Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
ACC Tournament, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC
Day Three
North Carolina State vs. Notre Dame — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m.
Louisville vs. Clemson — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3 p.m.
Florida State vs. North Carolina — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.

Big Ten Conference Tournament, Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Day Two
Indiana vs. Ohio State — BTN Plus, 10 a.m.
Nebraska vs. Michigan State/Maryland — BTN Plus, 2 p.m.
Michigan vs. Iowa — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Illinois vs. Michigan State/Maryland — Big Ten Network, 10 p.m.

Big 12 Conference Tournament, Oneyx Field, Tulsa, OK
Day Two
Texas Tech vs. TCU — Fox College Sports Central, 10 a.m.
Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State/West Virginia — Fox College Sports Central, 1:30 p.m.
Texas vs. Baylor — Fox College Sports Central, 5 p.m.
Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State/West Virginia — Fox College Sports Central, 8:30 p.m.

Southeastern Conference Tournament, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, AL
Day Three
Missouri vs. Alabama — SEC Network, 10:30 a.m.
Auburn vs. Florida/Arkansas — SEC Network, 2 p.m.
Vanderbilt vs. Texas A&M — SEC Network, 5:30 p.m.
LSU vs. Florida/Arkansas — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 a.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 1:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 5 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 8:30 p.m.

Southland Conference Tournament, Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Day Two
Nicholls vs. Northwestern State — ESPN3, 10 a.m.
Southwestern Louisiana vs. McNeese State — ESPN3, 1:30 p.m.
Central Arkansas vs. Houston Baptist — ESPN3, 5 p.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Sam Houston State — ESPN3, 8:30 p.m.

Long Beach State at Cal State-Fullerton — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
Super Regionals
Knoxville Super Regional, Sherri Parker Lee Stadium, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Game 1: Tennessee vs. Florida State — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Ann Arbor Super Regional, Wilpon Complex, Ann Arbor, MI
Game 1: Michigan vs. Georgia — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Stage 12: Imola to Vicenza — beIN Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Tour of Norway
Stage 2: Drammen to Langesund — Universal Sports, 10:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix de Monaco, Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Principality of Monaco
Practice 2 — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club (West Course), Surrey, England, United Kingdom
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.

Champions Tour
Senior PGA Championship, French Lick Resort (Pete Dye Course), French Lick, IN
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour
Colonial Invitational, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, TX
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

MLB
American League
Seattle at Baltimore — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/MASN, 12:30 p.m.
Houston at Detroit — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 pm.
Anaheim Angels at Toronto — Fox Sports West/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet California/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Texas at Boston — Fox Sports Southwest/NESN, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox — STO/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Miami — MLB Network, noon
St. Louis at New York Mets — Fox Sports Midwest/SNY, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco — MLB Network/SportsNet LA/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 3:45 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta — Fox Sports Wisconsin/SportSouth, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at San Diego — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports San Diego, 9 p.m.

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

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

Hisense 300, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
One Hot Night — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.
The 600: History of NASCAR’s Toughest Race — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Western Conference Finals
Houston at Golden State — ESPN, 9 p.m. (Golden State leads series 1-0)

The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: West Finals, Game 2 — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 8 p.m.
NBA West Finals: Rockets/Warriors, Game 2 Postgame — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Michael Irvin: My Road to Canton — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Western Conference Final
Anaheim at Chicago — NBCSN/CBC/TVA Sports, 8 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Pregame — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Conference Final Postgame — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Radius — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. (joined in progress)
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 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.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 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 Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 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.
CBS Sports Spectacular: World’s Strongest Man Archives: 1990 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.SEC Now — SEC Network, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
Geneva Open, Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, Geneva, Switzerland
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 4 & 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

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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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