Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Essendon Bombers vs. Hawthorn Hawks — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.
Port Adelaide Power vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

AFL Highlights — Fox Socxcer Plus, 5 a.m.

Boxing
CBS Sports Spectacular: Fight Night
Knockout Night at the D, Downtown Las Vegas Event Center, Las Vegas, NV
Lightweights

Jesus Gutierrez vs. Demond Brock — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

College Baseball
NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Super Regionals

Coral Gables Super Regional, Mark Light Field, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Game 1: Boston Collge vs. Miami — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Starkville Super Regional, Dudy Noble Field, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Arizona vs. Mississippi State — ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Lubbock Super Regional, Dan Law Field, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Game 1: East Carolina vs. Texas Tech — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

College Station Super Regional, Blue Bell Park, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
TCU vs. Texas A&M — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Track & Field
NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Men’s Final — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.

Copa América Centenario
Group D, Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Chile vs. Bolivia — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 6:30 p.m./Fox, 7 p.m.

Group D, Soldier Field, Chicago, IL
Argentina vs. Panama — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9 p.m./Fox, 9:30 p.m.

Univision Deportes Fútbol Club: Copa América Centario — Univision Deportes, 5 p.m.
Fútbol Central: Copa América Centario — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 6 p.m.
Copa América Centario Pregame — Fox, 6:30 p.m.
Copa América Centario Pregame — Fox, 9 p.m.
Linea de Cuatro: Copa América Centario — Univision Deportes, 11:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo: Copa América — Univision Deportes, midnight
Copa Tonight — FS1, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

eSports
ELeague: Week 3: Group Play of Valve’s Counter-Strike; Global Offensive — TBS, 10 p.m.

EURO 2016
Group A, Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
France vs. Romania — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro Pre-Match Show — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
UEFA EURO Tonight — ESPNews, 7:30 p.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix du Canada, Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Practice — NBCSN, 2 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Lyoness Open, Diamond Country Club (Diamond Course), Atzenbrugg, Austria

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

Web.com Tour
Rust-Oleum Championship, Ivanhoe Club, Ivanhoe, IL

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Senior Players Championship, Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course), Flourtown, PA
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
St. Jude Classic, TPC Southwind, Memphis, TN

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Women’s PGA Championship, Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish, WA

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

Horse Racing
Belmont Stakes, Belmont Park, Elmont, NY
Belmont Stakes Access — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

IndyCar
Firestone 600, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Qualifying — NBCSN, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
CES MMA 36, Twin River Casino, Lincoln, RI
World Lightweight Title

Luis Felix vs. Ryan Sanders — AXS TV, 9 p.m.

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

National League
Philadelphia at Washington — WCAU/MASN, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Atlanta — WGN/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.
New York Mets at Milwaukee — SNY/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Miami at Arizona — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Francisco — MLB Network/SportsNet LA/KNTV, 10:15 p.m.

Interleague
Oakland at Cincinnati — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Ohio, 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 Whiparound — FS1, 11 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
FireKeepers Casino 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

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

Xfinity Series
Menard’s 250, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, NY

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

Camping World Truck Series
Rattlesnake 400, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

Qualifying — FS1, 7:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
Race — FS1, 9 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — FS1, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Finals
Game 4: Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers — ABC, 9 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
Live at the Finals: Game 4 Pregame — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ABC, 8:30 p.m.
Live at the Finals: Game 4 Postgame — NBA TV, midnight
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.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.
NHL Tonight: Scouting Combine Special — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
All Access: Quest for the Stanley Cup (season finale) — Showtime, 9 p.m.

Soccer
Football Focus: Euro 2016 — BBC World News, 8:30 a.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, midnight

SPECIAL COVERAGE
Muhammad Ali Memorial — ESPN, noon
Muhammad Ali Memorial Service — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 1:30 p.m./Comcast SportsNet (Bay Area/California/Chicago)/ESPN, 2 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.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (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/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 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.
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight

Tennis
Mercedes Cup (ATP)/Ricoh Open (ATP/WTA) — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.

Entertainment
All In With Cam Newton: All In With Jackson and Ajnai — Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night — ABC, 8 p.m.
Masters of Illusion — The CW, 8 p.m.
Alaskan Bush People: Off the Grid: Surviving the Lower 48 — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight — HBO, 8 p.m.
The Hunt With John Walsh: Justice Denied — HLN, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Girl Meets World: Girl Meets Jexica — Disney Channel, 8:30 p.m..
Alaskan Bush People: High Tide Housing — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: The Visionaries — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Revenge of the Nerds — IFC, 9 p.m.
Animals Gone Wild: Deadly Game — Nat Geo Wild, 9 p.m.
The Walk — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Who Killed Superman; Silver Lake Sea Serpent; Wooden Hourse Escape — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: The Feud — NBC, 10 p.m.
Outcast: (I Remember) When She Loved Me — Cinemas, 10 p.m.
Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: One Giant Step for Morgan — CNN, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher: Barbara Boxer, Tom Morello, Ana Marie Cox, Katie Packer Andrew Ross Sorkin — HBO, 10 p.m.
I (Almost) Got Away With It: Got to Escape with a Battleaxe — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
When Sharks Attack: Cape Jaws — NatGeo Wild, 10 p.m.
Wynonna Earp: Landslide — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Bubble Boy — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
Tanked: Imaginarium Aquarium (season finale) — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
The Last Alaskans: Land of the Free: Winter’s Edge — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
Tim Beings: Extreme Time Travel Conspiracies — Travel Channel, 10:03 p.m.
VICE: Flint Water Crisis & Libya on the Brink — HBO, 11 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Tony Hale Wears a Flannel Shirt and Fuschsia Sneakers — IFC, 11 p.m.
Great Minds With Dan Harmon: Buddha (series premiere) — History Channel, 11:03 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Tegan and Sara Wear Leather Jackets and Skinny Jeans — IFC, 11:30 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Spy — HBO2, midnight
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 12:05 a.m. (Saturday)

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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