Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Track & Field
NCAA Division I Men’s & Women’s Track & Field Championships, Hayward Field, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Women’s Semifinals — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Women’s Semifinals — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Women’s Semifinals — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.

Copa América
Group A, Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile
Chile vs. Ecuador — beIN Sports, 7:20 p.m.

The Express: Chile 2015-Opening Ceremony — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
The Express Wrap-Up: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 9:30 p.m.
The Express: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Critérium du Dauphiné
Stage 5: Digne-les-Bains to Pra-Loup — NBCSN, midnight

Golf
European PGA Tour
Lyoness Open, Diamond Country Club (Diamond Course), Atzenbrugg, Austria
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.

Champions Tour
Senior Players Championship, Belmont Country Club, Belmont, MA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.

LPGA Tour
Women’s PGA Championship, Westchester Country Club (West Course), Harrison, NY
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour
St. Jude Classic, TPC Southwind, Memphis, TN
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Web.com Tour
Rust-Oleum Championship, Lakewood Country Club, Westlake, OH
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Minor League Baseball
Texas League
Northwest Arkansas Naturals at Tulsa Drillers — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

MLB
American League
Seattle at Cleveland — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/STO, noon
Texas at Oakland — Fox Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports West/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Boston at Baltimore — MLB Network/NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.

National League
San Diego at Atlanta — MLB Network/Fox Sports San Diego/SportSouth, noon
Colorado at Miami — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at New York Mets — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/SNY, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Washington at at Milwaukee — MASN2/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 3 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 6 p.m
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA Finals
Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers — ABC, 9 p.m. (Cleveland leads series 2-1)

The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Live at the Finals Pregame: 2015 Finals, Game 4 — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ABC, 8:30 p.m.
NBA Live at the Finals Postgame: 2015 Finals, Game 4 — NBA TV, midnight
NBA Finals Press Conference: 2015 Finals, Game 4 — NBA TV, 12:45 a.m. (Friday)

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

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360, 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
Round of 16, Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Germany vs. Nigeria — NBC Universo, 3:18 a.m./Fox Sports 2, 3:30 a.m.

Round of 16, Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand
Portugal vs. New Zealand — Fox Soccer Plus, 3:20 a.m.

Round of 16, Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Brazil vs. Uruguay — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 a.m.

FIFA Under 20 World Cup Football — NBC Universo, 3 a.m.

FIFA Women’s World Cup
Group B, Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Germany vs. Norway — NBC Universo, 3:48 p.m./Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.
Côte d’Ivoire vs. Thailand — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

Group A, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Communist China vs. Netherlands — Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.
Canada vs. New Zealand — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

FIFA Women’s World Cup Today — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Preview Show — NBC Universo, 3:30 p.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Today — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 p.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Today — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Tonight — Fox Sports 1, midnight

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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 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 (Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
SVP & Russillo (The Final Days) — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
Sports Minds — beIN Sports, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:45 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 — CBS Sports Network, 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.
CBS Sports Spectacular: World’s Strongest Man Archives: 2003 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Lolo Jones — ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Coach Bernie — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
Topshelf Open, Autotron Rosmalen, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 8:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Topshelf Open, Autotron Rosmalen, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m. & noon (same day coverage)

WTA All Access — Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m.

ATP Tour
MercedesCup, Tennisclub Weissenhof e.V., Stuttgart, Germany
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League, Bislet Stadion, Oslo, Norway
Bislett Games — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.

Entertainment
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night — ABC, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC: The Mystery at Empire Lake — NBC, 8 p.m.
Bones (series finale) — Fox, 8 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast (season premiere) — The CW, 8 p.m.
Pearl Harbor — Encore, 8 p.m.
The Kansan — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
How It’s Made — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Wayward Pines — Fox, 9 p.m.
iHeart Radio Summer Pool Party 2015 — The CW, 9 p.m.
The Seventies: Television Gets Real (series premiere) — CNN, 9 p.m.
Women Behind Bars: A 20/20 on ID Special — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Life Below Zero: Bent and Broken — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
No Country for Old Men — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Forgotten Heroes — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made: Epic Fantasy Where Lots of Characters Die Edition — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Who’s Your Daddy? — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Comedians: Misdirection — FX, 10 p.m.
Broke Bites: What the Fung?!: Denver: Fung Bros Each Dine on $50/Day — FYI, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Phoenix, AZ — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Maron: Mad Marc — IFC, 10 p.m.
How Do They Do It? — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
BBQ Pitmasters: Ribs Rematch — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Naked and Afraid: Yucatan — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Women in Prison: Preacher’s Daughter & The Soccer Mom — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Dead End Express: Outlaws & Frostbite — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Kiss the Girls — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Mysteries at the Hotel: Mad Scientist; Hollywood Scandal; Outlaw’s Demise — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Where Are They Now?: Aberdeen Dreams Come True — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Mark Ruffalo — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Real Sex: Stocks Down, Sex Up — HBO, 11 p.m.
Olympus: Heritage — Syfy, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Elvis Costello and the Imposters: Club Date — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore: Vince Staples — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Kyle Kinane; John Hodgman; Chris Gethard — 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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