Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
West Coast Eagles vs. Richmond Tigers — FS2, 6 a.m.

Boxing
ShoBox: The Next Generation, Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, NY
Bantamweights
Stephon Young vs. Nikolay Potapov — Showtime, 10 p.m.

Bundesliga
Hannover 96 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach — FS2, 2:20 p.m.

College Baseball
Nebraska at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Boston College at Notre Dame — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Florida State at Wake Forest — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Kennesaw State at South Carolina-Upstate — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Duke — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Toledo at Wright State — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Jacksonville at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Illinois-Chicago — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
North Carolina State at Georgia Tech — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Troy at Arkansas State — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Kansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.
Oregon State at Washington State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 7 p.m.
Tennessee at Auburn — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
LSU at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
South Carolina at Georgia — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Missouri State at Wichita State — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Baylor — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Kentucky at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Texas A&M at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Utah Valley at New Mexico State — ESPN3, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma at TCU — FS1, 8 p.m.
Mississippi at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Cal-Riverside at Utah — Pac-12 Mountain, 9 p.m.
Cal-Davis at Cal State-Fullerton — ESPN3, 10 p.m.
UCLA at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.
Cal at Arizona State — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.

College Football
ESPNU Signing Day Special — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
CFB Daily: Spring Blitz — ESPNU, 6 p.m.

College Gymnastics
Women’s
2016 National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships, Fort Worth Convention Center Arena, Fort Worth, TX
Semifinals
Afternoon Session — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Evening Session — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

College Softball
Texas at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Stanford — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Bay Area, 8 p.m.

College Tennis
Men’s
Baylor at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.

Women’s
Washington State at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington, 4:30 p.m.

College Water Polo
Arizona State at UCLA — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m.

English Football Championship
Hull City vs. Wolverhampton — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

eSports
Heroes of the Dorm: Tournament Recap — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Formula 1
Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, Communist China
Practice — NBCSN, 2 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Open de España, Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Mitsubishi Electric Classic, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, GA
1st Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
Heritage Classic, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, SC
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
LOTTE Championship, Ko Olina Golf Club, Kapolei, Oahu, HI
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Evans, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
Weigh-In — FS2, 4:30 p.m.

Resurrection Fighting Alliance 37, Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, SD
Light-Heavyweight World Title
Rafael Viana vs. Devin Clark — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports Sun, 7 p.m.
Seattle at New York Yankees — Root Sports Northwest/YES, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Boston — Sportsnet One/NESN, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Minnesota — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Baltimore at Texas — MASN2/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Houston — Fox Sports Detroit Plus/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland — Fox Sports Kansas City/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

National League
Colorado at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami — Fox Sports Southeast/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia — MASN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at St. Louis — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Midwest Plus, 8:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Los Angeles — MLB Network/KNTV/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — MLB Network/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 10:30 p.m.

Interleague
New York Mets at Cleveland — SNY/STO, 7 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Houston vs. LA Galaxy — UniMás, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Practice — FS1, 11 a.m.
Qualifying — FS1, 4 p.m.

Xfinity Series
LALALALA 300, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Practice — FS1, 12:30 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 3 p.m.

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

NBA
The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters: Playoff Preview — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA Action — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
10 Before Tip – NBA TV, 7 p.m.
The Starters 2016 Awards Show — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
NBA Special: 2015-16 Warriors — NBA TV, 9 p.m.
NBA Playoff Preview — ESPN, 9 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: The Chase for 72 — ESPN, 10 p.m.

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 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 2: Detroit at Tampa Bay — CBC/CNBC/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m. (Tampa Bay leads series 1-0)
Game 1: New York Islanders at Florida — NHL Network/Sportsnet 360/TVA Sports 3/Fox Sports Sun/MSG Plus, 7:30 p.m.

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 2: Chicago at St. Louis — NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports 2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m. (St. Louis leads series 1-0)
Game 1: Nashville at Anaheim — CBC/NBCSN/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central Live — Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 11:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Soccer
NASL
Jacksonville Armada vs. Miami FC — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.

Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
El Clasico — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.
Total Italian Football — beIN Sports, 5:15 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 5:45 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
Euro Preview Show: UEFA Euro 2016 Magazine Show — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 6:45 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 9:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 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/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 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.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: This Magic Moment — ESPN, 7 p.m.
E:60: Pictures: Hurley — ESPNews, 7 p.m.
SEC Storied: Sarah & Suzanne — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Monte-Carlo Masters (ATP) — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

Federation Cup
World Group Playoffs: Australia vs. USA, Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Singles Rubbers — Tennis Channel, 9 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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