Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Pac-12 Basketball All-Stars at Australian Boomers — Pac-12 Networks, 5:30 a.m.

College Football
SEC Football Media Days — SEC Network, 10 a.m.
Pac-12 Football Media Day Special: Day 1 — Pac-12 Networks, noon
2016 College Football Media Days: SEC/Pac-12 — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 12: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Tour de France Pre Show — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Primetime Replay — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Golf
The Open Championship, Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland, United Kingdom
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 a.m.

Live From The Open — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

PGA Tour
Barbasol Championship, RTJ Golf Trail at Grand National (Lake Course), Auburn, AL

1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Marathon Classic, Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, OH

1st Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Reloaded: UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit — FS1, 7 p.m.

MLB
MLB Tonight: Report Card — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

NBA Summer League
Las Vegas Summer League, Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, NV
2nd Round

Atlanta vs. Washington — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
Miami vs. Phoenix — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Utah vs. Denver — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Golden State vs. Toronto — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

Las Vegas Summer League, Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
2nd Round
Minnesota vs. Memphis — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
Dallas vs Chicago — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Los Angeles Lakers — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.

The Starters — NBA TV, midnight

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live: Top 50 Fantasy Players of 2016: 20-11 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Top Shelf: Breakout Players of 2015-16 — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
Top Shelf: 2015-16 NHL Moments — NHL Network, 9 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
FIFA Football — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Softball
National Pro Fastpitch, CommunityAmerica Ballpark, Kansas City, KS
Dallas Charage at USSSA Pride — CBS Sports Network, 7 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.
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 — ESPN, 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/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 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.
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.
Pat Summitt: Celebration of Life — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
The President and the People: Race in Ameica — ABC/ESPN, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Doc & Darryl — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, 11:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: German Tennis Championships (ATP)/Swedish Open (ATP) — Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 1:30 p.m.
Taking on the Cups — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m.

Entertainment
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
Black Mass — HBO, 8 p.m.
Alone: A Deeper Cut: Winter’s Fury — History Channel, 8 p.m.
The Gift — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Carnival Eats: Fusion Fiesta (season finale) — Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.
Tiny Luxury: Mid-Century Modern Tiny Home — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Flip or Flop: New Flips, Familiar Faces — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Royal Secrets: Born to Be King — Reelz Channel, 9 p.m.
Greatest Hits: 1985-1990 — ABC, 9 p.m.
Big Brother 18 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Home Free — Fox, 9 p.m.
Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge — NBC, 9 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast — The CW, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Sudden Death; Devil at the Door — A&E, 9 p.m.
North Woods Law: Bailers Beware — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Naked and Afraid Pop-Up Edition XL: South Africa Part 1 — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown: Where There’s Smoke … — FYI, 9 p.m.
Alone: Into the Abyss — History Channel, 9 p.m.
48 Hours on ID: The Doctor’s Daughter — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Blade II — Starz, 9 p.m.
Baby Got Smack — Cooking Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Tiny Luxury: Aerodynamic Tiny Home — DIY Network, 9:30 p.m.
Royal Secrets: First Steps — Reelz Channel, 9:30 p.m.
That’s Delicious: New Freidns in Strange Places: Extended Cut — Viceland, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Dancing With the Devil — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll: Cool for the Summer — FX, 10 p.m.
Hunting Village: Fashion Designer Wants Vintage Conch Style Home in Key West, Florida — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Lip Sync Battle: TMI: Stephen Merchant vs. Malin Akerman — Spike, 10 p.m.
Dead Sest on Life: City Matty, Country Matty — Viceland, 10 p.m.
In the Line of Fire: Fighting Back — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
American Greed: Jamaican Lottery Scam — CNBC, 10 p.m.
Alone: The End Game (season finale) — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Deadly Sins: Crazy in Love — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Stepford Wives — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
60 Days In: The Full Story: Robert, Tami and Barbra — A&E, 10:o1 p.m.
Lone Star Law: To Catch a Poacher — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
House Hunters International: Finding Purpose in Cochabamba, Bolivia — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Party Legends: Make Mistakes — Viceland, 10:30 p.m.
E! News –E!, 11 p.m.
The Equalizer — Starz Encore, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
King of the Road: Grand Finale (season finale) — Viceland, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Transamerica — HBO, midnight
Talk Radio — Cinemax, 12:05 a.m. (Friday)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar — Turner Classic Movies, 12:15 a.m. (Friday)
Big Brother After Dark — Pop, 1 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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