Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
ESPN Boxing Special, Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula, CA
Junior Middleweights
Austin Trout vs. Luis Grejeda — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Elon at Missouri — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

Women’s
Iowa State at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Nebraska at Creighton — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

College Football
BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
ESPNU Film Room: Heisman Preview Special — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
College Football Awards Preview Show — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Tailgate Fan: College Edition: ACC Championship — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Awards Show — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Inside ACC Football: A Game Day Experience — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.
Championship Drive: College Football Playoff Preview — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Best of SEC Film Room — SEC Network, 10 p.m.

College Wrestling
Men’s
Penn State at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.

Golf
Asian PGA Tour
Thailand Championship, Amata Spring Country Club, Chon Buri, Thailand
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 a.m.

European PGA Tour
Alfred Dunhill Championship, Leopard Creek Country Club, Malelane, South Africa
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Ladies European Tour
Dubai Ladies Masters, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
Shark Shootout, Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples (Tiburon Golf Club), Naples, FL
1st Round: Scramble — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

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

PGA Tour Australasia
Australian PGA Championship, RACV Royal Pines Resort, Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
America’s Pregame: UFC Weigh-In: The Ultimate Fighter Finale — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

MLB
MLB Tonight live at the Baseball Winter Meetings, San Diego, CA — MLB Network, 3 p.m.
MLB Tonight live at the Baseball Winter Meetings, San Diego, CA — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Derek Jeter: 2 Witness an Icon — MLB Network, 8 p.m.

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

NBA
Cleveland at Oklahoma City — TNT, 8 p.m.
Houston at Sacramento — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

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

NFL
Arizona at St. Louis — NFL Network/KPHO/KMOV, 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.
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.

NHL
Calgary at Buffalo — Sportsnet Flames/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Boston — Sportsnet 360/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/NESN, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Washington — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia — MSG Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Carolinas/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Ottawa — RDS/Fox Sports West/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at St. Louis — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Nashville at Arizona — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Winnipeg at Colorado — TSN3/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Minnesota at San Jose — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network (US), 11 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, midnight

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
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.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 11 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — 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.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPNews, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Playing for the Mob — ESPNews, 9:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Best of Five: Teen Phenoms — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Match Day 6
Group F, Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan

Qarabağ vs. Internazionale — Fox Sports 2, 11:50 a.m.

Group C, Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
Beşiktaş vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.

Group A, Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Zürich — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 p.m.

Group G, Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain
Sevilla vs. Rijeka — Fox Sports 2, 2:55 p.m.

Group H, Goodison Park, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Everton vs. Krasnodar — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

Group I, Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy
Napoli vs. Slovan Bratislava — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights: Match Day 6: Thursday — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
The Taste — ABC, 8 p.m.
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
Private Parts — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Pop Innovators: Lauren Conrad — E!, 8 p.m.
The Devil’s Own — Encore, 8 p.m.
The Shop Around the Corner — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
God’s Pocket — Showtime, 8:30 p.m.
Bad Judge (The Final Days) — NBC, 9 p.m.
Donut Showdown: Pajama Party — Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.
Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall: Everything and the Kitchen Sink — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: A Bathroom Fit for King James — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Gracepoint (season finale) — Fox, 9 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Western Tidewater, VA: Mother and Child Reunion — A&E, 9 p.m.
Monsters Inside Me: My Body is Rotting — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Ride Along — HBO, 9 p.m.
The Matrix Reloaded — IFC, 9 p.m.
Are We Alone? — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Speed — Starz, 9 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Bells Will Be Ringing — Food Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Where Are They Now? — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: St. Clair County, IL: History of Violence — A&E, 10 p.m.
Monsters Inside Me: The Brain Colonizer — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
A Haunting: Back From the Dead — Destination America, 10 p.m.
A Stranger in My Home: Star-Crossed Murder (season premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Groundhog Day — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
No Reservations: Europe Files: Volume 6 — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Unbroken: HBO First Look — HBO, 10:45 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Mick Foley — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
DNews — Discovery, 11 p.m.
Sex With Sunny Megatron: Role Play — Showtime, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Food Truck Face Off: Niagara Falls Face Off — Food Network, 11 p.m.
Taxicab Confessions: The City That Never Sleeps Part 2 — HBO, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Silver Linings Playbook — Showcase, 11:30 p.m.
It Happened on 5th Avenue — Turner Classic Movies, 11:30 p.m.
The Colbert Report — 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: Doug Benson; Megan Neuringer; Kurt Braunohler — 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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