Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
Friday Night Fights Special Edition, Palm Springs, CA
Jr. Middleweights: Josesito Lopez vs. Aron Martinez — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
Texas A&M at Mississippi State — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
USC at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.

College Baseball Live — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

College Football
CFB Daily: Spring Blitz — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Women’s
Cal at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 7 p.m.

College Softball
Georgia at Alabama — ESPN, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
Mountain Pacific Sports Foundation Tournament, Provo, UT
Semifinal
Cal-Santa Barbara at BYU — BYUtv, 10 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
New Orleans Classic, Avondale, LA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

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

LPGA Tour
Swinging Skirts Classic, San Francisco, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Kansas City at Cleveland — STO, noon
Chicago White Sox at Detroit — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports North/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto — MLB Network/MASN/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
New York Yankees at Boston — MLB Network/YES/NESNplus, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Houston — Comcast SportsNet California Plus/Comcast SportsNet Houston, 8 p.m.

National League
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — MLB Network/Fox Sports Ohio/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis at New York Mets — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/SNY, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Chicago Cubs — WGN America, 2:20 p.m.
San Diego at Washington — Fox Sports San Diego/MASN2, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Los Angeles Dodgers — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

High Heat — MLB Network, noon
The Rundown — MLB Network, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Friday)

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, noon

NBA Playoffs
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference
Game 3: Indiana at Atlanta — NBA TV, 7 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

Western Conference
Game 3: Oklahoma City at Memphis — TNT, 8 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)
Game 3: Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

NBA GameTime: Thunder/Grizzlies, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime: Clippers/Warriors, Game 3 Postgame — NBA TV, 1 p.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: Gruden’s QB Camp — ESPN2
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 7 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: On the Clock — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Caught in the Draft: 1984: A War is Upon Us — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference
Game 4: Boston at Detroit — NBCSN/TSN/RDS/NESN/Fox Sports Detroit, 8 p.m. (Boston leads series 2-1)

Western Conference
Game 4: Colorado at Minnesota — CNBC/TSN2/RDS2/Altitude/Fox Sports North, 9:30 p.m. (Colorado leads series 2-1)
Game 4: San Jose at Los Angeles — NBCSN/CBC/RDS/Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m. (San Jose leads 3-0)

NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2014 Playoff Edition — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Crowd Goes Wild — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
E:60 — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Lead Off — CBS Sports Network, midnight
Olbermann — ESPN, midnight

UEFA Europa League
Semifinals, Leg 1
Benfica vs. Juventus — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.
Sevilla vs. Valencia — Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 1/Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights — Fox Sports 2, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Karma’s A B!tch: Deadbeat Breakdown — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Parks and Recreation (season finale) — NBC, 8 p.m.
Hell’s Kitchen — Fox, 8 p.m.
Red River — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Unfaithful — Sundance Channel, 8:15 p.m.
Food Factory: Fire and Ice — Biography Channel, 9 p.m.
Saint George: Hot Blooded — FX, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made: Railroad Bridge Ties; Membrane Filters; Hydraulic Post Drivers; Bi-planes — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Saturday Night Live: SNL Digital Shorts — NBC, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Abandoned in the Bayou — A&E, 9 p.m.
Ice Cold Gold: After the Thaw: Point of No Return — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Life Below Zero: Deadly Grounds — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse — Starz, 9 p.m.
Food Factory: Sweet and Savory — Biography Channel 9:30 p.m.
Anger Management: Charlie Spends The Night with Lacey — FX, 9:30 p.m.
What Happened Next? — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Review: Marry; Run; Party — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
House Hunters — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Portlandia: 3D Printer — IFC, 10 p.m.
Black Box (series premiere) — ABC, 10 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Fulton County, GA: My Father the Inmate (season finale) — A&E, 10 p.m.
Ice Cold Gold: The Beast Within — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Chicagoland: City of the Future (season finale) — CNN, 10 p.m.
Monsters in America: Black Eyed Children; Shadow People; Flying Humanoid — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Vikings: The Choice — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Blood Relatives: Home Sweet Homicide — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Alaska State Troopers: Burning Alaska — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Off the Grid: Hasta Finca Bellavista, Baby — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show: Ramachandra Guha — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Real Sex: Lessons in Love and Lust — HBO, 11 p.m.
Fixer Upper — HGTV, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report: George Saunders — 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.
The Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Dinner With Friends With Brett Gelman and Friends — Cartoon Network, midnight
At Midnight: April Richardson; Tom Lennon; Steve Agee — Comedy Central, 12:01 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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