Thursday’s Viewing Picks

CFL
BC Lions at Montreal Alouettes — TSN/ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Calgary Stampeders — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
College Football Daily: The Blitz — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

CONCACAF Champions League
Group H, Toyota Stadium, Dallas, TX
FC Dallas vs. Real Estelí — Facebook Live/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.

Group G, Estadio Maracaná de Panama, Panama City, Panama
Plaza Amador vs. Herediano — Facebook Live/Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Tour of Utah
Stage 4: IM Flash to Kearns — FS2, 6:30 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Paul Lawrie Match Play, Archerfield Links Golf Club (Fidra Links), Dirleton, Scotland

Round of 64 — Golf Channnel, 7:30 a.m.
Round of 64 — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

PGA Tour
Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT

1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, Rolling Green Golf Club, Springfield, PA
Round of 32 — Fox Sports Go/USGA.org, 10 a.m.
Round of 16 — FS1, 3 p.m.

Horse Racing
Saratoga Live, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
Quick Call Stakes — FS2, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor — FS1, 8 p.m.

MLB
American League
Kansas City at Tampa Bay — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City, noon
Minnesota at Cleveland — MLB Network/STO, noon
Chicago White Sox at Detroit — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m./MLB Network, 3 p.m. (joined in progress)
Oakland at Anaheim — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports West, 7 p.m.
Texas at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/MASN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Houston — Sportsnet/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Boston at Seattle — NESN/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
St. Louis at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Midwest, 12:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/WCAU, 1 p.m./MLB Network, 3 p.m. (joined in progress)
Pittsburgh at Atlanta — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Southeast, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Colorado — SportsNet LA/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.

Interleague
New York Mets at New York Yankees — MLB Network/SNY/WPIX, 7 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — 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 Pirch — MLB Network, midnight

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
Inside Training Camp Live: With the Panthers — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
Inside Training Camp Live: On the Field — NFL Network, 11 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Inside Training Camp Live: Fantasy Spotlight — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Inside Training Camp Live — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
NFL’s Greatest Games: 1993 Wildcard Game: Green Bay at Detroit — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Training Camp Primetime: With the Cowboys — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Super Bowl Highlights: Super Bowl XXXI: Green Bay vs. New England — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.
Hall of Fame Gold Jacket Ceremony — NFL Network, 9:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Olympics
Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Men’s Soccer

Group A, Estadio Mané Garrincha, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil
Iraq vs. Denmark — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.
Brazil vs. South Africa — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 3 p.m.

Group D, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Honduras vs. Algeria — USA Network/Telemundo, 2 p.m.
Portugal vs. Argentina — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 5 p.m.

Group C, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Mexico vs. Germany — USA Network/Telemundo, 4 p.m.
Fiji vs. Republic of Korea — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Group B, Amazônia Arena, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Sweden vs. Colombia — USA Network, 6 p.m.
Nigeria vs. Japan — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Rio Olympics Preview Special — NBC, 8 p.m.

Soccer
COTIF L’Alcúdia International Tournament, Estadio Els Arcs, Valencia, Spain
Championship Game

Spain vs. Argentina — CBS Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 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 — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Best of 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), 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.
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.
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, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN, 10 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
World Team Tennis, Breakers Stadium at Newport Beach Tennis Club, Newport Beach, CA
San Diego Aviators at Orange County Breakers — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m. (delayed from 8/3)

Entertainment
BattleBots — ABC, 8 p.m.
Home Free (season finale) — Fox, 8 p.m.
Naked and Afraid Pop-Up Edition XL: South Africa Part 4 — Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear — IFC, 8 p.m.
From Russia With Love — Starz Encore, 8 p.m.
The First 48: The Forgotten — A&E, 8:45 p.m.
Greatest Hits: 1980-2005 (season finale) — ABC, 9 p.m.
Big Brother 18 — CBS, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Room for the Night; Down and Out — A&E, 9 p.m.
North Woods Law: Buck Fever — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Killing the Colorado — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown: It’s a Family Affair — FYI, 9 p.m.
Unraveled: Driven to Perfection (season premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
60 Days In: Season 2 Cast Revealed 2 — A&E, 10 p.m.
Carnival Eats: North Dakota State Fair; Prairie Fest — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: So Many Obstacles — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll: Rock This B…. Till the Wheels Fall Off — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Starting Over in Southfield — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Lip Sync Battle: TMI: Common vs. John Legend — Spike, 10 p.m.
Dead Set on Life: Where the Bison Roam — Viceland, 10 p.m.
Ripper Street: The Strangers’ Home, Part 2 — BBC America, 10 p.m.
American Greed: The Bad Neighbors — CNBC, 10 p.m.
Lucy — HBO, 10 p.m.
Deadly Sins: Rocky Mountain Murder — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Die Another Day — Starz Encore, 10 p.m.
King Kong — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
Lone Star Law: Out for Blood — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers: Against All Odds (season premiere) — History Channel, 10:03 p.m.
House Hunters International: Canadians Search for the Sun in Honduras — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Party Legends: Some Weird Loophole — Viceland, 10:30 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Action Bronson Watches Ancient Alien: Temples of Gold — Viceland, 11 p.m.
MTV Oddities: The Maxx: Premiere — MTV Classic, 11:30 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
The Late Late Show With James Corden — CBS, 12:37 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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