Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
Illinois at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Mississippi at LSU — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Baylor at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Texas at TCU — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
Marshall at Rice — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s at BYU — BYU TV, 8 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.

Cycling
Giro d’Italia
Stage 12: Longarone to Treviso — beIN Sport, 9:30 a.m.

Tour of California
Stage 5: Santa Barbara to Avila Beach — NBC Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
World Match Play Championship, Kavarna, Bulgaria
Day One — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

Web.com Tour
BMW Charity Pro-Am, Greer, SC
First Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Byron Nelson Championship, Irving, TX
First Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Mobile Bay Classic, Mobile, AL
First Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

19th Hole — Golf Channel, midnight

Hockey
2013 IIHF World Championships, Helsinki, Finland & Stockholm, Sweden
Quarterfinals
Russia vs. USA — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Switzerland vs. Czech Republic — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 8:30 a.m.
Slovakia vs. Finland — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 11 a.m.
Canada vs. Sweden — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 2 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Seattle at New York Yankees — Root Sports/YES, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Texas — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Anaheim Angels — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
New York Mets at St. Louis — SNY/Fox Sports Midwest, 1:45 p.m.
Cincinnati at Miami — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Washington at San Diego — MASN/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 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: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NBA Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 5: Indiana at New York — TNT, 8 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 6: San Antonio at Golden State — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Pre-Draft Camp — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
2013 NBA Combine — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Pacers/Knicks: Game 5 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Spurs/Warrriors: Game 6 Postgame — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
The Top 100 Players of 2013: 70-61 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
The Top 100 Players of 2013: Reactions — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game 1: New York Rangers at Boston — NBC Sports Network/TSN/RDS, 7:30 p.m.

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 2: San Jose at Los Angeles — NBC Sports Network/TSN/RDS, 10 p.m.

NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Sports Talk
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m.
Tim Brando Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m.
Sky Sports News –Fox Soccer, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable (new name, no more “Dan Le Batard is …”) — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Fox Soccer News — Fox Soccer, 10 p.m.
UNITE — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Lead Off — CBS Sports Network, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory (season finale) — CBS, 8 p.m.
Wipeout: Senior Citizens, Kids and Convicts — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Italian Job — AMC, 8 p.m.
Risky Business — IFC, 8 p.m.
Mountain Movers: The Meltdown — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
The Mechanic — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast (season finale) — The CW, 9 p.m.
Wicked Tuna: Hooked Up: The Last Battle — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Monumental Mysteries: Sickness of the Brooklyn Bridge; Day the Sky Fell Down; Gram Parsons Coffin Heist — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Anger Management: Charlie and the Break-Up Coach — FX, 9:30 p.m.
Yardcore: Muir Woods Retreat — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Montgomery, AL — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Karma’s a B-tch!: Stolen Lives — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Men at Work — TBS, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10 p.m.
American Greed: Dealing in Deceit — CNBC, 10 p.m.
Giving You the Business: Sub-prise — Food Network, 10 p.m.TS
HLN After Dark — HLN, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Paris — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Karma’s a B-tch!: In the Cross Hairs — Investigation Discovery, 10:30 p.m.
Cops Reloaded — CMT, 11 p.m.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: George Packer — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Gigolos: Don’t Judge a Gigolo by His Cover — Showtime, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Dr. Daniel Lieberman — Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show with David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.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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