Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football
Hampton at North Carolina A&T — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
UConn at Houston — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Kansas at Texas Tech — FS1, 8:30 p.m.

B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
College Football Live — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
ESPNU Film Room — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
FS1 College Football Pregame — FS1, 8 p.m.
FS1 College Football Extra — FS1, midnight

College Soccer
Men’s
UCLA vs. Washington — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Women’s
Texas A&M vs. South Carolina — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Michigan vs. Rutgers — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
Oregon vs USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona State vs. Utah — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Mountain, 7:30 p.m.
Cal vs. Washington — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Washington, 7:30 p.m.
BYU vs. Santa Clara — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
Stanford vs. Washington State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

CONCACAF Champions League
Group E, F.F.B. Football Field, Belmopan, Belize
Police United vs. Olimpia — Facebook Live/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.

Group A, Estadio Francsico Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Honduras Progreso vs. W Connection — Facebook Live/Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Malaysia, Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Practice — NBCSN, 2 a.m. (Friday)

Golf
Ryder Cup, Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, MN
Opening Ceremony — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Live From the Ryder Cup — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

LPGA Tour
Reignwood Classic, Reignwood Pine Valley Golf Club, Beijing, Communist China

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 2 a.m. (Friday)

Hockey
World Cup of Hockey 2016, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Final Series
Game 2: Canada vs. Europe — ESPN2/CBC/Sportsnet 360/TVA Sports, 8 p.m. (Canada leads series 1-0)

Hockey Central @ noon: World Cup — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Tonight: World Cup of Hockey Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: World Cup — CBC/Sportsnet 360, 7:30 p.m.
World Cup of Hockey Pregame — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: World Cup of Hockey Edition — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at Detroit — ESPN/STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto — MASN/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Boston at New York Yankees — NESN/YES, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Sun/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Washington — Fox Sports Arizona/MASN, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh — WGN/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Southeast, 7 p.m.
Cincnnati at St. Louis — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Diego — Spectrum SportsNet LA/Fox Sports San Diego, 9 p.m.
Colorado at San Francisco — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 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.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

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

NBA
NBA Real Training Camp: Cleveland Cavaliers — NBA TV, 3 p.m.
NBA Real Training Camp: Los Angeles Lakers — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.

NFL
Thursday Night Football, Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
Sound FX: 2016 Week 3 — NFL Network, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
TNF GameDay live from Cincinnati, OH and Los Angeles, CA — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Thursday Night Kickoff live from Cincinnati, OH and Los Angeles, CA — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
TNF Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.

NHL Preseason
Buffalo at Toronto — TSN4, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at New York Rangers — MSG Network/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal — RDS/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Winnipeg — NHL Network/TSN3, 8 p.m.

Soccer
The Ligue 1 Show — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
La Liga Show — beIN Sports, 6:30 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 — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 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 — ESPN, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
SportsMoney — FS1, noon
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pitttsburgh/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 — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:3o 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.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Campus Eats: Desserts — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 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
ATP/WTA Tour
Shenzhen Open (ATP) or Wuhan Open (WTA) — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 1 a.m. (Friday)

UEFA Europa League
Matchday 2
Group C, Bakceli Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan

Gabala FC vs. F.S.V. Mainz — FS2, 11 a.m.

Group B, Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan
FC Astana vs. BSC Young Boys — Fox Socxcer Plus, 11 a.m.

Group K, Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
Sparta Praha vs. Internazionale Milano — FS1, 1 p.m.

Group I, Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Schalke vs. Red Bull Salzburg — FS2, 1 p.m.

Group K, Turner Stadium, Beersheba, Israel
Hapoel Be’er-Sheva vs. Southampton — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 p.m.

Group A, Old Trafford, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Manchester United vs. Zorya Luhansk — FS1, 3 p.m.

Group E, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
AS Roma vs. Astra Giurgiu — FS2, 3 p.m.

Group C, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France
Saint-Étienne vs. Anderlecht — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — FS1, 12:30 p.m.
EUFA Europa League Highlights: MD2 — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Entertainment
Superstore — NBC, 8 p.m.
Training Day — IFC, 8 p.m.
Tiger Wars — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Role Model: Gene Wilder — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
60 Days In: In Case You Missed It Special — A&E, 8:29 p.m.
The Goods Place — NBC, 8:30 p.m.
60 Days In: 60 Days Insider — A&E, 8:40 p.m.
Pitch — Fox, 8:59 p.m.
60 Days In: Dangerous Loyalty — A&E, 9 p.m.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team: Dance Intervention — CMT, 9 p.m.
Chopped: Sweetbread Dread — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers: Breaking the Ice: Hell Nino — History Channel, 9 p.m.
20/20 on ID: A Case of Affluenza — Inestigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: The Spy That Saved Washington, The Monster in the Egg and Haltfields and McCoys — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Young Frankenstein — Turner Classic Movies, 9:15 p.m.
Haylie’s America: VIP Hookup — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Shore Fire Strategy — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Better Things: Woman Is the Something of the Something — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: High-End Custom Home in Carmel, Indiana — HGTV, 10 p.m.
That’s Delicious: Ancient Feelings Stirred — Viceland, 10 p.m.
Rugged Justice: Crabs and a Crack Pipe — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
American Greed: Silk Road: Digital Drug Dealers — CNBC, 10 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers: The Convoy — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Blood Relatives: Axe to Grind — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Man v. Lion — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Behind Bars: Rookie Year: Mind Games — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
House Hunters International: Putting Down Roots in Porto — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Blood Orange (season finale) — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Desert Flippers: Winning Combination — HGTV, 11 p.m.
E! News, — E!, 11 p.m.
Game of Lions — National Geographic Channel, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Ken Jeong; Dave Foley; Suzy Nakamura — Comedy Central, 11:31 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)

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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