Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
Missouri at Tennessee — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Mississippi at Vanderbilt — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Washington State — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

College Baseball Live — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

College Beach Volleyball
Loyola Marymount at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 5:30 p.m.
San Francisco at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.

College Football
CFB Daily: Spring Blitz — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Championships, TD Garden, Boston, MA
National Semifinals
Omaha vs. Providence — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Boston University vs. North Dakota — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Women’s
Michigan at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Oregon at Stanford — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Tour of the Basque Country
Stage 4: Zumarraga to Arrate (Eibar) — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m.

Golf
The Masters, Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA
1st Round — Masters Live, Masters.com, 10:45 a.m.
1st Round — Westwood One Radio (check your local listings), 2 p.m.
1st Round — ESPN, 3 p.m.
1st Round Replay — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Live From The Masters — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Masters on the Range — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m.
Live From The Masters — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.
Nicklaus: The Making of a Champion — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
2015 Masters Tournament Highlights — CBS, 11:35 p.m.

MLB
American League
Minnesota at Detroit — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Cleveland at Houston — STO/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Texas at Oakland — Fox Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees — Sportsnet One/YES, 7 p.m.

National League
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Ohio, 12:30 p.m.
New York Mets at Washington — MLB Network/SNY/MASN, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports San Diego, 6:30 p.m.

Interleague
Boston at Philadelphia — MLB Network/NESN/The Comcast Network, 7 p.m.

MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 9:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Miami — TNT, 8 p.m.
Portland at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

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

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Carolina at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Carolinas/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at New York Rangers — RDS2/TSN5/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Boston at Florida — TVA Sports/NESNplus/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Montreal — RDS/Fox Sports Detroit/Sportsnet East/City Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Tampa Bay — MSG Plus/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis — NBCSN/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Nashville — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary — Fox Sports West/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Winnipeg at Colorado — TSN3/Altitude, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Edmonton — Sportsnet 360/Comcast SportsNet California Plus, 9:30 p.m.
Arizona at Vancouver — Fox Sports Arizona/Sportsnet Pacific/Sportsnet Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canadiens Pregame — Sportsnet East, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canucks Pregame — Sportsnet Pacific, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

Scottish Championship League
Queen of the South vs. Rangers — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius: Circuit Breaker-Alex — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Pro Skills Sampler-Nicky — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 2:30 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.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
Player Style Files: 4 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
E:60 — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
Pure Sports: Struggle & Hope — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Pure Sports: Auto Racing — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
Family Circle Cup, Family Circle Tennis Center, Daniel Island, Charleston, SC
Round of 16 — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

WTA Tour
Katowice Open, Hall Spodek, Katowice, Poland
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
The Legend of Bagger Vance — Encore, 8 p.m.
20/20 on ID: A Party to Die For — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
My Blood Runs Cold — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
The Odd Couple — CBS, 8:30 p.m.
My Dog’s Crazy Animal Friends: Pooches, Tigers & Steers (series premiere) — Discovery Family Channel, 9 p.m.
Food Factory: Lights, Camera, Popcorn — FYI, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict — HGTV, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Backstrom — Fox, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Soldier Down; Blood Vendetta — A&E, 9 p.m.
Most Infamous: Killer Flix — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Life Below Zero: Ready or Not (season premiere) — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Lee Daniels’ The Butler — The Movie Channel, 9 p.m.
Mom — CBS, 9:01 p.m.
My Dog’s Crazy Animal Friends: Love at First Sight — Discovery Family Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Food Factory: Fishing for Spuds — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: No Training Wheels — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Comedians (series premiere) — FX, 10 p.m.
Lip Sync Battle: Anne Hathaway vs. Emily Blunt — Spike, 10 p.m.
American Crime — ABC, 10 p.m.
Ice Cold Gold: When It All Falls Down — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Timber Kings: Trial by Fire — Destination America, 10 p.m.
The World’s Most Outrageous Pets: Odd Looking Pets (series premiere) — Discovery Family Channel, 10 p.m.
Vikings: To the Gates! — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Did He Do It?: Killer Confessions — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Watch: Population One (series premiere) — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
The Red Road: Graves — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Olympus: Daedulus — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Dateline NBC: A Perfect Spot — NBC, 10:01 p.m.
8 Minutes: Trafficker in the Lobby — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Louie: Pot Luck (season premiere) — FX, 10:33 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Senator Elizabeth Warren — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Real Sex — HBO, 11:15 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Sexy Warriors — Cinemax, 11:45 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Pete Holmes; Matt McCarthy; Jamie Lee — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
VICE: Lines in the Sand & Outsourcing Employees — HBO, 12:05 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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