Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament
3rd Round, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC
Clemson vs. Virginia — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m.
Georgia Tech vs. Florida State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3 p.m.
Miami vs. North Carolina State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.

Big Ten Conference Tournament
Day 2, TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE
Losers Bracket
Indiana vs. Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 10 a.m.
Minnesota vs. Michigan — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.

Winners Bracket
Maryland vs. Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Iowa vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 10 p.m.

Big 12 Conference Tournament
Day 2, Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City, OK
Losers Bracket
Oklahoma vs. Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 10 a.m.
Baylor vs. Texas — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 1:30 p.m.

Winners Bracket
West Virginia vs. Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 5 p.m.
TCU vs. Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 8:30 p.m.

Southeastern Conference Tournament
3rd Round, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, AL
Losers Bracket
Texas A&M vs. South Carolina — SEC Network, 10:30 a.m.
Alabama vs. LSU or Florida — SEC Network, 2 p.m.

Winners Bracket
Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi — SEC Network, 5:30 p.m.
Mississippi State vs. LSU or Florida — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 a.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 5 p.m.

Oregon at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
Super Regionals
Gainesville Super Regional, Pressly Stadium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Game 1: Georgia vs. Florida — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Norman Super Regional, Marita Hynes Field, University of Oklahoma Norman, OK
Game 1: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Oklahoma — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Stage 18: Muggiò to Pinerolo — beIN Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Monaco, Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco
Practice — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club (West Course), Surrey, England, United Kingdom
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Senior PGA Championship, Harbor Shores, Benton Harbor, MI
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour
Colonial Invitational, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, TX
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Volvik Championship, Travis Pointe Country Club, Ann Arbor, MI
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

MLB
American League
Toronto at New York Yankees — Sportsnet/YES, 4 p.m.
Baltimore at Houston — MASN2/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Washington — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/MASN, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Southeast, 7 p.m.

Interleague
Miami at Tampa Bay — MLB Network/Fox Sports Sun, 1 p.m.
Colorado at Boston — MLB Network/Root Sports Rocky Mountain/NESN, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
Practice — FS1, 2 p.m.
Qualifying — FS1, 7 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Hisense 4K TV 300, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
Practice — FS1, 3:30 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 5:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 4:30 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Western Conference Finals
Game 5: Oklahoma City Thunder at Golden State Warriors — TNT, 9 p.m. (Oklahoma City leads series 3-1)

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: West Finals Pregame — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 8 p.m.
Western Conference Finals Postgame: Thunder/Warriors, Game 5 Postgame — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 11:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)

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

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final
Game 7: Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins — CBC/NBCSN/TVA Sports, 8 p.m. (Series tied 3-3)

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

Soccer
Toulon Tournament
Group B, Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon, France
Mali vs. Bulgaria — beIN Sports, 11:30 a.m.
France vs. Czech Republic — beIN Sports, 1:20 p.m.

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

Spelling
89th Annual National Spelling Bee
Finals, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD
Opening Portion — ESPN2, 10 a.m.
Closing Portion — ESPN, 8 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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. (joined in progress)
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPNews, 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, 2:30 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.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
SEC Storied: Mighty Ruthie — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
SEC Now — SEC Network, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
French Open, Stade Roland-Garros, Paris, France
Men’s and Women’s Singles: Round 2 — Tennis Channel, 5 a.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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