Thursday’s Viewing Picks

All Times Eastern

College Basketball
Men’s
Vermont at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus, 6:30 p.m.
Columbia at Seton Halll — FS1, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Iowa State — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Oregon State at Mississippi State — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Montana State at Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain, 9 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at Arkansas — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Sacramento State at Pacific — Campus Insiders, 10 p.m.

Women’s
Cal State-Northridge at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific, 1 p.m.
Miami (OH) at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
South Carolina at Texas — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma at Kentucky — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
DePaul at UConn — SNY, 7 p.m.
Abilene Christian at Baylor — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.
Virginia at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.

College Football
B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
Championship Drive — ESPN, 7 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Michigan at Penn State — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.

College Swimming
Texas Swimming Invitational — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.

English Football League Championship
Queens Park Rangers vs. Wolverhampton — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 2:30 p.m.

Golf
Euoprean Tour
Alfred Dunhill Championship, Leopard Creek Country Club, Malalane, South Africa
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Hero World Challenge, Albany Resort, Albany, Bahamas
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour Australasia
Australian PGA Championship, RACV Royal Pines Resort (Championship Course), Benowa, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 8:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Main Event: UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso — FS1, 9 p.m.
UFC Tonight — FS1, 10 p.m.

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

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub:Best of the Year — FS1, 6 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

NBA
Los Angeles Clippers at Cleveland — TNT, 8 p.m.
Houston at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
Thursday Night Football, US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings — NBC/NFL Network/Twitter, 8:25 p.m.

Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Network Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Thursday Night GameDay live from US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Football Night in Minnesota — NBC/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
NFL Total Access: Endgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.

NHL
Carolina at Boston — Fox Sports Carolinas/NESN, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Pittsburgh — Sportsnet One/Sportsnet360/Fox Sports Southwest Plus/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Washington — MSG Plus/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Buffalo — MSG Network/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Florida at Detroit — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Ottawa — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/TSN5/RDS, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Winnipeg — Sportsnet Oilers/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at St. Louis — Fox Sports Sun/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Chciago — MSG Plus 2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at Colorado — Fox Sports Ohio/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at Arizona — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Anaheim at Vancouver — Sportsnet 360/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m./NHL Network, midnight (joined in progress)

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Now — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Pre-Game Skate — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet/Sportsnet One/Sportsnet 360, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11:30 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
El Clásico: Leo Messi: The Clásico’s Top Scorer — beIN Sports, 6:45 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
Road to the Clásico — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.
La Liga Show — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.
English Football League Cup Highlights — beIN Sports, 9:30 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.
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stutgotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers (The Final Days) — ESPN2, noon
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
E:60 Profile: James Harden — ESPN, 8 p.m.
E:60: Pictures: Penny Saved — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, 11:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
30 for 30: The Gospel According to Mac — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Swimming
U.S. Winter Nationals — NBCSN, 7 p.m.