Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football
Auburn at Kansas State — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Arkansas Pine-Bluff at Alabama State — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Southeastern Oklahoma at Henderson State — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Weekend Kickoff — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Indiana at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Oregon at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Wisconsin vs. USC at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 8:30 p.m.
Maryland at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

CONCACAF Champions League
Group Stage
Sporting KC vs. Deportivo Saprissa — Fox Sports 1/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
Isidro Metapán vs. Herediano — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

Equestrian
Central Park Show Jumping — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Wales Open, The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m. & 10 a.m.

Web.com Tour
Web.com Tour Championship, TPC Sawgrass (Dye’s Valley Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic, Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (The Senator Course), Prattville, AL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Horse Racing
The Little Brown Jug, Delaware County Fair, Delaware, OH
Race — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.

MLB
American League
Texas at Oakland — Fox Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees — Sportsnet One/YES, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Houston — STO/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Anaheim — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
Washington at Miami — MASN/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/SportsNet LA/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis — MLB Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports San Diego, 9 p.m.

Interleague
Boston at Pittsburgh — NESN/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 3 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
MLB Whiparound — MLB Network, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

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

NFL
Tampa Bay at Atlanta — CBS/NFL Network, 8:25 p.m.

Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
NFL Total Access Kickoff live from the Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Fantasy Football Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Fantasy Football Uncensored — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
NFL Thursday Night Kickoff live from the Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA — CBS/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Night Football Postgame live from the Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA — NFL Network, 11:15 p.m.

Soccer
Women’s
International Friendly, Sahlen’s Stadium, Rochester, NY
United States vs. Mexico — ESPN2, 7 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.
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 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.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: Abby Head On — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
Moselle Open, Metz, France
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m., 10 p.m. & midnight (same day coverage)

UEFA Europa League
Match Day 1
Group C, FK Partizan, Belgrade, Serbia
Partizan vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.

Group D, Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg vs. Celtic — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.

Group F, NSK Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv, Ukraine
Dnipro vs. Internazionale Milano — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 p.m.

Group H, Goodison Park, Liverpool, England
Everton vs. Wolfsburg — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

Group I, Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy
Napoli vs. Sparta Praha — Fox Sports 2, 3 p.m.

Group G, Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain
Sevilla vs. Feyenoord — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Eat St.: Pretty Thai for a White Guy — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: The Rising Road (1933-1939) — PBS, 8 p.m.
Hunting the Plague — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Needful Things — Encore, 8 p.m.
The Best Man Holiday — HBO, 8 p.m.
Point Break — Sundance Channel, 8 p.m.
Haven: Speak No Evil — Syfy, 8 p.m.
truTV Top Funniest — truTV, 8 p.m.
The First 48: Senior Year — A&E, 9 p.m.
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger — CNN, 9 p.m.
Ebola: Are We Next? Saving Dr. Brantly — Discovery Fitness and Health, 9 p.m./Discovery, 9:01 p.m.
A Good Day to Die Hard — HBO2, 9 p.m.
The Layover With Anthony Bourdain: Extra Miles: Amsterdam — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Dating Naked: The Wedding — VH, 9 p.m.
Chuck’s Eat the Street: A Canadian Goes Cajun — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Smile Now, Cry Later — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Married: Family Day (season finale — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Pacific Palisades — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Garfunkel and Oats: Eggs — IFC, 10 p.m.
How Do They Do It?: Marca Pais: Ecotourism; Drones; Endurant Stent Graft — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Rush Hour — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Ebola: Inside the Deadly Outbreak — Discovery Fitness and Health, 10 p.m./Discovery, 10:03 p.m.
Nazi: Most Evil — H2, 10 p.m.
The L Word: Lunar Cycle — Showcase, 10 p.m.
The Honorable Woman: The Paring Knife (season finale) — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Survivor: San Juan Del Sur Preview — TV Guide Network, 10 p.m.
The Feed: Space Race and the Rural Taste — FYI, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Guanacaste, Costa Rica — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Craig Robinson — IFC, 10:30 p.m.
You’re the Worst: Fists and Feet and Stuff (season finale) — FX, 10:31 p.m.
Black Jesus: The Other Shoe Drops — Cartoon Network, 11 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Bill Clinton — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
7 Deadly Sins: Sloth — Showtime, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Taxicab Confessions 2003: Girls Like It Hot — HBO, 11 p.m.
The L Word: Loyal and True — Showcase, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — TV Guide Network, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Terry Gilliam — 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.
12 Years A Slave — HBO, 11:50 p.m.
At Midnight: Neal Brennan; Ali Wong; Tom Rhodes — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin — Showcase, 12:10 a.m. (Friday)
Adam Devine’s House Party: The Seance — Comedy Central, 12:31 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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