Friday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Boxeo Telemundo, La Carte Pavilion, Tampa, FL
Super Featherweights

Orlando Cruz vs. Gabito Cota — Telemundo, 11 p.m.

College Football
Clemson at Boston College — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
SMU at Tulsa — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Boise State at New Mexico — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
This Week in SEC Football — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Lemming Report — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 8:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

College Soccer
Men’s
Maryland vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

Women’s
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Georgia at South Carolina — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
UCLA at Utah — Pac-12/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Mountain, 8 p.m.
Oregon at Arizona State — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Arizona, 9 p.m.
USC at Colorado — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Mountain, 10 p.m.
Stanford at Washington State — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.
Washington at Oregon — ESPNU, 11 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Arizona, 11 p.m.

Formula 1
Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Japan
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 1:55 a.m./NBCSN, 2 a.m. (Saturday)

Golf
European Tour
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, St. Andrews Links (Old Course); Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course); Kingsbarns Golf Links; St. Andrew Scotland

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Toshiba Classic, Newport Beach Country Club, Newport Beach, CA

1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

European Tour/PGA Tour of Australasia
Fiji International, Natadola Bay Golf Course, Natadola Beach, Fiji

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Taiwan Championship, Miramar Golf & Country Club, New Taipei City, Taiwan

3rd Round — Golf Channel, midnight

Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, Jack Nicklaus Golf Club, Incheon, Republic of Korea
3rd Round — ESPN2, 2 a.m. (Saturday)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson, Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Weigh-In — FS2, 1 p.m.

Legacy Fighting Championship 60, Grand Casino, Hinckley, MN
Heavyweights

Brian Helen vs. Tyler East — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

World Series of Fighting 33, Kansas City Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO
Lightweight Championship Fight
Justin Gaethje vs. Ozzy Dugulubgov — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Hard Knocks MMA Fighting — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

MLB Postseason
American League Division Series
Game 2, The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX

Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers — TBS, 1 p.m.

Game 2, The Field Formerly Known as Jacobs, Cleveland, OH
Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians — TBS, 4:30 p.m.

National League Division Series
Game 1, Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals — FS1, 5:30 p.m.

Game 1, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs — FS1, 9 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 a.m.
MLB Postseason Pre-Game on TBS, 12:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 5 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
2016 Postseason Show — TBS, 8 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS2, 8:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 8:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
MLB on FS1 Postgame — FS1, midnight
MLB Tonight: Division Series — midnight
Confessions of a Cubs Fan: A Century of Waiting — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Chase for the Cup, Round of 12
Bank of America 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC

Practice — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series: Xfinity Chase, Round of 12
Drive for the Cure 300, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC

Qualifying — NBCSN 4:30 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Post-Race Show — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Preseason
Denver at Los Angeles Lakers — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

Los Angeles Clippers Team Preview — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
New York Knicks Team Preview — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Network Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Fantasy and Friends — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Top 10: Playoff Performances — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Steve Young: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL Preseason
Detroit at Toronto — Sportsnet 360, 7 p.m.
Washington at Carolina — NHL Network/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Los Angeles — NHL Network/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network, noon

Soccer
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
Group A, King Abdullah II International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Spain vs. Mexico — FS2/NBC Universo, 8:55 a.m.

Group A, Prince Mohammed International Stadium, Zarqa, Jordan
New Zealand vs. Jordan — Fox Soccer Plus, 8:55 a.m.

Group B, King Abdullah II International Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Canada vs. Venezuela — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:55 a.m.

Group B, Prince Mohammed International Stadium, Zarqa, Jordan
Germany vs. Cameroon — FS2, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifying
UEFA, Matchday 2

Group A, De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Netherlands vs. Belarus — FS2, 2:30 p.m.

Group H, King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
Belgium vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA World Cup Qualfifying Highlights: Matchday 2: Friday — Fox Socxcer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

Men’s International Friendly, Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba
Cuba vs. United States — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 3:48 p.m./ESPN2, 4 p.m.

Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.
FIFA Football — beIN Sports, 8:30 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.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 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
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1 p.m.
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.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Communist China Open (ATP/WTA) and Japan Open Tennis Championships (ATP) — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m.
Center Court: Communist China Open (ATP/WTA) and Japan Open Tennis Championships (ATP) — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

Entertainment
Last Man Standing — ABC, 8 p.m.
All In With Cam Newton: All In With Jake — Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.
MacGuyver — CBS, 8 p.m..
Hell’s Kitchen — Fox, 8 p.m.
iHeartradio Music Festival-Night Two — The CW, 8 p.m.
Tanked: Sea-Lebrity Edition: Shaq Attack! — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Bad Girls — Starz Encore, 8 p.m.
Nosferatu — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Dateline on TLC: Without a Trace — TLC, 8 p.m.
Dr. Ken — ABC, 8:30 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
It Takes a Killer: The Gainesville Ripper — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made — Science, 9 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: On a Lonely Road — NBC, 9 p.m.
Getting Ahead — PBS, 9 p.m.
Texas Flip N Move: No Living Room Rules — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Tanked: Unfiltered: Sheri Shepherd On the Rocks — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Hello Heartache, Goodbye Nome (season finale) — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Z Nation: Escorpion and the Red Hand — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Dateline on TLC: Tipping Point — TLC, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Death of the Ice Cream Blonde, Finding Nessie and World’s Worst Opera — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Abandoned: Route 66 — Viceland, 9 p.m.
The Exorcist — Fox, 9:01 p.m.
Burgers, Brew & ‘Que: Motor City’s Mouthwatering Meats — Food Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Seeking Charm in Phoenix — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Tanked: Real Aquariums of Beverly Hills — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Quarry: Coffee Blues — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Lewis Black: Black to the Future — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Couch Creature (season finale) — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End: Black Hole — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Nightmare Next Door: Sex, Money & Murder — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Rise Up: The Legacy of Nat Turner — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Van Helsinki: Coming Back — Syfy, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Dateline on TLC: Something Sweet — TLC, 10:02 p.m.
House Hunters International: Bachelor Moves to Stockholm — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
High Maintenance: Tick — HBO, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
The Half Hour: MIke Recine — Comedy Central, midnight
The Half Hour: Jacqueline Novak — Comedy Central, 12:30 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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