Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football
College Football Live — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
College Football Freshman Focus — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
CFB Daily: The Blitz — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
SEC Ultimate Depth Chart — SEC Network, 7:30 p.m.
Inside College Football: SEC Preview — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Inside College Football: Heisman Preview — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

CONCACAF Champions League
Group A, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Versalles, Costa Rica
Saprissa vs. WConnection FC — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

Cycling
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Stage 4: Aspen to Breckenridge — Universal Sports, 4 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Made in Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort (PGA Backtee Course), Aalborg, Denmark
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, NC
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

U.S. Amateur Championship, Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, IL
Rounds of 32 & 16 — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, The Vancouver Golf Club, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Little League Baseball
Little League World Series, Howard J. Lamade Stadium & Volunteer Stadium, Williamsport, PA
Opening Round
Europe-Africa (Uganda) vs. Caribbean (Dominican Republic) — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Southwest (Pearland West, TX) vs. Northwest (Wilshire-Riverside, OR) — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Latin America (Venezuela) vs. Australia — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Great Lakes (Bowling Green Eastern, KY) vs. West (Sweetwater Valley, CA) — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at New York Yankees — STO/YES, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Boston — Fox Sports Kansas City/NESN, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/MASN, 7 p.m.
Texas at Detroit — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Houston — Sun Sports/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Anaheim Angels — WGN/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs — SportSouth/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Washington at Colorado — MASN2/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

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

NFL Preseason
Detroit at Washington — WJBK/WRC/Comcast SportNet Mid-Atlantic, 7:30 p.m./NFL Network, midnight
Buffalo at Cleveland — ESPN, 8 p.m.

NFL Preseason HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
Monday Night Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Soccer
La Liga Show — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN, 6 p.m.
The Ligue 1 Show — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.
The Express Show — 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, 7:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
ESPN Radio With Michelle Beadle & Ben Lyons — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show with guest hosts Daniel Jeremiah & Joel Klatt — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
The Russillo Show — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 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 Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series
Western & Southern Open, Linder Family Tennis Center, Mason, OH
Men’s Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16 — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Men’s Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Round of 16 — ESPN2, 9 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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