Thursday’s VIewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
West Coast Eagles vs. Essendon Bombers — Fox Soccer Plus, 6 a.m.

CFL
Ottawa Redblacks at Montreal Alouettes — TSN/ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Toronto Argonauts at Saskatchewan Roughriders — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
College World Series, TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE
Championship Series

Game 3: Coastal Carolina vs. Arizona — ESPNU, 1 p.m. (series tied 1-1)

College World Series Postgame — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

EURO 2016
Quarterfinal, Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France
Poland vs. Portugal — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Pre-Match — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
UEFA Euro Tonight — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
100th Open de France, Le Golf National (Albatros Course), Paris, France

1st Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.

International Federation of PGA Tours
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone Country Club, Akron, OH

1st Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Barracuda Championship, Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, NV

1st Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Portland Classic, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, OR

1st Round — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — FS1, 5 p.m.

MLB
American League
Texas at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/YES, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/WGN, 2 p.m.
Cleveland at Toronto — STO/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Sun, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle — MASN2/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Los Angeles at Milwaukee — MLB Network/SportsNet LA, 2 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/SNY, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Washington — Fox Sports Ohio/MASN, 7 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Southeast, 7 p.m.

Interleague
Kansas City at St. Louis — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Oakland — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.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, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Firecracker 250, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

Practice — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 4 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Firecracker 400, Daytona International Speeday, Daytona Beach, FL

Practice — NBCSN, 3 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

NBA
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Freee Agent Fever Preview — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Olympic Trials
U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, CenturyLink Center, Omaha, NE
Qualifying Heats:  Women’s 100 Meter Freestyle, Men’s 200 Meter Individual Medley & Backstroke — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Finals: Men’s 100 Meter Freesyle & 200 Meter Breaststroke, Women’s 200 Meter Butterfly — NBC, 8 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPNews, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittxburgh/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 — ESPNess, 1 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.
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.
2016 ESPY’s Nomination Special — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Bo You Don’t Know — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Storied: Thunder and Lightning — SEC Network, 7:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Believeland (updated) — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
The Championships Wimbledon, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England, United Kingdom
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Singles 2nd Round — ESPN, 7 a.m.

WNBA
Atlanta Dream at Los Angeles Sparks — NBA TV, 3:30 p.m.

Entertainment
BattleBots — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Last Alaskans: Remote Access: Alone — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Tiger Beach: Sharkopedia Edition — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Alone: A Deeper Cut: The Madness — History Channel, 8 p.m.
How to Kill an Asteroid — Science Channel, 8 p.m.
Cabaret — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Carnival Eats: Hogs and Dogs — Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.
Flip or Flop: Communal Flip — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Greatest Hits: 1980-1985 (series premiere) — ABC, 9 p.m.
Big Brother 18 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast — The CW, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Snapshot — A&E, 9 p.m.
Preacher: Chapters 1 & 2: Bonus Edition — AMC, 9 p.m.
The Eighties: The Tech Boom (series finale) — CNN, 9 p.m.
Nuclear Sharks — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown: America the Beautiful — FYI, 9 p.m.
Alone: The Gamble — History Channel, 9 pm.
48 Hours on ID: Cal Harris: The Final Verdict — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Secret Lives of Asteroids — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
North Woods Law: Excuses, Excuses — Animal Planet, 9:01 p.m.
Beach Bites With Katie Lee: Beach Bar Snacks — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll: All That Glitters is Gold (season premiere) — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Partners Disagree on Where to Buy Loft in Detroit — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Lip Sync Battle: TMI: Kevin Hart vs. Olivia Munn — Spike, 10 p.m.
Thirteen — BBC America, 10 p.m.
American Greed: Jersey Car Stealer Dealer/Facebook Face-Off — CNBC, 10 p.m.
Jungle Shark — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Deadly Sins: High School Homicide (season premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Lone Star Law: Mayday Mayday — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Chuck Klosterman — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Shark After Dark: Ashlan Cousteau and Andy Casagrande — Discovery, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
King of the Road: Put On That Angry Face and Grind — Viceland, 11 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 11:15 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore: Diane Guerrero — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Preacher: Chapters 3 & 4: Bonus Edition — AMC, 11:35 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Jim Gaffigan; Adam Goldberg; Morgan Murphy — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
Big Brother After Dark — Pop, 1 a.m (Friday)
Preacher: Chapter 5: Bonus Edition — AMC, 1:35 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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