Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Southern Mississippi at Old Dominion — American Sports Network, 5:30 p.m.
St. Joseph’s at Dayton — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Nebraska at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Charlotte — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Purdue at Indiana — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Temple at Southern Methodist University — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Central Florida at Tulane — ESPNews, 7 p.m.
Rice at Florida International — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Tennessee-Martin at Eastern Illinois — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Rutgers at Iowa — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Western Kentucky at UAB — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.
St. Francis at Central Connecticut State — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
UConn at Memphis — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Mississippi at Mississippi State — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
USC at Arizona — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
San Diego at BYU — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Hawaii at Cal-Irvine — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.
Utah at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Vanderbilt at Florida — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Portland State at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.
Maryland at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
South Carolina at Arkansas — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Utah Valley at New Mexico State — Fox College Sports Central, 9:30 p.m.

Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
BTN Basketball Report 2015 — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Monterey Tech at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

College Softball
Oregon at Baylor — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 7:30 p.m.

Cycling
2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, National Velodrome, Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France
Day Two — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Indian Open, Delhi Golf Club (Lodhi Course), New Delhi, India
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
Northern Trust Open, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Women’s Australian Open, Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Composite Course), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Network Special: Baseball America’s Top Prospects — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
MLB Network Special: Scouts Dinner — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Practice 5 — Fox Sports 1, noon

Camping World Truck Series
Nextera Energy Resources 250, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Duel at Daytona, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Duel #1 — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Duel #2 — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Daytona — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Daytona — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR America: In the News — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

NBA
Dallas at Oklahoma City — TNT, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Los Angeles Clippers — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Trade Deadline Special — NBA TV, 2 p.m.
NBA Trade Deadline Special — ESPN, 3 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL Total Access: Scouting Combine Press Conferences — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
2014 Super Bowl Champion Player Stunt — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
Buffalo at Philadelphia — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Pittsburgh — NBCSN/Sportsnet 360/Sportsnet (Ontario/West)/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Nashville at New York Islanders — Fox Sports Tennessee/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at New York Rangers — TVA Sports/Sportsnet Pacific/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Washington — TSN3/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Florida at Montreal — RDS/Fox Sports Florida/Sportsnet East, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Dallas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canadiens Pregame — Sportsnet East, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Top 10: Goaltenders — NBCSN, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 11:30 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.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network, 3 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 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.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME (The Final Days) — 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.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai Duty Free Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1st Quarterfinal — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.
2nd Quarterfinal — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m.
Center Court: Rio Open, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Open 13, Delray Beach Open — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.

ATP Tour
Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center, Delray Beach, FL
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Round of 32
Stade de Suisse, Berne, Switzerland
BSC Young Boys vs. Everton — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.

Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Roma vs. Feyenoord — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 p.m.

Anfield, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool vs. Beşiktaş — Fox Sports 2, 3 p.m.

White Hart Lane, London, England, United Kingdom
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Fiorentina — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights — Fox Sports 2, midnight

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
QI: Jack and Jill (series premiere) — BBC America, 8 p.m.
The Slap — NBC, 8 p.m.
Dateline on ID: Bad Blood — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Caddyshack — Sundance TV, 8 p.m.
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
QI: Journeys — BBC America, 8:40 p.m.
American Rehab: Detroit: Garage Rescue — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: Leaky Bedroom Disaster — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Backstrom — Fox, 9 p.m.
After the First 48: Cold Justice — A&E, 9 p.m.
Alaska: Battle on the Bay: The Grind — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: Morgan Makes Cents out of Bitcoin — CNN, 9 p.m.
The Talented Mr. Ripley — HBO2, 9 p.m.
Ice Cold Killers: The Darkest of Nights — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Earthquake: These Ain’t Jokes — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Million Dollar Arm — Starz, 9 p.m.
Expedition Unknown: Captain Morgan’s Lost Gold — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Prospectors: Jackpot! — Weather Channel, 9 p.m.
QI: Jeopardy — BBC America, 9:20 p.m.
The Sand Pebbles — Turner Classic Movies, 9:45 p.m.
Duff Till Dawn: Super Cake Heroes — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Archer: Nellis — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Portlandia: Doug Becomes a Feminist — IFC, 10 p.m.
Alaska: Battle on the Bay: Cashing In — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Million Dollar Critic: Providence, RI — BBC America, 10 p.m.
American Greed: The Dirtiest Con — CNBC, 10 p.m.
Vikings: Mercenary (season premiere) — History Channel, 10 p.m.
The Mind of a Murderer: Ivy League Killer — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Silver Linings Playbook — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
Nightwatch: Their Worst Day — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
House Hunters International: Athens, Greece — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
E! News: New York Fashion Week — E!, 11 p.m.
Real Sex — HBO, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
American Hustle — Encore, 11:40 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, 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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