Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
Tennessee at Auburn — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Florida at Arkansas — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Oregon State at Washington State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

College Beach Volleyball
Arizona State at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 6 p.m.
Pepperdine at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

College Football
CFB Daily: Spring Blitz — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Inside College Football: Draft Special: The Playmakers — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Open de España, Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Heritage Classic, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, SC
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
LOTTE Championship, Ko Olina Golf Club, Kapolei, Oahu, HI
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Hockey
IIHF U-18 World Championship
Group A, Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND
Russia vs. USA — NHL Network, 11 p.m. (same night coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — FS1, 6 p.m.
UFC Reloaded: UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson — FS1, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Tampa Bay — STO, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees at Toronto — MLB Network/YES/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Texas — MASN2/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at Houston — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

National League
San Diego at Philadelphia — Fox Sports San Diego/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Midwest, 1:45 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 3 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington — Fox Sports Southeast/MASN, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Arizona/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Detroit at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 5 p.m.

NBA
The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NBA Action — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
The Starters: Playoff Preview — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Eastern Conference Playoff Preview — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Western Conference Playoff Preview — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

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.
SportsCenter Special: NFL Schedule Release Show — ESPN, 8 p.m.
2016 NFL Schedule Release — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: NFL Schedule Release Show — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1: Philadelphia at Washington — CBC/NBCSN/TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Game 1: New York Islanders at Florida — CNBC/Sportsnet/TVA Sports 2/MSG Plus/Fox Sports Florida, 8 p.m.

Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1: Minnesota at Dallas — NBCSN/Sportsnet 360/TVA Sports 3/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Southwest, 9:30 p.m.
Game 1: San Jose at Los Angeles — CBC/CNBC/TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central Live — Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, midnight
NHL Tonight: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

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

Softball
2016 National Pro Fastpitch Draft — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 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/Rocky Mountain), 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 Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 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.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Nine for IX: Swoopes — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: This Magic Moment (premiere) — ESPN, 9 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
Center Court: Monte-Carlo Masters (ATP) — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Quarterfinal, 2nd Leg, Anfield, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool vs. Borussia Dortmund — FS1, 3 p.m.

Quarterfinal, 2nd Leg, Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain
Sevilla vs. Athletic Club de Bilbão — FS2, 3 p.m.

Quarterfinal, 2nd Leg, Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic
Sparta Praha vs. Villarreal — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Full Time — FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 5 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights — 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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