Friday, January 18, 2019

Weekend watchdog

It's "Legend vs. Young Phenom" twice on Sunday.
The home team won all four games last weekend, setting up matchups between the top two seeds in each conference for spots in Super Bowl LIII in two weeks.
The NFC goes first Sunday, with the Rams visiting Drew Brees and the Saints at 3 p.m. on Fox. The Saints handed the Rams their first loss of the season in November, giving them the home-field advantage.
The Patriots - in their eighth straight AFC championship contest with Tom Brady as quarterback- face a Chiefs team hosting the conference championship for the first time ever. CBS has coverage at 6:30 p.m.
New England won a 43-40 shootout in their Week 6 meeting, handing the Chiefs their first loss of the season.
The college stars shine at the East-West Shrine Bowl Saturday at 3 p.m. on NFL Network and the Collegiate Bowl on FoxSports1 at 5 p.m.
ESPN's College GameDay starts its basketball road shows with a visit to Cameron Indoor Stadium before Virginia's visit to Duke. The pregame show tips at 11 a.m. with the game at 6 p.m.
Saint Louis meets St. Joseph's Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
It's Maryland against Ohio State Friday at 6:30 p.m. on FoxSports1, then Xavier takes on Villanova.
Florida faces Georgia on CBS Saturday at noon, followed by Cincinnati-Wichita State and UCLA's contest with USC.
Fox has Indiana-Purdue Saturday at 2 p.m and St. John's battle with Butler at 4:30 p.m.
Michigan meets Wisconsin on ESPN Saturday at noon, then it's Kansas-West Virginia and Kentucky's contest with Auburn at 4 p.m.
ESPN2 starts its slate at noon with North Carolina-Miami. Alabama tangles with Tennessee at 2 p.m., with TCU-Kansas State at 4 p.m. and Texas Tech taking on Baylor at 6 p.m.
NBC Sports Washington has a pair of ACC contests Saturday, with Pittsburgh-Syracuse at 2 p.m. before Virginia Tech faces Wake Forest.
Raycom brings North Carolina State against Notre Dame at 2 p.m. and Louisville-Georgia Tech at 4 p.m.
DePaul meets Seton Hall on FoxSports1 Saturday at 8 p.m.
There's four contests from the Atlantic 10 Saturday on NBC Sports network. Richmond duels with Davidson at 12:30 p.m., then it's Rhode Island-LaSalle and Dayton against St. Bonaventure. Massachusetts battles VCU at 6:30 p.m.
George Washington faces Duquesne Sunday at 4 p.m. on NBC Sports network.
In women's hoops, there's three games on ESPN2 Sunday starting with Maryland's contest with Penn State at 2 p.m. Texas A&M takes on Georgia at 4 p.m. before Minnesota meets Nebraska.
Virginia Tech visits North Carolina State Sunday at 12:30 p.m on NBC Sports Washington.
 It's Butler against Creighton on FoxSports1 Sunday at 3 p.m. before West Virginia battles Baylor at 5 p.m.
The Spurs face the Timberwolves Friday at 8 p.m. with Warriors against Clippers in the nightcap.
ABC has a pair of games Saturday, with the Thunder visiting the 76ers at 3:30 p.m. before the Lakers battle the Rockets at 8:30 p.m.
In the developmental league, the Capital City Go-Gos face Wisconsin Saturday at 7 p.m. on NBC Sports Washington.
There's high school basketball between IMG Academy and Oak Hill Academy Sunday at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
The Capitals host the Islanders Friday at 7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Washington.
NBC starts its NHL Sunday schedule with the Capitals' visit to Chicago at 12:30 p.m. The Australian Open continues its third round Friday at 9 p.m. on ESPN2. The round of 16 starts Saturday at 9 p.m. and continues Sunday at 9 p.m.
NBC Sports network brings Wolverhampton against Leicester City Saturday at 7:25 a.m. and Liverpool's clash with Crystal Palace at 9:55 a.m. NBC has Arsenal-Chelsea at 12:30 p.m.
Huddersfield Town meets Manchester City Sunday at 8:25 a.m. followed by Fulham-Tottenham Hotspur. In the Bundesliga,
Hoffenheim battles Bayern Munich Friday at 2:30 p.m. Nurnberg faces Bertha Berlin Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
It's UFC Fight Night on ESPN Saturday at 8 p.m.
There's motocross racing from Anaheim Saturday at 11 p.m. on NBC Sports network.

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