Thursday’s Viewing Picks

All Times Eastern

Axe Throwing
World Axe Throwing League
Championship — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Missouri-Kansas City at Creighton — FS1, 8 p.m.

The B1G Show — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.

College Football
Independence Bowl, Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA
Temple vs. Duke — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.

Pinstripe Bowl, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, NY
Miami (FL) vs. Wisconsin — ESPN, 5:15 p.m.

Texas Bowl, NRG Stadium, Houston, TX
Baylor vs. Vanderbilt — ESPN, 9 p.m.

College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 5 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 8:45 p.m.
SEC Film Room: Orange Bowl Preview — SEC Network, 9:30 p.m.

English Premier League
Matchweek 19
Southampton vs. West Ham United — NBCSN, 2:45 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

Hockey
2019 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship
Group A, Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Russia vs. Denmark — TSN1/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5/NHL Network, 4 p.m.
Switzerland vs. Canada — TSN1/TSN4/TSN5/NHL Network, 8 p.m,

Group B, Save-On Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Slovakia vs. Sweden — TSN2, 6:30 p.m.
Finland vs. Kazakhstan — TSN5/NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Main Event: UFC 172: Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira — FS1, 6 p.m.
UFC Reloaded: UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NBA
Boston at Houston — TNT/AT&T Sportnet Southwest, 8 p.m.
New York at Milwaukee — MSG Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento — Spectrum SportsNet/NBC Sports California, 10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Utah — TNT/NBA TV Canada/NBC Sports Philadelphia, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at Golden State — NBC Sports Northwest/Blazers Pass/NBC Sports Bay Area, 10:30 p.m.

The Starters: Best of 2018 — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
NFL Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 4 p.m.

NHL
Carolina at Washington — Fox Sports Carolinas/NBC Sports Washington, 7 p.m.
Columbus at New York Rangers — Fox Sports Ohio/MSG 2, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Pittsburgh/AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Boston — Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/Sportsnet 360/MSG Plus/NESN, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay — NBCSN/TVA Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at St. Louis — MSG Western New York/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Winnipeg — Sportsnet West/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Nashville — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Southeast, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago — Fox Sports North/NBC Sports Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton — Sportsnet Pacific/Sportsnet One, 9 p.m./Sportsnet  (East/Ontario)/Sportsnet 360, 9:30 p.m. (joined in progress)
Colorado at Vegas — Altitude/AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, 10 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/NBC Sports California, 10:30 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
Road to the Winter Classic — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.
Road to the Winter Classic — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central Tonight — Sportsnet/Sportsnet 360, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10:15 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Soccer
This Is Paris — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Ligue 1 Mid Season Review — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Gio — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Golic & Wingo — ESPNews/ESPN2, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Get Up — ESPN, 8 a.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, noon
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/AT&T SportsNet (Rocky Mountain/Southwest)/Root Sports, noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
The Jim Rome Show — CBS Sports Network, noon
SportsCenter — ESPN, noon
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
Tiki & Tierney — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable: Papi Awards — ESPNews, 3:30 p.m.
E:60: Fight On: The Jake Olson Story — ESPNews, 4 p.m.
E:60: Bonds of Earth — ESPNews, 4:30 p.m.
Fair Game With Kristine Leahy: Bethany Hamilton — FS1, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
E:60: Declan’s Legacy — ESPNews, 8:30 p.m.
E:60: Stories of the Year — ESPNews, 9 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Titulares y Más — Telemundo, 11:35 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo: especial 2018 — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)