Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Basketball
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Group A, Granada, Spain
Brazil vs. Egypt — NBA TV, 9:30 a.m.

Group C, Bilbao, Spain
Ukraine vs. United States — ESPN2, 11:30 a.m.

Group A, Grenada, Spain
Serbia vs. Spain — NBA TV, 4 p.m.

College Football
Arizona at Texas-San Antonio — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Grand Valley State at Azusa Pacific — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
Fox Sports 1 College Football Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
College Football Weekend Kickoff — ESPNU, 8 p.m.Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

College Soccer
Men’s
Washington vs. Seattle — Pac-12 Networks, 10:30 p.m.

Women’s
Stanford vs. Cal-Santa Barbara — Pac-12 Arizona/Bay Area/Los Angeles/Mountain, 10:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Arkansas at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.

Cycling
Vuelta a España
Stage 12: Pamplona to Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Tour of Alberta
Stage 2: Innisfail to Red Deer — Universal Sports, 4 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club (Severiano Ballesteros Course), Crans Montana, Switzerland
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m. & 9:30 a.m.

Web.com Tour
Chiquita Classic, River Run Country Club, Davidson, NC
1st Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
FedExCup Playoffs
BMW Championship, Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, CO
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

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

MLB
American League
Boston at New York Yankees — MLB Network/NESN/YES, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay — Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Minnesota — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Texas — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

National League
St. Louis at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Cincinnati at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/MASN, 7 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

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

NFL
Green Bay at Seattle — NBC, 8:30 p.m.

NFL Total Access Special: The Future of Football — NFL Network, 1:30 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL GameDay: Kickoff 2014 — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Fantasy Football Now — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
NFL Kickoff 2014 — NBC/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
NFL Total Access — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m./Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1:30 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Storied: It’s Time — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, New York, NY
Men’s & Women’s Doubles Semifinals and Juniors — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.
Men’s Quarterfinals & Men’s Doubles Semifinals — ESPN, noon
Primetime at the Open: Men’s Quarterfinal — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Live at the U.S. Open — Tennis Channel, 10:30 a.m.
U.S. Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

Entertainment
Eat St.: B-Egging for More — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
The Quest — ABC, 8 p.m.
Handsome Devils: The Abusive Charmer — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Truman Show — TMC Extra, 8 p.m.
truTV Top Funniest — truTV, 8 p.m.
Food Factory: Breakfast in Shred — FYI, 9 p.m.
Lady Valor: The Kristen Beck Story — CNN, 9 p.m.
Handsome Devils: The Deadly Dentist — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Stuck on You — Starz, 9 p.m.
truTV Top Funniest — truTV, 9 p.m.
Dating Naked: Mike and Moenay — VH1, 9 p.m.
Big Brother 16 — CBS, 9:01 p.m.
Food Factory USA: Pie-Eyed — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
Chuck’s Eat the Street: Mountain State Surprise — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Ladies First — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Married: The Old Date — FX, 10 p.m.
The Feed: Food With Feelings & Smalltime Dealings — FYI, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Pennsylvania — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Garfunkel and Oates: Hair Swap — IFC, 10 p.m.
Worst Thing I Ever Did: Can’t Put My Finger On It — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
How It’s Made: Dream Cars: Morgan-3-Wheeler — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
The L Word: Lesbians Gone Wild — Showcase, 10 p.m.
Heather MacDonald: I Don’t Mean to Brag — Showtime, 10 p.m.
The Honorable Woman: The Mother Line — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Enemies Closer — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
But I’m A Cheerleader — TMC Extra, 10 p.m.
Bob Mould: See a Little Light — VH1 Classic, 10 p.m.
Monsters Underground: Volcano Cavern Olitiau — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
You’re the Worst: Finish Your Milk — FX, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Calitri, Italy — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Monsters Underground: Graveyard Gulch Mapinguari — Discovery, 10:32 p.m.
Black Jesus: Fried Green Tomatoes — Cartoon Network, 11 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Adam Levine — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
7 Deadly Sins: Pride — Showtime, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Size Matters: A Real Sex Xtra — HBO, 11 p.m.
The L Word: Lay Down the Law — Showcase, 11 p.m.
American Hustle — Starz, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Doris Kearns Goodwin — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Runner Runner — HBO, midnight
City of God — Sho2, midnight
At Midnight: Jim Jeffries; Chris D’Elia; Whitney Cummings — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 12:05 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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