Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Golden Boy Live, Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Featherweights
Jayson Velez vs. Daniel Ramirez — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Nordea Masters, PGA Sweden National (Lakes Course), Malmö, Sweden
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

LPGA Tour
Manulife LPGA Classic, Whistle Bear Golf Club, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
1st Round — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
The Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, OH
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

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

IndyCar
IndyCar Chronicles — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.

Minor League Baseball
Pacific Coast League
Salt Lake Bees at Nashville Sounds — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Presents: Cain Velasquez: Heart of a Warrior — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Oakland at Detroit — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Houston — MASN/Root Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Boston — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/NESN, 4 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Texas — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City — STO/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Seattle — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at Washington — MLB Network/WGN/MASN, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Arizona — SNY/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

NBA Finals
Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors — ABC, 9 p.m.

High Tops: Plays of the Month-May — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA Finals Preview — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
NBA Live at the Finals Pregame: 2015 Finals, Game 1 — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Press Conference: Commissioner Adam Silver-NBA Finals — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ABC, 8:30 p.m.
NBA Live at the Finals Postgame: 2015 Finals, Game 1 — NBA TV, midnight

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 4 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2015 Stanley Cup Final Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Group E, Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Hungary vs. Brazil — NBC Universo, 2:48 a.m./Fox Sports 1, 2:55 a.m.

Group F, Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Germany vs. Uzbekistan — Fox Sports 2, 2:55 a.m.

Group B, Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
Austria vs. Argentina — NBC Universo, 11:48 p.m./Fox Sports 1, 11:55 p.m.

Group B, North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Panama vs. Ghana — Fox Sports 2, 11:55 p.m.

FIFA Under 20 World Cup Football — NBC Universo, 2:30 a.m.
FIFA Under 20 World Cup Football — NBC Universo, 11:30 p.m.

Toulon Tournament U-21
Group A, Stade Leo Lagrange, Toulon, France
Costa Rica vs. Qatar — beIN Sports, 10:50 a.m.
France vs. Netherlands — beIN Sports, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Historic Goals: Copa Ameria — beIN Sports, 1 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra: Stars of Copa America: Luiz & Mascherano — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Heroes: The Story of the FIFA Women’s World Cup — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Radius — 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/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
His & Hers — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network, 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.
The Dan Le Batard Show — Fusion, 4 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.
CBS Sports Spectacular: World’s Strongest Man Archives: 1999 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.
30 for 30: The Price of Gold — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Judging Jewell — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: It’s Time — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Four Days in October — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Tennis
French Open, Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
Mixed Doubles Final: Lucie Hradecka/Marcin Matkowski vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Mike Bryan — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Women’s Semifinals: Ana Ivanovic vs. Lucie Safarova & Serena Williams vs. Timea Bacsinszky — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
Women’s Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

French Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Golden Gala — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.

Entertainment
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night — ABC, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Dangerous Liaisons — NBC, 8 p.m.
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
Hotel Rwanda — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Bulldog Drummond Escapes — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
The To Do List — Showtime, 8:15 p.m.
Broke Bites: What the Fung?: Tampa: Fung Bros Each Dine on $50/Day — FYI, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made: Mountain Bikes; Rice; Lever Action Rifles — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Wayward Pines — Fox, 9 p.m.
Neighbors — HBO2, 9 p.m.
Life Below Zero: No Easy Out — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Sixteen Candles — Sundance TV, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Amazing Discoveries — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Bulldog Drummond at Bay — Turner Classic Movies, 9:15 p.m.
Broke Bites: What the Fung?: San Antonio: Fung Bros Each Dine on $50/Day — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
How It’s Made: Top Five Things You’ve Never Heard Of — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Secret Lives of the Super Rich: The Triple Crown — CNBC, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: No Fear (series premiere) — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Comedians: Damage Control — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Arlington, TX — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Maron: Racegate — IFC, 10 p.m.
How Do They Do It? — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
BBQ Pitmasters: Brisket Redemption — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Say It To My Face: Your Customers Are Dying Off — FYI, 10 p.m.
20/20 on ID: BFF’s From Hell — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Dead End Express: Alaskan Madness — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Lost Girl: End of Faes — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Mysteries at the Hotel: Munchkin Mayhem; Undercover President; The Real Gatsby — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Stockholm, Sweden — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Judd Apatow Wears a Polo and Blue Suede Shoes — IFC, 10:30 p.m.
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back — Turner Classic Movies, 10:45 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Steve Buscemi — Comedy Channel, 11 p.m.
Katie Does Manhattan — HBO, 11 p.m.
E! News: In Studio: 50 Cent — E!, 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.
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Nikki Glaser; Garry Gulman; Eli Roth — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 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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