Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, StarTrack Oval Canberra, Griffith, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Greater Western Sydney Swans vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 a.m.

College Baseball
Stanford at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Delaware at Drexel — Comcast SportsNet, 7 p.m.
Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Florida State at Duke — ESPN, 7 p.m.
SMU at Memphis — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Nebraska at Penn State — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Providence at Seton Hall — FS1, 7 p.m.
Texas-El Paso at Old Dominion — Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
UConn at South Florida — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
James Madison at Towson — Comcast SportsNet, 8 p.m.
North Texas at Louisiana Tech — American Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Indiana at Illinois — ESPN, 9 p.m.
UCLA at Cal — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Winthrop at High Point — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
St. John’s at DePaul — FS1, 9 p.m.
Arizona State at Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Mountain, 9 p.m.
Murray State at Eastern Illinois — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Pacific — Campus Insiders, 10 p.m.
Cal-Santa Barbara at Cal State-Northridge — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at BYU — ESPNU, 11 p.m.
USC at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Rutgers at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.

Katz Korner — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Whip-around Coverage: Arkansas at Georgia, Missouri at Kentucky, Texas A&M at Auburn, Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at Alabama, Florida at LSU, & South Carolina at Mississippi — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Pac-12 Basketball Pregame Show — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
B1G Basketball Report — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Inside College Basketbaall — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Basketball Postgame Show — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 1 a.m. (Friday)

College Hockey
Men’s
Michigan at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
Honda LPGA Thailand, Siam Country Club Pattaya (Old Course), Chonburi, Thailand
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 a.m.

European Tour
Perth International, Lake Karrinyup Country Club, Perth, Australia
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
The Honda Classic, PGA National Resort & Spa (Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, FL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Top 100 Right Now: 20-1 — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
Oklahoma City at New Orleans — TNT, 8 p.m.
Houston at Portland — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Scouting Combine Press Conferences — NFL Network, 1 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

NHL
Minnesota at Philadelphia — Sportsnet 360/TVA Sports/Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Columbus — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Florida — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Toronto — Fox Sports Southeast/Sportsnet Ontario, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Chicago — NBCSN/Sportsnet East/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
New York Rangers at St. Louis — MSG Network/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Winnipeg at Dallas — TSN3/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at Calgary — MSG Plus 2/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Ottawa at Vancouver — RDS/TSN5/Sportsnet Pacific, 10 p.m.
Edmonton at Los Angeles — Sportsnet 360/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central: Maple Leafs Pregame — Sportsnet Ontario, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Flames Pregame — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canucks Pregame — Sportsnet Pacific, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10:45 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Soccer
Outside the Lines: FIFA in Crisis-Pre-Election Special — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
FIFA Presidential Election: The Candidates — FS1, 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.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:45 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Pawwwwwwwwwwlllllll! Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 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.
Fox Sports Live with Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: Dubai Duty Free Championships (ATP) and Qatar Total Open (WTA): Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m.

ATP Tour
Abierto Mexicano de Tenis, Princess Mundo Imperial-Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico
1st Quarterfinal — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.
2nd Quarterfinal — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
3rd Quarterfinal — Tennis Channel, 9 p.m.
4th Quarterfinal — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Round of 32, 2nd Leg, Stadion Lokomotiv, Moscow, Russia
Lokomotiv Moskva vs. Fenerbahçe — FS2, 10:50 a.m.

Round of 32, 2nd Leg, Anfield, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool vs. Augsburg — FS1, 1 p.m.

Round of 32, 2nd Leg, BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Sporting CP — FS2, 1 p.m.

Round of 32, 2nd Leg, Old Trafford, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Manchester United vs. Midtjylland — FS1, 3 p.m.

Round of 32, 2nd Leg, White Hart Lane, London, England, United Kingdom
Tottenham Hotspur vs. ACF Fiorentina — FS2, 3 p.m.

Round of 32, 2nd Leg, Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Schalke vs. Shaktar Donetsk — Fox Soccer Plus, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Round of 32, 2nd Leg, Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal
Porto vs. Borussia Dortmund — Fox Soccer Plus, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

UEFA Europa League Pregame — FS1/Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 p.m.
MULTIMATCH 90 UEFA Europa League — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Full Time — FS2, 5 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights: Round of 32 — FS2, midnight

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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