Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Friday Night Fights Special Edition, Hialeah, FL
Welterweights: Victor Manuel Cayo vs. Roberto Garcia — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
Kentucky at Tennessee — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Gonzaga at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.

College Baseball Live — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Inside College Football: Draft Special: The Quarterback Show — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
ECAC Tournament, Columbus, OH
Semifinals

Michigan vs. Fairfield — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
Air Force vs. TBD — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.

College Softball
Alabama at Missouri — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Cal at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.

Cycling
Eschorn-Frankfurt City Loop — Universal Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Tour of Romandie, France
Stage 2: Sion to Montreaux — beIN Sport, 10:15 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
The Championship at Laguna National, Changi, Singapore
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)

LPGA Tour
North Texas LPGA Shootout, Irving, TX
1st Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Wells Fargo Championship, Charlotte, NC
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Horse Racing
Kentucky Derby, Louisville, KY
Kentucky Derby Access — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

Minor League Baseball
Indianapolis at Pawtucket Red Sox — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Tampa Bay at Boston — Sun Sports/NESN, 1 p.m.
Seattle at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/YES, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Boston — MLB Network/Sun Sports/NESN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Kansas City — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at Miami — SportSouth/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Colorado — SNY/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.

Interleague
Los Angeles Dodgers at Minnesota — MLB Network/SportsNet LA/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore — Root Sports Pittsburgh/MASN, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Minnesota — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore — Root Sports Pittsburgh/MASN, approximately 7:30 p.m.

High Heat — MLB Network, noon
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference

Game 6: Indiana at Atlanta — NBA TV, 7 p.m. (Atlanta leads series 3-2)

Western Conference
Game 6: Oklahoma City at Memphis — TNT, 8 p.m. (Memphis leads series 3-2)
Game 6: Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m. (Clippers lead series 3-2)

NBA GameTime: Thunder/Grizzlies, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Clippers/Warriors, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Friday)Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
SportsCenter: On the Clock — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
NFL.com Mock Draft Weekly — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network 7 p.m.
SportsCenter: On the Cloock -ESPN, 8 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Conference Semifinals
Eastern Conference
Game 1: Boston at Montreal — NBCSN/CBC/RDS, 7:30 p.m.

NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Tonight — CBC, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2014 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2014 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SportsDash With Yahoo! Sports — NBCSN, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Crowd Goes Wild (The Final Days) — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Lead Off — CBS Sports Network, midnight

UEFA Europa League
Semifinal, 2nd Leg
Juventus vs. Benfica — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
Valencia vs. Sevilla — Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Karma’s a B!tch!: Indecent Exposure — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
iHeartRadio Music Awards — NBC, 8 p.m.
Hell’s Kitchen — Fox, 8 p.m.
Batman — Encore, 8 p.m.
Machete — IFC, 8 p.m.
Imitation of Life — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Saint George: School’s Out — FX, 9 p.m.
Unsealed: Alien Files: Controlled Panic — Destination America, 9 p.m.
Dates From Hell: Kiss Me, Kill Me — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made: Hotel Laundry; Brass Instrument Restoration; Horse Replicas; Excavation — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Killer Connection; Bloody Birthday — A&E, 9 p.m.
Life Below Zero: Dark Times Ahead — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Silver Linings Playbook — Sho2, 9 p.m.
Sinister — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Trailblazers — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Anger Management: Charlie Screws a Prisoner’s Girlfriend — FX, 9:30 p.m.
What Happened Next? — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Hope Springs — TMC Extra, 9:40 p.m.
Review: Quitting; Last Day; Irish (season finale) — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Portlandia: Getting Away (season finale) — IFC, 10 p.m.
Black Box — ABC, 10 p.m.
The Killer Speaks: Gene Meredith; Devil Inside — A&E, 10 p.m.
Monsters in America: Big Muddy Monster; Pope Lick Monster; Lake Monsters — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Vikings: The Lord’s Prayer (season finale) — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Blood Relatives: Don’t Kill the Messenger — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Alaska State Troopers: One in the Chamber — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Complicit — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
Yo: The Story of Yo! MTV Raps — VH1 Classic, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Newcastle, Australia — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Maron: First Look at the New Season — IFC, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: First Look at the New Season — IFC, 10:45 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: David Spade — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Sex/Now — HBO, 11 p.m.
Fixer Upper: Nomadic Suburbanites Seek Unique Retro Residences — HGTV, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Cathouse: What’s on the Menu? — HBO, 11:30 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Saul Williams — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
At Midnight: Jim Gaffigan; Todd Glass; Nikki Glaser — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)

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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