Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Press Conference — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: Mayweather/Pacquiao Press Conference — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Mayweather: Behind the Scenes — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Inside Mayweather/Pacquiao — Showtime, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
Central Michigan at Oakland — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
East Carolina at Liberty — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
St. Joseph’s at Monmouth — ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Iona at St. John’s — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Xavier at Tennessee — SEC Network Plus, 6 p.m.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Kansas — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Kennesaw State at Auburn — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

College Football
Inside College Football: The Quarterback Show — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.

College Golf
SEC Championship: Men — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
SEC Championship: Women — SEC Network, 10:30 p.m.

College Softball
Minnesota at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

CONCACAF Champions League
Final, Leg 2, Stade de Olympique, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Montreal Impact vs. Club América — Fox Sports 2/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de Romanide
Stage 2: Apples to Saint-Imier — beIN Sports, 10 a.m.

Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.

English Premier League
Leicester City vs. Chelsea — NBCSN, 2:45 p.m.

Premier League News — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 4:45 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
WGC Match Play Championship, TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, CA
Day One — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Hockey
IPC Paralympic Sled Hockey World Championship, HarborCenter, Buffalo, NY
USA vs. Italy — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Horse Racing
Kentucky Derby Draw — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
UFC’s Top 5 Greatest Fights — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.
The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzillians: Battle Lines Drawn — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live Presents TUF Talk — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.
The Notorious: The Suite Life — Fox Sports 1, 12:30 a.m. (Thursday)

MLB
American League
Detroit at Minnesota — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Sun Sports/YES, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Baltimore — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/MASN, 2 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland — Fox Sports Kansas City/STO, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Boston — Sportsnet/NESN, 6 p.m.
Seattle at Texas — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Oakland — Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

National League
Milwaukee at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Ohio, 12:30 p.m.
New York Mets at Miami — SNY/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta — MASN/SportSouth, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at St Louis — ESPN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers — KNTV/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Houston at San Diego — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports San Diego, 3:30 p.m.

MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Thursday)

MLS
New York Red Bulls vs. Colorado — MSG Network/Altitude, 7:30 p.m.

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

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinal
Brooklyn at Atlanta — TNT/YES/Fox Sports South, 7 p.m. (Series tied 2-2)

Western Conference Quarterfinal
Portland at Memphis — TNT/KGW/Fox Sports Tennessee, 9:30 p.m. (Memphis leads series 3-1)

The Starters — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Nets/Hawks, Game 5 Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Trail Blazers/Grizzlies, Game 5 Postgame — NBA TV, midnight
Inside the NBA — TNT, midnight
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Thursday)

NFL
SportsCenter Special: Draft Room Simulation — ESPN, 1 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
That Other Pregame Show: Draft Special — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Mayock’s 2015 Mock Draft — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Caught in the Draft: 2005: How Low Will Aaron Go? — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinal
Detroit at Tampa Bay — NBCSN/CBC/TVA Sports 2/Fox Sports Detroit/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius: Boot Camp Lower Body-Basheerah — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM (The Final Days) — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Ab Blast-Nicky — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
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, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Jim Rome on Showtime — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
SEC Now: Pro Day Special — SEC Network, midnight

Tennis
ATP World Tour Uncovered — Tennis Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Tennisography: Alison Riske — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.
Tennisography: Garbine Muguruza — Tennis Channel, 8:30 p.m.

Entertainment
The Middle — ABC, 8 p.m.
Survivor: White Collar, Blue Collar, No Collar: Survivor Russian Roulette — CBS, 8 p.m.
Nature: Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La — PBS, 8 p.m.
Arrow — The CW, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 — Encore, 8 p.m.
The Casual Vacancy, Part 1 — HBO, 8 p.m.
Fight Club — IFC, 8 p.m.
48 Hours on ID: A Knock on the Door — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Need for Speed — Sho2, 8 p.m.
Tia Mowry at Home: Date Night (series premiere) — Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.
Man Finds Food: Secret Super Bowl — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Dual Survival: Untamed: Namibian Nightmare — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Best Bars in America: Speakeasies — Esquire Network, 9 p.m.
The Casual Vacancy, Part 2 — HBO, 9 p.m.
Mansions & Murders: Behind Enemy Lines — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
NASA’s Unexplained Files: Spacewalk of Doom — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
blackish — ABC, 9:30 p.m.
Mystery Diners: Dusting for Prints (season finale) — Food Network, 9:30 p.m.
Dinner at Tiffani’s: That Girl Grills — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Desperate Landscapes: Beautiful Xeriscaping in New Mexico — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
Schitt’s Creek: Surprise Party — Pop TV, 10 p.m.
Hot in Cleveland: Kitchen Nightmare — TV Land, 10 p.m.
CSI: Cyber — CBS, 10 p.m.
Ripper Street: Whitechapel Terminus (season premiere) — BBC America, 10 p.m.
White Collar Convicts: Life on the Inside — CNBC, 10 p.m.
Suvivorman: Bigfoot: Smoky Mountain Sasquatch — Discovery, 10 p.m.
Brew Dogs: Vancouver, BC — Esquire Network, 10 p.m.
Restaurant: Impossible: Going Down With the Ship — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Dangerous Persuasions: The Power of Hate — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Catfish: The TV Show: Blaire & Markie — MTV, 10 p.m.
Texas Outlaws — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman: Are We All Bigots? (season premiere) — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Big Time in Hollywood, FL: Separate but Equal — Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Night Ride Home — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Impress Me: Hundo — Pop TV, 10:30 p.m.
Soul Man: Be My Ballentine — TV Land, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Judith Miller — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Instant Mom: My Stupid Sweet Sixteen — Nick, Jr./TV Land, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Food Fortunes: Appetite for Affluence — Food Network, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore — 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 (The Final Days) — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Eugene Mirman; Max Silvestri; Emily Heller — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Thursday)

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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