Friday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
Rutgers at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Buffalo at Toledo — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Rider at Monmouth — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at BYU — BYUtv, 5 p.m.
Georgia Tech at North Carolina — ESPN3, 5 p.m.
Notre Dame at Virginia — ESPN3, 5:30 p.m.
North Carolina State at Florida State — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Virginia at Louisville — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Florida at Kentucky — SEC Network Plus, 6:30 p.m.
Clemson at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
North Carolina-Asheville at Liberty — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
West Virginia at Kansas — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
TCU at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Cal Poly at Wichita State — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
Auburn at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Georgia at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
LSU at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Oregon at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
NCAA Tournament
Regional Semifinals
Midwest Region, United Center, Chicago, IL
Virginia vs. Iowa State — CBS, 7:10 p.m.
Syracuse vs. Gonzaga — CBS, 9:40 p.m.

East Region, Wells Fargo Arena, Philadelphia, PA
Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin — TBS, 7:27 p.m.
North Carolina vs. Indiana — TBS, 9:57 p.m.

NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
NCAA Tip-Off — TBS, 6 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Inside March Madness — TBS, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)
College GameDay Scoreboard — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Women’s
NCAA Tournament
Regional Semifinals
Lexington Region, Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
Kentucky vs. Washington — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Notre Dame vs. Stanford — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.

Sioux Falls Region, Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, SD
South Carolina vs. Syracuse — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Ohio State vs. Tennessee — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPN/ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Beach Volleyball
Cal State-Bakersfield at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 5 p.m.
New Mexico at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

College Football
Vanderbilt Spring Game — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
NCAA Division I Hockey Championship
1st Round
Midwest Region, U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
North Dakota vs. Northeastern — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Notre Dame vs. Michigan — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

Northeast Region, Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA
Providence vs. Minnesota-Duluth — ESPN3, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard vs. Boston College — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

College Softball
Mississippi at Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Pacific, 5 p.m.
Maryland at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Cal at Oregon State — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Oregon, 6 p.m.
Mississippi at Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Utah at Arizona — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.

College Water Polo
Women’s
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 8 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
Puerto Rico Open, Coco Beach Golf & Country Club (Championship Course), Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
WGC-Dell Match Play, Austin Country Club, Austin, TX
Day 3: Round Robin — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Kia Classic, Park Hyatt Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, CA2nd Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
Legacy Fighting Championship 52, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, LA
Interim Flyweight World Championship
Matt Schnell vs. Klayton Mai — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Houston vs. Atlanta (SS) — Fox Sports South, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees vs. Baltimore — MASN, 1 p.m.
St. Louis vs. New York Mets — ESPN/SNY, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Oakland — MLB Network/Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle — Root Sports Northwest, 4 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Arizona — STO/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.
Colorado vs. Cincinnati — Fox Sports Ohio, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Chicago Cubs — Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Boston — NESN, 6 p.m./MLB Network, 8 p.m. (same night coverage)
Toronto vs. Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m. (same night coverage)
San Francisco (SS) vs Los Angeles Dodgers — SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Scan All 43 — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
Charlotte at Detroit — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 10 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Washington at New Jersey — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Tampa Bay — NHL Network/TVA Sports/MSG Plus/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at St. Louis — Sportsnet (East/Pacific/West)/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 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: Canucks Pregame — Sportsnet Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.

Soccer
2017 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying
Group I, Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Côte d’Ivoire vs. Sudan — beIN Sports, 12:20 p.m.

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifying
CONCACAF
4th Round, Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs. Trinidad and Tobago — beIN Sports, 3:20 p.m.

4th Round, Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Haiti vs. Panama — beIN Sports, 6:50 p.m.

4th Round, Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador
El Salvador vs. Honduras — Telemundo, 9:06 p.m.

4th Round, BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Canada vs. Mexico — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9:30 p.m.

4th Round, Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala vs. United States — beIN Sports, 9:50 p.m./NBC Universo, 10 p.m.

The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 8:30 p.m.

4th Round, Kingston Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaica vs. Costa Rica — NBC Universo, midnight (same night coverage)

Olympic Qualifying
CONCACAF
Playoff, 1st Leg, Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia
Colombia vs. United States — FS1/Univision Deportes, 5 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
Euro Preview Show: UEFA Euro 2016 Magazine Show — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, midnight

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 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.
Fox Sports Live with Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11:30 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SEC Now — SEC Network, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Miami Open, Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Miami, FL
Men’s and Women’s 2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 11 a.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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