Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Sydney Swans vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Welterweights
Amir Khan vs. Chris Algieri — Spike, 9 p.m.

CBS Sports Spectacular: Fight Night, WC Handy Performing Arts Park, Memphis, TN
Cruiserweights
Lateef Kayode vs. Nick Kisner — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Regionals-Double Elimination
Tallahassee Regional, Dick Howser Stadium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

College of Charleston vs. Auburn — ESPN3, noon
Florida State vs. Mercer — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Champaign Regional, Illinois Field, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Notre Dame vs. Wright State — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Illinois vs. Ohio — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

College Station Regional, Olsen Field, College Station, Texas A&M University, TX
Coastal Carolina vs. Cal — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Texas A&M vs. Texas Southern — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Coral Gables Regional, Mark Light Field, Coral Gables, University of Miami FL
East Carolina vs. Columbia — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Miami vs. Florida International — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Gainesville Regional, McKethan Stadium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Florida Atlantic vs. South Florida — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Florida vs. Florida A&M — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

Stillwater Regional, Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Arkansas vs. Oral Roberts — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Oklahoma State vs. St. John’s — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Louisville Regional, Jim Patterson Stadium, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Bradley vs. Michigan — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Louisville vs. Morehead State — ESPN3, 6 p.m.

Springfield Regional, Hammons Field, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Oregon vs. Iowa — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Missouri State vs. Canisius — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Dallas Regional, Horner Ballpark, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX
Oregon State vs. Texas — Longhorn Network, 2:30 p.m.
Dallas Baptist vs. VCU — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Nashville Regional, Hawkins Field, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Radford vs. Indiana — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Vanderbilt vs. Lipscomb — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Fort Worth Regional, Lupton Stadium, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
North Carolina State vs. Stony Brook — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
TCU vs. Sacred Heart — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Houston Regional, Cougar Field, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Rice vs. Louisiana-Lafayette — ESPN3, 3:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Houston-Baptist — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Baton Rouge Regional, Alex Box Stadium, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
LSU vs. Lehigh — SEC Network, 4 p.m.
North Carolina-Wilmington vs. Tulane — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Fullerton Regional, Goodwin Field, Cal State University at Fullerton Fullerton, CA
Arizona State vs. Clemson — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Cal State-Fullerton vs. Pepperdine — ESPN3, 10 p.m.

Lake Elsinore Regional, Lake Elsinore Diamond, University of California at Santa Barbara, Lake Elsinore, CA
USC vs. Virginia — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Cal-Santa Barbara vs. San Diego State — ESPN3, 10 p.m.

Los Angeles Regional, Jackie Robinson Stadium, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Mississippi vs. Maryland — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
UCLA vs. Cal State-Bakersfield — ESPNU, 11:05 p.m.

ESPN Bases Loaded — Check your local listings/ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Texas GameDay — Longhorn Network, 2 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Women’s College World Series, ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, Oklahoma City, OK
Winners Bracket
Florida vs. LSU — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Michigan vs. UCLA — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Stage 19: Gravellona Toce to Cervinia — beIN Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Tour of Belgium
Stage 3: Knokke-Heist to Herzele — Universal Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Irish Open, Royal County Down Golf Club (Championship Links) Newcastle, Northern Ireland
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

LPGA Tour
ShopRite LPGA Classic, Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club (Bay Course), Galloway, NJ
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour
Byron Nelson Classic, TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas, Irving, TX
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves, Goiânia Arena, Goiânia, Brazil
Weigh-In — Fox Sports 2, 3 p.m.

MLB
American League
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Sun Sports/MASN, 7 p.m.
Boston at Texas — MLB Network/NESN/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Houston — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Toronto at Minnesota — Sportsnet/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Seattle — STO/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.
Detroit at Anaheim — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
New York Yankees at Oakland — YES/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

National League
Colorado at Philadelphia — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/WCAU, 7 p.m.
Miami at New York Mets — Fox Sports Florida/SNY, 7 p.m.
Washington at Cincinnati — MASN2/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis — MLB Network/SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Diego — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco — Fox Sports South/KNTV, 10:15 p.m.

Interleague
Kansas City at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Kansas City/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
MLB’s Best — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Sporting KC vs. FC Dallas — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Buckle Up 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Lucas Oil 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.

NBA
The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final
Tampa Bay at New York Rangers — NBCSN/CBC/TVA Sports, 8 p.m. (Series tied 3-3)

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Pregame — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Postgame — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Soccer
Toulon Tournament U-21
Group A, Stade Perruc, Hyères, France
United States vs. The Netherlands — beIN Sports, 11:30 a.m.
Qatar vs. France — beIN Sports, 12:50 p.m.

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Group A, North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand vs. Ukraine — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

Group A, Northlands Events Centre, Whangarei, New Zealand
United States vs. Myanmar — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Group B, Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
Argentina vs. Panama — Fox Sports 2, midnight

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Premier League Live: The Champions — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Radius — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
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.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2:30 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 Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
CBS Sports Spectacular: World’s Strongest Man Archives: 1996 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
30 for 30: The Bad Boys — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Trophy Lives: Heisman Winners of the SEC — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.

Tennis
French Open, Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
Men’s and Women’s Round 3 — ESPN2, 5 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Round 3 — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.

French Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

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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