Friday’s Viewing Picks

Baseball
World Baseball Classic Qualifier
1st Round, Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
South Africa vs. Australia — MLB Network, 3:30 a.m.

Bundesliga
F.S.V. Mainz vs. Schalke — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1, 2 p.m.
Bundesliga Report: Bundesliga World Tour Special Show — FS2, 2 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Princeton at Cornell — American Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Dayton at URI — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Ohio at Buffalo — ESPNU,  7 p.m.
USC at Arizona State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Arizona, 8 p.m.
UCLA at Arizona — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Monmouth at Rider — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

Women’s
Villanova at St. John’s — FS2, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10:30 p.m.
Colorado at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Oregon, 10:30 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Missouri at Kentucky — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Alabama at Auburn — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Minnesota at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
Maine at Notre Dame — NBCSN 6:30 p.m.
Western Michigan at Nebraska-Omaha — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
UMass at Northeastern — American Sports Network, 8:30 p.m.
North Dakota at Denver — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

College Softball
Texas Classic, Red & Charline McCombs Field, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Arkansas vs. North Dakota State — Longhorn Network, 1 p.m.
North Carolina vs. North Dakota State — Longhorn Network, 4 p.m.
Texas vs. North Carolina — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.

College Swimming & Diving
USC at UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 5 p.m.

College Wrestling
Northwestern at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Tshwane Open, Pretoria Country Club, Waterkloof, South Africa
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 a.m.
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

Champions Tour
Chubb Classic, The TwinEagles Club (Talon Course), Naples, FL
1st Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Pebble Beach Golf Links; Spyglass Hill Golf Course; Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Short Course), Pebble Beach, CA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Shamrock/Gracie/Kimbo/Dada 5000 — Spike, 11 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Network Special: Baseball America’s Top Prospects — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
MLB Network Special — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Practice — FS1, 5 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 6:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 6 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN 6 p.m.
Untold Stories: Daytona — FS1, 7:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Classic: The 1993 Daytona 500 — FS1, 8;30 p.m.
Beyond the Wheel — FS1, 9 p.m.

NBA
NBA All-Star Weekend, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rising Stars Challenge Practice — NBA TV, 9:30 a.m.
NBA All-Star Media Day — NBA TV, 11:30 a.m.
Hall of Fame Announcement — NBA TV, 1:30 p.m.
All-Star Celebrity Game — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Rising Stars Challenge — TNT, 9 p.m.

The Starters — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
After Dark With Rick Fox — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 11 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Films Presents: The Super Bowl Recap — FS1, 4:30 p.m.
Madden NFL Live — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Top 10: Greatest Super Bowl Plays — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
Montreal at Buffalo — Sportsnet East/RDS/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at New York Rangers — NHL Network/Fox Sports West/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Carolina — TVA Sports/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Detroit — Altitude/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Tennessee/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Florida — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Arizona — Sportsnet West/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canadiens Pregame — Sportsnet East, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Flames Pregame — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
On the Fly: Final — NHL Network, midnight

Scottish Premier League
Dundee vs. St. Johnstone — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m.

Soccer
Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
El Clasico — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
La Liga World — beIN Sports, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Euro Preview Show: UEFA Euro 2016 Magazine Show — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 10:30 p.m.

Speed Skating
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, The Moscow Region Speed Skating Centre, Kolomna, Russia
Day Two — Universal HD, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis
Center Court: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (ATP), Argentina Open (ATP), Memphis Open (ATP), St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy (WTA) — Tennis Channel, 4 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 8 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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