Friday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Friday Night Fights, Mohegan Sun Arena, Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort, Uncasville, CT
Boxcino 2015
Junior Middleweights Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
Binghampton at Auburn — SEC Network Plus, 4 p.m.
College of Charleston at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus, 4 p.m.
North Dakota at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 5 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Georgia — SEC Network Plus, 5 p.m.
Santa Clara at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 5 p.m.
Indiana at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 6 p.m.
Holy Cross at Texas A&M — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Maryland Eastern-Shore at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas at LSU — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Columbia at Harvard — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Kent State at Toledo — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Wisconsin-Green Bay at Valparaiso — ESPN2. 7 p.m.
Brown at Princeton — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Cleveland State at Detroit — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Washington — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Iona at Manhattan — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington State — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Women’s
St. John’s at Marquette — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.
Arizona State at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
USC at Stanford — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 9 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Kentucky at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 8 p.m.
LSU at Auburn — SEC Network, 8 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Wisconsin at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 6:40 p.m.
Penn State at Michigan State — Fox College Sports Atlantic/FoxSports Net (Detroit/North/STO), 7 p.m.
New Hampshire at Boston University — NESN, 7 p.m.
Providence at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
St. Cloud State at Minnesota-Duluth — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Michigan at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.

Big Ten Hockey Pregame — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
BTN Finale 2014-15 — Big Ten Network, 11:30 p.m.

College Softball
Texas Classic, McCombs Field, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Colorado State vs. IPFW — Longhorn Network, 11 a.m.
Wichita State vs. Colorado State — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.
Texas vs. IPFW — Longhorn Network, 5 p.m.
Wichita State vs. Texas — Longhorn Network, 7:30 p.m.

Cycling
Tour of Qatar
Stage 6: Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche — beIN Sports, 7:30 a.m.

Figure Skating
ISU Four Continents Championships, Mokdong Arena, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Free Dance — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Ladies Short Program — Universal Sports, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Thailand Classic, Black Mountain Golf Club, Hua Hin, Thailand
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.

Champions Tour
ACE Group Classic, The TwinEagles Club (Talon Course), Naples, FL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Pebble Beach Golf Links; Spyglass Hill Golf Course; Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Pebble Beach, CA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

Hockey
CHL
Shawnigan Cataracles at Halifax Mooseheads — Sportsnet (East/Ontario/West)/NHL Network (US), 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch, 1stBank Center, Broomfeld, CO
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.

Bellator MMA 133, Save Mart Center, Fresno, CA
Middleweights: Alexander Shlemenko vs. Melvin Manhoef — Spike, 9 p.m.

Bellator’s MMA Countdown to the British Invasion — Spike, 11:15 p.m.

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

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Sprint Unlimited, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Daytona — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
A Perfect Storm: The 1979 Daytona 500 — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
1979 Daytona 500 — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA All-Star 2015 Weekend, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
All-Star Celebrity Game — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Rising Stars Challenge — TNT, 9 p.m.

NBA All-Star 2015 Media Day — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
The Beat — NBA TV, 5 p.m.
The Starters: All-Star Friday — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.

NHL
Philadelphia at Columbus — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Florida at Dallas — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Chicago — MSG Plus/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.Boston at Vancouver — NESN/Sportsnet Pacific, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet Pacific, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 9:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 11 p.m.

Scottish Championship League
Rangers vs. Hibernian — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

Skiing
2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Vail/Beaver Creek, CO
Men’s Giant Slalom: First Run — Universal Sports, noon
Men’s Giant Slalom: Finals — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Post-Race Show — Universal Sports, 5:30 p.m.

Soccer
Women’s International Friendly, stadiummk, Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
England vs. United States — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

U.S. National Team Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.

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.
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 — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 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 — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Swimming
USA Arena Pro Series, YMCA Aquatic Center, Orlando, FL
Day 2 — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
World Tennis Tournament, Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Quarterfinals: Morning Session — Tennis Channel, 6:30 a.m.

Center Court: World Tennis Tournament; Brasil Open 2015; Diamond Games — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

ATP Tour
Memphis Open, Racquet Club of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 8 & 10 p.m.

Tour Guide: Istria, Croatia — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
ATP World Tour Uncovered — Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown/A Charlie Brown Valentine — ABC, 8 p.m.
Undercover Boss: Gigi’s Cupcakes — CBS, 8 p.m.
World’s Funniest Fails — Fox, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush-The Dirt: Locked and Loaded — Discovery, 8 p.m.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Encore, 8 p.m.
Non-Stop — HBO, 8 p.m.
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
How to Marry a Millionaire — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-O — CBS, 9 p.m.
Shakespeare Uncovered: Antony & Cleopatra With Kim Cattrall — PBS, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: Rivers of Gold — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Outrageous Births: Tales From the Crib: Snake Bite Baby — Discovery Life Channel, 9 p.m.
The Heat — HBO2, 9 p.m.
Love It or List It, Too: Melissa & Josh — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Million Dollar Arm — Starz, 9 p.m.
12 Monkeys: The Night Room — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Castle: Book Chest; Miracle on Anne Greene; Hemingway Last Cent — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
NY ER: Shock to the System — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the Slammer: DUI Love You; Flatbed Floozy — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Dateline NBC: River of Lies — NBC, 10 p.m.
Shakespeare Uncovered: Romeo & Juliet With Joseph Fiennes — PBS, 10 p.m.
Treehouse Masters: Lost in the Forest — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Banshee: We Were All Someone Else Yesterday — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Helix: Obilette — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Sex Sent Me to the Slammer: The People vs. Penelope Peaks; Real Bad Lieutenant — Investigation Discovery, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Mark Duplass Wears a Striped Sweater and Jeans — IFC, 11 p.m.
American Dreamlands — Animal Planet, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Clerks — The Movie Channel, 11 p.m.
Meet the Smiths Sneak Peek — TNT, 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.
From Here to Eternity — Turner Classic Movies, 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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