Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Port Adelaide Power vs. Hawthorn Hawks — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 4:30 a.m.

CFL
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Toronto Argonauts at BC Lions — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 6: Arpajon-sur-Cère to Montauban — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Tour de France Pre Show — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Stage 6 Replay — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

EURO 2016
Semifinal, Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France
Germany vs. France — ESPN, 3 p.m.

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

Golf
European Tour
Scottish Open, Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

1st Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.

Web.com Tour
LECOM Health Challenge, Peek’n Peak Resort (Upper Course), Findley Lake, NY

1st Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Open, CordeValle, San Martin, CA
1st Round — FS1, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — FS2, 4 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim at Tampa Bay — MLB Network/Fox Sports West, noon
Detroit at Toronto — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Cleveland — YES/STO, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Houston — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

National League
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — MLB Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest, 1:45 p.m.
Washington at New York Mets — MLB Network/MASN/SNY, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Southeast/WLS, 8 p.m.
Philadephia at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m. (joined in progress)
San Diego at Los Angeles — Fox Sports San Diego/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m. (joined in progress)

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 4:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 11:30 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Alsco 300, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY

Practice 1 — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Practice 2 — NBCSN, 4 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Quaker State 400, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY

Practice — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Buckle Up In Your Truck 225, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY

Qualifying — FS2, 5 p.m.
Race — FS2, 8:30 p.m.

NCWTS Setup — FS1, 8 p.m.

NBA Summer League
Orlando Pro Summer League, Amway Center, Orlando, FL
Dallas vs. Orlando (Blue) — NBA TV, 1 p.m.
LA Clippers vs. Orlando (White) — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
Detroit vs. Miami — NBA TV, 5 p.m.

Utah Jazz Summer League, Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Boston vs. San Antonio — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Utah — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Olympic Trials
U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Track & Field: Women’s Steeplechase, Shot Put & Triple Jump — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
FIFA Football — beIN Sports, 7:30 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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m.
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN2, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirexTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocxky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPNews, 4 p.m.
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPNews, 4:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
The Championships Wimbledon, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England, United Kingdom
Ladies’ Semifinals — ESPN, 8 a.m.

Breakfast at Wimbledon — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Wimbledon Highlights: Day 10 — Tennis Channel, 5 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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