Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Notre Dame at Virginia Tech — ACC/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Central Florida at UConn — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Ohio States at Northwestern — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Alabama at Arkansas — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
South Florida at Temple — ESPNews, 7 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at North Carolina-Asheville — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Farleigh Dickinson at Sacred Heart — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
DePaul at Seton Hall — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Xavier at Providence — Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
George Washington at Fordham — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
La Salle at URI — SNY, 7 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Virginia — ACC Network, 8 p.m.
North Carolina State at Miami — ACC Network, 8 p.m.
Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago State — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Murray State at Eastern Illinois — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Arizona at Stanford — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Maryland at Indiana — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Texas-El Paso at Western Kentucky — Fox Sports Net, 9 p.m.
UCLA at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Washington at Colorado — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s at Gonzaga — ESPNU, 11 p.m.
Arizona State at Cal — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.
USC at Oregon — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Idaho at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.
LSU at Tennessee — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Montana at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Mississippi State at Mississippi — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Auburn at Alabama — SEC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 9 p.m.

Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
BTN Basketball Report 2015 — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

College Football
Senior Bowl, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
Practice: Day 3-South Squad — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
Practice: Day 3-North Squad — NFL Network, 4 p.m.

College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Senior Bowl Practice Recap — NFL Network, 10:30 p.m.

Cycling
Tour Down Under
Stage 4: Glenelg to Mt. Barker — Universal Sports, 10:30 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Qatar Masters, Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 a.m. & 6:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Humana Challenge, Palmer Private Course, PGA West; Nicklaus Private Course, PGA West; La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Hockey
ECHL All-Star Classic, Amway Center, Orlando, FL
ECHL All-Stars vs. Orlando Solar Bears — NHL Network, 3:30 p.m. (delayed)

CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, Pen Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Team Orr vs. Team Cherry — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NHL Network (US), 7 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
San Antonio at Chicago — TNT, 8 p.m.
Brooklyn at Los Angeles Clippers — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/NHL Network (US), noon
Conor McDavid: Transitions — NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2014-15 Eastern Conference — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships, Kreischberg, Austria
Snowboard-Parallel Slalom — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)
Freestyle-Halfpipe — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
CAF Africa Cup of Nations
Group B, Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín, Equatorial Guinea
Zambia vs. Tunisia — beIN Sports, 10:55 a.m.
Cape Verde vs. Democratic Republic of Congo — beIN Sports, 1:55 p.m.

CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Group B, Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Haiti vs. Mexico — Fox Sports 2/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME (The Final Days) — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
2015 Australian Open, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men’s and Women’s 2nd Round — ESPN2, 3 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Australian Open Today — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Live at the Australian Open — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
The Taste (season finale) — ABC, 8 p.m.
Wild West Alaska: Alaska True — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
The Mexican — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Vegas Vacation — IFC, 8 p.m.
48 Hours: Hard Evidence: AKA Rockefeller — TLC, 8 p.m.
Singin’ in the Rain — Turner Classic, Movies, 8 p.m.
No Reservations: US Files: Volume 5 — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
Mom — CBS, 8:30 p.m.
Bad Judge (series finale) — NBC, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: Grand Dining Room — HGTV, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made: Dream Cars: Superformance GT — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Lying in Wait; With This Ring — A&E, 9 p.m.
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares: Mayfair Restaurante (season premiere) — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Morgan Sperlock Inside Man: Morganbot — CNN, 9 p.m.
Unraveled: Dead Drunk — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Django Unchained — Sho2, 9 p.m.
48 Hours: Hard Evidence: Last Chance — TLC, 9 p.m.
Expedition Unknown: World’s 8th Wonder — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Archer: The Archer Sanction — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Phoenix, AZ — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Portlandia: Healthcare — IFC, 10 p.m.
Nightwatch: Retaliation (series premiere) — A&E, 10 p.m.
Alaska: Battle on the Bay: Bristol Bay Jackpot! — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Million Dollar Critic: Philadelphia, PA (series premiere) — BBC America, 10 p.m.
American Greed: The Playboy of Indiana — CNBC, 10 p.m.
50 Ways to Kill Your Mother: Florida — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Breaking Point: Sahara — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Babylon: Thameside Centre — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: Hard Evidence: The Perfect Family — TLC, 10 p.m.
Blade Runner — Cinemax, 10:05 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Jennifer Aniston — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
The Talented Mr. Ripley — HBO Signature, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Captain Phillips — Starz, 11:25 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.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Aisha Tyler; Chris Parnell; Judy Greer — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
Aliens — Encore, 12:05 a.m. (Friday)
Hot Shots! — HBO Signature, 12:10 a.m. (Friday)
This is Not Happening: Brain on Drugs — 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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