Friday’s Viewing Picks

Bobsleigh
IBSF World Cup, Lake Placid, NY
Women’s Bobsleigh — NBCSN, 3 p.m.
2-Man Bobsleigh — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Buffalo at Kent — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
Valparaiso at Oakland — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Western Michigan at Akron — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Illinois-Chicago at Detroit — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Utah at Colorado — FS1, 9 p.m.

Women’s
Tulsa at Temple — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Xavier at Creighton — FS1, 7 p.m.
UConn at Houston — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Cal — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — Pac-12 Oregon, 10 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington — Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

College Football
2016 NFF College Football Hall of Fame Class Announcement — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
SEC Now: College Football Playoff National Championship Preview — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Women’s 
BYU at Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain, 8 p.m.
Michigan State at Arizona — Pac-12 Arizona, 8 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Minnesota at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
Michigan at Michigan State — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
Western Michigan at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Alaska at Alabama-Huntsville — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Colorado College at St. Cloud State — CBS Sports Network, 8:30 p.m.
Yale at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
Loyola-Chicago at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Wrestling
Maryland at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.

FA Cup
Third Round Proper
Exeter City vs. Liverpool — FS1, 3 p.m.

FA Cup Match Day — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
South African Open, Glendower Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
Tournament of Champions, Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Kapalua, Maui, HI

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
CES MMA XXXII, Twin River Casino, Lincoln, RI
CES MMA Welterweight Championship

Gil de Freitas vs. Chris Curtis — AXS TV, 9 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NBA
Cleveland at Minnesota — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma at Los Angeles Lakers — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Action — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Fantasy Tip-Off — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA CrunchTime — NBA TV, 9 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 5 p.m.

NHL
Boston at New Jersey — NESN/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Carolina — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Chicago — NHL Network/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Nashville at Colorado — NHL Network/Fox Sports Tennessee/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Edmonton — Sun Sports/Sportsnet West, 9 pHoke.m.
St. Louis at Anaheim — Sportsnet/Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Flames Pregame — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, midnight

Skeleton
IBSF World Cup, Lake Placid, NY
Women’s — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

Soccer
The Ligue 1 Show — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.
Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
La Liga Show — beIN Sports, 4:30 p.m.
Football League Cup Highlights — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
El Clasico — beIN Sports, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 10:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 10:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

Tennis
Hopman Cup, Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Australia Green vs. France — Tennis Channel, 4:30 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m.
Center Court: ASB Classic (WTA), Brisbane International (ATP/WTA), Hopman Cup — Tennis Channel, 6:30 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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