Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Richmond Tigers vs. Melbourne Dragons — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.
St. Kilda Saints vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 9 p.m.
Essendon Bombers vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Sports 2, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL
Dirrell vs. Jack; Jacobs vs. Truax; Garcia vs. Stevenson — Spike, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
Valparaiso at Oakland — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Villanova at St. John’s — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Duke — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
South Carolina at Tennessee — SEC Network Plus, 6 p.m.
Boston College at North Carolina — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Virginia at North Carolina State — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Clemson at Georgia Tech — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Florida State at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Illinois-Chicago — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Sam Houston State at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 7 p.m.
Georgia at Auburn — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Kentucky at Florida — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas State at Baylor — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Alabama at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Mississippi State at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Missouri at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
Cal-Irvine at Cal State-Fullerton — ESPN3, 10 p.m.
UCLA at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.
Washington at Oregon — Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Oregon, 10 p.m.Texas A&M at LSU — SEC Network, 10 p.m. (joined in progress)

College Football
Rutgers Spring Game — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.

CFB Daily: Spring Blitz — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
ACC Tournament, PPL Park, Philadelphia, PA
Semifinals
Duke vs. Notre Dame — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
Syracuse vs. North Carolina — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

Patriot League Tournament, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD
Semifinals
Bucknell vs. Colgate — CBS Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.
Army vs. Navy — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Women’s
ACC Tournament, Klöckner Stadium, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Semifinals
North Carolina vs. Notre Dame — Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Duke vs. Syracuse — Fox Sports Net, 3:30 p.m.

College Softball
Michigan at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Utah at Arizona State — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Texas-San Antonio at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8:30 p.m.

Cycling
Women’s
Little 500 — AXS TV, 4 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Communist China Open, Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Shanghai, Communist China
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 a.m.

Champions Tour
Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge, Buffalo Ridge (Springs Course); Top of the Rock, Ridgedale, MO
1st Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
New Orleans Classic, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, LA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
Swinging Skirts Classic, Lake Merced Golf Club, San Francisco, CA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 2, 4 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Baltimore — MLB Network/NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Detroit — STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet One/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Kansas City/WGN, 8 p.m.
Houston at Oakland — Root Sports Southwest Plus/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle — Fox Sports North Plus/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.
Texas at Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at Philadelphia — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Washington at Miami — MASN2/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Midwest Plus/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Arizona — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
New York Mets at New York Yankees — MLB Network/WPIX/YES, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Chicago vs. New York FC — Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
Colorado vs. FC Dallas — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Toyota Owners 400, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
ToyotaCare 250, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Richmond — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Richmond — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Richmond — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity: Richmond — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Toronto at Washington — ESPN2/TSN/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 8 p.m. (Washington leads series 2-0)

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Houston at Dallas — ESPN/Root Sports Southwest/KTXA, 7 p.m. (Houston leads series 2-0)
Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio — ESPN/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

The Starters — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Rockets/Mavericks, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Raptors/Wizards, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
NBA GameTime: Clippers/Spurs, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: Stock Up/Stock Down — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Ottawa at Montreal — CBC/TVA Sports/CNBC, 7 p.m. (Montreal leads series 3-1)
Pittsburgh at New York Rangers — NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports 2/Root Sports Pittsburgh/MSG Network, 7 p.m. (Rangers lead series 3-1)

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Minnesota at St. Louis — NBCSN/Sportsnet 360/TVA Sports/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Midwest, 9:30 p.m. (Series tied 2-2)

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, midnight

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

Sports Talk
Radius: Cardio Strength Challenge-Basheerah — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM (The Final Days) — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Transcend Yoga AM/Yoga With Caley — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Barcelona Open & Porsche Tennis Grand Prix — Tennis Channel, 6:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m.

Track & Field
Drake Relays, Drake Stadium, Des Moines, IA
Finals — Universal Sports, 8 p.m.

Entertainment
Cedric’s Barber Battle: San Antonio — The CW, 8 p.m.
Dog With a Blog: Guess Who Becomes President — Disney Channel, 8 p.m.
Cause of Death: Saving Face — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 26: Can I Get a Hot Tub! — CBS, 8 p.m.
Django Unchained — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Cold Justice: Lying in Wait (Greenville, OH) — TNT, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Whose Line Is It Anyway: Adelaide Kane — The CW, 8:30 p.m.
Meet the Smiths: Letting Go — TBS, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: The Promise — NBC, 9 p.m.
America’s Ballroom Challenge (season premiere) — PBS, 9 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: I Quit! — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: The Vanishings — History Channel, 9 p.m.
About Alex — Starz, 9 p.m.
Bitten: Hell’s Teeth — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Stolen Strad, Fall From Space, Czech Dream — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
The Pool Master: Fire and Water — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Arctic Rescue: The Thaw — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Diagnose Me: Episode 1 (series premiere) — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Hangar 1: The UFO Files: Men in Black — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Lost Girl: Like Hell — Syfy, 10 p.m.
The Grace Helbig Show: Paul Scheer, Abby Lee & Mamrie Hart — E!, 10:30 p.m.
VICE: Sweet Home Alabama & Haitian Money Pit — HBO, 11 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Lil Jon Wears a Baseball Cap and Sunglasses — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Andrew Dice Clay Presents the Blue Show — Showtime, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High — IFC, 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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