Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Swans vs. Greater Western Sydney Giants — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 a.m.

NAB Challenge, Deakin Reserve, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Essendon Bombers vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 p.m.

NAB Challenge, Robertson Oval, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Boxing
Boxeo Telemundo, A La Carte Pavilion, Tampa, FL
WBO NABO Super Featherweight Title
Orlando Cruz vs. Romulo Koasicha — Telemundo, 11:35 p.m.

College Baseball
Cal at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.
Gonzaga at TCU — Fox Sports Net/Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Big South Tournament
Quarterfinals, Gore Arena, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC
High Point vs. Longwood — ESPN3, noon
North Carolina-Asheville vs. Liberty — ESPN3, 2:30 p.m.
Winthrop vs. Presbyterian — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Coastal Carolina vs. Gardner-Webb — ESPN3, 8:30 p.m.

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament
1st Round, Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, MD
Elon vs. Drexel — CAA.tv, 6 p.m.
College of Charleston vs. Delaware — CAA.tv, 8:30 p.m.

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament
Quarterfinals, Times Union Arena, Albany, NY
Monmouth vs. Rider — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Iona vs. Canisius — ESPN3, 9:30 p.m.

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
Quarterfinals, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
Loyola vs. Wichita State — Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 1 p.m.
Southern Illinois vs. Northern Iowa — Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 3:30 p.m.
Evansville vs. Missouri State or Drake — Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.
Indiana State vs. Illinois State — Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 9;30 p.m.

Ohio Valley Conference Tournament
Semifinals, Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Belmont vs. Austin Peay — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
Tennessee-Martin vs. Murray State or Morehead State — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

Southern Conference Tournament
1st Round, U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC
Samford vs. Virginia Military Institute — ESPN3, 5 p.m.
Mercer vs. The Citadel — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

West Coast Conference Tournament
1st Round, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Loyola Marymount vs. San Diego — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

Yale at Cornell — American Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Ball State at Northern Illinois — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Kent State at Akron — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Texas at Oklahoma State — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

All Access: Inside Texas Basketball with Shaka Smart — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Women’s
ACC Tournament
Quarterfinals, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Miami vs. Florida State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m.
Notre Dame vs. Duke — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 2 p.m.
Georgia Tech vs. Louisville — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 6 p.m.
North Carolina State vs. Syracuse — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 8:30 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament
Quarterfinals, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Iowa vs. Maryland — Big Ten Network, noon
Northwestern vs. Indiana — Big Ten Network, 2:30 p.m.
Rutgers vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
Purdue vs. Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.

Big 12 Tournament
1st Round, Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
Iowa State vs. Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Central, 7 p.m.
TCU vs. Kansas — Fox College Sports Central, 9:30 p.m.

Pac-12 Tournament
Quarterfinals, Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Cal vs. Arizona State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Arizona, 2:30 p.m.
Arizona vs. UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 5 p.m.
USC vs. Oregon State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Oregon, 9 p.m.
Stanford vs. Colorado or Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Mountain or Pac-12 Washington, 11:30 p.m.

SEC Tournament
Quarterfinals, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Auburn vs. South Carolina — SEC Network, noon
Kentucky vs. Florida — SEC Network, 2:30 p.m.
Tennessee vs. Texas A&M — SEC Network, 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi State — SEC Network, 8:30 p.m.

West Coast Conference Tournament
Quarterfinals, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
BYU vs. Pepperdine — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
St. Mary’s vs. Loyola Marymount — BYUtv, 5:30 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Arizona at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Minnesota at Michigan State — Fox Sports North Plus/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Penn State at Wisconsin — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Western Michigan at North Dakota — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Syracuse at Virginia — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

English Football Championship
Middlesbrough vs. Wolverhampton — beIN Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
PGA Tour
WGC-Cadillac Championship, Trump National Doral (Blue Monster), Doral, FL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

LPGA Tour
HSBC Champions, Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong Course), Sentosa Island, Singapore
3rd Round — Golf Channel, midnight

Hockey
CHL
Kelowna Rockets at Kamloops Blazers — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 151, Global Event Center at Winstar World Casino & Resort, Thackerville, OH
Bantamweights
Darrion Caldwell vs. Joe Warren — Spike, 9 p.m.

Resurrection Fighting Alliance 36, Mystic Lake Hotel, Prior Lake, MN
Featherweight World Title
Raoni Barcelos vs. Landon Vannata — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Atlanta vs. Philadelphia — The Comcast Network, 1 p.m.
Baltimore vs. Toronto — Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Miami vs. New York Mets — SNY, 1 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Houston — Root Sports Houston, 1 p.m./MLB Network, midnight (same day coverage)
Anaheim Angels vs. Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports West, 3 p.m./MLB Network, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
Kansas City vs. San Diego — MLB Network/Fox Sports San Diego, 9 p.m.

Hot Stove (season finale) — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Kobalt 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Practice — FS1, 1:30 p.m.
Pole Qualifying — FS1, 7:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Boyd Gaming 300, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Practice — FS1, 3:30 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 6 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 3 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 7 p.m.

NBA
Washington at Cleveland — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at Los Angeles Lakers — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA CrunchTime — NBA TV, 9 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Edmonton at Columbus — Sportsnet West/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Washington — NHL Network/Sportsnet (East/Ontario/Pacific)/MSG 2/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Dallas — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.

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

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Men’s Giant Slalom — Universal HD, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer
Women’s
CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship
Group B, Grenada National Stadium, St. George’s Grenada
Mexico vs. Costa Rica — Fox Soccer Plus, noon
Jamaica vs. United States — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
El Clasico — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
The Ligue 1 Show — beIN Sports, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Keys & Gray SHow — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 10:30 p.m.

Swimming
Arena Pro Swim Series, YMCA Aquatic Center, Orlando, FL
Day 2 — Universal HD, 10 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Davis Cup, World Group First Round: Belgium vs. Croatia, France vs. Canada Great Britain vs. Japan — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
Center Court: Davis Cup World Cup First Round: Australia vs. USA — Tennis Channel, 8 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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