Friday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Washburn at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

College Field Hockey
Big Ten Tournament, Phyllis Ocker Field, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Semifinals
Maryland vs. Penn State — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Michigan vs. Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 3:45 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Michigan State at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Notre Dame at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Boston University at Boston College — NBCSN, 8 p.m.
Minnesota-Duluth at St. Cloud State — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports North, 8:30 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Oregon State at Cal — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Washington at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Big Ten Tournament, Boilermaker Soccer Complex, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Semifinals
Iowa vs. Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m.
Minnesota vs. Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 11:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

SEC Tournament, Orange Beach Sportsplex, Orange Beach, AL
Semifinals
Texas A&M vs. South Carolina — SEC Network, 4:30 p.m.
Tennessee vs. Kentucky — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

Utah at Colorado — Pac-12 Networks, 2 p.m.
Washington at Washington State — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Arizona State — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Mountain, 4 p.m.
Oregon State at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 6 p.m.
UCLA at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 10:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Kansas State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
USC at Utah — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
Oregon at Washington — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.Arizona at Stanford — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 10:30 p.m.

English Football Championship
Bolton Wanderers vs. Wigan Athletic — beIN Sports, 2:55 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Cup of Communist China, Shanghai, Communist China
Men’s and Ladies Short Program — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
Grande Prêmio do Brasil, Autodromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Practice 2 — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Countdown to F1 — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
Sanderson Farms Championship, Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, MS
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour/European PGA Tour
WGC-HSBC Champions, Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, Communist China
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux, Ginásio Arena Multiuso Tancredo Neves, Uberlandia, Brazil
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Seasons: 1967 — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Baseball Seasons: 1968 — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series
DAV 200, Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, noon
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Eliminator Round
Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.
Qualifying — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Lucas Oil 150, Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

NBA
Memphis at Oklahoma City — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Denver — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Game Rewind: Cleveland at Cincinnati — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Week 10 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Week 10 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Earl Campbell: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL
Columbus at Carolina — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Buffalo — Sportsnet West/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Detroit — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Chicago — NHL Network (US)/Sportsnet (East/Ontario/Pacific)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 8:30 p.m.
Arizona at Anaheim — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 11 p.m.

Rugby
International Friendly, Prince Chichibu Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
Japan Brave Blossoms vs. New Zealand Maori All Blacks — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight

Scottish Premier League
Motherwell vs. Dundee United — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m.

Scottish Premier League Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show with guest host Joel McHale — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 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.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Lance Armstrong: Stop at Nothing — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Brian Shaw — The CW, 8 p.m.
Eat St.: Dead Beetz — Cooking Channel, 8:30 p.m.
The Amazing Race 25: Pretty Fly for a Food Scientist — CBS, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Someone Was Out There — NBC, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush: Pay Dirt: Golden Boy — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Doc Hollywood — Encore, 8 p.m.
On the Menu: Cheesecake Factory — TNT, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Eat St.: Serial Grillers — Cooking Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Man Caves: DirecTV’s Ultimate Tailgating Man Cave — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
In Performance at the White House: A Salute to the Troops — PBS, 9 p.m.
America’s Next Top Model — The CW, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: Viking Ship — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: Mysteries of the Sphinx — H2, 9 p.m.
We’re the Millers — HBO2, 9 p.m.
Deadly Women: Scorned — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Pompeii — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the White House — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Offbeat Eats with Jim Stacy: Game On — Cooking Channel, 9:30 p.m.
How Do They Do It?: Steel; Wool; Kiteboards — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Stars and Stripes Unite: A CNN Heroes Special — CNN, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Aurora, IL — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Art in the Twenty-First Century: Legacy — PBS, 10 p.m.
Ancient Assassins: The Assassins — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Boogeyman: Mothman — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Edge of Alaska: The Thaw — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Craziest Cases — Discovery Fitness and Health, 10 p.m.
Brad Meltzer’s Lost History: Hitler’s Photo Album — H2, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Scent of a Woman — The Movie Channel, 10:10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Puerto Penasco, Mexico — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: A Hack Who Stole From Another Comedian Wears A Black Blazer & Tailored Pants — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways: Austin — HBO, 11 p.m.
The Birthday Boys: Freshy’s — IFC, 11:30 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution: Gina Brillion; Alfred Robles (season finale) — Comedy Central, midnight
Machete — Sundance TV, midnight
The Rise and Fall of The Clash — VH1 Classic, midnight
A Wife’s Secret — Cinemax, 12:45 a.m. (Saturday)

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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