Oct 8, 2024; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. (23), left, outfielder Jackson Merrill (3) and outfielder Jurickson Profar (10), right, celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers during game three of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images

All Times Eastern

Australian Rules Football
AFL — Women’s
Round 7
Port Adelaide Power vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Soccer Plus, 4:30 a.m. (Thursday)

Boxing
The Fight Life: Tyson Fury: A Heavyweight Task — ESPN2, 6 p.m.

Bundesliga
Bundesliga Weekly — ESPN+, 5;30 p.m.

College Basketball
Women’s
ACC Basketball Tipoff
Day 2, The Hilton Charlotte Uptown, Charlotte, NC
Cal, Louisville, North Carolina, Stanford, Virginia Tech — ACC Network, 9 a.m.

Commissioner’s Tipoff — ACC Network, 12:30 p.m.

Men’s
ACC Basketball Tipoff
Day 1, The Hilton Charlotte Uptown, Charlotte, NC
Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, SMU, Stanford — ACC Network, 1 p.m.

College Football
Week 7
New Mexico State at Jacksonville State — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.

College Football Countdown — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

College Football Live — ESPN2, 2 p.m.

College Golf
Men’s and Women’s
NB3 Collegiate Match Play at Twin Warriors, Santa Ana Golf Club, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM
Day 2 — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Brown vs. Yale — ESPNU, 6 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
SMU at Pittsburgh — ACC Network, 7 p.m.
USC at Oregon — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
UCLA at Washington — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.

CONCACAF Nations League
Group Stage — Matchday 5
League C: Group C, Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis
British Virgin Islands vs. St. Kitts & Nevis — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 3:30 p.m.

League C: Group A, Wildey Astro Turf Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados
US Virgin Islands vs. Barbados — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 8 p.m.

Golf
The Smylie Kaufman Show — NLSE, 7 a.m.
Golf Today — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m.
Golf Central — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.
Golf Central Special — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

LaLiga
LaLiga News — ESPN+, 9 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Flashback: Holloway vs. Ortega — ESPNews, 10:30 p.m.

MLB Postseason
League Division Series
American League
Game 3, Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Announcers: Brian Anderson/Jeff Francoeur//Lauren Jbara
Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers — TBS/truTV/Max, 3:08 p.m. (series tied 1-1)

Announcers: Lauren Shehadi/Dusty Baker/Curtis Granderson/Pedro Martinez/Jimmy Rollins
MLB Leadoff on TBS — TBS/truTV/Max, 2:30 p.m.

National League
Game 4, Citi Field, Queens, New York, NY
Announcers: Adam Amin/A.J. Pierzynski/Adam Wainwright//Tom Verducci
Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets — FS1, 5;08 p.m. (Mets lead series, 2-1)

Announcers: Kevin Burkhardt/Derek Jeter/David Ortiz/Alex Rodriguez
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 4:30 p.m.

American League
Game 3, Kaufman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Announcers: Bob Costas/Ron Darling//JP Morosi
New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals — TBS/truTV/Max, 7:08 p.m. (series tied 1-1)

Announcers: Lauren Shehadi/Dusty Baker/Curtis Granderson/Pedro Martinez/Jimmy Rollins
MLB Closer on TBS — TBS/truTV/Max, 10:30 p.m.

National League
Game 4, Petco Park, San Diego, CA
Announcers: Joe Davis/John Smoltz//Ken Rosenthal
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres — FS1, 9:08 p.m. (San Diego leads series, 2-1)

Announcers: Kevin Burkhardt/Derek Jeter/David Ortiz/Alex Rodriguez
MLB on FS1 Pregame — FS1, 8 p.m.
MLB on FS1 Postgame — FS1, midnight

MLB Now — MLB Network, 11 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 3 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Jomboy Talkin Baseball — DraftKings Network, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
MLB AL Divisional Series In-Game LIVE Gameday — SportsGrid, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

Announcers: Kevin Connors/Buster Olney/David Schoenfeld
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Thursday)

NBA Preseason
Announcers — ESPN:Dave Pasch/Doris Burke//Jorge Sedano

Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings — ESPN/NBC Sports California, 10:30 p.m.

Announcers: Malika Andrews/Bob Myers/Kendrick Perkins//Brian Windhorst
NBA Countdown — ESPN, 10 p.m.

Washington at New York — Monumental Sports Network/MSG Network, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Oklahoma City — NBA TV/Space City Home Network/Bally Sports Oklahoma, 8 p.m.
Orlando at San Antonio — KENS, 8 p.m.

The Hoop Collective — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
NBA Today — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Team Previews 2024: Hawks/Kings Team Previews — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Team Previews 2024: Clippers/Jazz Team Previews — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Clutch: The NBA Playoffs: Foundation First — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Clutch: The NBA Playoffs: Killer Instinct — ESPN, 9 p.m.

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
GMFB: Overtime — Check your local listings/The Roku Channel, 10 a.m.
The Ringer NFL Show — FanDuel TV, 10 a.m.
The Fantasy Life Show — Fubo Sports, 10 a.m.
Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Fantasy Focus — ESPNews, 2 p.m.
Ross Tucker Fantasy Feast — DraftKings Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Ross Tucker Football Podcast — DraftKings Network, 4:30 p.m.
NFL Weekly Slate — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
The Insiders — NFL Network, 7 p.m.
NFL Slimetime: Week 5 — Nickelodeon, 7:30 p.m.
Inside the NFL: Week 5 — The CW, 9 p.m. (new night)

NHL
NHL on TNT Opening Week Doubleheader
Announcers: Kenny Albert/Eddie Olczyk/Brian Boucher//Jackie Redmond
New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins — TNT/Max, 7:30 p.m.

Announcers: Brian Burke/Jody Shelley/Darren Pang
Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights — TNT/Max, 10 p.m.

Announcers: Liam McHugh/Paul Bissonnette/Anson Carter/Wayne Gretzky/Henrik Lundqvist
NHL on TNT Face Off — TNT/Max, 6 p.m.
NHL on TNT Postgame Show — TNT/Max, 12:30 a.m. (Thursday)

NHL on Sportsnet
Toronto at Montreal — Sportsnet/TVA Sports, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver — Sportsnet Pacific/Sportsnet One, 10 p.m.
Winnipeg at Edmonton — Sportsnet/TVA. Sports, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.

NHL Tonight: First Shift — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
NHL Now — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Thursday)

Soccer
Morning Footy — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 8 a.m.
Best of Morning Footy — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 2 p.m.
Scoreline — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN+, 5:30 p.m.
Línea de cuatro — TUDN, 11 p.m.

Sports News & Talk
SportsCenter — ESPN, 7 a.m.
The Short List — NLSE, 8 a.m.
GOJO and Golic — DraftKings Network, 8 a.m.
Get Up — ESPN, 8 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
Breakfast Ball — FS1, 8 a.m
The Early Line Live — SportsGrid, 8 a.m.
The Short List — NLSE, 8:30 a.m.
Fubo News — Fubo Sports, 9 a.m.
Morning Buzz — CBS Sports HQ, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Peacock, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz: Local Hour — YouTube, 9 a.m.
Nothing Personal with David Samson — DraftKings Network, 10 a.m.
Thru the Ringer — FanDuel TV, 10 a.m.
The Facility — FS1, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — DraftKings Network, 11 a.m.
Up & Adams — FanDuel TV, 11 a.m.
NewsWire Live — SportsGrid, 11 a.m.
B1G Today — Big Ten Network, noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
Midday Rundown — CBS Sports HQ, noon
The Pat McAfee Show — ESPN, noon
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Peacock, noon
The Rich Eisen Show — The Roku Channel, noon
Early Edge — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 2 p.m.
The Pat McAfee Show — YouTube, 2 p.m.
Trending Now — CBS Sports HQ, 3 p.m.
CBS Sports HQ Spotlight — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
Pablo Torre Finds Out — DraftKings Network, 3 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Ferrall Coast to Coast — SportsGrid, 3 p.m.
Contacto deportivo — TUDN, 3 p.m.
Driving the Line — Stadium, 4 p.m.
CBS Sports HQ Spotlight — CBS Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Missin’ Curfew — DraftKings Network, 5 p.m.
Speak — FS1, 5 p.m.
You Better You Bet — Stadium, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Underdogs — DraftKings Network, 6 p.m.
Primetime Pregame — CBS Sports HQ, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 6 p.m.
Gametime Decisions LIVE — SportsGrid, 6 p.m.
Gameday Scoreboard and Highlights — CBS Sports HQ, 7 p.m.
Forgotten Seasons — DraftKings Network, 7 p.m.
Out of Pocket — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Oddball with Amin Elhassan and Charlotte Wilder — DraftKings Network, 7:30 p.m.
Game ON — Women’s Sports Network, 7:31 p.m.
Sportsday — BBC News, 8:45 p.m.
All ACC — ACC Network, 9 p.m.
Sportsday — BBC News, 9:45 p.m.
SportsRage Late Night LIVE — SportsGrid, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.
Sportsday — BBC News, 10:45 p.m.
Scoreboard Final — CBS Sports HQ, 11 p.m.
Sportsday — BBC News, 11:45 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, midnight
Best of SportsGrid — SportsGrid, midnight
Contacto deportivo — Univision, midnight
The B1G Show — Big Ten Network, 1 a.m. (Thursday)
SportsCenter Americano — ESPN, 1 a.m. (Thursday)
The Bostonian vs. The Book — SportsGrid, 1 a.m. (Thursday)
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 2 a.m. (Thursday)
The Bostonian vs. The Book — SportsGrid, 2 a.m. (Thursday)
TMZ Sports — FS2, 3 a.m. (Thursday)
Boomer & Gio — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m. (Thursday)
Unsportsmanlike with Evan, Canty and Michelle — ESPN2/ESPNU, 6 a.m. (Thursday)
Maggie & Perloff — YouTube, 6 a.m. (Thursday)

Tennis
Courtside Live: Shanghai Masters (ATP Tour)/Wuhan Open (WTA Tour) — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Courtside Live: Shanghai Masters (ATP Tour)/Wuhan Open (WTA Tour) — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

USL Championship
Matchday 33
North Carolina FC vs. FC Tulsa — TUDN, 7 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 four Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.