Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Geelong Cats vs. Adelaide Crows — FS2, 5:30 a.m.
Hawthorn Hawks vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight

College Baseball
Illinois-Chicago at Wright State — ESPN3, noon
Ball State at Toledo — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Illinois-Chicago at Wright State — ESPN3, 3:30 p.m.
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech — ESPN3, 5:30 p.m.
Florida State at Duke — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
North Carolina State at Louisville — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
LSU at Tennesssee — SEC Network Plus, 6 p.m.
TCU at Baylor — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 6:30 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Indiana State at Bradley — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Longwood at Winthrop — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Notre Dame at North Carolina — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Florida — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Georgia at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Mississippi State at Auburn — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State at Oklahoma City — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Alabama at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Kentucky at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus, 7:3o p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Rice — FS2, 8 p.m.
Arizona State at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.
USC at UCLA — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.
Washington State at Washington — Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.

College Softball
ACC Tournament, Dail Softball Stadium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Quarterfinal

Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 10:30 a.m.

Semifinals
Florida State vs. North Carolina — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Louisville vs. Virginai Tech or Notre Dame — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3:30 p.m.

Big East Tournament, Ballpark at Rosemont, DePaul University, Rosemont, IL
Semifinals

DePaul vs. Butler — FS2, 1 p.m.
St. John’s vs. Villanova — FS2, 4 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament, Nittany Lion Softball Park, Beard Field, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Quarterfinals

Northwestern vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, noon
Minnesota vs. Illinois — Big Ten Network, 2:30 p.m.
Penn State vs. Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 5:30 p.m.
Michigan vs. Indiana — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

SEC Tournament, Nusz Park, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Quarterfinal

Auburn vs. Alabama — ESPNU, 12:30 p.m.

Semifinals
Tennessee vs. LSU — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Florida vs. Auburn or Alabama — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

SEC Now — SEC Network, noon
SEC Now — SEC Network, 2:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 5 p.m.

Arizona State at Oregon State — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Oregon, 5 p.m.
Washington at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Bay Area, 6 p.m.
Cal at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Arizona, 8 p.m.
Utah at Oregon — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Oreggon, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’italia
Stage 7: Sulmona to Foligno — beIN Sports, 8:25 a.m.

Giro d’italia Highlights: Stage 7 — beIN Sports, 11:30 p.m.

English Football Championship
Semifinal, Leg 1
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Brighton.& Hove — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 2:30 p.m.
The Express Wrap-Up — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.

Formula 1
Gran Premio de España, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain
Practice — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Mauritius Open, Four Seaons GC at Anahita, Beau Champs, Mauritius

1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
The Players Championship, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Live From The Players — Golf Channel, 9 p.m.
Live From The Players — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Hockey
2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
Group B, Yubileiny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

USA vs. Hungary — NBCSN, 9:30 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic, Estadio Atlético Paranaense, Curitiba, Brazil
Weigh-In — FS2, 3 p.m.

Legacy Fighting Championship 55, Houston Arena Theatre, Houston, TX
Heavyweights

Brice Ritani-Coe vs. Justin Ledet — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/YES, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Baltimore — Fox Sports Detroit/MASN, 7 p.m.
Houston at Boston — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest/NESN, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland — Fox Sports North/STO, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Sun, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Texsas — Sportsnet/Fox Sport Southwest, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at Seattle — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh/WGN, 2:20 p.m.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Miami at Washington — Fox Sports Florida/MASN2, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Milwaukee — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
New York Mets at Colorado — SNY/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (Joined in progress)
St. Louis at Los Angeles — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Atlanta at Kansas City — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 8:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE

Practice — FS1, 10 a.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 12:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE

Practice — FS1, 11 a.m.
Qualifying — FS1, 3:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
JACOB Companies 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE

Qualifying — FS1, 2 p.m.
Race — FS1, 5:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — FS1, 5 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinal
Game 6: Toronto at Miami — ESPN, 8 p.m. (Toronto leads series 3-2)

NBA Draft Combine, Quest Multisport Complex, Chicago, IL
Day 2 — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Raptors/Heat, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Rookie Minicamp — NFL Network, 5 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final
Game 1: Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins — CBC/NBCSN/TVA Sports, 8 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Pregame — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Edition — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Conference Final Edition — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Scottish Premiership
Semifinal, 2nd Leg
Falkirk vs. Hibernian — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

Soccer
Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
El Clasico — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
Total Italian Football — beIN Sports, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Euro Preview Show: UEFA Euro 2016 Magazine Show — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 10:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter: AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russilo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 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.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Boomer & Carton Special: Joe Lemm Memorial Celebrity Game — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Keepers of the Game — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live with Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPN2, midnight
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Internazionle BNL d’italia (ATP/WTA): Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 5:30 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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