Friday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Washington State at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 3 p.m.
North Florida at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Texas-El Paso at North Texas — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Florida State at Mississippi State — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
USC at Utah — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
UCLA at Colorado — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Washington at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

Women’s
Seton Hall at St. John’s — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Auburn at South Carolina — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Marquette at Georgetown — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
Missouri at Tennessee — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

Fox Sports 1 College Hoops Extra — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.

College Football
Armed Forces Bowl, Amon Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX
Houston vs. Pittsburgh — ESPN, noon

TaxSlayer Bowl, EverBank Field, Jacksonville, FL
Iowa vs. Tennessee — ESPN, 3:20 p.m.

Alamo Bowl, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Kansas State vs. UCLA — ESPN, 6:45 p.m.

Cactus Bowl, Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
Oklahoma State vs. Washington — ESPN, 10:15 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Mariucci Classic, Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN
Merrimack at Minnesota — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports North Plus, 8 p.m.

College Wrestling
Iowa at Rutgers — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

Golf
Golf Central Special: Insiders: 2014 Review — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Hockey
2015 IIHF World Junior Championship
Playoff Round
1st Quarterfinal, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
USA vs. Russia — TSN/NHL Network (US), 1 p.m.

2nd Quarterfinal, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sweden vs. Finland — TSN2, 3 p.m.

3rd Quarterfinal, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Czech Republic vs. Slovakia — TSN/NHL Network (US), 5 p.m.

4th Quarterfinal, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Canada vs. Denmark — TSN/NHL Network (US), 8 p.m.

NBA
Dallas at Boston — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

NBA Coast to Coast — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
Sound FX: Week 17 — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Wild Card Weekend — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
The 2006 Rose Bowl: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL
Florida at Buffalo — Fox Sports Florida/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
Montreal at New Jersey — RDS/Sportsnet East/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Carolina — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh — TVA Sports/Sun Sports/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Minnesota — Sportsnet Ontario/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Colorado — Sportsnet West/Altitude, 9 p.m.
New York Islanders at Calgary — Sportsnet One/MSG Plus 2, 9 p.m.
St. Louis at Anaheim — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet Ontario, 7:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet One, 11:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive: Top 10 Shots — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Best of Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPNews, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 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.
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.
E:60 Profile: Cam Newton — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
E:60 Profile: Jason Witten — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Entertainment
Undercover Boss: Maaco — CBS, 8 p.m.
Whale Wars: The Devil’s Den (season premiere) — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush: Pay Dirt: Grandpa John — Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Matrix Reloaded — IFC, 8 p.m.
The Odd Couple — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Man Caves: DirecTV’s Ultimate Tailgating Man Cave — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: The Man Who Wasn’t There — NBC, 9 p.m.
Billy Joel: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize — PBS, 9 p.m.
Whale Wars: Fight to the Death — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: Parker’s Accident — Discovery, 9 p.m.
It’s a Mystery With Brit Eaton: Vanishing Maya (series premiere) — Discovery Family Channel, 9 p.m.
Love It or List It, Too: Kelly & Steve — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Moms’ Night Out — Starz, 9 p.m.
Wake Up Call: Alyssa: High School Dropout — TNT, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Castle: Dracula; Queen and the Mistress; King Arthur — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
The Soup: Year End Clipdown — E!, 10 p.m.
Myth Hunters: The Lost Ship of the Mojave Desert — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Whale Wars: The Darkest Hour — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Ancient Cold Case: Egyptian Mystery Coffin (series premiere) — Discovery Family Channel, 10 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Cop-Shocker — Discovery Fitness and Health, 10 p.m.
Brad Meltzer’s Lost History: Evidence Found (season finale) — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Wives With Knives: Stranger in My House — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Lockdown: Scam City — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Rush Hour — HBO2, 11 p.m.
The Matrix Revolutions — IFC, 11 p.m.
A Life in Dirty Movies — Showtime, midnight
The Edge — Sundance TV, 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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