Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Sydney Swans vs. Port Adelaide Power — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 a.m.

Beach Volleyball
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, The Hague, Netherlands
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — Universal Sports, 6 p.m., 8 p.m. & 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

CFL
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Winnipeg Blue Bombers — TSN/ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.

College Baseball
Home Run Derby — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Open de France, Le Golf National (Albatros Course), Paris, France
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.

Web.com Tour
Nova Scotia Open, Ashburn Golf Club (New Course), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1st Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
The Greenbrier Classic, The Greenbrier Resort (The Old White TPC), White Sulphur Springs, WV
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Insider: Lawler On the Bring — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
UFC Main Event: UFC 167: MacDonald vs. Lawler — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
UFC Fight Flashback: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 — Fox Sports 1, 10:3o p.m.

MLB
American League
Cleveland at Tampa Bay — MLB Network/STO, noon
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Texas at Baltimore — Fox Sports Southwest/MASN2, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.

National League
San Francisco at Miami — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Florida, noon
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets — WGN/SNY, 1 p.m.
Milwaukee at Philadelphia — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.
San Diego at St. Louis — MLB Network/Fox Sports San Diego/Fox Sports Midwest, 7:15 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta — MLB Network/MASN/SportSouth, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.

Interleague
Pittsburgh at Detroit — MLB Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 3 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
MLB’s Best — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
MLB Epic Moment: Nearly Perfect — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
NASCAR Classics: 2001: Pepsi 400 — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NASCAR Classics: 2004: Daytona 500 — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

NBA
NBA Free Agency Special — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Free Agent Fever — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Fort Neverlose: The NY Islanders & The Nassau Coliseum — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Xtra Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup Tonight — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Softball
Triple Crown Fastpitch, Aurora Sports Park, Aurora, CO
Sparkler Futures Power Pool Championship Game — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.Sparkler/Fireworks Power Pool Championship — CBS Sports Network, 8:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPNews, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
Sports Minds — beIN Sports, 1 p.m.
The Russillo Show — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:45 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 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.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.
In the Zone — Universal Sports, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
The Championships Wimbledon, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England, United Kingdom
Gentlemen’s and Ladies Second Round — ESPN, 7 a.m.

Wimbledon Primetime — Tennis Channel, 4:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Time Traveling With Brian Unger: Riding Coney Island & the Guns of San Francisco — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
The Astronaut Wives Club — ABC, 8 p.m.
Food Fighters (season premiere) — NBC, 8 p.m.
Boom! — Fox, 8 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast — The CW, 8 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Back Talk: Richland County, SC — A&E, 8 p.m.
Wonder Boys — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
The General’s Daughter — Sho2, 8 p.m.
Food Factory: Ready for This Jelly — FYI, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Wayward Pines — Fox, 9 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Floyd, GA: Dep. Lyle Lays Down the Law — A&E, 9 p.m.
Deadliest Catch: On-Deck: Into the Storm — Discovery, 9 p.m.
This Is Where I Leave You — HBO, 9 p.m.
Hard Time: Hustlers and Con Men — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
The Equalizer — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Mind Blowing — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Big Brother 17 — CBS, 9:01 p.m.
Food Factory USA: Jack & Coke — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
Carnival Eats: All American Eats — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Stars and Stripes — Food Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Phoenix, AZ — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Maron: Professor of Desire — IFC, 10 p.m.
How Do They Do It? — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Under the Dome — CBS, 10 p.m.
BBQ Pitmasters: F0wl Play — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Walking Tall — Sho2, 10 p.m.
Mysteries at the Hotel: Imperfect Crime; Stagecoach Shocker; People’s President — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
American Takedown: Dog Fighting — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Carnival Eats: Go Nuts for Donuts — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Sara Vowell — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
3AM: You Have to Find Your Own Resolution — Showtime, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Taxicab Confessions: The City That Never Sleeps — HBO, 11 p.m.
Olympus: Truth (season finale) — Syfy, 11 p.m.
The Living Desert — Turner Classic Movies, 11 p.m.
Schindler’s List — Sho2, 11:30 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Hannibal Burgess; Bridget Everett; Pete Holmes — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
The Great Locomotive Chase — Turner Classic Movies, 12:15 a.m. (Friday)
Big Brother After Dark — Pop TV, 1 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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