Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football
Temple at East Carolina — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Georgia Southern at Appalachian State — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Cal at UCLA — ESPN, 9 p.m.

B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Tailgate Fan: Florida at LSU — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 8 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Virginia vs. Louisville — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 5:30 p.m.
Florida vs. South Carolina — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Syracuse vs. Miami — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 8 p.m.
Washington State vs. Stanford — Pac-12 Network, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
North Dakota at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Arizona, 10 p.m.

CONCACAF Champions League
Group H, Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Montego Bay vs. Árabe Unido — Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.

Group F, Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Olimpia vs. Vancouver Whitecaps — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

Group C, Estadio Maracaná de Panama, Panama City, Panama
San Francisco vs. Verdes — Galavision, 12:30 a.m. (Friday, delayed)

Golf
European Tour
Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong Golf Club (Championship Composite Course), Fanling, Hong Kong
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m. (same day coverage)

LPGA Tour
LPGA Taiwan Championship, Miramar Golf & Country Club, New Taipei City, Taiwan
1st Round — Golf Channel, noon (same day coverage)
2nd Round — Golf Channel, midnight

PGA Tour
Shriners Hospital for Children Open, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

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

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Unleashed: UFC Strawweights — FS1, 7 p.m.
UFC Reloaded: UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi — FS1, 8 p.m.

MLB
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 6 p.m.

NBA Preseason
New York at Boston — NBA TV 7:30 p.m.
Golden State at Los Angeles Lakers — TNT, 10 p.m.

Charlotte Hornets Team Preview — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Phoenix Suns Team Preview — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.

NFL
Thursday Night Football, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
Seattle at San Francisco — CBS/NFL Network, 8:25 p.m.

NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
TNF GameDay live from Santa Clara, CA and Los Angeles, CA — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Kickoff live from Santa Clara, CA and Los Angeles, CA — CBS/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
TNF Postgame live from Santa Clara, CA and Los Angeles, CA — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.
Undrafted: Episode 6 — NFL Network, midnight
Football Town: Barrow, Alaska: Episode 6 — NFL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

NHL
Arizona at New York Rangers — Fox Sports Arizona/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet 360/Fox Sports Southwest/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Ottawa — MSG Plus/TSN5/RDS, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Nashville — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Columbus at Minnesota — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Florida at Chicago — Fox Sports Florida/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Washington at Vancouver — Sportsnet 360/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 10 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose — Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Soccer
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Group Stage
Group E, Estadio Municipal Ester Roa, Concepcion, Chile
Russia vs. Costa Rica — FS2, 6:55 p.m.

Group F, Estadio Chinquihue, Puerto Montt, Chile
Paraguay vs. France — NBC Universo, 6:48 p.m./Fox Soccer Plus, 6:55 p.m.New Zealand vs. Syria — FS2, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:45 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — FS1, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Erste Bank Open (Vienna, ATP)/Stockholm Open (Stockhom, ATP)/Kremlin Cup (Moscow, WTA)/Luxembourg Open (Luxembourg, WTA) — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

UEFA Europa League
Matchday 3
Group C, Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan
Qäbälä vs. Borussia Dortmund — FS1, 10:50 a.m.

Group K, Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Schalke vs. Sparta Praha — FS2, 12:50 p.m.

Group I, Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy
Fiorentina vs. Lech Poznan — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:50 p.m.

Group J, Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
Anderlecht vs. Tottenham Hotspur — FS1, 1 p.m.

Group B, Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool vs. Rubin Kazan — FS1, 3 p.m.

Group E, Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal, Spain
Villarreal vs. Dinamo Minsk — FS2, 3 p.m.

Group A, Molde Stadion, Molde, Norway
Molde vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Highlights: Matchday 3 — FS2, 1 a.m. (Friday)

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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