Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Friday Night Fights, Special Edition, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, NV
Junior Welterweights
Ishe Smith vs. Cecil McCalla — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Golden Boy Live, Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, CA
Lightweights
Mercito Gesta vs. Carlos Molina — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

Mayweather: Behind the Scenes — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.

College Baseball
LSU at Mississippi State — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Arkansas at Alabama — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Oregon State at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m.

College Baseball Live — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Men’s
Big Ten Tournament, Byrd Stadium, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Semifinals
Johns Hopkins vs. Penn State — Big Ten Network, 5:30 p.m.
Maryland vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de Romandie
Stage 3: Moutier to Porrentruy — beIN Sports, 10 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
North Texas Shootout, Las Colinas Country Club, Irving , TX
1st Round — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.

Web.com Tour
United Leasing Championship, Victoria National Golf Club, Newburgh, IN
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
WGC Match Play Championships, TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, CA
Day Two — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Horse Racing
Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY
Kentucky Derby Access — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, midnight
The Notorious: Body & Mind — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Oakland — Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Toronto at Cleveland — Sportsnet One/STO, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Houston — Root Sports Northwest/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

National League
Philadelphia at St. Louis — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Midwest, 1:45 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta — Fox Sports Ohio/SportSouth, 7 p.m.
Washington at New York Mets — MASN/SNY, 7 p.m.

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

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

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinal
Chicago at Milwaukee — TNT/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m. (Chicago leads series 3-2)

Western Conference Quarterfinal
Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio — TNT/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. (San Antonio leads series 3-2)

The Starters — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Bulls/Bucks, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Spurs/Clippers, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, midnight
Inside the NBA — TNT, midnight
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL Draft, Auditorium Theater, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Round One — ESPN/NFL Network, 8 p.m.

2015 NFL Draft Kickoff — NFL Network, 1 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Draft Gold Carpet — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: Draft Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
2015 NFL Draft Kickoff — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
NFL Total Access: Post-Draft Day 1 — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinal
Washington at New York Rangers — NBCSN/CBC/TVA Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinal
Calgary at Anaheim — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NBCSN, 10 p.m.

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, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Sports Talk
Radius: Jump Cut — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Venom for Radius-Keoni — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), 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 — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Play That Changed College Football — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
Rafael Nadal: The Secrets of A Giant — Tennis Channel, noon
Tennisography: Petra Kvitova — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.
ATP World Tour Uncovered — Tennis Channel, 5:30 p.m.
Signature Series: Martina Navratilova — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
The World’s Most Outrageous Pets: Busch Gardens — Discovery Family Channel, 8 p.m.
The Casual Vacancy, Part 3 — HBO, 8 p.m.
Tammy — HBO2, 8 p.m.
GoodFellas — IFC, 8 p.m.
20/20 on ID: Out of Bounds — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar — Showcase, 8 p.m.
Ocean’s Eleven — Sundance TV, 8 p.m.
Premios Billboard de la Música Latina 2015 — Telemundo, 8 p.m.
My Dog’s Crazy Animal Friends: Little & Large Best Buddies — Discovery Family Channel, 9 p.m.
Food Factory: Cuckoo for Coconuts — FYI, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: Grand Garage — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Backstrom — Fox, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Night Run — A&E, 9 p.m.
Most Infamous: Silent Savage — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Hangover Part III — MoreMax, 9 p.m.
Life Below Zero: The Unknown — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Walking Tall — Showtime, 9 p.m.
The Royal Tenenbaums — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mom (season finale) — CBS, 9:01 p.m.
My Dog’s Crazy Animal Friends: Furry Apes With Doggie Mates — Discovery Family Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Food Factory: Pigging Out — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Out on a Limb — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Comedians: Celebrity Guest — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Mid-Century Cool vs. Farmhouse Style in Atlanta — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Lip Sync Battle: Michael Strahan vs. Hoda Kotb — Spike, 10 p.m.
American Crime (The Final Days) — ABC, 10 p.m.
Did He Do It?: Poetic Justice — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Watch: The Vanishing — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
The Red Road: The Hatching — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Olympus: Blood Brothers — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Dateline NBC — NBC, 10:01 p.m.
8 Minutes: Two For None — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
House Hunters International: Seeking Italian Charm in Iesi — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Louie: Bobby’s House — FX, 10:31 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Kristen Wiig — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Size Matters: A Real Sex Xtra — HBO, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 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 (The Final Days) — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Nick Bargatze; Nikki Glaser; Steve Rannazzisi — 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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