Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Bryant at Farleigh Dickinson –Cox Sports RI/Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.
Illinois at Michigan State — ESPN, 7 p.m.
UConn at Providence — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Drexel at George Mason — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Penn State at Iowa — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
South Dakota at South Dakota State — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Nicholls State at Oral Roberts — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8:30 p.m.
Butler at Saint Louis — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Arizona at Washington — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Arkansas at Alabama — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Oregon State at Cal — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Utah State at Idaho — ESPN Plus, 10 p.m.
Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington State — Pac-12 Network, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Indiana at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
Mississippi State at Tennessee — CSS/Comcast SportsNet California, 7 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Texas A&M — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona Plus/Detroit/Prime Ticket/Southwest/SportSouth/Sun Sports), 8 p.m.
Nebraska at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.

Katz Korner — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour: Dubai Desert Classic, 1st Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 a.m.
PGA Tour: Phoenix Open, 1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator MMA Live: DeLorenzi vs. Pitbull — Spike, 10 p.m.

MLB
Clubhouse Confidential — MLB Network, 5:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Studio 42 with Bob Costas: David Robinson — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

NBA
Memphis at Oklahoma City –TNT, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

Inside the NBA  — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
Super Bowl Live — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
Eye on Football — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: The Super Bowl Game Plan — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Inside the Super Bowl — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Super Bowl XLVII — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
The Coaches Show — NFL Network, 6:30 p.m.
Super Bowl Live — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
The NFL Season: A Biography — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
No Huddle: Super Bowl XLVII — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL
Buffalo at Boston — MSG Buffalo/NESN, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at New Jersey — MSG Plus 2/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New York Rangers — NHL (US)/RDS/Root Sports Pittsburgh/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Columbus — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Washington at Toronto — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Sportsnet Ontario, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Florida — TSN-Jets/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Calgary — Altitude/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Edmonton at San Jose — Sportsnet Edmonton/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.
Nashville at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Live — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Soccer
Sky Sports News: Deadline Day — Fox Soccer, 9 a.m.

Sports Talk
NFL AM live from New Orleans — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The ‘Lights — NBC Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show live from New Orleans — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, 9 a.m.
Tim Brando Show live from New Orleans — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Box Score live from New Orleans — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, noon
SVP & Russillo live from New Orleans — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Dan Le Batard is Old and Tired Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 3 p.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME from New Orleans — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SportsNation from New Orleans — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Crossover from New Orleans — NBC Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Costas Tonight: State of the NFL — NBC Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Lead Off from New Orleans — CBS Sports Network, midnight
UNITE — ESPNU, midnight

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Hook, Line & Dinner: Colorado — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
The Transporter — AMC, 8 p.m.
Striking Distance — Encore, 8 p.m.
Cat Ballou — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
World’s Funniest Animal Commercials — truTV, 8 p.m.
Behind the Music Remastered: Def Leppard — VH1 Classic, 8 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast — The CW, 9 p.m.
Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope — PBS, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Missing Persons: 3:10 to Yuma; Harm’s Way — Biography, 9 p.m.
Death: It’s a Living — CNBC, 9 p.m.
The Iron Lady — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Beavis and Butt-head Do America — VH1 Classic, 9 p.m.
Brunch at Bobby’s: Southwestern — Cooking Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Anger Management: Charlie’s Dad Breaks Bad — FX, 9:30 p.m.
Rehab Addict: A Mantle to Remember — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
Archer: Legs — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Portland, OR — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Frenemies: Loyalty Turned Lethal: Playing With Fire — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Suffolk County, Mass: Boys — A&E, 10 p.m.
Kathy — Bravo, 10 p.m.
Chef Wanted With Anne Burrell: Italian Empire — Food Network, 10 p.m.
King of the Nerds — TBS, 10 p.m.
Real Sex — HBO, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show with David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
True Lies — AMC, midnight

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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