Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
Vanderbilt at LSU — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Auburn at Missouri — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
San Diego at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
Stanford at UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

College Football
CFB Daily: Spring Blitz — ESPNU, 6 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Championship
National Semifinals, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
Quinnipiac vs. Boston College — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
North Dakota vs. Denver — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.

Frozen Four Update — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Women’s
Michigan at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

Golf
The Masters, Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA
1st Round
Featured Groups — Masters.com, 9:15 a.m.
Amen Corner — Masters.com, 10:45 a.m.
Holes 15 and 16 — Masters.com, 11:45 a.m.
Main Telecast — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Replay — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Live From the Masters — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Masters on the Range — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m.
Live From the Masters — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.
1st Round Highlights — CBS, 11:35 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at Oakland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Houston at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest/YES, 4 p.m.
Boston at Cleveland — MLB Network/NESN/STO, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/MASN, 7 p.m.
Texas at Anaheim — FS1, 10 p.m.

National League
Philadelphia at Cincinnati — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Ohio, 12:30 p.m.
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Francisco — MLB Network/SportsNet LA/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 9:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
O’Really Auto Parts 300, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Practice — FS1, 5 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 7 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Duck Commander 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Practice — FS1, 5:30 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Miami — TNT, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Detroit at Boston — NBCSN/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Detroit/NESNplus, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Carolina — RDS/Sportsnet East/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at New York Rangers — MSG Plus 2/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington — Sportsnet 360/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Jersey — Sun Sports/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia — Sportsnet Ontario/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Florida at Ottawa — RDS2/Fox Sports Florida/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Nashville — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas — Altitude/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago — Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary — Sportsnet Pacific/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles — Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/Sportsnet 360/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at San Jose — TSN3/Comcast SportsNet California Plus, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canadiens Pregame — Sportsnet East, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Maple Leafs Pregame — Sportsnet Ontario, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet (Pacific/West), 8:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 9:45 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11:30 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 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 Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), 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 — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPNews, 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, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
Volvo Car Open, Family Circle Tennis Center, Charleston, SC
Round of 16 — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

ATP Tour
U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, River Oaks Country Club, Houston, TX
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m.
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Quarterfinals, 1st Leg, BVB Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Borussia Dortmund vs. Liverpool — FS1, 3 p.m.

Quarterfinals, 1st Leg, Estadio de San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain
Athletic Club de Bilbao vs. Sevilla — FS2, 3 p.m.

Quarterfinals, 1st Leg, Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal, Spain
Villarreal vs. Sparta Praha — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Full Time — FS2, 5 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 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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