The first weekend of March will feature a busy schedule of TV sports events, including a Denver Nuggets-Los Angeles Lakers NBA primetime matchup and the NASCAR Cup Pennzoil 400 Race.
ABC will televise Saturday’s game pitting the defending NBA champion Nuggets against LeBron James and the Lakers, while on Sunday the network will air the Philadelphia 76ers-Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors-Boston Celtics games. Also on Sunday, ESPN will televise the New York Knicks-Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City-Phoenix Suns games.
On the racetrack, Fox on Sunday will offer the NASCAR Cup Pennzoil 400 race, while on the links, NBC and Golf Channel will offer weekend coverage of the Cognizant Classic PGA golf tournament. On the ice, TNT on Sunday will televise the New Jersey Devils-Los Angeles Kings contest.
As college basketball moves closer to the start of March Madness, several top-ranked men’s programs are in action on Saturday, including top-ranked Houston playing Oklahoma on ESPN2, second-ranked Purdue battling Michigan State on Fox, fourth-ranked Tennessee meeting Alabama on ESPN and fifth-ranked Marquette taking on Creighton on Fox.
On Sunday, third-ranked UConn hosts Seton Hall on CBS.
On the women’s side, Sunday’s action includes top-ranked South Carolina-Tennessee (ESPN), second-ranked Ohio State-Iowa (Fox), and fifth-ranked Virginia Tech-Virginia (ACC Network). On Saturday, Fourth-ranked Stanford meets Oregon on Pac-12 Network.
In the boxing ring, ESPN on Saturday will televise the featherweight championship fight between champion Luis Alberto Lopez and Reiya Abe. On DAZN, women’s featherweight champion Amanda Serrano battles Nina Meinke and YouTube star Jake Paul fights Ryan Bourland.
