Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Richmond Tigers — FS1, 5:30 a.m.
Hawthorne Hawks vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, FL
IBF World Lightweight Title

Mickey Bey vs. Racnes Barthelemey — Spike, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Regionsls-Double Elimination

Clemson Regional, Kingsmore Stadium, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Nebraska vs. Oklahoma — ESPNU, noon
Western Carolina vs. Clemson — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Tallahassee Regional, Dick Howser Stadium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
South Alabama vs. Southern Mississippi — ESPN3, noon
Alabama State vs. Florida State — ESPN3, 6 p.m.

Charlottesville Region, Davenport Field, University of Virginia, Charalottesville, VA
William & Mary vs. Virginia — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
East Carolina vs. Bryant — ESPN3, 6 p.m.

Columbia Regional, Carolina Stadium, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Duke vs. North Carolina-Wilmington — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
URI vs. South Carolina — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Coral Gables Regional, Mark Light Field, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Long Beach State vs. Florida Atlantic — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Stetson vs. Miami (FL) — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Gainesville Regional, McKethan Stadium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
UConn vs. Georgia Tech — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida — SEC Network, 6 p.m.

Lafayette Regional, Moore Field, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Arizona vs. Sam Houston State — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Princeton vs. Louisiana-Lafayette — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Louisville Regional, Jim Patterson Stadium, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Wright State vs. Ohio State — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Western Michigan vs. Louisville — ESPN3, 6 p.m.

Raleigh Regional, Doak Field, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
St. Mary’s (CA) vs. Coastal Carolina — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Navy vs. North Carolina State — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Starkville Regional, Dudy Noble Field, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Southeast Missouri State vs. Mississippi State — ESPN3, 2:30 p.m.
Louisiana Tech vs. Cal State-Fullerton — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

Baton Rouge Regional, Alex Box Stadium, Louisiana State Univeristy, Baton Rouge, LA
Utah Valley vs. LSU — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Southeastern Louisiana vs. Rice — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Fort Worth Regional, Lupton Stadium, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Gonzaga vs. Arizona State — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Oral Roberts vs. TCU — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.

Lubbock Regional, Dan Law Field, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Fairfield vs. Texas Tech — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
New Mexico vs. Dallas Baptist — ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Nashville Regional, Hawkins Field, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Washington vs. Cal-Santa Barbara — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Xaver vs. Vanderbilt — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

College Station Regional, Blue Bell Park, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Minnesota vs. Wake Forest — ESPN3, 4 p.m.
Binghamton vs. Texas A&M — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

Oxford Regional, Swayze Field, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Boston College vs. Tulane — ESPN3, 4 p.m.
Utah vs. Mississippi — ESPN3, 8 p.m.

Bases Loaded Whiparound Coverage — Check your local listings, 1 p.m.
Bases Loaded Whiparound Coverage — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Bases Loaded Whiparound Coverage — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.

College Softball
College Women’s World Series, ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, Oklahoma City, OK
Bracket 2

Alabama vs. Oklahoma — ESPN2, 7 p.m. (resumption of suspended game)
LSU vs. Michgian — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Copa América Centenario
Group A, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
United States vs. Colombia — Univision/UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9 p.m./FS1, 9:30 p.m.

Copa América Centenario Pregame — FS1, 8 p.m.
Fútbol Central — Univision/UniMás, 8 p.m.
Fútbol Central: Copa América Centenario — Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
Copa América Centenario Tonight — FS1, 11:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo: Copa América Centenario — Univision Deportes, 11:30 p.m.

eSports
ELeague: Week 2: Group Play of Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive — TBS, 10 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Nordea Masters, Bro Hof Slott Golf Club (Stadium Course), Stockholm, Sweden

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

LPGA Tour
ShopRite LPGA Classic, Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club (Bay Course), Galloway, NJ

1st Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
The Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, OH

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Principal Charity Classic, Wakonda Club, Des Moines, IA

1st Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2, The Forum, Inglewood, CA
Weigh-In — FS2, 7 p.m.

Resurrection Fighting Alliance 38, The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa, CA
LIghtweight Title Fight

Thiago Moisês vs. Jamail Emmers — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

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

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

Interleague
Anaheim at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports West/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
The Whatever This Is Called 400, Pocono Motor Speedway, Long Pond, PA

Practice — FS1, 11 a.m.
Qualifying — FS1, 4 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Pocono Green 250, Pocono Motor Speedway, Long Pond, PA

Practice — FS1, 12:30 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 3 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime: NBA Finals Media Availability — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NB Action — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV Finals Film Room: Game 1 — NBA TV, 9 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Final Edition — NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Soccer
Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying
Group M, Stade Olympique, Noauakchott, Maurtiania

Mauritania vs. Cameroon — beIN Sports, 12:50 p.m.

Group F, Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia
Libya vs. Morocco — beIN Sports, 3 p.m. (joined in progress)

ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
La Liga Show: The Champion — beIN Sports, 6 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.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Auidence (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Souithwest), 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.
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, 11:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight

Tennis
French Open, Stade Roland-Garros, Paris, France
Men’s and Women’s Singles Semifinals — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Singles Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Singles Semifinals — NBC, 11 a.m. (live ET only)

Tennis Channel Live at Roland Garros — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

Entertainment
Masters of Illusion: Classic Magic Mashups — The CW, 8 p.m.
All In With Cam Newton: All In With Kaden and Soleil (series premiere) — Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.
Beyond the Tank — ABC, 8 p.m.
Alaskan Bush People: Off the Grid: Growing the Wolfpack — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Black Snake Moan — Showtime Extreme, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Girl Meets World: Girl Meets High School: Part One — Disney Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Carol Burnett’s Favorite Sketches — PBS, 9 p.m.
Tanked: Celebrity Scoop: Gabriel Igleslias — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Alaskan Bush People: Surviving the Lower 48 — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Wild Hogs — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Mystery of the Spinning Statue; the Unwanted Elephant; Pirates of the Mediterrean — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Governors Ball 2016 LIVE: The Strokes; Robyn — Viceland, 9 p.m.
United States of Animals: The West Sting — NatGeo Wild, 10 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Rear Window — NBC, 10 p.m.
Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: Double or Nothing — CNN, 10 p.m.
Outcast: A Darkness Surrounds Him (series premiere) — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
OCD Hospital — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Roots; A History Revealed — History Channel, 10 p.m.
I (Almost) Got Away With It: Got to Send a Bomb in the Mail — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Ben Glieb: Neurotic Gangster — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Wynonna Earp: She Wouldn’t Be Gone — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Tanked: Prince Royko’s Royal Tank — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
The Last Alaskans: Land of the Free — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
United States of Animals: Northern Exposure — NatGeo Wild, 10:30 p.m.
VICE: New Age of Nukes & Heroin Crisis — HBO, 11 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Kevin Bacon Wears a Blue Button Down Shirt and Brown Boots — IFC TV, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: The Lonely Island Wears Dark Pants and Eyeglasses — IFC TV, 11:30 p.m.
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure — IFC TV, midnight

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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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