Thursday’s Viewing Picks

MLB: Spring Training-New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals

All Times Eastern

Australian Rules Football
Men’s
Season Opener, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Richmond Tigers vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 4 a.m.

Boxing
Golden Boy Boxing, Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, CA
Super Featherweights

Fernando Vargas vs. Ryan Garcia — ESPN, 9 p.m.

College Baseball
Mississippi at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Gonzaga at BYU —ESPNU, 8 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
NCAA Tournament

Regional Semifinals
South Region, Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

Nevada vs. Loyola (Chicago) — CBS, 7:07 p.m.
Kentucky vs. Kansas State — CBS, 9:37 p.m.
Announcers: Brian Anderson/Chris Webber//Lisa Byington

West Region, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Michigan vs. Texas A&M — TBS, 7:37 p.m.
Gonzaga vs. Florida State — TBS, 9:59 p.m.
Announcers: Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner/Reggie Miller//Dana Jacobson

NCAA Basketball Tournament Press Conference 2018: Sweet 16 Pre-Game: Texas Tech — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
NCAA Basketball Tournament Press Conference 2018: Sweet 16 Pre-Game: Purdue — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.
NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m..
NCAA Tip-Off — TBS, 6 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
Inside March Madness — TBS, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

NCAA Division II Tournament
National Semifinals, Samford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, SD

Ferris State vs. West Texas A&M — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Queens (NC) vs. Northern State — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.

College Insider Tournament
Quarterfinal

Sam Houston State at Texas-San Antonio — CBS Sports Digital, 8 p.m.

College Basketball Invitational
Semifinal

Campbell at San Francisco — WCC Sports, 10 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Women’s
Johns Hopkins at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

Inside Lacrosse: The Season 2018 — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.

College Water Polo
Women’s
Princeton at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Cornhole
Cornhole Championships
ACL Mania — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU World Figure Skating Championships, Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
Men’s Short Program — Olympic Channel, 5 a.m.
Men’s Short Program — NBCSN, noon (same day coverage)
Pairs’ Free Program — NBCSN, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
PGA Tour
WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Austin Country Club, Austin, TX

Round of 64 (Round Robin) — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Kia Classic, Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, CA

1st Round — Golf Channel, 8:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Gymnastics
FIG World Gymnastics Cup, Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Women’s All Around — Olympic Channel, 2 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Boston vs. Baltimore — NESN/MASN, 1 p.m.
Detroit vs. Philadelphia — NBC Sports Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
New York Yankees vs. Minnesota — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Milwaukee — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
Toronto (SS) vs. Pittsburgh — AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Washington vs. New York Mets — SNY, 6 p.m./MLB Network, 7 p.m. (same night coverage)
Cincinnati vs. Texas (SS) — KTXA, 9 p.m.
Texas (SS) vs. Seattle — Root Sports, 9:30 p.m.
Anaheim vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Spectrum SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco — NBC Sports Bay Area, 10 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m. (same night coverage)

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 6 p.m.

NBA
Memphis at Charlotte — Fox Sports Southeast/Fox Sports Southeast, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Orlando — NBA TV/NBA TV Canada/NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Houston — Fox Sports Detroit/AT&T SportsNet Southwest, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans — Spectrum SportsNet/Fox Sports New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Utah at Dallas — AT&T SportsNet New Orleans/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Sacramento — NBA TV Canada/Fox Sports Southeast/NBC Sports California, 10 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NBA G League
Long Island Nets at Maine Red Claws — Eleven Sports, 7 p.m.
Austin Spurs at Oklahoma City Blue — Facebook Live, 8 p.m.
Raptors 905 at Agua Caliente Clippers — Eleven Sports, 10 p.m.

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
NFL Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
The Draft: Featured — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
The Draft: Featured — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Arizona at Carolina — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Florida at Columbus — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Philadelphia — MSG Network/NBC Sports Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New York Islanders — Sportsnet East/Sportsnet One/Fox Sports Sun/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Ottawa — Sportsnet West/TSN5/RDS, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Detroit — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Nashville — Sportsnet Ontario/TVA Sports/Fox Sports Tennessee,  8 p.m.
Vancouver at Chicago — Sportsnet Pacific/NBC Sports Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Colorado — Fox Sports West/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Vegas at San Jose — NBCSN, 10 p.m.

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 Tonight — Sportsnet/Sportsnet One, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Kevin Stevens: Shattered — Sportsnet (Ontario/Pacific/West), 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Maple Leafs Pregame — Sportsnet Ontario, 7:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)
On the Fly — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer and Gio — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Golic & Wingo — ESPN2, 6 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 7:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/A&T SportsNet (Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest)/Root Sports, noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
The Jim Rome Show — CBS Sports Network, noon
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:45 p.m.
Tiki & Tierney — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Will Cain Show — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 4:45 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
The Sean Salisbury Show With Robin Carlin — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live: 2017-2018 — Big Ten Network, 5:30 p.m.
SportsCenter— ESPN, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter Special: Marty Smith’s America — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
ESPN the Magazine: The Dominant 20 — ESPN, 8 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Strike Team — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 p.m.
ESPN the Magazine: Dominant 20 — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:45 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Rebel — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
SEC Storied: Repeat After Us — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
Titulares y Más — Telemundo, 11:35 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Miami Open, Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Miami, FL

Men’s 1st Round/Women’s 2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the Miami Open — Tennis Channel, 10:30 a.m.

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