Friday’s Viewing Picks

CFL
Ottawa Redblacks at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN2, 7 p.m.

College Basketball
ESPNU Midnight Madness — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
BYU Boom Shakalaka — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
ESPNU Midnight Madness — ESPNU, midnight

College Field Hockey
Boston College at Louisville — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3 p.m.
Rutgers at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.

College Football
Fresno State at Boise State — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Temple at Houston — ESPNU, 9 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.
ESPNU Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Lemming Report — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown to Kickoff — Fox Sports 1, midnight

College Hockey
Union at Maine — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Lake Superior State at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota State at Minnesota-Duluth — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports North Plus, 8 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Virginia at Clemson — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 6 p.m.
Notre Dame at Duke — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Arizona State at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.
Utah at Cal — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Bay Area, 5 p.m.Oklahoma at Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Montana at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
Cal at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
LSU at Missouri — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Penn State at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Stanford at Colorado — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Washington at Arizona State — Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Oregon, 9 p.m.
Oregon at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
World Match Play Championship, London Golf Club, Ash, Kent, England
Day 3 — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

European PGA Tour/Asian PGA Tour
Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong Golf Club, New Territories Fanling, Hong Kong
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Champions Tour
Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, Rock Barn Golf & Spa, Conover, NC
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

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

PGA Tour
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, TPC Summerlin Course, Las Vegas, NV
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

LPGA Tour
LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship, Sky 72 Golf Club (Ocean Course), Incheon, South Korea
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 129, Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs, IA
Welterweights
Paul Bradley vs. Josh Neer — Spike, 9 p.m.

MLB
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

MLS
Portland vs. Real Salt Lake — NBCSN/TSN2, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Contender Round
Geigo 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.

NASCAR Live: Talladega — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Fred’s 250, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

NBA Preseason
Dallas at Cleveland — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Utah at Los Angeles Clippers — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

The Starters: Fantasy Basketball Preview — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Game Rewind: New York Jets at New England — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Week 7 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Week 7 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Doug Flutie: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL
Calgary at Columbus — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Florida at Buffalo — Fox Sports Florida/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto — Fox Sports Detroit/Sportsnet Ontario, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Winnipeg — Fox Sports Tennessee/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton — Sportsnet Pacific/Sportsnet West, 9:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Anaheim — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet East/Sportsnet Ontario/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 360/NHL Network (US), 11 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Hamilton Academical vs. Aberdeen — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

Soccer
Women’s
2014 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Group 1, Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL
Haiti vs. Trinidad and Tobago — Fox Sports 2, 6:30 p.m.
United States vs. Guatemala — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show with guest hosts the Sklar Brothers — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 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.
30 for 30: The Day the Series Stopped — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Unguarded With Rachel Nichols (The Final Days) — CNN, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court Live: Coverage of Kremlin Cup, Stockholm Open & Luxembourg Open — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.

ATP Tour
Stockholm Open, Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Quarterfinal — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m. (live) & 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m.
Center Court Primetime — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
Eat St.: You Don’t Know Jak — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
Girl Meets World: Girls Meets Flaws — Disney Channel, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 25: Thinly Sliced Anchovies — CBS, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush-The Dirt: Broken Man (season premiere) — Discovery, 8 p.m.
King Solomon’s Mines — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
On the Menu: California Pizza Kitchen — TNT, 8 p.m.
’80’s Rewind Festival 2014 — VH1 Classic, 8 p.m.
Non-Stop — Cinemax, 8:10 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Eat St.: Sweet Dreams Are Made of Cheese — Cooking Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Man Caves: Paul Rubil’s Lacrosse Man Cave and Office — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made: Automatic Sliding Doors — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: The Carollton Plot — NBC, 9 p.m.
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess From San Francisco Opera-PBS Arts Fall Festival — PBS, 9 p.m.
America’s Next Top Model — The CW, 9 p.m.
Alaska Monsters: The Sasquatch of the South — Destination America, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: New Blood (season premiere) — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Extra Dose: Drama Mama — Discovery Fitness and Health, 9 p.m.
King Kong — HBO2, 9 p.m.
Deadly Women: To Have and To Kill — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Monuments Men — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Tootsie Roll Miracle; Singing Convict; Operation Paperclip — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Offbeat Eats With Jim Stacy: Gas Station Gourmet — Cooking Channel, 9:30 p.m.
How Do They Do It?: Aquavit; Motorcycle Leathers; Cathedral — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Chuck’s Eat the Street: Planet Portland — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Monsters Underground: Apache Death Cave Aswang — Destination America, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Gatlinburg, TN — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Young, Hot & Crooked: Tycoon Killer — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Ancient Assassins: The Viking Berserkers — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
The Knick: Crutchfield (season finale) — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Z Nation: Resurrection Z — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20: The Truth is Somewhere Is Somewhere Right Between the Lies — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Chuck’s Eat the Street: Minneapolis Melting Pot — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
Monsters Underground: Grand Canyon Caverns Rake — Destination America, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Roatan — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Ellie Kemper Wears a Purple Ruffled Sleeveless Top and Lavender Flats — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways: Chicago (series premiere) — HBO, 11 p.m.
The Birthday Boys: Snobs and Slobs (season premiere) — IFC, 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: Shaun Latham; Jerry Rocha — 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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