Friday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, MS
Light Heavyweights
Edwin Rodriguez vs. Michael Seals — Spike, 9 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
2K Classic

Siena at Duke — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Armed Forces Classic, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan
Pittsburgh vs. Gonzaga — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Veterans Classic, Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
North Carolina vs. Temple — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Florida at Navy — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.

Iowa State vs. Colorado at Sioux Falls, SD — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Northwestern State at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus, 5 p.m.
Wagner at St. John’s — FS1, 6 p.m.
Mount St. Mary’s at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Farleigh Dickinson at Villanova — FS2, 7 p.m.
Miami (OH) at Xavier — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Dartmouth at Seton Hall — Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Albany at Kentucky — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Chattanooga at Georgia — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
North Carolina-Asheville at Tennessee — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Southern at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Maine at UConn — SNY, 7 p.m.
Sacramento State at Arizona State — Pac-12 Arizona, 7:30 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Wichita State — Cox Communications, 8 p.m.
American at URI — Cox Ocean State Networks, 8 p.m.
San Diego at USC — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
Austin Peay at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Wofford at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Elon at Charlotte — American Sports Network, 8:30 p.m.
Northern Arizona at Washington State — Pac-12 Washington, 8:30 p.m.
Kennesaw State at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 8:30 p.m.
Western Illinois at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
Utah Valley at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
McNeese State at LSU — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
High Point at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Pacific, 9 p.m.
Belmont at Marquette — Fox Sports Net, 9 p.m.
Bristol at Wyoming — Mountain West Network, 9 p.m.
Green Bay at Stanford — Pac-12 Bay Area, 9 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at Baylor — Fox College Sports Central, 9:30 p.m.
Pacific at Arizona — Pac-12 Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
UAB at Auburn — SEC Network Plus, 9:30 p.m.
USC Upstate at Texas A&M — SEC Network Plus, 9:30 p.m.
Washington vs. Texas at Shanghai, Communist China — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Cal Poly at UNLV — Mountain West Network, 10 p.m.
Pepperdine at Fresno State — Mountain West Network, 10 p.m.
Jackson State at Oregon — Pac-12 Oregon, 10 p.m.
Southern Utah at Utah — Pac12 Mountain, 10:30 p.m.
Monmouth at UCLA — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 11 p.m.
Rice at Cal — Pac-12 Bay Area, 11:30 p.m.

Women’s
Utah Valley at BYU — BYUtv, 4 p.m.
Texas-Arlington at Baylor — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.
Winthrop at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Basketball Pregame Show — Pac-12 Network, 7 p.m.
Full Court Friday — Pac-12 Network, 7:30 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Basketball Postgame Show — Pac-12 Network, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)

College Football
USC at Colorado — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily: The Edge — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown to Kickoff — FS1, 11 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Boston University at Providence — NESN, 6 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Big Ten Tournament, Bert L. & Iris S. Wolstein Field at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Semifinals
Ohio State vs. Rutgers — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Indiana vs. Maryland — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.

Formula 1
Brazilian Grand Prix, Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil
Practice 1 — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
OHL Classic at Mayakoba, El Camaleon Golf Club Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Club de Golf Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

European Tour
BMW Masters, Lake Malaren Golf Club (Masters Course), Shanghai, China
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm, Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Weigh-In — FS1, 5 p.m.

Legacy Fighting Championship 48, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, LA
Light-Heavyweight Tournament Final — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Lucas Oil 150, Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
Qualifying — FS1, 12:30 p.m.
Race — FS1, 8:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — FS1, 8 p.m.

Chase for the Sprint Cup: Eliminator Round
Race for Heroes 500, Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
Practice — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
DAV 200 Honoring America’s Veterans, Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
Practice — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

NBA
Cleveland at New York — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at Sacramento — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

The Starters — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Fantasy Tip-Off — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame Show — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV GameTime — NBA TV, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Mike Singletary: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL
Calgary at Washington — Sportsnet West/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet One/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Detroit — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at Anaheim — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m./NHL Network, 11:30 p.m. (joined in progress)

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central: Flames Pregame — Sportsnet West, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

Soccer
FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying
CONCACAF 4th Round
Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO
USA vs. Saint Vincent — Univision Deportes, 6:50 p.m./ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 6 p.m.

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala vs. Trinidad and Tobago — NBC Universo, 7:53 p.m./beIN Sports, midnight

Eliminatorias Copa Mundial 2018 — NBC Universo, 7:30 p.m.

Kingston Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaica vs. Panama — beIN Sports, 8:50 p.m.

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico vs. El Salvador — Univision Deportes, 9 p.m.

BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Canada vs. Honduras — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 10:45 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
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1:30 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.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying
Playoffs, 1st Leg
Stadion Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Republic of Ireland — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPN2, 4:45 p.m.

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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