Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Richmond Tigers vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.
Sydney Swans vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Sports 2, midnight

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 4 a.m.

Boxing
Friday Night Knockout (series premiere), The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, NV
WBO World Lightweight Championship
Takahiro Ao vs. Ray Beltran — truTV, 10 p.m.

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
SportsCenter Special: Mayweather/Pacquiao Weigh-In — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Weigh-In — CBS Sports Network/HBO/Showtime, 6 p.m.

College Baseball
Purdue at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.
Boston College at Virginia Tech — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
South Alabama at Georgia Southern — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Texas A&M at Tennessee — SEC Network Plus, 6 p.m.
Illinois-Chicago at Wright State — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Kentucky — SEC Network Plus, 6:30 p.m.
Houston at Tulane — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Baylor at Kansas — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Campbell at Gardner Webb — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Texas Tech at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.
Arkansas at Alabama — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Auburn at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Florida at Georgia — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Mississippi at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Arkansas State at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
LSU at Mississippi State — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee State — Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.
Cal State-Fullerton at Cal-Riverside — ESPN3, 9 p.m.
USC at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.
Oregon State at Washington — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Women’s
Big Ten Tournament, High Point Solutions Stadium, Piscataway, NJ
Semifinals
Penn State vs. Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 5:30 p.m.
Maryland vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

College Softball
Norfolk State at at Hampton — ESPNU, 3 p.m.Arizona at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.
Cal at Oregon — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Oregon, 8 p.m.
Arizona State at Stanford — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de Romandie
Stage 4: La Neuveville to Fribourg — beIN Sports, 10 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
North Texas Shootout, Las Colinas Country Club, Irving , TX
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.

Web.com Tour
United Leasing Championship, Victoria National Golf Club, Newburgh, IN
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

Champions Tour
Insperity Invitational, The Woodlands Country Club (Tournament Course), The Woodlands, TX
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
WGC Match Play Championship, TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, CA
Day Three — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m.

Hockey
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
Group A, O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
Canada vs. Latvia — TSN, 10 a.m.
Czech Republic vs. Sweden — TSN, 2 p.m.

Group B, CEZ Arena, Ostrava, Czech Republic
USA vs. Finland — NBCSN/TSN2, 10 a.m.
Russia vs. Norway — TSN4, 2 p.m.

IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships, HarborCenter, Buffalo, NY
Semifinal
USA vs. Norway — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday, delayed)

Horse Racing
Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY
Kentucky Oaks — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Unleashed: The Ultimate Fighter Champions — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, midnight
The Notorious: Tell José I’m Coming — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

MLB
American League
New York Yankees at Boston — MLB Network/YES/NESN, 7 p.m.
Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, FL — MLB Network/MASN2/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Cleveland — Sportsnet One/STO, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Houston — Root Sports Northwest/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

National League
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami — The Comcast Network/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Washington at New York Mets — MASN/SNY, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Arizona/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Anaheim Angels at San Francisco — Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m.

MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Houston vs. FC Dallas — Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. San Jose — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Winn Dixie 300, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Geico 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Talladega — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Talladega — Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinal
Atlanta at Brooklyn — ESPN/SportSouth/WWOR, 8 p.m. (Atlanta leads series 3-2)

The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Hawks/Nets, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.

NFL
2015 NFL Draft, Auditorium Theater, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Round 2 — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Rounds 2-3 — NFL Network, 7 p.m.
Rounds 2-3 — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
2015 NFL Draft Kickoff — NFL Network, 1 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Total Access: Post-Draft, Day 2 — NFL Network, 11 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinal
Tampa Bay at Montreal — CBC/TVA Sports/NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinal
Minnesota at Chicago — NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports 2, 9:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:15 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, midnight

Scottish Premier League
Celtic vs. Dundee — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius: Circuit Breaker-Alex — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM (The Final Days) — NFL AM, 6 a.m.
Radius: Pro Skills Sampler-Nicky — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 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, 4:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
SEC Storied: Bo, Barkley & The Big Hurt — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Tennis
ATP Tour
Estoril Open, Clube de Ténis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Istanbul Open, Koza World of Sports, Istanbul, Turkey
Quarterfinals — beIN Sports, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

BMW Open, Iphitos Tennis Club, Munich, Germany
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
Cedric’s Barber Battle — The CW, 8 p.m.
Cause of Death: High ‘n’ Dry — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 26: Fruits of Our Labor — CBS, 8 p.m.
The Fifth Estate — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Citizen Kane — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Cold Justice: Trip to Nowhere (Hermando County, FL) — TNT, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Keegan-Michael Key — The CW, 8:30 p.m.
Cause of Death: Seeds for Doubt — Investigation Discovery, 8:30 p.m.
The Invention Of Lying — IFC, 8:45 p.m.
Meet the Smiths: The Zen Detective — TBS, 9 p.m.
Beyond the Tank (series premiere) — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Angels & Demons — NBC, 9 p.m.
America’s Ballroom Challenge — PBS, 9 p.m.
Flipping Ships: Sailgating — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Smoke ‘Em Out — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: The Alien Agenda — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Twisted: Tampa Bay Slayer — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Guardians of the Galaxy — Starz, 9 p.m.
Bitten: Dead Meat — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Birth of the Road Map; Attack of the Killer Bees; Invention of the Gas Mask — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
Mysteries at the National Parks: Nazi UFO’s (series premiere) — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
The Pool Master: English Garden Pool — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Diagnose Me: All in Her Head? — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Hangar 1: The UFO Files: Far Side of the Moon — History Channel, 10 p.m.
The Killing Hour: The Bambi Massacre — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Lost Girl: Big in Japan — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Unearthed: Devil’s Roots (series premiere) — Discovery, 10:01 p.m.
The Grace Helbig Show: Hillary Duff; Glozell Green and Shane Dawson — E!, 10:30 p.m.
Mysteries at the National Parks: Haunted Battleground — Travel Channel, 10:30 p.m.
VICE: Egyptian Tomb Raiders & Rent a White Guy — HBO, 11 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Colin Hanks Wears a Denim Button Down and Black Sneakers — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
21 Grams — Flix, midnight
BASEketball — IFC, 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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