WHAT’S ON TV
ALOUETTES AT LIONS CFL at B.C. Place The Als have lost three straight, getting outscored 104-41. “So what?” said RB Tyrell Sutton. “Ottawa won last year at 8-9 or some s— like that, and they didn’t win consecutive games until the playoffs. We just have to get to the dance and we’ll be fine.”
TV: 7 p.m., TSN1
TIGERS AT BLUE JAYS MLB in Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons will be back in the dugout on Friday night for the series opener against the Tigers at the Rogers Centre after leaving the team last week to handle “personal business.”
TV: 4 p.m., SNP
WHAT ELSE IS ON:
Today
BASEBALL: MLB, Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs, 11:15 a.m., WGN.
CURLING: Tour Challenge, Grand Slam Round Robin, 11:30 a.m., SNP; 3 p.m., SNOne; 7 p.m., SNOne; 7:30 p.m., SNO, SNE.
GOLF: EPGA, European Masters, Round 2, 6:30 a.m., GOLF; Round 3, 4:30 a.m. (Saturday), GOLF.; LPGA, Indy Women in Tech Championship, Round 2, Noon, GOLF; CHAMPS, Japan Airlines Championship, Round 2, 9:30 p.m., GOLF.
SOCCER: Premier League, Liverpool at Manchester City, 4:30 a.m. (Saturday), TSN1.
Saturday
BASEBALL: MLB, New York Yankees at Texas Rangers, 10 a.m., FOX; Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays, 1 p.m., SNP; San Diego Padres at Chicago White Sox, 4 p.m., WGN; Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets, 4 p.m., WPIX.
CURLING: Tour Challenge, Grand Slam Women’s Quarter-final, 10:30 a.m., CBC; Quarter-final, 2:30 p.m., SNOne; Semifinal, 6:30 p.m., SNP, SNOne.
FOOTBALL: NCAA, Louisville at North Carolina, 9 a.m., TSN2; Pittsburgh at Penn State, 12:30 p.m., ABC; TCU at Arkansas, 12:30 p.m., CBS; Nebraska at Oregon, 1:30 p.m., FOX; Tennessee Tech vs. Kennesaw State, 4 p.m., PEACH; Georgia at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m., NBC; Louisiana-Monroe at Florida State, 4:30 p.m., WSBK; Oklahoma at Ohio State, 4:35 p.m., ABC; Stanford at USC, 5:30 p.m., FOX; CFL, Saskatchewan Roughriders at Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Noon, TSN1; Hamilton TigerCats at Ottawa Redblacks, 3 p.m., TSN1; Calgary Stampeders at Edmonton Eskimos, 6 p.m., TSN1.
SOCCER: Premier League, West Bromwich Albion at Brighton & Hove Albion, 6:30 a.m., SNWORLD; AFC Bournemouth at Arsenal, 6:30 a.m., SNP; Tottenham Hotspur at Everton, 7 a.m., TSN1; Manchester United at Stoke City, 9 a.m., SNP, SNWORLD; Crystal Palace at Burnley, 4:30 a.m. (Sunday), SNWORLD; MLS, San Jose Earthquakes at Toronto FC, 2 p.m., TSN2; Real Salt Lake at Vancouver Whitecaps, 7 p.m., TSN2.