Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Sydney Swans vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos — FS2, 5:30 a.m.
Melbourne Demons vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight

AFL Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 4 a.m.

Boxing
CBS Sports Spectacular
Fight Night, Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, Niagara Falls, NY
Heavyweights
Jarrell Miller vs. Nick Guivas — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament
4th Round, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC
Louisville vs. Clemson — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m.
Virginia vs. Wake Forest — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3 p.m.
North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.

Big Ten Conference Tournament
Elimination Games, TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE
Indiana vs. Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 4:30 p.m.
Michigan vs. Iowa or Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.

Big 12 Conference Tournament
Elimination Games, Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 4:15 p.m.
Texas vs. Oklahoma State — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 8 p.m.

Southeastern Conference Tournament
Elimination Games, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, AL
Texas A&M vs. Vanderbilt — SEC Network, 4 p.m.
Florida vs. Mississippi State — SEC Network, 7:30 p.m.

SEC Now — SEC Network, 3:30 p.m.

Washington at Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Mountain, 2 p.m.
UCLA at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Oregon, 7 p.m.
Cal at Washington State — Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Washington, 7 p.m.
USC at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.
Oregon at Stanford — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.

College Softball
NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
Super Regionals
Harrisonburg Super Regional, Veterans Memorial Park, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Game 1: LSU vs. James Madison — ESPNU, 3 p.m.

Gainesville Super Regional, Pressly Stadium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Game 2: Florida vs. Georgia — ESPN2, 5 p.m. (Georgia leads series 1-0)
Game 3: Georgia vs. Florida — ESPNU, 8 p.m. (if necessary)

Tallahassee Super Regional, JoAnne Graf Field, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Game 1: Utah vs. Florida State — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Norman Super Regional, Marita Hynes Field, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Game 2: Oklahoma vs. Louisiana-Lafayette — ESPN2, 7 p.m. (Oklahoma leads series 1-0)
Game 3: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Oklahoma — ESPNU, 10 p.m. (if necessary)

Tuscaloosa Super Regional. Rhoads Stadium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Game 1: Washington vs. Alabama — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

NCAA Studio Update — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Stage 19: Pinerolo to Risoul — beIN Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Formula 1
Grand Prix of Monaco, Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco
Qualifying — Univision Deportes, 7:55 a.m./NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European Tour
BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club (West Course), Surrey, England, United Kingdom
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.

PGA Tour Champions
Senior PGA Championship, Harbor Shores, Benton Harbor, MI
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

PGA Tour
Colonial Invitational, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, TX
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Volvik Championship, Travis Pointe Country Club, Ann Arbor, MI
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Hockey
Memorial Cup, Enmax Centrium, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. Red Deer Rebels — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 8 p.m.

IndyCar
Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Carb Day Practice — NBCSN, 11 a.m.
Carb Day — NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.

Indy Lights Series
Mazda Freedom 100, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
Race — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Lion Fight 29, Foxwood Resort & Casino, Mashantucket, CT
Middleweights
Regian Eersel vs. Jo Nattawut — AXS TV, 9 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at Cleveland — MASN2/STO, 7 p.m.
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay — YES/Fox Sports Sun, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Houston at Anaheim — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle — Fox Sports North/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

National League
Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs — The Comcast Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Los Angeles at New York Mets — MLB Network/SportsNet LA/SNY, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Washington — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/MASN, 7 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Southeast, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — KNTV/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona — Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.

Interleague
Pittsburgh at Texas — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
Sporting KC vs. D.C. United — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America Motorsports Special — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Finals
Game 6: Cleveland at Toronto — ESPN, 8:30 p.m. (Cleveland leads series 3-2)

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: East Finals — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Eastern Conference Finals: Cavaliers/Raptors, Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
Toulon Tournament
Group B, Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon, France
Japan vs. England — beIN Sports, 11:30 a.m.
Portugal vs. Paraguay — beIN Sports, 1:20 p.m.

International Friendly, Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
England vs. Australia — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

International Friendly, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland vs. Netherlands — beIN Sports, 3:30 p.m.

Total Italian Football — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
La Liga World — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
FIFA Football — beIN Sports, 8:30 p.m.
La Liga Show: Postseason — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 10:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter: AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
French Open, Stade Roland-Garros, Paris, France
Men’s and Women’s Singles: Round 3 — Tennis Channel, 5 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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