Friday’s Viewing Picks

CFL
BC Lions at Ottawa Redblacks — TSN/ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

College Football
Pittsburgh at Boston College — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Washington State at Nevada — ESPN, 10;30 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB: The Edge — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
ESPNU Film Room — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Lemming Report — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 10 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
BYU at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Arizona State — Pac-12 Arizona, 7 p.m.
Cal-Riverside at USC — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
Wisconsin at Washington — Pac-12 Washington, 9 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
North Carolina at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Washington at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
Penn State at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Illinois vs. UCLA at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta de España
Stage 13: Belorado to Obregón: Parque de Cabárceno — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Tour of Alberta
Stage 3: Wetaskin to Edmonton — Universal Sports, 4 p.m.

Formula 1
Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo di Monza, Monza, Italy
Practice — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club (Severiano Ballesteros Course), Crans Montana, Switzerland
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m. & 9:30 a.m.

Champions Tour
Quebec Championship, La Tempete Golf Club, Quebec City, Canada
1st Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m.

Web.com Tour
Chiquita Classic, River Run Country Club, Davidson, NC
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
BMW Championship, Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, CO
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi, Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, CT
Prelims — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Main Event — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

Countdown to UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
UFC Prefight Show — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

Bellator 123, Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
Featherweight World Title
Curran vs. Pitbull 2 — Spike, 8 p.m.

Birth of a Rivalry: Curran/Pitbull I — Spike, 6 p.m.
Countdown to Curran/Pitbull II — Spike, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at Tampa Bay — MASN2/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at New York Yankees — Fox Sports Kansas City/YES, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Boston — Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Minnesota — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Texas — Root Sports Northwest/KTXA, 8 p.m.
Houston at Oakland — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Houston/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

National League
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/WGN America, 2:20 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Cincinnati — SNY/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MASN, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/Fox Sports Arizona/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
San Francisco at Detroit — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
LA Galaxy vs. Colorado — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
Practice — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Qualifying — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.

Nationwide Series
Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
Qualifying — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Race — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR Countdown — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Game Rewind: Green Bay at Seattle — NFL Network, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Week 1 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Playbook: Primetime, Week 1 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

Soccer
International Friendly, Stadium Formerly Known as Joe Robbie, Miami Gardens, FL
Brazil vs. Colombia — beIN Sports, 8:55 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. (joined in progress)
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m./Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Unguarded with Rachel Nichols — CNN, 10:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, New York, NY
Mixed Doubles Final & Women’s Semifinals — CBS, 12:30 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League, Brussels, Belgium
Memorial Van Damme — Universal Sports, 2 p.m.

Entertainment
Stand Up to Cancer — ABC/ABC Family/AXS/Bravo/CBS/Cooking Channel/Discovery Fitness and Health/E!/Encore/ESPNews/Fox/Fox Sports 2/FXM/HBO/Ion/Lifetime Movie Network/Logo/MLB Network/National Geographic Channel/NBC/Oxygen/Showtime/Smithsonian Channel/Starz/TNT/VH1, 8 p.m.
Masters of Illusion — The CW, 8 p.m.
King Kong — HBO Family, 8 p.m.
Love It or List It, Too: Karen & Sat — HGTV, 8 p.m.
No Country for Old Men — IFC, 8 p.m.
Grudge Match — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose–The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Man Caves: Man Caves Renovates an Unused Room in NFL Punter Chris Kluwe’s House Into a New Video Gamer — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Mystery in Orange County — NBC, 9 p.m.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team — CMT, 9 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Extra Dose: Turtle Trouble — Discovery Fitness and Health, 9 p.m.
Love It or List It, Too: Nicola & Michael — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Deadly Women: Lover’s Revenge — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Brain Games: Mind vs. Body — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Saving Mr. Banks — Starz, 9 p.m.
Monumental Mysteries: Roosevelt’s Moroccan Mission; The Last Bare Knuckle Boxer; America’s First Spy Ring — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Donut Showdown: Hollywood — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Wilmington, NC — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Young, Hot & Crooked: Hot in Love (series premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Saving Dr. Brantly: The Inside Story of a Medical Miracle — NBC, 10 p.m.
The War to End All Wars: A Call to Arms — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
The Knick: Where’s the Dignity? — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Brain Games: Brain Trust — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Cocaine Cowboys — Showtime, 10 p.m.
20/20: Joan Rivers: Living for the Laughs — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
House Hunters International: Marshall Islands — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Young, Hot & Crooked: In Too Deep — Investigation Discovery, 10:30 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife — HBO, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — TV Guide Network, 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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