Friday’s Viewing Picks

Baseball
Arizona Fall League
Scottsdale Scorpions at Salt River Rafters — MLB Network, 2:30 p.m.

College Field Hockey
Northwestern at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.

College Football
Cincinnati at Tulane — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Tulsa at Memphis — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily: The Edge — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Lemming Report — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown to Kickoff — Fox Sports 1, midnight

College Hockey
Men’s
UMass-Lowell at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Cloud State — Fox Sports North/Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Vermont at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Wisconsin at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
North Carolina State at Clemson — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.

Women’s
Arizona at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 3 p.m.
UCLA at Washington State — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.
Arizona State at Colorado — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Mountain, 5 p.m.
USC at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Kansas at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Illinois at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Auburn at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Stanford at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Pac-12 Mountain./Pac-12 Arizona, 9 p.m.
Washington State at USC — Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
Cal at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Skate Canada, Prospera Place, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Men’s and Ladies Short Program — Universal Sports, 9 p.m.

Formula 1
United States Grand Prix, Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX
Practice 1 — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
Practice 2 — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
LPGA Taiwan Championship, Miramar Golf Club, Tapei, Taiwan
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m. (same day coverage)

European PGA Tour
BMW Masters, Lake Malaren Golf Club, Shanghai, Communist China
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m. (same day coverage)

Champions Tour
Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Desert Mountain Club (Cochise Course), Scottsdale, AZ
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

PGA Tour
CIMB Classic, Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (West Course), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 11 p.m.

Horse Racing
Breeders’ Cup, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA
Championship Friday — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Titan FC 31, USF Sundome, Tampa, FL
Lightweight Title
Mike Ricci vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series
O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, noon
Practice 2 — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Eliminator Round
Texas 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Qualifying — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Winstar World Casino and Resort 350, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Special — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
NASCAR Live: Texas — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
NCWTS Setup — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

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

NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Game Rewind: New Orleans at Carolina — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Week 9 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Week 9 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Ricky Williams: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
Mike Ditka: A Football Life — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL
Toronto at Columbus — Sportsnet Ontario/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Detroit — Sportsnet East & Pacific/TVA Sports 2/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Dallas — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Nashville at Calgary — Fox Sports Tennessee/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live – NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network (US), 11 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, midnight

Rugby
Rugby League Four Nations, Toll Stadium, Whangarei, New Zealand
New Zealand vs. Samoa — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
St. Johnstone vs. Motherwell — Fox Soccer Plus, 3:40 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show with guest host Jeff Shaffer — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SEC Storied: It’s Time — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
BNP Paribas Masters, Paris Indoorground à Bercy, Paris, France
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 25: I Feel Like I Just Kissed a Goat — CBS, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC — NBC, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush: Pay Dirt: From the Ashes — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Lone Survivor — HBO, 8 p.m.
Night of the Living Dead — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
On the Menu: Emeril’s — TNT, 8 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Extra Pulses: Island of the Dolls — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Man Caves: Kevin Jonas’ Main Street USA Man Cave — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Michael Feinstein at the Rainbow Room-PBS Arts Fall Festival — PBS, 9 p.m.
America’s Next Top Model — The CW, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: Golden Boy — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: Forbidden Caves — H2, 9 p.m.
The Conjuring — HBO2, 9 p.m.
American Blackout — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Reasonable Doubt — Starz, 9 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Ireland’s Celtic Demons — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Alice Cooper’s Night of Fear — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
Offbeat Eats With Jim Stacy: The Cheese Factor — Cooking Channel, 9:30 p.m.
How Do They Do It?: Balsamic Vinegar; Drysuits; Stunte Plane — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
How It’s Made: Halloween Edition: Animatronics; Latex Swords; Metal Caskets; Chocolate — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Art in the Twenty-First Century: Secrets — PBS, 10 p.m.
Ancient Assassins: Ninja — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
The Omen — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Edge of Alaska: Last Days of Winter — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Brad Meltzer’s Lost History: The Ground Zero Flag — H2, 10 p.m.
Z Nation: Zunami — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
How It’s Made: Halloween Edition: Special Effects Makeup; Jawbreakers; Hearses; Strobe Lights — Science Channel, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Wayne Coyne Wears a Halloween Costume — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways: Nashville — HBO, 11 p.m.
The Hills Have Eyes — HBO2, 11 p.m.
The Birthday Boys: Women Are Funny — IFC, 11:30 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Thor: The Dark World — Encore, 11:50 p.m.
Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution: Ian Bragg; Mike Merrill — Comedy Central, midnight
Jaws the Revenge — IFC, midnight
How It’s Made: Wood Windows; Woven Cashmere Fabic; Plastic Recycling Machines — Science Channel, midnight

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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