Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
St. Kilda Saints vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 p.m.
Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Adelaide Crows — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Boxing
Friday Night Fights, Omega Products Center, Corona, CA
Boxcino 2015
Heavyweight and Junior Middleweight Finals (series finale) — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Golden Boy Live, Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, CA
Featherweights
Eric Hunter vs. Antonio Escalante — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

CBS Sports Spectacular
Fight Night, The D Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Lightweights
Bahodir Mamadjonov vs. Richard Commey — CBS Sports Network, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

College Baseball
ACC Tournament, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC
Day Four
Notre Dame vs. Virginia — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m.
Clemson vs. North Carolina — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3 p.m.
Miami vs. North Carolina State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.

Big Ten Conference Tournament, Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Day Three
Indiana vs. Iowa — Big Ten Network, 4:30 p.m.
Michigan State vs. Illinois/Maryland — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.

B1G Diamond Report — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
B1G Diamond Report — Big Ten Network, 11:30 p.m.

Big 12 Conference Tournament, Oneyx Field, Tulsa, OK
Day Three
Texas Tech vs. Baylor — Fox College Sports Central, 4:15 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

Southeastern Conference Tournament, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, AL
Day Four
Alabama vs. Vanderbilt — SEC Network, 4 p.m.
Florida vs. Arkansas — SEC Network, 7:30 p.m.

SEC Now — SEC Network, 3:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

Southland Conference Tournament, Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Day Three
Northwestern State vs. Central Arkansas — ESPN3, 10 a.m.
Southeastern Louisiana vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi/Sam Houston State — ESPN3, 1:30 p.m.
Houston Baptist vs. Northwestern State/Central Arkasas — ESPN3, 5 p.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi/Sam Houston State vs. 1:30 p.m. winner — ESPN3, 8:30 p.m.

UCLA at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Stanford at Washington State — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Washington, 7 p.m.
Arizona State at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.
Cal at Oregon — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Oregon, 10 p.m.
Utah at Washington — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
Super Regionals
Auburn Super Regional, Jane B. Moore Field, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Game 1: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Auburn — ESPNU, 2 p.m.

Knoxville Super Regional, Sherri Parker Lee Stadium, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Game 2: Tennessee vs. Florida State — ESPNU, 4 p.m.Game 3: Tennessee vs. Florida State — ESPN, 7 p.m. (if necessary)

Ann Arbor Super Regional, Wilpon Complex, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Game 2: Michigan vs. Georgia — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Game 3: Michigan vs. Georgia — ESPN, 9 p.m. (if necessary)

Tuscaloosa Super Regional, Rhoads Stadium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Game 1: Oklahoma vs. Alabama — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Eugene Super Regional, Howe Field, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Game 1: North Carolina State vs. Oregon — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Stage 13: Montecchio Maggiore to Jesolo — beIN Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Tour of Norway
Stage 3: Skien to Rjukan — Universal Sports, 10:30 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club (West Course), Surrey, England, United Kingdom
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.

Champions Tour
Senior PGA Championship, French Lick Resort (Pete Dye Course), French Lick, IN
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour
Colonial Invitational, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, TX
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

IndyCar
Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Carb Day — NBCSN, 1 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

Lion Fight 22, Sunset Station, Henderson, NV
Kem Sitsongpeenong vs. “Smokin’ Jo” Nattawut — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim at Boston — MLB Network/Fox Sports West/NESN, 7 p.m.
Houston at Detroit — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet California/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Toronto — Root Sports Northwest/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Texas at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/YES, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.

National League
New York Mets at Pittsburgh — SNY/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington — WCAU/MASN, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta — Fox Sports Wisconsin/SportSouth, 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Baltimore at Miami — MASN2/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Cleveland — Fox Sports Ohio/STO, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Kansas City — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 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 Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Columbus vs. Chicago — Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. Houston — Univision Deportes, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America: Motorsports Special — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Finals
Cleveland at Atlanta — TNT, 8:30 p.m. (Cleveland leads series 1-0)

The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: East Finals, Game 2 — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 8 p.m.
NBA East Finals: Cavaliers/Hawks, Game 2 Postgame — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 11 p.m.

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

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final
New York Rangers at Tampa Bay — NBCSN/CBC/TVA Sports, 8 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Pregame — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Postgame — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Radius — NBCSN, 6:30 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 1, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 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 Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 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.
World’s Strongest Man 2014: 11 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 6:30 p.m
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Premier League Championship Sunday Preview Show — NBCSN, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
Geneva Open, Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, Geneva, Switzerland
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Tennis-Club, Nürnberger, Germany
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Racquet Bracket: French Open — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

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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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