Friday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Hard Knocks at the Hard Rock, Hard Rock Casino, Tulsa, OK
Welterweights
Felix Diaz vs. Adrian Granados — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
2K Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
3rd Place Game
Iowa vs. Syracuse — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Championship Game
Texas vs. Cal — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.

Battle 4 Atlantis
Louisiana-Monroe at Florida — SEC Network, 8 p.m.

Charleston Classic, TD Arena, Charleston, SC
Losers Bracket
USC vs. Drexel — ESPN3, noon
Penn State vs. Cornell — ESPN3, 9:30 p.m.

Semifinals
Akron vs. Miami (FL) — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
Charlotte vs. South Carolina — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Semifinals
Stanford vs. UNLV — truTV, 7 p.m.
Duke vs. Temple — truTV, 9:30 p.m.

Legends Classic
Toledo at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.

MGM Grand Main Event
Oral Roberts at Oregon State — Pac-12 Oregon, 9 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Auburn — SEC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 9 p.m.

Paradise Jam, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Quarterfinals
Seton Hall vs. Nevada — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
LSU vs. Old Dominion — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.

Puerto Rico Tip-Off, Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Losers Bracket
Texas A&M vs. College of Charleston — ESPNU, noon
New Mexico vs. George Mason — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.

Semifinals
Dayton vs. UConn — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
Boston College vs. West Virginia — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Loyola (Chicago) at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Troy at Georgia — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Boston University at Kentucky — SEC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Morehead State at Louisiana Tech — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at Xavier — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.
Delaware State at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Marshall at Louisville — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Cal-Riverside at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Idaho State at Washington State — Pac-12 Washington, 9 p.m.
Kansas State at Long Beach State — Fox Sports Net-national, 10:30 p.m.

College Basketball Live Scoreboard — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 8:30 p.m.

Women’s
Bradley at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

College Diving
Texas Diving Invitational — Longhorn Network, 6 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

College Football
Texas-El Paso at Rice — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Air Force at San Diego State — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.
San Jose State at Utah State — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Fox Sports 1 College Football Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown to Kickoff — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

College Hockey
Men’s
Providence at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Penn State at Michigan — Fox Sports Detroit Plus, 7:30 p.m.
UMass-Lowell at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Mississippi State at Georgia — SEC Network, 6 p.m.
Arizona at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.
UCLA at Oregon — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Oregon, 11 p.m.
Utah at Stanford — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Bay Area, 11 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Trophée Eric Bompard, Meriadeck Ice Rink, Bordeaux, France
Men’s and Ladies Short Program — Universal Sports, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Formula 1
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
Practice 1 — NBC Sports Live Extra/NBCSports.com, 4 a.m.
Practice 2 — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
World Tour Championship, Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.

LPGA Tour
LPGA Tour Championship, Tiburon Golf Club (Gold Course), Naples, FL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour Australasia
Australian Masters, Metropolitan Golf Club, South Oakleigh, Australia
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 p.m.

Hockey
WHL
Portland Winterhawks at Kelowna Rockets — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 10 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
Cleveland at Washington — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Portland — 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: Kansas City at Oakland — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Week 12 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Week 12 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Lyle Alzado-Three Mile: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL
Boston at Columbus — NESN/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet One/TVA Sports/MSG Plus/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Edmonton — MSG Plus/MSG Plus 2/Sportsnet West, 9:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 11 p.m./NHL Network (US), 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. (joined in progress)Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show with guest host Nick Bakay — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m./Fox Sports 2, 5 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.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 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.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
Davis Cup
World Group Final: France vs. Switzerland, Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France
Rubber 1: Singles – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Stan Wawrinka — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Rubber 2: Singles – Gael Monfils vs. Roger Federer — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

Champions Tennis League — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.

Entertainment
Coming Soon

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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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