Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Basketball
The Basketball Tournament
Play-In Game, McGrath Arena, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Midwest vs. Notre Dame — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN, 2 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 18: Gap to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Stage 18 Highlights — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
European Masters, Cans-sur-Sierre GC (Severiano Ballesteros Course), Crans-Montana, Switzerland
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

LPGA Tour
Meijer LPGA Classic, Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, MI
1st Round — Golf Channel, noon

Senior Open Championship, Sunningdale (Old Course), Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
1st Round — ESPN2, noon

PGA Tour
Canadian Open, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Tiger’s Six-peat — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.
Greg Norman: The Great White Shark — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

Minor League Baseball
Eastern League
Altoona Curve at Akron RubberDucks — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MLB Network/MASN/YES, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Detroit — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.
Toronto at Oakland — Sportsnet/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 7 p.m.
Boston at Houston — NESN/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

National League
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets — MLB Network/Sportsnet LA/SNY, 7 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/MASN/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Arizona — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Miami at San Diego — Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Kansas City at St. Louis — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.

MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
MLB’s Best — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
MLB Epic Moments: Mad October — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 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.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

NBA
Looking Back at Gary Payton — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
2014 Cleveland Browns: Orange is the New Brown — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
2014 Baltimore Ravens: Character Revealed — NFL Network, 8:30 p.m.
2014 Cincinnati Bengals: Beat on the Door — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
2014 Pittsburgh Steelers: Steel City Fireworks — NFL Network, 9:30 p.m.

Pan American Games
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Boxing, Karate, Men’s Basketball, Men’s Soccer, Track & Field, Women’s Volleyball — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 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.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (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.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
His & Hers — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
World’s Strongest Man 2015 — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
2015 Humanitarian Awards — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
In the Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Countdown to the Special Olympics — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
Swedish Open, Bastad Tennis Stadium, Bastad, Sweden
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m., noon, & 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Croatia Open Umag, ATP Stadium, Umag, Croatia
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

World Team Tennis
San Diego Aviators at California Dream — Tennis Channel, 10:30 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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