Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football Viewing Picks

College Soccer
Men’s
Stanford vs. San Jose State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 9 p.m.

Women’s
Florida vs. Texas A&M — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Texas vs. Oregon State — Longhorn Network, 7:30 p.m.
BYU vs. Utah State — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Oklahoma at New Mexico State — Fox College Sports Pacific, 10 p.m.
Pepperdine at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 18: Roa to Riaza — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Tour of Britain
Stage 5: Prudhoe to Hartside Fell — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
LPGA Tour
The Evian Championship, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les Bains, France
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.

European Tour
KLM Open, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, The Netherlands
1st Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Web.com Tour
Hotel Fitness Championship, Sycamore Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, IN
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Texas at Seattle — Fox Sports Southwest/Root Sports Northwest, 3:30 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 7 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Sportsnet/YES, 7 p.m.

National League
Colorado at San Diego — Fox Sports San Diego, 3:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Atlanta — SNY/SportSouth, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Richmond International Speedway, Richmond, VA
Practice — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 4 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 6 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

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, 8 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
Russillo & Kannell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show (The Final Days) — FS2, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:45 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
America’s Pregame — FS1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 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, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
Women’s Semifinals — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the U.S. Open — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.
U.S. Open Tonight: Women’s Singles Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

Entertainment
Beauty and the Beast (season finale) — The CW, 8 p.m.
No Country for Old Men — Encore, 8 p.m.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High — IFC, 8 p.m.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
The Grand Budapest Hotel — Cinemax, 8:15 p.m.
The Civil War: Valley of the Shadow of Death-1864; Most Hallowed Ground-1864 — PBS, 9 p.m.
Behind Bars: Overtime: The Riot — A&E, 9 p.m.
Chopped: College Challenge — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Lone Survivor — HBO, 9 p.m.
The Judge — HBO2, 9 p.m.
Nightmare Next Door: Bewitching Hour — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
9/10: The Final Hours — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Schindler’s List — Showcase, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Monument: Devil’s Music; Fishermen’s Wharf; Teddy Bear — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Big Brother 17 — CBS, 9:01 p.m.
Review: Buried Alive; 6 Star Review; Public Speaking — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: Take My Picture By the Pool — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Off the Grid: A Call of the Wild Escape to Africa — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Documentary Now!: The Eye Doesn’t Lie — IFC, 10 p.m.
Under the Dome (series finale) — CBS, 10 p.m.
Behind Bars: Rookie Year: The Drug Trade — A&E, 10 p.m.
Evolution of Evil: Kim: North Korea’s Evil Dynasty — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Naked and Afraid: XL: 40 Days, Part 8 — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Nowhere to Hide: Family Funk — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Dominion: House of Sacrifice — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Graceland: Dog Catches Car — USA Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Seeking the Center In Frankfurt, Germany — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Weird Al Yankovic Wears a Different Hawaiian Shirt — IFC, 10:30 p.m.
Married: Guardians — FX, 10:32 p.m.
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Steve Ranazzisi; Paul Scheer; Jon Lajoie — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team: Having a Bad Day — CMT, 11 p.m.
Sex On// — HBO, 11 p.m.
Geeks Who Drink: Harold Perrineau vs. Zachary Knighton — Syfy, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls — MoreMax, 11 p.m.
Cathouse: The Series — HBO, 11:30 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Night With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 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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