Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Paquiao Open Workout — Showtime Extreme, 8:30 p.m.
Mayweather Open Workout — Showtime Extreme, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
Georgia at Auburn — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M at LSU — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.

College Baseball Live — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

College Football
CFB Daily: Spring Blitz — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPNU, 6 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Women’s
ACC Tournament, Köckner Stadium, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Quarterfinals
Virginia Tech vs. North Carolina — Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m.
Notre Dame vs. Virginia — Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
Louisville vs. Duke — Fox Sports Net, 4 p.m.
Syracuse vs. Boston College — Fox Sports Net, 6 p.m.

Penn State at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

College Softball
Tennessee at Alabama — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Communist China Open, Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Shanghai, Communist China
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
New Orleans Classic, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, LA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Swinging Skirts Classic, Lake Merced Golf Club, San Francisco, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fighter’s Cut: Demetrious Johnson — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
UFC Countdown: UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
New York Yankees at Detroit — MLB Network/YES/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto — MASN2/Sportsnet One, 7 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Anaheim Angels — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports West, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus 2 (WMAQ 5.2), 8 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.
Atlanta at New York Mets — SportSouth/SNY, 1 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio, 1:30 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado — Fox Sports San Diego, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco — MLB Network/SportsNet LA/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 3:45 p.m.
St. Louis at Washington — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/MASN, 4 p.m.

MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

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

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Cleveland at Boston — TNT/Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet New England, 7 p.m. (Cleveland leads series 2-0)
Chicago at Milwaukee — NBA TV/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m. (Chicago leads series 2-0)

Western Conference Quarterterfinals
Golden State at New Orleans — TNT/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports New Orleans, 9:30 p.m. (Golden State leads series 2-0)

The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Cavaliers/Celtics, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Warriors/Pelicans, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, midnight
Inside the NBA — TNT, midnight

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: Mel & Todd’s Mock Draft — ESPN, 7 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
New York Islanders at Washington — CNBC/Sportsnet/TVA Sports 2/MSG Plus/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m. (series tied 2-2)
Tampa Bay at Detroit — NBCSN/CBC/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m. (Detroit leads series 2-1)

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Chicago at Nashville — NBCSN/Sportsnet 360/TVA Sports 3/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports Tennessee, 9:30 p.m. (Chicago leads series 3-1)
Calgary at Vancouver — CBC/CNBC/TVA Sports, 10 p.m. (Calgary leads series 3-1)

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, midnight

Sports Talk
Radius: Venom for Radius-Keoni — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Radius: Kettle Bell Blast — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 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.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2 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 — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured: Central High — ESPNews, 9:30 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured: At the Top of the World — ESPNews, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
SEC Storied: Coach Bernie — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Barcelona Open & Porsche Tennis Grand Prix — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 3:30 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Quarterfinals, 2nd Leg
Stadion Petrovski, St Petersburg, Russia
Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Sevilla — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy
Napoli vs. VfL Woflsburg — Fox Sports 2, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.
MULTIMATCH 90 UEFA Europa League — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights — Fox Sports 2, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
100 Miles From Nowhere: Mountain Whiteout — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Heat — Encore, 8 p.m.
20/20 on ID: Gainesville Love Triangle — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Mom — CBS, 9 p.m.
Food Factory: My Cup Runneth Over — FYI, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: Rehab Attic — HGTV, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Backstrom — Fox, 9 p.m.
After the First 48: Twice Told Tale — A&E, 9 p.m.
Most Infamous: Thrill Her, Killer — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Life Below Zero: Out of Control — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
102 Dalmatians — Starz, 9 p.m.
Food Factory: Chocolate Under Wraps — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: East Coast’s Finest — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Comedians: The Red Carpet — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Sarasota, FL — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Lip Sync Battle: Mike Tyson vs. Terry Crews — Spike, 10 p.m.
Timber Kings: High Rollers — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Vikings: The Dead (season finale) — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Did He Do It?: Evil in His Eyes — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Afflicted — Sho2, 10 p.m.
The Red Road: A Cure — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Olympus: Minos — Syfy, 10 p.m.
American Crime — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Queen of the Country — NBC, 10:01 p.m.
8 Minutes: Couple Calls — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Louie: Cop Story — FX, 10:33 p.m.
House Hunters International: Saving a Nest Egg in Rural Malaysia — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
L.A. Confidential — Encore, 10:55 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Neil deGrasse Tyson — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Taxicab Confessions: New York, New York Part 3 — HBO, 11 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.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Randall Park; Tim Simons; Sam Richardson — 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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