Friday’s Viewing Picks

Bobsled
FIBT World Cup, La Plagne, France
Women’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

Boxing
Friday Night Fights, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, Mashantucket, CT
Lightweights
Karl Dargan vs. Tony Luis — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Harvard at Princeton — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Yale at Columbia — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Marist at Niagara — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Oregon at Arizona State — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.
Kent State at Buffalo — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

Women’s
Florida State at Georgia Tech — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
All-Star Challenge — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Lemming Report — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Georgia at Florida — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

College Hockey
UMass-Lowell at Merrimack — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.
UConn at Maine — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Michigan at Michigan State — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 7:30 p.m.
North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha — CBS Sports Network, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 9:10 p.m.
Minnesota-Duluth at Denver — Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 9:30 p.m.

Big Ten Hockey Pregame — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
BTN Finale 2014-15 — Big Ten Network, 11:30 p.m.

College Wrestling
Iowa at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2015, Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
Pairs, Short Program — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Dubai Desert Classic, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.

PGA Tour
Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, AZ
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
Coates Golf Championship, Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club, Ocala, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Hockey
CHL
Erie Otters at Kingston Frontenacs — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

UFC Countdown: UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Mike Tyson’s Countdown: Glory Heavyweight Championship — Spike, 11 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Network Special: 2015 Top Prospects — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
MLB Network Special: 2015 BBWAA — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Special — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — NBCSN, 8 p.m.
NASCAR Gridiron Challenge — NBCSN, 10 p.m.

NBA
Dallas at Miami — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Phoenix — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NBA All-Star Reserves Announcement Special — NBA TV, 11 a.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
Super Bowl Live including Commissioner’s Press Conference — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
NFL Insiders live from Scottsdale, AZ — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live live from Scottsdale, AZ — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Best of Radio Row Show — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Super Bowl XLIX — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Joe Namath: A Football Life, Part I — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
Joe Namath: A Football Life, Part II — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL
Pittsburgh at New Jersey — TVA Sports/Root Sports Pittsburgh/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Carolina — Fox Sports Midwest/SportSouth, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Colorado — Fox Sports Tennessee/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Buffalo at Vancouver — NHL Network (US)/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Sportsnet Pacific, 10 p.m.
Chicago at Anaheim — Sportsnet (East/Ontario/West)/WGN/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 9:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet Pacific, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Skeleton
FIBT World Cup, La Plagne, France
Men’s — Universal Sports, noon (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show live from Glendale, AZ — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show live from Glendale, AZ — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
ROME live from Phoenix, AZ — CBS Sports Network, noon
His & Hers live from Scottsdale, AZ — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo live from Scottsdale, AZ — 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 live from Phoenix, AZ — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption live from Scottsdale, AZ — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
The Friars’ Roast of Terry Bradshaw — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
2015 Australian Open, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men’s Semifinal: Novak Djokovic vs. Stanislaw Wawrinka — ESPN, 3:30 a.m.

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
Undercover Boss: Stella & Dot — CBS, 8 p.m.
World’s Funniest Fails: Horses: They Just Don’t Like Us — Fox, 8 p.m.
Hart of Dixie — The CW, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush: Pay Dirt: Gold Road — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Extra Dose: Dr. Bikini — Discovery Life Channel, 8 p.m.
Friday Night Impossible With Jerry Rice: Cane Nation Football Makes a Comeback (series premiere) — GAC, 8 p.m.
Wives With Knives: The Ecstasy and the Agony — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Heartbreak Kid — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Cold Justice: Mother Daughter Tragedy (Fort Wayne, IN) — TNT, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Bad Words — Cinemax, 8:30 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Shakespeare Uncovered: A Midsummer Night’s Dream With Hugh Bonneville — PBS, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: Rogue Miner — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Outrageous Births: Tales From the Crib: Born on a Sidewalk — Discovery Life Channel, 9 p.m.
Love It or List It, Too: Gina & Jeff — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Think Like a Man Too — Starz, 9 p.m.
12 Monkeys: Cassandra Complex — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Wake Up Call: Kenny Anderson: Former NBA Star at a Crossroads (season finale) — TNT, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Castle: House That Saved a King; Joan of Arc; Hamilton Sex Scandal — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Super Bowl Blitz: A Concert for the Troops — VH1, 9 p.m.
Masters of Illusion — The CW, 9:30 p.m.
NY ER: Game Changer — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Texas Flip and Move: The Snow Sisters Renovate an Old Telephone House Built in 1925 — DIY Network, 10 p.m.The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Obsession — NBC, 10 p.m.
Shakespeare Uncovered: King Lear With Christopher Plummer — PBS, 10 p.m.
Myth Hunters: The Men Who Found the Maya — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Treehouse Masters: International: Germany — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Banshee: Real Life Is the Nightmare — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Key & Peele: Super Bowl Special — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Most Evil: Attention Seekers — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Philomena — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Silver Linings Playbook — Sho2, 10 p.m.
Helix: Scion — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
NY ER: Against Medical Advice — Discovery Life Channel, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Eddie George Wears a Navy Suit and Half-Zip Pullover — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Burn After Reading — IFC, 11:45 p.m.
A Life in Dirty Movies — Showtime, midnight
Starship Troopers — Sundance TV, 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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