Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Golden Boy Live, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Bing Crosby Hall, Del Mar, CA
Welterweights
Alan Sanchez vs. Ed Paredes — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
SEC/Big 12 Challenge
LSU at West Virginia — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Baylor at Vanderbilt — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Arkansas at Iowa State — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Texas Christian at Mississippi — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

Morehead State at UAB — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
San Diego at San Diego State — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Women’s
North Carolina at Rutgers — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Texas-Arlington at Kansas State — Fox College Sports  Central, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at South Carolina — SEC Network, 7:30 p.m.
UNLV at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Football
Central Florida at East Carolina — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
SEC Film Room: SEC Championship Special — SEC Network, 7:30 p.m.

College Swimming
Texas Invitational — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Nedbank Golf Challenge, Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.

PGA Tour
Hero World Challenge, Isleworth Golf & Country Club, Orlando, FL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub: Best of the Year — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
Cleveland at New York — TNT, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

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

NFL
Dallas at Chicago — NFL Network/KTVT/WBBM, 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 Soldier Field, Chicago, IL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Fantasy Football Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Fantasy Football Uncensored — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
NFL Films Presents: Let ‘Er Rip — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
NFL Thursday Night Kickoff live from Soldier Field, Chicago, IL — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Night Football Postgame live from Soldier Field, Chicago, IL — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.
Undrafted: Episode 7 — NFL Network, midnight

NHL
Vancouver at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet 360/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Washington at Carolina — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Tampa Bay — NHL Network (US)/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Florida — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Detroit — NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Toronto — MSG Network/TSN4, 7:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at Ottawa — RDS/MSG Plus/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Nashville — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Calgary — Sportsnet One/TVA Sports 2/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at Arizona — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Boston at San Jose — Sportsnet 360/NESN/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet One, 8:35 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 9:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 10 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, midnight

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, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show live from Soldier Field, Chicago, IL — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: Survive and Advance — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Swimming
12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Hamad Aquatic Centre, Doha, Qatar
Day 2 — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
The Taste (season premiere) — ABC, 8 p.m.
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
Surviving Exodus — American Heroes Channel/Animal Planet/Discovery/Investigation Discovery/Science Channel/TLC, 8 p.m.
The E! True Hollywood Story: Reality Splits — E!, 8 p.m.
Revenge of the Nerds — Sundance TV, 8 p.m.
Remember the Night — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Donut Showdown: Wild West — Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: A Room of Their Own — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Gracepoint — Fox, 9 p.m.
That Awkward Moment — HBO, 9 p.m.
Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued — Sho2, 9 p.m.
The Da Vinci Code — Starz, 9 p.m.
La Bare — Showtime, 9:30 p.m.
Carnival Eats: Calgary Stampede — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: By Land or By Sea — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Oklahoma City, OK: Tears of a Clown — A&E, 10 p.m.
Monsters Inside Me: A Holiday in the Hospital — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Heartless — Showcase, 10 p.m.
The Face of Love — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
No Reservations: Europe Files: Volume 5 — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Exodus: Gods and Kings: HBO First Look — HBO, 10:45 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Angelina Jolie — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Sex With Sunny Megatron: Taboos — Showtime, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Food Truck Face Off: Downtown Throwdown — Food Network, 11 p.m.
The Best of Taxicab Confessions 2: Fare Play — HBO, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Dr. Paul Farmer — 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.
At Midnight: Chris D’Elia; Brent Morin; Andrew Santino — 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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