Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Aerobatics & Tumbling
Baylor at Oregon — Pac-12 Oregon, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
Oregon at Notre Dame — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Alabama at Georgia — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
South Carolina at Vanderbilt — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Arizona State at Washington State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

College Baseball Live — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.

College Basketball
National Invitation Tournament
Final, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Valparaiso vs. George Washington — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championship — ESPN, 9 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Women’s
Northwestern at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

College Track & Field
Texas Relays — Longhorn Network, 5:30 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU World Figure Skating Championship, TD Garden, Boston, MA
Ladies Short Program — NBCSN, 4 p.m.
Free Dance — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
ANA Inspiration, Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, noon
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

PGA Tour
Houston Open, Golf Club of Houston (Tournament Course), Humble, TX
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Unleashed: UFC Bantamweights — FS1, 7 p.m.
UFC Presents: TJ Dillashaw: Fearless — FS1, 8 p.m.
UFC Fight Flashback: Barão vs. Dillashaw — FS1, 9 p.m.
UFC Fighter’s Cut: TJ Dillashaw — FS1, 9:30 p.m.
UFC Main Event: Dillashaw vs. Barão — FS1, 10 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Boston vs. Minnesota — Fox Sports North, 1 p.m./MLB Network, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
New York Yankees (SS) vs. Detroit — Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
St. Louis vs. New York Yankees (SS) — MLB Network/YES, 1 p.m.
Phillies Futures vs. Philadelphia at Reading, PA — The Comcast Network, 6 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets at Las Vegas, NV — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston — Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
San Diego at El Paso Chihuahuas — Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports West/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.
Oakland at San Francisco — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m./MLB Network, midnight (same night coverage)

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 5 p.m.
One Hot Night: The NASCAR 1992 All-Star Race — FS1, 6 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Houston — TNT, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City — TNT, 9:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Inside the NBA — TNT, midnight

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Columbus at New York Islanders — Fox Sports Ohio/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Pittsburgh — NHL Network/Sportsnet (Ontario/Pacific/West)/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Tennessee/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Carolina — MSG Network/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Buffalo — TSN4/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Tampa Bay — NHL Network/RDS/Sportsnet East/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Florida — MSG Plus 2/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Minnesota — RDS2/TSN5/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Dallas — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Calgary at Los Angeles — Sportsnet West/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose — Sportsnet Pacific/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canadiens Pregame — Sportsnet East, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canucks Pregame — Sportsnet Pacific, 10 p.m.
Hockey Central: Flames Pregame — Sportsnet West, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 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.
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
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, 2:30 p.m.
The Paul 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.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Miami Open, Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Miami, FL
Men’s Quarterfinal/Women’s Semifinal — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Men’s Quarterfinal/Women’s Semifinal — ESPN2, 7 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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