Friday’s Viewing Picks

Bobsled
FIBT World Cup, Altenberg, Germany
Women’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Boxing
Friday Night Fights, Chumash Resort and Casino, Santa Ynez, CA
Lightweights
Darleys Perez vs. Jonathan Malcelo — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Throne Boxing, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Welterweights
Dusty Hernandez-Harrison vs. Tommy Rainone — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Akron at Toledo — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Wisconsin-Green Bay at Milwaukee — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

Women’s
Butler at St. John’s — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Cal at Washington State — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.
UCLA at Utah — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Mountain, 8 p.m.
Stanford at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.
USC at Colorado — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Mountain, 10 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — Pac-12 Oregon, 10 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
ESPN at the College Football National Championship — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Arkansas at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Utah at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Minnesota at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
USA National Development Team at Michigan State — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Notre Dame at Western Michigan — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
Dartmouth at New Hampshire — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Miami (OH) at St. Cloud State — Fox College Sports Pacific/STO, 8:30 p.m.

College Wrestling
Michigan at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
South African Open Championship, Glendower Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m. (same day coverage)
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Tournament of Champions, Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Kapalua, Maui, HI
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m.

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

Hockey
OHL
Erie Otters at London Knights — Sportsnet (East/Ontario/Pacific)/NHL Network (US), 7:30 p.m.

WHL
Medicine Hat Tigers at Vancouver Giants — Sportsnet (East/Ontario/Pacific)/NHL Network (US), 10:30 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Washington — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Golden State — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
Sound FX: 2015 Wild Card Weekend — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Films Presents: Lost and Found — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Divisional Weekend — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
New York Islanders at New Jersey — MSG Plus/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Tampa Bay — MSG Buffalo/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Toronto — Fox Sports Ohio/TSN4, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Calgary — Sportsnet One/Fox Sports Florida/Sportsnet Flames, 9 p.m.
Chicago at Edmonton — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Sportsnet West, 9:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Draft Year: Meet the Elite: Erie — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 8:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 11:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Skeleton
FIBT World Cup, Altenberg, Germany
Women’s — Universal Sports, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
Men’s
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Group A, National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica
United States vs. Guatemala — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius: Venom Lower Body-Keoni — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Pro Skills Sampler-Nicky — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPNews, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 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, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
ROME (The Final Days) — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
SEC Storied: It’s Time — SEC Network, 9:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
Brisbane International, Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2nd Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 5:30 a.m.

ATP Tour
Qatar Open, Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar
Semifinals — beIN Sports, 8 a.m.
Best Match of the Day — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.

WTA Tour
ASB Classic, ASB Tennis Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
2nd Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.
Center Court: ASB Classic, Brisbane International, Shenzhen Open — Tennis Channel, 8:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
Undercover Boss: Phenix Salon INC — CBS, 8 p.m.
Treehouse Masters: Treetop Candy Kitchen (season premiere) — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush-The Dirt: Grandpa Schnabel’s Wall — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Escape Plan — HBO, 8 p.m.
Murder by Death — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Cold Justice: Still of the Night (Pocatello, ID) — TNT, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
National Lampoon’s Vacation — IFC, 8:45 p.m.
Rev. Run’s Renovation: Rev Strikes Again — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Secrets of the Snake River — NBC, 9 p.m.
Great Performances: American Voices With Renée Fleming — PBS, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: Ship of Fools — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Love It or List It, Too: Emily & Gary — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Most Evil: Fantasy Killers — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Philomena — Showtime, 9 p.m.
The Love Punch — Starz, 9 p.m.
Wake Up Call: Kevin: 40 Year Old Momma’s Boy — TNT, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Castle: Henry 8th; Bannerman’s Castle Curse; Mechanical Turk Hoax — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Sonisphere Festival 2014 — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
NBC News Special: Golden Globes — NBC, 10 p.m.
Myth Hunters: The Mystery of the Spider Rocks — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Treehouse Masters: The Coolest Treehouse Ever Built — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Banshee (season premiere) — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Ancient Case Files: Death in the Castle — Discovery Family Channel, 10 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Out of Control — Discovery Fitness and Health, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher (season premiere) — HBO, 10 p.m.
Wives With Knives: Mama’s Little Princess — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Adult World — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Ty Burrell Wears a Chambray Shirt and Clear Frame Glasses (season premiere) — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Lemmy — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
The Legend of Bagger Vance — Starz, 11:40 p.m.
Robert Kelly: Live at the Village Underground — 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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