Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Collingwood Magpies vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m.
North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Richmond Tigers — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m.

Boxing
Friday Night Fights, 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, PA
Heavyweights
Amir Mansour vs. Joey Dawejko — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Friday Night Knockout, Barclays Center, Newark, NJ
NABO Junior Middleweight Title
Glen Tapia vs. Michel Soro — truTV, 10 p.m.

College Baseball
Florida State at Louisville — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Xavier at St. John’s — ESPN3, 6 p.m.
Georgia at Kentucky — SEC Network Plus, 6:30 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Radford — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Stetson at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Mississippi State at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Kansas at TCU — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Texas A&M — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Arkansas — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s (CA) at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
Duke at Virginia — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Missouri at LSU — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Stanford at USC — Pac-12 Bay Area, 10:30 p.m.
Oregon at Washington State — Pac-12 Oregon, 10:30 p.m.
Washington at Arizona — Pac-12 Washington, 10:30 p.m.

College Softball
ACC Tournament, Tech Softball Park, Vriginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Semifinals
North Carolina State vs. Florida State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.
North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3:30 p.m.

Big East Tournament, The Ballpark at Rosemont, Rosemont, IL
Semifinals
DePaul vs. Seton Hall — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.
St. John’s vs. Villanova — Fox Sports 2, 4:30 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament, Buckeye Field, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Quarterfinals
Northwestern vs. Purdue — Big Ten Network, noon
Michigan vs. Penn State — Big Ten Network, 2:30 p.m.
Nebraska vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Iowa — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

SEC Tournament, Tiger Park, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Semifinals
Auburn vs. Alabama — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Florida vs. Tennessee — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

Oregon at Arizona — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.
Stanford at Cal — Pac-12 Bay Area, 7 p.m.
Washington at Utah — Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Mountain, 7 p.m.
UCLA at Arizona State — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.

College Track & Field
Oregon Twilight Meet — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 9 p.m.

Cycling
4 Days of Dunkirk
Stage 3: Barlin to Saint Omer — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

English Championship League
Brentford vs. Middlesbrough — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

Formula 1
Spanish Grand Prix, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain
Practice — NBCSN, 8 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
The Players Championship, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Live From The Players — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
Live From The Players — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Hockey
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships
Group A, O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Republic vs. Austria — TSN, 10 a.m.
Germany vs. Latvia — TSN5, 2 p.m.

Group B, CEZ Arena, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Slovenia vs. Norway — TSN4, 10 a.m.
United States vs. Denmark — NBCSN/TSN, 2 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
RFA vs. Legacy Superfight, Horseshoe Tunica Resort & Casino, Robinsonville, MS
Superfight Flyweight Title
Damacio Page vs. Alexandre Pantoja — AXS, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at New York Yankees — MASN/YES, 7 p.m.
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Sportsnet One, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland — Fox Sports North/STO, 7 p.m.
Texas at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Southwest/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Houston at Anaheim Angels — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle — Comcast SportsNet California/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Atlanta at Washington — Fox Sports South/MASN2, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Philadelphia — MLB Network/SNY/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Midwest/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado — SportsNet LA/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Miami at San Francisco — Fox Sports Florida/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m.

Interleague
Cincinnati at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 8 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Orlando vs. New England — Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
Colorado vs. San Jose — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Kansas 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS
Practice 1 — Fox Sports 1, noon
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.

Camping World Truck Series
Toyota Tundra 250, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS
Qualifying — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Kansas — Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Kansas — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition: Kansas — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
NCWTS Setup — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinal
Cleveland at Chicago — ESPN, 8 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

Western Conference Semifinal
Houston at Los Angeles Clippers — ESPN, 10:30 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Cavaliers/Bulls, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
NBA GameTime: Rockets/Clippers, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinal
Washington at New York Rangers — NBCSN/CBC/TVA Sports, 7 p.m. (Washington leads series 3-1)

Western Conference Semifinal
Anaheim at Calgary — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NBCSN, 9:30 p.m. (Anaheim leads series 2-1)

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 9 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2015 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, midnight

Scottish Premier League
Motherwell vs. Kilmarnock — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius: Launch by Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
NFL AM (series finale) — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Roundhouse-Natalie — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. (joined in progress)
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2 p.m.
ESPN Films: Roll Tide/War Eagle — ESPNU, 2 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 — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
CBS Sports Spectacular: World’s Strongest Man Archives: 1983 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Madrid Open, La Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain
Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.

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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