Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Richmond Tigers — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 p.m.

Boxing
Boxcino 2014 Tournament, Verona, NY
Middleweight Finals & Lightweight Finals — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

College Baseball
ACC Tournament, Greensboro, NC
Florida State vs. Maryland — Fox Sports Net (regional)/ESPN3, 11 a.m.
Georgia Tech vs. Clemson — Fox Sports Net (regional)/ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Virginia vs. North Carolina — Fox Sports Net (regional)/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament, Lincoln, NE
Michigan State vs. Illinois — Big Ten Network, 4:30 p.m.
Indiana or Michigan vs. Iowa — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.

Big 12 Tournament, Oklahoma City, OK
West Virginia vs. Baylor — Fox College Sports Central, 4:15 p.m.
Oklahoma State or Texas vs. Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

Oregon State at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Cal at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Tournament
Super Regionals
Athens Super Regionals, Athens, GA
Game 1: Georgia vs. Baylor — ESPNU, 2 p.m.

Tallahassee Super Regionals, Tallahassee, FL
Game 2: Florida State vs. Michigan — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Game 3: Michigan vs. Florida State — ESPN, 7 p.m. (if necessary)

Tuscaloosa Super Regionals, Tuscaloosa, AL
Game 2: Alabama vs. Nebraska — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Game 3: Nebraska vs. Alabama — ESPN, 9 p.m. (if necessary)

Lafayette Super Regionals, Lafayette, LA
Game 1: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Arizona — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia, Italy
Stage 13: Fossano to Rivarolo Canavese — beIN Sport, 8:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco
Practice — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
BMW PGA Championship, Surrey, England
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.

Champions Tour
Senior PGA Championship, Benton Harbor, MI
2nd Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
Colonial Invitational, Fort Worth, TX
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Airbus LPGA Classic Mobile, AL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Hockey
Memorial Cup, London, Ontario, Canada
Edmonton Oil Kings vs. Val d’Or Foreurs — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), 7 p.m.

IndyCar
Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Qualifying Session — NBCSN, 11 a.m.
Qualifying Session — NBCSN, 1 p.m.

Indy Lights Series
Freedom 100, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, IN
Race — NBCSN, noon

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 173: Barão vs. Dillashaw, Las Vegas, NV
UFC Weigh-In — Fox Sports 2, 7 p.m.

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

National League
Arizona at New York Mets — Fox Sports Arizona/WPIX, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia — SportsNet LA/WCAU, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Florida — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh — MASN/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Atlanta — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/SportsSouth, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at San Diego — WGN America/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Minnesota at San Francisco –Fox Sports North/KNTV, 10:15 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Sporting KC vs. Toronto FC — Univision Deportes/KCMI/TSN, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.

NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Empty Cup: Quest for the NASCAR Championship — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
100,000 Cameras: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.
The 600: History of NASCAR’s Toughest Race — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.

NHL
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
The Best of Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m./Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
Best of ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
Cote de Nice Cote D’Azur, Nice, France
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Dusseldorf Open, Dusseldorf, Germany
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

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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