Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
West Coast Eagles vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Sports 2, 6 a.m.
Richmond Tigers vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 10:30 p.m.

Boxing
Friday Night Fights, Sands Hotel and Casino, Bethlehem, PA
Boxcino Tournament Semifinals
Heavyweights and Jr. Middleweights — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Countdown to Mayweather vs. Pacquaio — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

College Baseball
Seton Hall at St. John’s –ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Michigan at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Cal-Santa Barbara at Cal State-Northridge — ESPN3, 5 p.m.
Florida State at Notre Dame — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Wake Forest at Pittsburgh – ESPN3, 6 p.m.
UCLA at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 6 p.m.
Stanford at Cal — Pac-12 Bay Area, 6 p.m.
Youngstown State at Wright State — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Campbell at Liberty — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at High Point — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Kansas — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Virginia at Georgia Tech — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Missouri at Tennessee — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
South Carolina at Florida — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
North Carolina State at North Carolina — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Baylor at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
TCU at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Kentucky at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Mississippi at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
Auburn at LSU — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Georgia at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Washington at Washington State — Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.
Oregon State at Oregon — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.

College Basketball
College Basketball Awards — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

Geno Auriemma Project: Method to the Madness — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.

College Football
Arizona Spring Game — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Oregon, 9 p.m.
Arizona State Spring Game — Pac-12 Networks/Pac-12 Mountain, 10 p.m.

CFB Daily: Spring Blitz — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

College Hockey
2015 Hobey Baker Award Ceremony — NHL Network, 5 p.m.

College Softball
Arizona State at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas — Longhorn Network, 5 p.m.
Pacific at BYU — BYUtv, 7 p.m.
Pacific at BYU — BYUtv, 9:30 p.m.

College Tennis
Women’s
Colorado at UCLA — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Cycling
Tour of the Basque Country
Stage 5: Eibar to Aia — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, Communist China
Practice 2 — NBCSN, 2 a.m.

Golf
The Masters, Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA
2nd Round — Masters.com/Masters Live, 10:45 a.m.
2nd Round — Westwood One Radio, 2 p.m.
2nd Round — ESPN, 3 p.m.
2nd Round Replay — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Live From The Masters — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Masters on the Range — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m.
Live From The Masters — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.
2015 Masters Tournament Highlights: 2nd Round — CBS, 11:35 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 136, Bren Events Center, Irvine, CA
Lightweight World Title
Will Brooks vs. Dave Jansen — Spike, 9 p.m.

World Series of Fighting 20, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, Mashantucket, CT
Light Heavyweights
David Branch vs. Ronny Markes — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Resurrection Fighting Alliance 25, Sanford Pentagon, Sioux City, SD
Featherweight World Title
Sam Toomer vs. Justin Lawrence — AXS, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Toronto at Baltimore — Sportsnet/MASN, 3 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 4 p.m.
Houston at Texas — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m.
Boston at New York Yankes — MLB Network/NESN/WPIX, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at Colorado — WGN/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia — MLB Network/MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Atlanta — SNY/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Tampa Bay at Miami — Sun Sports/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
FC Dallas vs. Colorado — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Duck Commander 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
O’Reilly Auto Parts 350, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR Masters of the Clock: The Legend of Martinsville — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Texas — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Texas — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Texas — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity Texas — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

NBA
San Antonio at Houston — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Los Angeles Lakers — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Buffalo at Columbus — NHL Network (US)/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/MSG Plus/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 4:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet One, 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius: Inner Athlete-Basheerah — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Triple Threat Abs-Natalie — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 2:30 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.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Family Circle Cup, Family Circle Tennis Center, Daniel Island, Charleston, SC
Quarterfinal: Madison Keys vs. Lauren Davis — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

WTA Tour
Katowice Open, Hall Spodek, Katowice, Poland
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, River Oaks Country Club, Houston, TX
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
Cause of Death: Cereal Killer — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 26: Smells Like a Million Bucks — CBS, 8 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Dredged Up: No Man Left Behind — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Cold Justice: The Alley (Hialeah, FL) — TNT, 8 p.m.
Test Pilot — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Cause of Death: Bump in the Night — Investigation Discovery, 8:30 p.m.
National Lampoon’s Animal House — IFC, 8:30 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Fatal Attraction; Family Affair — NBC, 9 p.m.
Live From Lincoln Center: Norm Lewis: Who Am I? — PBS, 9 p.m.
The Pool Master: Japanese Water Garden — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Daddy Driving a Caddy — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: Aliens and the Civil War — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Are You Here — Starz, 9 p.m.
12 Monkeys: Arms of Mine (season finale) — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Invention of the Mile High Club; The Attempted Assassination of Andrew Jackson; Zip to Zap — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
International Jazz Day — PBS, 10 p.m.
Arctic Rescue: Pilot (series premiere) — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Hangar 1: The UFO Files: UFO’s at War (season premiere) — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Helix: O Brave New World — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
VICE: Synthetic Drug Revolution & Transsexuals of Iran — HBO, 11 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Jack Black Wears an Embroidered Cowboy Shirt and Ox Blood Sneakers — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
The 2014 AVN Awards — Sho2, midnight
The Night Listener — 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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