at Vancouver — Fox Sports Ohio/Sportsnet Pacific, 4 p.m./NHL Network, 6 p.m. (joined in progress)
San Jose at Chicago — NHL Network/Comcast SportsNet California/WGN, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at New York Rangers — MSG Plus 2/MSG Network, 7:30 p.m.

Hockey Central Post: After Hours — CBC, 1 a.m.
NHL Tonight: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network 3 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Alta Badia, Italy
Men’s Giant Slalom — NBCSN, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Val d’Isere, France
Ladies Super G — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
The Xtra Sunday — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Speed Skating
ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating, Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
Day 3 — NBCSN, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
30 for 30: Four Falls of Buffalo — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Phi Slama Jama — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Spirit of Yachting — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
30 for 30: This Magic Moment — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Heaven Sent: The Journey to The Jump — FS1, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Heaven Sent — FS1, 9 p.m.
The Undefeated In-Depth: Serena Williams With Common — ESPN, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Hit It Hard — ESPN, 10 p.m.
30 for 30: The U: Part 2 — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.
Sports Jeopardy! — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
Sports Jeopardy! — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight