Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Western Bulldogs — FS2, 5:30 a.m.
Adelaide Crows vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ
Super Bantanweights
Daniel Rosas vs. Jonathan Guzman — Spike, 9 p.m.

Bundesliga
Augsburg vs. Koln — FS2, 2:20 p.m.

College Baseball
Western Michigan at Toledo — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
UAB at Old Dominion — American Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Michigan State at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Duke at North Carolina State — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Jacksonville at Stetson — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Oakland at Wright State — ESPN3, 6:30 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Georgia Tech — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Dallas Baptist at Bradley — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Florida A&M at Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
New Jersey Institute of Technology at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma at Kansas – ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Florida at South Carolina — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Kentucky at Auburn — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Tennessee at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Georgia at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
LSU at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Texas A&M at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Gonzaga at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
Mississippi State at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Texas Tech at TCU — FS1, 9 p.m.
Cal State-Fullerton at Cal-Irvine — ESPN3, 9:30 p.m.
Arizona at USC — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

College Beach Volleyball
Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championships, Marie Norman Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Pairs Semfinals #1 and #2 — Pac-12 Network, 1 p.m.
Pairs Final — Pac-12 Network, 2 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
ACC Tournament, Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, Georgia
Semifinals
North Carolina vs. Syracuse — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Notre Dame vs. Duke — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.

Patriot League Tournament, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Semifinals
Navy vs. Army — CBS Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.
Loyola (MD) vs. Bucknell — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s
ACC Tournament, Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
Semifinals
Duke vs. North Carolina — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 5 p.m.
Notre Dame vs. Syracuse — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m.

College Softball
Northwestern at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Kansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, 5:30 p.m.
Arizona State at UCLA — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Oregon — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Oregon, 10 p.m.
Cal at Stanford — Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.
Utah at Washington — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

Formula 1
Russian Grand Prix, Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia
Practice — NBCSN, 7 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
Communist China Open, opwin Golf & Country Club, Beijing, Communist China
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m. (same day coverage)

LPGA Tour
Texas Shootout, Las Colinas Country Club, Irving, TX
2nd Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
New Orleans Classic, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, LA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

Web.com Tour
United Leasing & Finance Championship, Victoria National Golf Club, Newburgh, IN
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

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

National League
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports South/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at New York Mets — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/SNY, 7 p.m.
Miami at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Washington at St. Louis — MASN2/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
San Diego at Los Angeles — Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Cleveland at Philadelphia — STO/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

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

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Sparks Energy 300, Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
Practice — FS1, 11:30 a.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 1:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
GEICO 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
Practice — FS1, 2:30 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 4:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition — FS1, 5:30 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 6: Toronto at Indiana — ESPNews/NBA TV, 7:30 p.m. (Toronto leads series 3-2)
Game 6: Miami at Charlotte — ESPN, 8 p.m. (Charlotte leads series 3-2)

Western Conference Quarterfinal
Game 6: Los Angeles Clippers at Portland — ESPN, 10:30 p.m. (Portland leads series 3-2)

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Heat/Hornets, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
NBA GameTime: Clippers/Trail Blazers, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
Annual Player Selection Meeting, Auditorium Theatre, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Round 2 — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Rounds 2 & 3 — NFL Network, 7 p.m.
Rounds 2 & 3 — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
NFL Man of the Year Huddle — NFL Network, 12:30 p.m.
2016 NFL Draft Kickoff — NFL Network, 1 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1: St. Louis at Dallas — CBC/NBCSN/TVA Sports, 8 p.m.
Game 1: Nashville at San Jose — NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 11:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Soccer
Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
FIFA Football — beIN Sports, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
UEFA Euro 2016 Magazine Show — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 10:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter: AM — ESPN, 7 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.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Rusillo 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.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 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, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
TMZ Sports — FS1, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Tennis
ATP Tour
Istanbul Open, Koza World of Sports Complex, Istanbul, Turkey
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 10:30 a.m. & 1 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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