Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Port Adelaide Power vs. Richmond Tigers — FS2, 5:30 a.m.

Basketball
2016 FIBA U17 World Championships
Men’s Semifinal, City Arena, Zaragova, Spain

United States vs. Lithuania — ESPNU, 3 p.m.

Boxing
Boxeo Telemundo, Auditorio Plaza Condesa, Mexico City, Mexico
WBO Latino Super Featherweight Title

Carlos Ruiz vs. Sebastian Diaz — Telemundo, 11:35 p.m.

CFL
BC Lions at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.

eSports
Week 6: Gropu Play of Valve’s Counter-Strike; Global Offensive — TBS, 10 p.m.

EURO 2016
Quarterfinal, Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille Métropole, France
Wales vs. Belgium — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
UEFA Euro Tonight — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Formula 1
Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
Practice — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
100th Open de France, Le Golf National (Albatros Course), Paris, France

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.

International Federation of PGA Tours
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone Country Club, Akron, OH

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Barracuda Championship, Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, NV

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Portland Classic, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, OR

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
Legacy Fighting Championship 57, Diamond Jacks Casino, Shreveport, LA
Featherweight World Championship

Tony Kelley vs. Kevin Aguilar — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

UFC Main Event: UFC 172: Jones vs. Texeira — FS1, 8 p.m.
UFC Counterpunch: Cormier vs. Jones 2 — FS1, 9 p.m.
UFC Fight Flashback; jones vs. Cormier — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at Toronto — MLB Network/STO/Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Anaheim at Boston — Fox Sports West/NESN, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Sun, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Houston — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Texas at Minnesota — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle — MASN2/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Cincinnati at Washington — Fox Sports Ohio/MASN, 6 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets — MLB Network/WGN/SNY, 7 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Kansas City at Philadelphia — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Oakland — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
New York Yankees at San Diego — YES/Fox Sports San Diego, 10:30 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Chicago vs. San Jose — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
Real Salt Lake vs. D.C. United — UniMás/Univision Deportes/KMYU, 10:30 p.m.

Univision Deportes Fútbol Club — Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.
La Barra MLS — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Firecracker 400, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

Final Practice — NBCSN, 9:30 a.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Firecracker 250, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

Qualifying — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
Xfinity Series Post-Race Show: Daytona — NBCSN, 10 p.m.

NBA
Free Agent Fever: Morning– NBA TV, 8 a.m.
Free Agent Feer: Afternoon — NBA TV, 2 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Free Agency Special — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Free Agent Fever: Evening — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA Free Agency Special — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
NBA Free Agency Special — ESPNews, 9 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.

NHL
Hockey Central: Signing Season — Sportsnet/Sportsnet One/NHL Network, 11 a.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Free Agency — NHL Network, 1 p.m.
Hockey Central: Signing Season — Sportsnet/Sportsnet One, 4 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Free Agency Recap — NHL Network, 5 p.m.

Olympic Trials
U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, CenturyLink Center, Omaha, NE
Qualifying Heats: Men’s 50 Meter Freestyle & 100 Meter Butterfly, Women’s 200 Meter Backstroke — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Finals: Women’s 200 Meter Breastroke & 100 Meter Freestyle, Men’s 200 Meter Individual Medley & Backstroke — NBC, 8 p.m.

U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Men’s Shot Put and Men’s 10,000 Meters Final — NBC, 9 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m.
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPNews, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10:30 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
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 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.
One2One: Jay Wright — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
One2One: Bronco Mendenhall — CBS Sports Network, 8:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision Deportes, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

Tennis
The Championships Wimbledon, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England, United Kingdom
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s 2nd and 3rd Rounds — ESPN, 7 a.m.

Wimbledon Primetime — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Deadliest Sharks: Sharkopedia Edition — Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Hunt With John Walsh: The Enemy Next Door — HLN, 8 p.m.
Pulp Fiction — TMC Extra, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
The Great British Baking Show: Cake (season premiere) — PBS, 9 p.m.
Shark Bait — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ocean’s Thirteen — HBO2, 9 p.m.
I (Almost) Got Away With It: Got to Crawl My Way to Freedom — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Killjoys: Dutch and the Real Girl (season premiere) — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Dancing Plague, Tracking Santa and Annie Londonberry (season premiere) — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
What Would You Do? — ABC, 9:01 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Missing Marie — NBC, 10 p.m.
Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: The Truth About Toxins — CNN, 10 p.m.
Blue Serengeti — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Passport to Murder: Nightmare in Bali (series premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Thin Red Line — Starz Encore, 10 p.m.
Dark Matter: Welcome to Your New Home (season premiere) — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Tanked: Internet Tank Sensation — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
VICE: The News Space Race & Closing Gitmo (season finale) — HBO, 11 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Kristen Schaal Wears Strawberry Colored Pants and a Multicolored Shirt — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Celebrity Adventure Club: Jon Cryer’s Space Odyssey (series premiere) — Travel Channel, 11 .m.
Great Minds With Dan Harmon: John F. Kennedy — History Channel, 11:03 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Zach Galifanakis Wears Rolled Khakis and Shoes With Brown Laces — IFC, 11:30 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Brett Gelman’s Dinner in America — Cartoon Network, midnight
Vice Guide to Film: David Lynch — Viceland, midnight
Big Brother After Dark — Pop, 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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