Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football
SEC Now: 2015 Football Media Days Special — SEC Network, 10 a.m.
2015 College Football Media Days: SEC — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 12: Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille — NBCSN, 6 a.m.

Stage 12 Highlights — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Golf
The Open Championship, St. Andrews (The Old Course), Fife, Scotland
1st Round — ESPN, 4 a.m./Longhorn Network, 4:30 a.m.

1st Round Highlights — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Live From St. Andrews — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Marathon Classic, Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, OH
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

PGA Tour
Barbasol Championship, RTJ Golf Trail at Grand National (Lake Course), Auburn/Opelika, AL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Horse Racing
Jockey Club Racing Tour, Del Mar Racecourse, Del Mar, CA
Oceanside Stakes — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

Minor League Baseball
Pacific Coast League
Memphis Redbirds at Iowa Cubs — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

MLB
MLB Tonight: Report Card — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Network Presents: Randy Johnson, The Big Picture — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
MLB Network Presents: Aaron, Bench, Koufax & Mays — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
MLB’s Best: MLB Mid-Season Report Card — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

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

NBA
Las Vegas Summer League, Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
2nd Round
New York vs. Golden State – NBA TV, 4:30 p.m.
Dallas vs. NBA D-League Select — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
Denver vs. Atlanta — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.
Boston vs. Portland — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Summer League Bonus Coverage — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Star-Spangled Sundays: Super Sunday — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

Pan American Games
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Beach Volleyball, Men’s Soccer, Swimming, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Volleyball — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Swimming and Diving — Longhorn Network, midnight (same day coverage)

Soccer
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Espinho Stadium, Espinho, Portugal
Quarterfinals
Brazil vs. Russia — NBC Universo, 8:52 a.m./Fox Sports 1, 9 a.m.
Portugal vs. Switzerland — NBC Universo, 10:22 a.m./Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m.
Italy vs. Japan — NBC Universo, 11:52 a.m./Fox Sports 1, noon
Tahiti vs. Iran — NBC Universo, 1:22 p.m./Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Pre-Game Show — NBC Universo, 8:30 a.m.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Pre-Game Show — NBC Universo, 9:52 a.m.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Pre-Game Show — NBC Universo, 11:22 a.m.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Pre-Game Show — NBC Universo, 12:52 p.m.

FIFA Football World — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
Gerrard and Lampard in America: MLS Insider Special Edition — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
The Russillo Show — ESPNews, 1 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.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
World’s Strongest Man 2015 — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Color Orange: The Condredge Holloway Story — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
Bucharest Open, Arenele BNR, Bucharest, Romania
Round of 16 — beIN Sports, 8 a.m.

Swedish Open, Bastad Tennis Stadium, Bastad, Sweden
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., & 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

World Team Tennis
California Dream at Austin Aces — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

World Team Tennis Preview — Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m.

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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