Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Minnesota at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
American at Lehigh — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Mississippi at Florida — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Tulsa at UConn — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Purdue at Rutgers — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart at Mount St. Mary’s — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Northeastern at Hofstra — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
Old Dominion at Texas-San Antonio — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Montana at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.
Tennessee-Martin at Southeast Missouri — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Michigan at Illinois — ESPN, 9 p.m.
St. Mary’s at BYU — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
SMU at Houston — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Cal at Colorado — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.
Florida International at Southern Mississippi — Fox Sports Net, 9 p.m.
Stanford at Utah — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Long Beach State at Cal-Santa Barbara — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports San Diego, 10:30 p.m.
Santa Clara at San Francisco — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Mississippi State at Kentucky — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Idaho State at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Arizona, 8:30 p.m.
Iowa at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
Arkansas at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

Cycling
Tour of Qatar
Stage 5: Al Zubarah Fort to Madinat Al Shamal — beIN Sports, 7:30 a.m.

Figure Skating
ISU Four Continents Championships, Mokdong Arena, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Short Dance — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Pairs Short Program — Universal Sports, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)
Men’s Short Program — Universal Sports, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European Tour
Thailand Classic, Black Mountain Golf Club, Hua Hin, Thailand
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Pebble Beach Golf Links; Spyglass Hill Golf Course; Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Pebble Beach, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

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

NASCAR
Daytona 500 Media Day — Fox Sports 1, 9 a.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Daytona 500 Media Day Edition — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR 2015: A New Era — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
The Day: Daytona Primetime — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

NBA
Rising Stars Challenge Practice — NBA TV, 5 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago — TNT, 8 p.m.

NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.

NHL
Anaheim at Carolina — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/SportSouth, 7 p.m.
Toronto at New York Islanders — TSN4/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Montreal — NHL Network (US)/RDS/Sportsnet West/Sportsnet East, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Ottawa — RDS2/Root Sports Pittsburgh/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Tampa Bay — NHL Network (US)/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Midwest/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Minnesota — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Winnipeg at Nashville — TSN3, 8 p.m.
New York Rangers at Colorado — Sportsnet 360/MSG Network/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Calgary at Los Angeles — Sportsnet West/Fox Sports West, 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 (East/West), 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet West, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonght — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 11:30 p.m.

Skiing
2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Vail, CO
Women’s Giant Slalom: First Run — Universal Sports, noon
Women’s Giant Slalom: Finals — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

FIS World Alpine World Ski Championship Post-Race Show — Universal Sports, 5:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 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.
Best of 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.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Swimming
USA Arena Pro Series, YMCA Aquatic Center, Orlando, FL
Day 1 — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.

Tennis
World Tennis Tournament, Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Round of 16: Afternoon Session — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.
Round of 16: Evening Session — Tennis Channel, 1:30 p.m.

WTA Tour
Diamond Games, Antwerps Sportspaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

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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