Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Golden Boy Live, Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, CA
Junior Featherweights
Joseph Diaz, Jr. vs. Roberto Castaneda — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
ESPN Recruiting Nation: Basketball Signing Day Special — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
SEC Studio: SEC Basketball Coaches Forum — SEC Network, 8 p.m.

College Football
East Carolina at Cincinnati — ESPN 2, 7 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman at Hampton — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Texas-San Antonio — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Cal at USC — ESPN, 9 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
ESPNU Film Room — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 8 p.m.
SEC Studio: SEC Chalk Talk — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
College Football Weekend Kickoff — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Washington at Colorado — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.
Oregon at Arizona — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Arizona, 8 p.m.
Washington State at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.
Southern Oregon at Oregon State — Pac-12 Oregon, 10 p.m.
Hawaii Pacific at BYU-Hawaii — BYUtv, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Turkish Airlines Open, Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m.

PGA Tour
OHL Classic at Mayakoba, El Camaleon, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Club de Golf Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
Baseball Writers’ Association of America Awards: MVP — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight: MVP — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Toronto — TNT, 8 p.m.
Brooklyn at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
Buffalo at Miami — NFL Network, 8:25 p.m.

Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
NFL Total Access Kickoff live from the Stadium Formerly Known as Joe Robbie, Miami Gardens, FL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Fantasy Football Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Fantasy Football Uncensored — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
NFL Thursday Night Football Kickoff live from the Stadium Formerly Known as Joe Robbie — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Night Football Postgame live from the Stadium Formerly Known as Joe Robbie — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.
Undrafted — NFL Network, midnight

NHL
Colorado at New York Rangers — NHL Network (US)/Altitude/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Carolina — TSN3/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Boston at Montreal — Sportsnet 360/RDS/NESN, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet California/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Minnesota — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Nashville at St. Louis — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Calgary — Fox Sports Arizona/Sportsnet Flames, 9 p.m.
Ottawa at Edmonton — RDS2/TSN5/Sportsnet Oilers, 9:30 p.m.
Dallas at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet/Sportsnet 360, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 10 p.m./NHL Network (US), 11 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
Men’s
U21 International Friendly, Turf Moor, Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
England vs. Portugal — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m.

International Friendly, Estádio Centenario, Morelos, Mexico
Uruguay vs. Costa Rica — Gol TV, 6 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
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.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show live from the Stadium Formerly Known as Joe Robbie — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m./Fox Sports 2, 5 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.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Featured — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
ATP World Tour Finals, The O2 Arena, London, England, United Kingdom
Group B Doubles
Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic vs. Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin vs. Ivan Dodig vs. Marcelo Melo — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.

Group B Singles
Kei Nishikori vs. Milos Raonic — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.
Roger Federer vs. Andy Murray — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

Davis Cup Preview: 2014 Finals — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
300: Rise of an Empire — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Cupcake Wars: Tree People — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
The E! True Hollywood Story: Life After Reality — E!, 8 p.m.
Donut Showdown: Luau — Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: Too Close for Comfort — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Bad Judge (The Final Days) — NBC, 9 p.m.
Gracepoint — Fox, 9 p.m.
Deadly Affairs: Three to Tango — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Rambo — IFC, 9 p.m.
The Layover With Anthony Bourdain: Extra Miles: Chicago — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Food Factory USA: The Steaks Are High — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
Carnival Eats: Ohio State Fair and Calabash Flounder in North Carolina — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Gobbled Up — Food Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Kansas — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Monsters Inside Me: There’s a Worm Crawling in My What? — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Ghost Stalkers: Wheatlands Plantation — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Deadly Affairs: Runaway Murder — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Cosmic Pinball: Our Solar System — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Man on Fire — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
No Reservations: Europe Files, Volume 2 — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Offbeat Eats With Jim Stacy: Rock and Rebels — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Terrassson, France — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Cops Reloaded — CMT, 11 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Maziar Bahari and Gael Garcia Bernal — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Katie Morgan’s Sex Tips: Questions, Anyone? — HBO, 11 p.m.
Sex With Sunny Megatron: Pushing Boundaries — Showtime, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Food Truck Face-Off: Showdown on Wilshire Blvd. — Food Network, 11 p.m.
Gamer — IFC, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Monuments Men — Starz, 11:25 p.m.
Katie Morgan on Sex Toys — HBO, 11:30 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Jennifer Lawrence — Comedy Central, 11:31 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.
At Midnight: Tom Lennon; Kerri Kenney-Silver; Ben Garant — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)

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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