Sports TV/Radio listings for April 17-18 – Springfield News-Leader
Today
Auto Racing
Formula 1: practice for Bahrain Grand Prix, at Sakhir, 10 a.m. — NBCSN
NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practice for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn., 11 a.m. — Fox Sports 1
NASCAR: XFINITY Series, practice for Drive to Stop Diabetes 300, at Bristol, Tenn., 12:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1
NASCAR: XFINITY Series, final practice for Drive to Stop Diabetes 300, at Bristol, Tenn., 2 p.m. — Fox Sports 1
NASCAR: Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn., 3:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1
Baseball
MLB: Chicago White Sox at Detroit, noon — MLB Network
MLB: Regional Coverage, Baltimore at Boston or N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. — MLB Network
College men: St. John’s at Creighton, 6 p.m. — Fox Sports 1
College men: Tennessee-Martin at Missouri State, 6:35 p.m. — KBFL 1060 AM
MLB: Cincinnati at St. Louis, 7 p.m. — Fox Sports Midwest, KTXR 101.3 FM
MLB: Oakland at Kansas City, 7 p.m. — Fox Sports Midwest Plus, KADI 1340 AM
Texas League: Springfield at Corpus Christi, 7:05 p.m. — KWTO 98.7 FM
Boxing
Pro: Junior Middleweights, Pablo Munguia vs. Tony Harrison, at Uncasville, Conn., 9 p.m. — ESPN2
Pro: Champion Murat Gassiev vs. Felix Cora Jr., for IBF Intercontinental cruiserweight title, at Mashantucket, Conn., 9 p.m. — Fox Sports 1
Golf
European PGA Tour: Shenzhen (China) International, second round (same-day tape), 5 a.m. — The Golf Channel
Champions Tour: Greater Gwinnett Championship, first round, at Duluth, Ga., 11 a.m. — The Golf Channel
PGA Tour: The Heritage, second round, at Hilton Head Island, S.C., 2 p.m. — The Golf Channel
LPGA: LOTTE Championship, third round, at Kapolei, Hawaii, 6 p.m. — The Golf Channel
Hockey
NHL: Stanley Cup playoffs, first round, teams TBD, 6:30 p.m. — NBCSN
NHL: Stanley Cup playoffs, first round, teams TBD, 10 p.m. — NBCSN
Saturday
Arena Football
AFL: Cleveland at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. — ESPN2
Auto Racing
NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practice for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn., 7:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1
NASCAR: XFINITY Series, pole qualifying for Drive to Stop Diabetes 300, at Bristol, Tenn., 8:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1
NASCAR: Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final practice for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn., 10:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1
NASCAR: XFINITY Series, Drive to Stop Diabetes 300, at Bristol, Tenn.
Formula One: Qualifying for Bahrain Grand Prix, at Sakhir (same-day tape), 1:30 p.m. — NBCSN
IndyCar: Qualifying for Grand Prix of Long Beach (Calif). (same-day tape), 4:30 p.m. — NBCSN
Baseball
College: Vanderbilt at South Carolina, noon — ESPN2
MLB: Regional coverage, Philadelphia at Washington or Chicago White Sox at Detroit, noon — MLB Network
MLB: Cincinnati at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m. — Fox Sports Midwest, KTXR 101.3 FM
College: Tennessee-Martin at Missouri State, 2:05 p.m. — KBFL 1060 AM
MLB: Baltimore at Boston, 3 p.m. — Fox Sports 1
College: Santa Clara at TCU, 4 p.m. — Fox Sports Midwest Plus
MLB: N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. — Fox Sports 1
MLB: Oakland at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. — Fox Sports Midwest, KADI 1340 AM
Texas League: Springfield at Corpus Christi, 7:05 p.m. — KWTO 98.7 FM
MLB: Regional coverage, Texas at Seattle or Arizona at San Francisco (games joined in-progress), 9 p.m. — MLB Network
Basketball
NBA: Playoffs, first round, game 1, teams TBD, 2 p.m. — ABC
NBA: Playoffs, first round, game 1, teams TBD, 4:30 p.m. — ESPN
NBA: Playoffs, first round, game 1, teams TBD, 7 p.m. — ESPN
NBA: Playoffs, first round, game 1, teams TBD, 9:30 p.m. — ESPN
Boxing
Pro: Terence Crawford (25-0-0) vs. Thomas Dulorme (22-1-0), for vacant WBO super lightweight title, at Arlington, Texas; junior welterweights, Lucas Matthysse (36-3-0) vs. Ruslan Provodnikov (27-3-0), at Verona, N.Y., 8:45 p.m. — HBO
Pro: Super lightweights, Amir Imam (16-0-0) vs. Walter Castillo (25-2-0); light heavyweights, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (48-1-1) vs. Andrzej Fonfara (26-4-0), at Carson, Calif., 9 p.m. — Showtime
Football
College: Scrimmage, Notre Dame Blue-Gold Game, 11:30 a.m. — NBCSN
Golf
European PGA Tour: Shenzhen (China) International, third round (same-day tape), 5 a.m. — The Golf Channel
PGA Tour: The Heritage, third round, at Hilton Head Island, S.C., noon — The Golf Channel
PGA Tour: The Heritage, third round, at Hilton Head Island, S.C., 2 p.m. — CBS
Champions Tour: Greater Gwinnett Championship, second round, at Duluth, Ga., 2p.m. — The Golf Channel
LPGA: LOTTE Championship, final round, at Kapolei, Hawaii, 6 p.m. — The Golf Channel
Hockey
NHL: Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, teams TBD, 2 p.m. — NBC
NHL: Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, teams TBD, 6:30 p.m. — NBCSN
NHL: Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, teams TBD, 7 p.m. — NBC
NHL: Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, teams TBD, 9 p.m. — NBCSN
Mixed Martial Arts
UFC: Women’s strawweights, Felice Herrig (10-5-0) vs. Paige VanZant (4-1-0); featherweights, Cub Swanson (21-6-0) vs. Max Holloway (12-3-0); middleweights, Ronaldo Souza (21-3-0) vs. Yoel Romero (9-1-0); middleweights, Lyoto Machida (22-5-0) vs. Luke Rockhold (13-2-0), at Newark, N.J., 7 p.m. — FOX
Motorsports
AMA: Supercross, at Santa Clara, Calif., 9 p.m. — Fox Sports 1
Soccer
MLS: Kansas City at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. — Mediacom Channel 22
Premier League: Teams TBA, 8:55 a.m. — NBCSN
FA Cup: Semifinals, Reading vs. Arsenal, at London, 11 a.m. — FOX
Premier League: Manchester United at Chelsea, 11:30 a.m. — NBC
Softball
College: Baylor at Oklahoma, noon — Fox Sports Midwest Plus
College: UAB at Charlotte, 2 p.m. — Fox Sports Midwest Plus
College: Florida at Georgia, 3 p.m. — ESPN2