Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
Road to Omaha: NCAA Championship Preview — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

College Softball
Women’s College World Series, ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, Oklahoma City, OK
Bracket 1

Georgia vs. Florida State — ESPN, noon
UCLA vs. Auburn — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPN, 2 p.m.

Bracket 2
Alabama vs. Oklahoma — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
LSU vs. Michigan — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Nordea Masters, Bro Hof Slott Golf Club (Stadium Course), Stockholm, Sweden

1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

LPGA Tour
ShopRite LPGA Classic, Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club (Bay Course), Galloway, NJ

1st Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
The Memorial, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, OH

1st Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — FS1, 6 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Baltimore — MLB Network/NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Cleveland — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/STO, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Detroit — YES/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Minnesota — Fox Sports Sun/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.

National League
San Francisco at Atlanta — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Southeast, noon
Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs — SportsNet LA/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m./MLB Network, 3 p.m. (joined in progress)
Milwaukee at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Miami — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Cincinati at Colorado — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.

Interleague
Arizona at Houston — MLB Network/Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Seattle at San Diego — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports San Diego, 9 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.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, midnight

MLS
New York City FC vs. Real Salt Lake — YES/KMYU, 7 p.m.
FC Dallas vs. Houston — Root Sports Southwest, 9 p.m.
LA Galaxy vs. Sporting KC — Time Warner Cable SportsNet/KMCI, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA Finals
Game 1: Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors — ABC, 9 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA Live at the Finals Pregame: Game 1 — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ABC, 8:30 p.m.
NBA Live at the Finals: Game 1 Postgame — NBA TV, midnight
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Final Edition — NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Soccer
Men’s International Friendly, Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
England vs. Portugal — FS1, 3 p.m.

Women’s International Friendly, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce Park, CO
United States vs. Japan — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9:18 p.m./FS1, 9:30 p.m.

U.S. National Team Pregame — FS1, 9 p.m.
Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 9 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo Copa América — Univision Deportes, midnight

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 p.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)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 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 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 With Jay and Dan — FS1, 11:30 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
French Open, Stade Roland-Garros, Paris, France
Men’s and Women’s Singles Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Singles Quarterfinals — NBC, 11 a.m. (live in Eastern time zone only)

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League, Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy
Golden Gala — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.

Diamond League Highlights: Rabat — beIN Sports, 12:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night — ABC, 8 p.m.
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
River Monsters: Secrets at Sea — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
BET Awards Throwback Edition: BET Awards 2010 — BET, 8 p.m.
The Royal Tenenbaums — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast (season premiere) — The CW, 9 p.m.
Roots: Part 4 — A&E/History Channel/Lifetime/Lifetime Movie Network, 9 p.m.
The Eighties: The Fight Against AIDS — CNN, 9 p.m.
48 Hours on ID: Gone — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Life Below Zero: Trapped and Hunted — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Prince: The Secret Life — Reelz Channel, 9 p.m.
Dances With Wolves — Starz, 9 p.m.
Life From Daryl’s House: Anderson East — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
North Woods Law: Long Shot — Animal Planet, 9:01 p.m.
Inside Amy Schumer: Psychopath Test — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Fingerlings Crosssed! — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Archer: Deadly Velvet, Part II (season finale) — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Compromising in Chicago — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Lip Sync Battle: Shaquille O’Neal vs. Aisha Tyler — Spike, 10 p.m.
Orphan Black: The Redesign of Natural Objects — BBC America, 10 p.m.
Quincy Jones: Burning the Light — HBO, 10 p.m.
Las Vegas Law: A Few Bad Men — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Port Protection: Jack of All Trades — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Lone Star Law: Game On (series premiere) — Animal Planet, 10:03 p.m.
House Hunters International: Modern or Mexican in San Miguel — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Knockout: Stop Resisting — truTV, 10:30 p.m.
After the Black — BBC America, 11 p.m.
Vintage Flip: 1902 Turn of the Century Cottage (series premiere) — HGTV, 11 p.m.
Submission: Master — Showtime, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
King of the Road: Midway Point — Viceland, 11 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 11:30 p.m.
Vintage Flip: California Craftsman — HGTV, 11:30 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 12:05 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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