Friday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Showtime Championship Boxing
Amir Khan vs. Devon Alexander, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Charleston Southern at North Carolina State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Texas Southern at Florida — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Iowa State at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Middle Tennessee at Kentucky — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Maine at New Hampshire — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
St. Cloud State at Nebraska-Omaha — Fox College Sports Central, 8:30 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
NCAA College Cup, Wakemed Soccer Park, Cary, NC
National Semifinals
Virginia vs. Maryland-Baltimore County — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
UCLA vs. Providence — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Division I NCAA Volleyball Championship
Regional Semifinal
Seattle Regional, Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, WA
Nebraska vs. Washington — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Grand Prix Final, Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Men’s and Ladies Short Program — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
Asian PGA Tour
Thailand Championship, Amata Spring Country Club, Chon Buri, Thailand
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1 a.m.

European PGA Tour
Alfred Dunhill Championship, Leopard Creek Country Club, Malelane, South Africa
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m. (same day coverage) & 7:30 a.m. (live)

Ladies European Tour
Dubai Ladies Masters, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
Shark Shootout, Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples (Tiburon Golf Club), Naples, FL
2nd Round (alternate shot) — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Father/Son Challenge, Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, FL
Pro-Am — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

PGA Tour Australasia
Australian PGA Championship, RACV Royal Pines Resort, Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

Hockey
OHL
Sarnia Sting at Kitchener Rangers — Sportsnet (Ontario/Pacific)/NHL Network (US), 7:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night
The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale: Esparza vs. Namajunas, Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Resort Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

UFC Fight Night
Dos Santos vs. Miocic, US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.

MLB
Best of MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Network Special: The Third Team — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
Portland at Chicago — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Game Rewind: Arizona at St. Louis — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Week 15 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Week 15 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Kurt Warner: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL
Calgary at Pittsburgh — TVA Sports 2/Sportsnet West/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Florida at Detroit — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Montreal — RDS/KCOP/Sportsnet East, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Edmonton — Fox Sports West/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.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Scottish Championship League
Queen of the South vs. Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m.

Skeleton
FIBT Skeleton World Cup, Lake Placid, NY
Women’s World Cup — Universal Sports, 3 p.m.
Men’s World Cup — Universal Sports, 4 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.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show with guest host Suzy Shuster (Mrs. Rich Eisen) — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 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.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 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.
The Keys & Grey Show — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
WTA All Access — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 25: Hooping It Up — CBS, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC — NBC, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush-The Dirt: Zoo Crew — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Rushmore — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Man Caves: Pirate Man Cave — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
How’s It Made — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Live From Lincoln Center: Curtain Up: The School of American Ballet Workshop Performances — PBS, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: Colossal Cleanup — Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Internship — HBO2, 9 p.m.
Wives With Knives: The Politics of Love — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Nas: Time Is Illmatic — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Trust Me — Starz, 9 p.m.
Wake Up Call: Terrell: Hits Keep Coming (series premiere) — TNT, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: The Kiss That Saved a Million Lives; Heist of the Century; Lorenzo’s Oil — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
How Do They Do It?: Applejack; Aircraft Seat Test; Batteries — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
The Soup: The Soup Awards — E!, 10 p.m.
Epic Meal Empire: A Bite to Remember — FYI, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Where Are They Now? — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Momsters: When Moms Go Bad: Madam Mommy — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
How It’s Made: Dream Cars: Koenigsegg One 1 — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Ancient Assassins: The Sicarii — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Punched! — Discovery Fitness and Health, 10 p.m.
Raising House: Cape Cod Style Dream Home in Raymond, ME — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
Brad Meltzer’s Lost History: Moon Landing Tapes — H2, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Edge of Alaska: The Last Stand — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Epic Meal Empire: Cycle of Life — FYI, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters Pop’d: My Way or the Pop’d Way — HGTV, 11 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Eric Andre Wears  a Cat Collage Shirt & Sneakers — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Woodstock — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
DNews — Discovery, 11:01 p.m.
The Birthday Boys: Cerf’s Folly — 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.
The Transporter — IFC, midnight
The Submission of Emma Marx — Sho2, midnight
Basic Instinct — Sundance TV, midnight
Sexually Bugged! — Cinemax, 12:10 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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