Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
James Madison at Drexel — Comcast SportsNet (California/Chicago PLUS/Mid-Atlantic/SNY/The Comcast Network), 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Memphis — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Auburn at Florida — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Richmond at George Washington — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
UAB at Louisiana Tech — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Weber State at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Nebraska at Wisconsin — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Belmont at Murray State — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Oregon State at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Utah at Arizona State — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Cal-Irvine at Cal State-Fullerton — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports San Diego, 10:30 p.m.
BYU at Pacific — ESPNU, 11 p.m.
Oregon at Washington State — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky — Fox College Sports Atlantic, noon
Notre Dame at North Carolina — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Penn State at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
St. Joseph’s at Fordham — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Florida at Kentucky — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Maryland at Rutgers — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
Pacific at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
South Carolina at Missouri — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

College Basketball Live — ESPN2, midnight

College Football
2015 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, The Stubhub Center, Carson, CA
Practice — ESPNU, 12:30 p.m.
Practice — ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.

College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 6 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
1st Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 a.m. & 5 a.m.

Latin America Amateur Championship, Pilar Golf Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1st Round — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour
Sony Open in Hawaii, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, HI
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.

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

NASCAR
NASCAR America: In the News — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

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

Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Fantasy Football Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NFL Films Presents: The Magic of Football — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

NHL
Minnesota at Buffalo — Fox Sports North/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Boston — Sportsnet 360/Sportsnet Ontario/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US)/MSG Network/NESN, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Philadelphia — Sportsnet Pacific/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Florida — Altitude/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet Oilers/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Ottawa — RDS/Sportsnet East/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at St. Louis — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Winnipeg at Dallas — TSN3/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Calgary at Arizona — Sportsnet West/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Toronto at San Jose — TSN4/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon– Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360/Sportsnet Ontario, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Skiing
2015 FIS Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding World Championships, Kreischberg, Austria
Freestyle-Aerials — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Group B, Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Mexico vs. Honduras — Fox Sports 2/Univision Deportes, 5:30 p.m.

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

Sports Talk
Radius: Triple Threat Legs-Natalie — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Kettle Bell Blast — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 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.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME (The Final Days) — 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, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
APIA International Sydney, Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2nd Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 3 a.m.
1st Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.
Center Court: APIA International Sydney & Hobart International — Tennis Channel, 8:30 p.m.

Entertainment
The Taste — ABC, 8 p.m.
The World Dog Awards — The CW, 8 p.m.
Wild West Alaska: The Ghost of Hans — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Drunk & Drunker — Discovery Fitness and Health, 8 p.m.
Rio 2 — HBO, 8 p.m.
The Cast of Beverly Hills 90210: Where Are They Now? — Pop, 8 p.m.
Last Vegas — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Lee Daniels’ The Butler– The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
The Great Train Robbery — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
48 Hours: Hard Evidence: Hollywood Secrets — TLC, 8 p.m.
No Reservations: US Files: Volume 4 — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
Bad Judge (The Final Days) — NBC, 9 p.m.
Back Flip: Historic House Flipper Takes on the Master Bedroom and Bath — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: Powder Room With a Flair — HGTV, 9 p.m.
The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards — A&E, 9 p.m.
Outrageous Births: Tales From the Crib: Baby in a Hurricane (series premiere) — Discovery Fitness and Health, 9 p.m.
Unraveled: Ordained to Kill — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Flightplan — Starz, 9 p.m.
48 Hours: Hard Evidence: Death in the Parsonage — TLC, 9 p.m.
Expedition Unknown: Temple of Doom — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Clash of the Culinary Titans — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Archer: Three to Tango — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Portlandia: The Fiancée — IFC, 10 p.m.
Alaska: Battle of the Bay: The Big Gamble — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
American Greed: A Con Man’s Deadly Revenge — CNBC, 10 p.m.
50 Ways to Kill Your Mother: LA; Vegas (series premiere) — Discovery Fitness & Health, 10 p.m.
Breaking Point: Alex (series premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Babylon: Maze Hill — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: Hard Evidence: Relentless — TLC, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Barcelona, Spain — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
A Life in Dirty Movies — Sho2, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Sienna Miller — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Katie Does Manhattan — HBO, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
A Real Sex Xtra: Pornucopia: Going Down in the Valley — HBO, 11:30 p.m.
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Whitney Cummings; David Koechner; Jeff Ross — 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.

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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