Friday’s Viewing Picks

Arena Football
Arizona Rattlers at Portland Steel — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Collingwood Magpies vs. Richmond Tigers — FS2, 4:30 a.m.
Adelaide Crows vs. Port Adelaide Power — FS2, 10:30 p.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, DC Armory, Washington, D.C.
WBA World Super Lightweight Title
Ashley Theophane vs. Adrien Broner — Spike, 9 p.m.

Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen vs. VfL Wolfsburg — FS2, 2:20 p.m.

Bundesliga Weekly — FS2, 2 p.m.

College Baseball
NYIT at St. John’s — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Toledo at Bowling Green — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
North Florida at Kennesaw State — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Washington at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Oregon, 6 p.m.
Kentucky at Tennessee — SEC Network Plus, 6 p.m.
Northern Kentucky at Wright State — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
The Citadel at Stetson — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Louisiana at Arkansas State — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
North Carolina at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Presbyterian at North Carolina-Asheville — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Alabama at Georgia — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
TCU at Wichita State — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas State at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas at Baylor — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Mississippi at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Missouri at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Texas at Oklahoma — FS1, 8 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington State — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.
USC at Stanford — Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
College Basketball Invitational
Championship Series
Game 3: Morehead State at Nevada — ESPNU, 9 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

NCAA March Madness 360: Final Four Practices — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Basketball: Road to the Championship: Oklahoma — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
Basketball: Road to the Championship: Villanova — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Basketball: Road to the Championship: North Carolina — ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.
Basketball: Road to the Championship: Syracuse — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
ESPNU Film Room: Tournament Edition — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

College Football
Michigan Spring Game — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Men’s
Big Ten Gymnastics Championships, St. John Arena, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Team and All-Around Competitions — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
North Carolina at Duke — ESPNU, 6 p.m.

College Softball
BYU at Texas — Longhorn Network, 6 p.m.
Arizona State at Cal — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Bay Area, 7 p.m.
UCLA at Oregon — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Oregon, 9 p.m.

College Track & Field
Texas Relays — Longhorn Network, 10:30 a.m.
Texas Relays — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

Drag Racing
Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Qualifying — FS1, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Football League One
Queens Park Rangers vs. Middlesbrough — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 2:30 p.m.
The Express Wrap-Up — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.

Figure Skating
2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, TD Garden, Boston, MA
Pairs Short Program — NBCSN, 3 p.m.
Men’s Free Skate — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Formula 1
Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Practice — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
ANA Inspiration, Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, CA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, noon
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

PGA Tour
Houston Open, Golf Club of Houston (Tournament Course), Humble, TX
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, Fallen Oaks Golf Club, Biloxi, MS
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

IndyCar
Phoenix Grand Prix, Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
Practice — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

IndyCar Chronicles: Scott Dixon — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
CES MMA XXXIV, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, Meshantucket, CT
Welterweight Title
Chris Curtis vs. Nah-Shon Burrell — AXS TV, 9 p.m.

UFC Main Event: Werdrum vs. Hunt — FS1, 7 p.m.
UFC Main Event: Velasquez vs. Wedrum — FS1, 7:30 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Milwaukee at Houston — MLB Network/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
New York Mets vs. Chicago at Cashman Field, Las Vegas, NV — WGN, 4 p.m.
Baltimore at Philadelphia — The Comcast Network, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Washington — MASN, 6 p.m.
Boston vs. Toronto at Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada — MLB Network/NESN/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Arizona — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles — Fox Sports West/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.
Colorado vs. Seattle — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.
Oakland at San Francisco — MLB Network/KNTV, 10 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

MLS
New England vs. New York Red Bulls — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Alpha Energy Solutions 250, Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA
Practice — FS1, 10 a.m.
Practice — FS1, 12:30 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 3 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
STP 500, Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA
Practice — FS1, 11 a.m.
Pole Qualifying — FS1, 4 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Martinsville — FS1, 2 p.m.

NBA
Cleveland at Atlanta — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Boston at Golden State — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7 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 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Minnesota at Detroit — NHL Network/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Detroit Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at St. Louis — NESN/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Winnipeg — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Washington at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at Anaheim — Sportsnet Pacific/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.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
Men’s
International Friendly, Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico
Mexico Legends vs. Barcelona Legends — beIN Sports, 9:25 p.m.

Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
El Clasico — beIN Sports, 5 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, 9 p.m.
The Locker Room — 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/Rocky Mountain), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 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.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Miami Open, Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Miami, FL
Men’s 1st Semifinal — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Men’s 2nd Semifinal — ESPN2, 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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