Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Golden Boy Live, Indio, CA
Night of the Heavyweights
Luis Ortiz vs. Monte Barrett — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
Crosstown Showdown, Lansing, MI
Michigan State at Lansing Lugnuts — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

Pacific at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
South Carolina at Arkansas — ESPNU, 8 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Championship
Yale at Murray State — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

National Invitation Tournament, New York, NY
Championship
Minnesota vs. SMU — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championship — ESPN, 9 p.m.
College GameDay — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)

College Lacrosse
Women’s
Oregon at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

Curling
World Men’s Curling Championships, Beijing, Communist China
Scotland vs. Canada — Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

Cycling
Three Days of DePanne, Belgium
Stage 3a: DePanne — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
Kraft Nabisco Championship, Rancho Mirage, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, noon
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Golf Channel Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

PGA Tour
Houston Open, Humble, TX
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

MLB
American League
Kansas City at Detroit — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/WGN America, 2 p.m.
Boston at Baltimore — MLB Network/NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay — MLB Network/Sportsnet/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Houston — YES/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.
Colorado at Miami — MLB Network/Fox Sports Florida, 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 12:30 p.m.
Washington at New York Mets — MASN/SNY, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Arizona, 3:30 p.m.

High Heat — MLB Network, noon
The Rundown — MLB Network, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, noon
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
San Antonio at Oklahoma — TNT, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Los Angeles Clippers — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
NFL.com Mock Draft Weekly — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 7 p.m.
Kiper and McShay’s Draft Lab — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

NHL
Columbus at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Carolina — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Boston at Toronto — TSN/RDS2/NESNplus, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet West/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at St. Louis — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago — NBCSN/TSN2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Winnipeg — Root Sports Pittsburgh/TSN-Jets, 8 p.m.
New York Rangers at Colorado — MSG Network/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose — NBCSN/TSN, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SportsDash with Yahoo! Sports — NBCSN, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 2 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Crowd Goes Wild — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Lead Off — CBS Sports Network, midnight
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
Family Circle Cup, Charleston, SC
Round of 16 — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Quarterfinals
Olympique Lyonnnais vs. Juventus — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
AZ Alkmaar vs. Benfica — Fox Sports 2, 3 p.m.
Porto vs. Sevilla — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.
Basel vs. Valenica — Fox Soccer Plus, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights — Fox Sports 2, midnight

Entertainment
Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Community — NBC, 8 p.m.
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (series finale) — ABC, 8 p.m.
Hell’s Kitchen — Fox, 8 p.m.
Ladder 49 — Encore, 8 p.m.
The Double — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
After the First 48: Into the Night — A&E, 8 p.m.
Offbeat Eats with Jim Stacy — Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.
Saint George: Superstition — FX, 9 p.m.
Ice Cold Gold: After the Thaw: Rubies Revisited — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Vegas ER: Shots Fired — Discovery Fitness and Health, 9 p.m.
The Hangover Part III — HBO, 9 p.m.
Blood Relatives: 4 Women & a Funeral — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Planes — Starz, 9 p.m.
The Red Road: Snaring of the Sun — Sundance Channel, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Son of a Gun; Whale Rescue; Bottle Popping Poltergeist (season finale) — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Anger Management: Charlie and Jordan Go to Prison — FX, 9:30 p.m.
The Crazy Ones — CBS, 9:31 p.m.
Review: Having a Best Friend; Going to Space — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Eat, Flay, Love — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Portlandia: Bahama Knights — IFC, 10 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Portsmouth County, VA: Without My Daddy — A&E, 10 p.m.
Myth Hunters: The Hunt for Pirate Treasure (season finale) — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Ice Cold Gold: The Rise and Fall of the Ruby Empire — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
The Conjuring — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Chicagoland: Safe Passage — CNN, 10 p.m.
Vikings: Unforgiven — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Evil Twins: Green Eyed Monster — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Blitz — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Channel Islands — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Downtown Girls: The Hookers of Honolulu — HBO, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report — 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.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
At Midnight — Comedy Central, 12:01 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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