Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Fremantle Dockers vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 6 a.m.

College Baseball
Cape Cod League
Hyannis Harbor Hawks at Cotuit Kettleers — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 4:30 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
CFB Daily: The Blitz — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Top 25 College Football Games of 2013: No. 7: Missouri vs. South Carolina — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Commonwealth Games
XX Commonwealth Games, Glascow, Scotland
Day 8: Daytime Highlights — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.
Day 8: Evening Highlights — CBS Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Golf
PGA Tour
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, OH
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
Barracuda Championship, Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, NV
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

Minor League Baseball
Tacoma Rainiers at Salt Lake Bees — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Chicago White Sox at Detroit — WGN America/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports West/MASN, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Cleveland — Root Sports Northwest/STO, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Toronto at Houston — Sportsnet/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 8 p.m.

National League
Colorado at Chicago Cubs — Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
St. Louis at San Diego — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports San Diego, 3:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Miami — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/MASN2, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Arizona — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Los Angeles Dodgers — SportSouth/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

MLB Tonight: Trade Deadline Special — MLB Network, 11 a.m.
Baseball Tonight: Trade Deadline Special — ESPN, 3 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight: Trade Deadline Recap — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, midnight
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, midnight
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

MLL Lacrosse
Denver Outlaws at Chesapeake Bayhawks — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

NFL
Inside Training Camp — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Training Camp Primetime — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
The Specialist: Ray Guy-The Road to Canton — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
Middle Man: Andre Reed-The Road to Canton — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

Soccer
Club Friendly, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ
Bayern Münich vs. Chivas Guadalajara — ESPN, 8 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)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
SportsMoney — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — ESPNU, 4 p.m./ESPN2, 5 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.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
ATP Tour
bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria

Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, noon (same day coverage)

U.S. Open Series: Citi Open, William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, D.C.
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m.

WTA Tour
U.S. Open Series: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m. (live) & midnight (same day coverage)

WNBA
Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Indiana Fever at Seattle Storm — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
Eat St.: Funguyz ‘n Fun Food — Cooking Chanel, 8 p.m.
The Quest (series premiere) — ABC, 8 p.m.
R.I.P.D. — HBO, 8 p.m.
Defiance: If You Could See Her Through My Eyes Eyes — Syfy, 8 p.m.
The Twelve Chairs — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Big Brother 16 — CBS, 9 p.m.
Gang Related — Fox, 9 p.m.
After the First 48: Easy Money — A&E, 9 p.m.
The Sixties: 1968 — CNN, 9 p.m.
MythBusters: Road Rage — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Handsome Devils: Blood Lust — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Doomsday Preppers: Be the Prep — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Rectify — Sundance TV, 9 p.m.
Dominion: Quroboros — Syfy, 9 p.m.
The Layover With Anthony Bourdain: Extra Miles: Miami — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Dating Naked — VH1, 9 p.m.
Silent Movie — Turner Classic Movies, 9:45 p.m.
Chuck’s Eat the Street: Houston Goes Global — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: They Must Be Giants (season premiere) — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Married: The Getaway — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Dallas — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Maron: Desert Road Trip (season finale) — IFC, 10 p.m.
NY Med — ABC, 10 p.m.
Last Comic Standing — NBC, 10 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Fulton County, GA: Blood Orange (season finale) — A&E, 10 p.m.
World Food Championships: Pasta — FYI, 10 p.m.
Survive the Tribe: Rainforest Masters — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
The L Word: Lacy Lifting Lyrics — Showcase, 10 p.m.
The Honorable Woman: The Empty Chair (series premiere) — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Garfunkel and Oates: First Look — IFC, 10:30 p.m.
You’re the Worst: Keys Open Doors — FX, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Esmeraldas, Ecuador — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Aubrey Plaza — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Genevieve’s Renovation — HGTV, 11 p.m.
The L Word: Little Boy Blue — Showcase, 11 p.m.
Comic-Con All Access — Spike, 11 p.m.
Genevieve’s Renovation — HGTV, 11:30 p.m.
High Anxiety — Turner Classic Movies, 11:30 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Campbell Brown — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
The Canyons — Showcase, midnight
At Midnight: Jen Kirkman; Jermaine Fowler; Mike Lawrence — 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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