Friday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Golden Boy Live, Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, CA
Featherweights
Ronny Rios vs. Robinson Castellanos — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Kentucky Practice — ESPNU, 3 p.m.

College Field Hockey
Penn State at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.

College Football
Washington State at Stanford — ESPN, 9 p.m.
San Diego State at New Mexico — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.
Fresno State at UNLV — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily: The Edge — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Lemming Report — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown to Kickoff — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

College Soccer
Men’s
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.

Women’s
Cal at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 3 p.m.
Arizona at Washington State — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Washington, 5 p.m.
Colorado at Oregon State — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Oregon, 5 p.m.
Utah at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M at Vanderbilt — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Baylor at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.
Kansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Florida State at Louisville — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Nebraska at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Washington at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Colorado at USC — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Bay Area, 9 p.m.
Stanford at Arizona — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Formula 1
Russian Grand Prix, Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia
Practice — NBCSN, 6 a.m.

Countdown to F1 — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Portugal Masters, Oceanico Victoria Golf Course, Vilamoura, Portugal
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m. & 10 a.m.

Champions Tour
SAS Championship, Prestonwood Country Club, Cary, NC
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour
Frys.com Open, Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa, CA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (West Course), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 p.m.

Gymnastics
45th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2014, Guangxi Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanning, Communist China
Women’s All Around Final — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 128, Global Event Center at Winstar World Casino and Resort, Thackerville, OK
Bantamweight World Title
Eduardo Dantas vs. Joe Warren — Spike, 9 p.m.

MLB Postseason
American League Championship Series, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD
Game 1: Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles — TBS, 8 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight: LCS Preview — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Postseason Pregame — TBS, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight: League Championship Series — MLB Network, 11:30 p.m.
The Postseason Show — TBS, 11:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

MLS
Sporting KC vs. Chicago — KMCI/WPWR, 8:30 p.m.
Seattle vs. Vancouver — NBCSN/TSN, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Contender Round
Bank of America 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Practice 2 — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Practice 3 — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.

Nationwide Series
Drive for the Cure 300, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Race — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR Countdown — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

NBA Preseason
Oklahoma City at Dallas — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Game Rewind: Indianapolis at Houston — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Week 6 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Films Presents: Pursuing Your Passion — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Week 6 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Eric Dickerson: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
Sound FX: Week 5 — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL
New York Islanders at Carolina — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.

Hockey Central — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central Tonight — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 11 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
International Friendly, Cheonan Beakseok Stadium, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea vs. Paraguay — beIN Sports, 10:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Africa Cup of Nations
Qualification
Bostwana vs. Egypt — beIN Sports, 12:25 p.m.

International Friendly, Rentschler Field, Hartford, CT
United States vs. Ecuador — ESPN, 6:40 p.m./Univision Deportes, 6:50 p.m./UniMás, 7 p.m.

Fútbol Central — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 6 p.m.

International Friendly, Estadio Bicentenario Elias Figueroa, Valparaiso, Chile
Chile vs. Peru — beIN Sports, 7:50 p.m.

International Friendly, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ
Colombia vs. El Salvador — beIN Sports, 10 p.m. (same night coverage)

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Unguarded With Rachel Nichols — CNN, 10:30 p.m.
SportsNation: 44 Monthly Jeers of September — ESPNews, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
Shanghai Masters, Qi Zhong Tennis Center, Shanghai, Communist China
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 1 a.m., 3 a.m., 5 a.m. & 7 a.m.

WTA Tour
Tianjin Open, Tianjin International Tennis Center, Tianjin, Communist China
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 10:30 a.m. (same day coverage)
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, midnight

UEFA Euro 2016
Qualifiers, Match Day 2
Group A, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Netherlands vs. Kazakhstan — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.

Group B, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Wales vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 p.m.

Group H, Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria vs. Croatia — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.
UEFA Euro 2016 Highlights — Fox Sports 2, midnight

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Gary Anthony Williams — The CW, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 25: Get Your Sheep Together — CBS, 8 p.m.
Genesis: Sum of the Parts — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Silver Linings Playbook — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
On the Menu: Denny’s — TNT, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Man Caves: Jeff Ross’ Roast Master General Man Cave — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made: Skeletal Replicas, Ice Buckets & Servers, Dining Chairs, Inground Pools — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: While She Was Sleeping — NBC, 9 p.m.
Live From Lincoln Center: The Nance Starring Nathan Lane — PBS, 9 p.m.
America’s Next Top Model — The CW, 9 p.m.
Alaska Monsters: The Alaskan Tiger — Destination America, 9 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice: Sunken Treasure — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Deadly Women: If Looks Could Kill — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
A Single Shot — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Kremlin — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
As the Palaces Burn — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
How Do They Do It?: Heat Proof Glass; ATM’s; Pagini — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
House Hunters: Salem, OR — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Young, Hot & Crooked: Killer Looks — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Ancient Assassins: The Ghost Warriors — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
The Knick: The Golden Lotus — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
The NCLR ALMA Awards — MSNBC, 10 p.m.
Z Nation: Home Sweet Zombie — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Airplane Repo: Get Rich or Die Flyin’ — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
Lincoln — The Movie Channel, 10:05 p.m.
Monsters Underground: Cross Creek Cavern Draco — Destination America, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Pretoria, South Africa — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
After the ALMA’s — MSNBC, 11 p.m.
Lemmy — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
Office Killer — TMC Extra, 11:30 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution: Mark Viera; Barry Brewer — Comedy Central, midnight

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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