Friday’s Viewing Picks

Arena Football
Philadelphia Soul at Arizona Rattlers — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Hawthorn Hawks — FS2, 5:30 a.m.
Brisbane Lions vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

College Baseball
College World Series Press Conference — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

College Basketball
The Other Supreme Court: The 2016 ACC Tournament — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Copa América Centenario
Quarterfinal, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
Peru vs. Colombia — Univision/Univision Deportes, 7:30 p.m./FS1, 8 p.m.

Univision Deportes Fútbol Club: Copa América Centenario — Univision Deportes, 6 p.m.
Fútbol Central: Copa América Centenario — Univision/Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.
Copa América Centenario Postgame — FS1, 10 p.m.
Línea de Cuatro: Copa América Centenario — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.
Copa Tonight — FS1, midnight

Cycling
Tour de Suisse
Stage 7 (Arbon to Sölden) Recap — Universal HD, 3 p.m.

eSports
ELeague: Week 4: Group Play of Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive — TBS, 10 p.m.

EURO 2016
Group E, Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Italy vs. Sweden — ESPN, 9 a.m.

Group D, Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France
Czech Republic vs. Croatia — ESPN, noon

Group D, Stade de Nice, Nice, France
Spain vs. Turkey — ESPN, 3 p.m.

EURO 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN, 8:30 a.m.
EURO 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN, 11:30 a.m.
EURO 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
EURO Tonight — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Formula 1
European Grand Prix, Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan
Practice — NBCSN, 9 a.m.

Golf
U.S. Open, Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, PA
1st Round Conclusion/2nd Round Start — FS1, 8 a.m.
2nd Round — Fox, 5 p.m.

Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 9 p.m.
U.S. Open Wrap Up — FS1, 1 a.m (Saturday)

LPGA Tour
Meier Classic, Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, MI

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 156, SaveMart Center, Fresno, CA
Bantamweight Title Fight

Eduardo Dantas vs. Marcos Galvāo — Spike, 9 p.m.

Rampage Returns — Spike, 11:15 p.m.

Hard Knocks Fighting 50, Century Casino, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bantamweight Title Fight

Jesse Arnett vs. Mike Hernandez — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

World Series of Fighting 31, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT
World Heavyweight Title Fight

Blagoy Ivanov vs. Josh Copeland — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Resurrection Fighting Alliance 39, Hammond Civic Center, Hammond, IN
Featherweight Title Fight

Raoni Barcelos vs. Bobby Moffett — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

Inside MMA — AXS TV, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Boston — Root Sports Northwest/NESN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore — Sportsnet/MASN, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Minnesota — WPIX/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.
Anaheim at Oakland — Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet California, 9:30 p.m.

National League
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — MLB Nework/Root Sports Pittsburgh/WLS, 2:20 p.m.
Arizona at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Arizona/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at New York Mets — Fox Sports South/SNY, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Miami — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Wisconsin/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.
Washington at San Diego — MASN2/Fox Sports San Diego, 10:30 p.m.

Interleague
San Francisco at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Sun, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Houston — Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Texas at St. Louis — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.

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

NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Speediatrics 200, Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA

Practice — FS2, 3 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 6 p.m.

Xfinity Series
American Ethanol E15 250, Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA

Practice — FS2, 4:30 p.m.
Practice — FS1, 5 p.m.
Final Practice — FS1, 7 p.m.

NBA
The Jump — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Sounds of the Finals — NBA TV< 8 p.m.
NBA TV Finals Film Room: Game 6 — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
All Access: Quest for the Stanley Cup (series finale) — Showtime, 9 p.m.

Soccer
Football Focus: Euro 2016 — BBC World News, 8:30 a.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, midnight

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 10:30 a.m. (joined in progress)
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPNews, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audiene (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: O.J.: Made in America: Part Four — ESPN, 9 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Aegon Championships (ATP), Birmingham Classic (WTA), Gerry Weber Open (ATP) — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Volleyball
FIVB Volleyball World League
Pool B, Group 1, Carioca Arena, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

United States vs. Iran — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

Entertainment
Masters of Illusion — The CW, 8 p.m.
Tanked: Celebrity Scoop: Penn & Teller — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Alaskan Bush People: Off The Grid: High Tide Housing — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Kate & Leopold — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Masters of Illusion — The CW, 8:30 p.m.
Girl Meets World: Girl Meets Permanent Record — Disney Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Boston EMS — Discovery Life Channel, 9 p.m.
Alaskan Bush People: Shots in the Dark — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: Decoding the Cosmic Egg — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Half Baked — IFC, 9 p.m.
Animals Gone Wild: Born to Be Wild — NatGeo Wild, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Pigeon Bra; Alpine Air Rescue; Her Promised Land — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
What Would You Do? (season premiere) — ABC, 9:01 p.m.
Boston EMS — Discovery Life Channel, 9:30 p.m.
20/20: Rehab Mogul — ABC, 10 p.m.
Dateline: On Assignment (season finale) — NBC, 10 p.m.
Outcast: All Alone Now — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher: Rebecca Trasiter; Ravi Patel; Josh Barro; Emily Miller; Lawrence Wilkerson — HBO, 10 p.m.
I (Almost) Got Away With It: Got to Get Home to Mother — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Wild Yellowstone: Grizzly Summer — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
When Sharks Attack: Nighmare Island — NatGeo Wild, 10 p.m.
The Shawshank Redemption — Starz Encore, 10 p.m.
Wynonna Earp: House of Memories — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Tanked: Bellagio Makeover — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
Homestead Rescue: Abandoned & Alone (series premiere) — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
VICE: Die Trying — HBO, 11 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: T-Pain Wears Shredded Jeans and a Printed Shirt — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Paper Towns — HBO2, 11 p.m.
Great Minds With Dan Harmon: John Wilkes Booth — History Channel, 11:03 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Aubrey Plaza Wears a Velvet Off-the-Shoulder Gown With Flowers in Her Hair — 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.
Big Jay Oakerson: Live at Webster Hall — Comedy Central, midnight

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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