Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football
South Carolina State at Bethune-Cookman — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
SMU at Houston — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Washington at USC — ESPN, 9 p.m.

B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2 p.m.
College Football Featured — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 8 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Ohio State vs. Purdue — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
South Carolina vs. Auburn — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Stanford vs. Oregon State — Pac-12 Network, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
BYU at Pacific — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
British Masters, Woburn Golf Club (Marquess’ Course), Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

LPGA Tour
Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (East Course), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1st Round — Golf Channel, noon (same day coverage)

The Presidents Cup
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Day Two: Foursome and Four-Ball Matches — Golf Channel, 8:30 p.m.

Live From the Presidents Cup — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.
Live From the Presidents Cup — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

MLB Postseason
American League Division Series
Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays — FS1/Sportsnet, 3:30 p.m.

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals — FS1, 7:30 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 2:30 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 6:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight: Division Series — MLB Network, 10:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Contender Round
Bank of America 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Practice — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Drive for the Cure 300, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Practice — NBCSN, 3 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA Preseason
Boston vs. Real Madrid at Brooklyn, NY — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Toronto vs. Los Angeles Lakers at Ontario, CA — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

Chicago Bulls Team Preview — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Toronto Raptors Team Preview — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.

NFL
Indianapolis at Houston — CBS/NFL Network, 8:25 p.m.

NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
TNF GameDay live from Houston, TX and Los Angeles, CA — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Kickoff live from Houston, TX and Los Angeles, CA — CBS/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
TNF Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.
Undrafted — NFL Network, midnight
Football Town: Barrow, Alaska — NFL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

NHL
Ottawa at Buffalo — RDS/TSN5/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Boston — TSN3/NESN, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay — TVA Sports 2/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville — Fox Sports Carolinas/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at St. Louis — Sportsnet 360/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Dallas — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Colorado — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Sportsnet @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 8:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.
On the Fly (season premiere) — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
CONEMBOL FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifying
Matchday 1
Estadio Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Venezuela vs. Paraguay — beIN Sports, 4:50 p.m.

Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile
Chile vs. Brazil — beIN Sports, 7:20 p.m.

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina vs. Ecuador — beIN Sports, 9:30 p.m. (joined in progress)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilia, Colombia
Colombia vs. Peru — beIN Sports, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 3 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 7 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 (AT&T U-Verse/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 (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:45 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 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, 10:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
Japan Open, Ariake Colosseum & Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Tokyo, Japan
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
China Open, National Tennis Center, Beijing, Communist China
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
China Open, National Tennis Center, Beijing, Communist China
3rd Round — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Center Court: Japan Open, China Open (ATP & WTA) — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers
Matchday 9
Group D, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland vs. Germany — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

Group D, Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland vs. Poland — FS2, 2:30 p.m.

Group F, Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania
Romania vs. Finland — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Highlights: Matchday 9: Thursday — FS2, 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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