Thursday’s Viewing Picks

CFL
Calgary Stampeders at Edmonton Eskimos — TSN/ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Top 25 College Football Games of 2013: No. 19: Clemson vs. Ohio State — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Top 25 College Football Games of 2013: No. 18: Arizona State vs. Wisconsin — ESPNU, 10 p.m.

XX Commonwealth Games
Glascow, Scotland
Day 1: Daytime Highlights — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.
Day 1: Evening Highlights — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de France
Stage 18: Pau to Hautacam — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Highlights — NBCSN, noon
Extended Primetime Coverage — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Russian Open, Tseleevo Golf & Polo Club, Moscow, Russia
1st Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.

LPGA Tour
International Crown, Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, MD
1st Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 a.m.

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

Champions Tour
Senior Open Championship, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Bridgend, Wales, England
1st Round — ESPN2, noon

PGA Tour
Canadian Open, The Royal Montreal Golf Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Minor League Baseball
Akron RubberDucks  at Reading Fightin’ Phils — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Sportsnet, 12:30 p.m.
Texas at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/YES, 1 p.m.
Houston at Oakland — Comcast SportsNet Houston, 3:30 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City — STO/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle — MLB Network/MASN/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.
Detroit at Anaheim Angels — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
San Francisco at Philadelphia — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta — MLB Network/Fox Sports Florida/SportSouth, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Milwaukee — SNY/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports San Diego/WGN America, 8 p.m.

MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

MLS
Real Salt Lake vs. Montreal — Univision Deportes/KUCW/TVA Sports, 10 p.m.

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

NBA
The ’84 Draft — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL
Inside Training Camp — NFL Network 10 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Training Camp Primetime — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

Soccer
International Champions Cup, Citi Field, New York, NY
Olympiakos vs. AC Milan — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

International Champions Cup Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.

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), 9 a.m.
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — ESPNU, 4 p.m./ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: In Focus With Hannah Storm — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
Lead Off (The Final Days) — CBS Sports Network, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
U.S. Open Series: Atlanta Open, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m., 6 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live: U.S. Open Series Pregame — Tennis Channel, 3:30 p.m.

ATP Tour
Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia
4th Round — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. & midnight (same day coverage)

Track & Field
IAAF Junior World Championship, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
Day 2 — Universal Sports, 9 p.m.

WNBA
Phoenix Mercury at Los Angeles Sparks — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Eat St.: Claws for Celebration — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
Medical Detectives: The Music Case — Discovery Fitness and Health, 8 p.m.
Hell’s Kitchen: Winner Chosen — Fox, 8 p.m.
Doomsday Preppers: Back to Basics — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Lust for Life — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Big Brother 16 — CBS, 8 p.m.
Gang Related — Fox, 8 p.m.
After the First 48: Love Thy Neighbor — A&E, 9 p.m.
The Sixties: The Space Race — CNN, 9 p.m.
MythBusters: Commercial Myths — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Handsome Devils: The Spy Who Conned Me — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Doomsday Preppers: To Fail Is To Die — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Rectify: MazelTov — Sundance TV, 9 p.m.
The Layover With Anthony Bourdain: Extra Miles: Los Angeles — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Dating Naked — VH1, 9 p.m.
Chuck’s Eat the Street: Minneapolis Melting Pot — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Miami Rehab: New House, New Life — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
Married: The Shower — FXX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Chicago — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Maron: The Joke — IFC, 10 p.m.
Last Comic Standing — NBC, 10 p.m.
World Food Championships: Sandwich — FYI, 10 p.m.
Southern Fried Homicide: Directions to Hell (season finale) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Survive the Tribe: Blood Warriors — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
NASA’s Unexplained Files — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
The L Word: Lesson Number One — Showcase, 10 p.m.
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Douglas County, GA: Judgment Day — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
You’re the Worst: Insouciance — FXX, 10:31 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Fareed Zakaria — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Genevieve’s Renovation — HGTV, 11 p.m.
28 Weeks Later — IFC, 11 p.m.
The L Word: Lexington and Concord — Showcase, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Genevieve’s Renovation — HGTV, 11:30 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Elon Musk — 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: Kyle Kinane; Marc Maron; Sara Schaefer — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
Big Brother After Dark — TV Guide Network, 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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