Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Collingwood Magpies vs. Essendon Bombers — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 a.m.
Gold Coast Suns vs. Greater Western Sydney Swans — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 p.m.

College Baseball
Kansas at Baylor — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
Oregon at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

College Football
CFB Daily: Spring Blitz — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
ACC Tournament, Chester, PA
Semifinals

Duke vs. Syracuse — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Maryland vs. Notre Dame — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.

Patriot League Tournament, Baltimore, MD
Semifinals

Loyola (MD) vs. Colgate — CBS Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.
Army vs. Lehigh — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

College Softball
Purdue at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at BYU — BYUtv, 5:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas — Longhorn Network, 6 p.m.
Washington at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Michigan at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
Oregon at Stanford — ESPNU, 10 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Communist China Open, Shenzhen, Communist China

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
New Orleans Classic, Avondale, LA

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
Swinging Skirts Classic, San Francisco, CA

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at New York Yankees — Fox Sports West/YES, 7 p.m.
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Sportsnet One, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Baltimore — Fox Sports Kansas City/MASN, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Houston — Comcast SportsNet California/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox — Sun Sports/WCIU, 8 p.m.
Texas at Seattle — KTXA/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Miami at New York Mets — Fox Sports Florida/SNY, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Washington — Fox Sports San Diego/MASN2, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus 2/WMAQ 5.2/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — MLB Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest Plus, 8:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona — The Comcast Network/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles Dodgers — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Cleveland at San Francisco — STO/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m.

High Heat — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Toyota Owners 400, Richmond International Speedway, Richmond, VA

Practice — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.
Final Practice — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.

Nationwide Series
ToyotaCare 250, Richmond International Speedway, Richmond, VA

Qualifying — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Race — ESPNews, 7 p.m.

NASCAR Live: Richmond — Fox Sports 1, noon
The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
NASCAR Countdown — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference

Game 3: Toronto at Brooklyn — ESPN2, 7 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)
Game 3: Chicago at Washington — ESPN, 8 p.m. (Washington leads series 2-0)

Western Conference
Game 3: Houston at Portland — ESPN, 10:30 p.m. (Portland leads series 2-0)

NBA GameTime: Raptors/Nets, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Bulls/Wizards, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Rockets/Trail Blazers, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 7 p.m,

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference

Game 4: New York Rangers at Philadelphia — CNBC/TSN/RDS/MSG Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m. (New York leads series 2-1)

Western Conference
Game 5: Chicago at St. Louis — NBCSN/CBC/RDS2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m. (Series tied 2-2)
Game 5: Dallas at Anaheim — NBCSN/TSN/RDS/Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10:30 p.m. (Series tied 2-2)

NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2014 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2014 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SportsDash With Yahoo! Sports — NBCSN, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.
ROME – CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 10 p.m.
The Artie Lange Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 11 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Lead Off — CBS Sports Network, midnight

Swimming
Arena Grand Prix — Universal Sports, 8 p.m,

Tennis
Center Court — Tennis Channel, 6:30 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m.

WTA Tour
Porsche Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany

Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain

Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 9 p.m. & 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

Track and Field
Drake Relays — Universal Sports, 9:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
Last Man Standing (season finale) — ABC, 8 p.m.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? — The CW, 8 p.m.
Unforgettable — CBS, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC — NBC, 8 p.m.
Kitchen Nightmares — Fox, 8 p.m.
No Country for Old Men — IFC, 8 p.m.
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
The Writers Room: The Walking Dead, Superman and Other Comic Book Adaptations — Sundance Channel, 9 p.m.
Shark Tank — ABC, 9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Hart of Dixie — The CW, 9 p.m.
Great Performances: Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty — PBS, 9 p.m.
Showdown of the Unbeatables: Torch vs. Chainsaw — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Sydney ER: Wild Bachelor Party — Discovery Fitness and Health, 10 p.m.
Mountain Monsters: Werewolf of Webster County — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Nightmare Next Door: Madison Murder Mystery — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Continuum: A Minute Changes Everything — Syfy, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Off The Grid — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
VICE — HBO, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.

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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