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Thursday night's sports TV lineup poses challenge

There's not much happening Thursday night on the Chicago sports scene, only a couple of playoff games, a couple of baseball games, and a little thing they call the NFL Draft.

For the folks at Comcast SportsNet, that means using all their resources and asking fans to utilize all of the channel-surfing patience to find the game they want as the cable station provides blanket coverage of three teams.

While the Bulls will be on the mothership (CSN), fans trying to find the Blackhawks (CSN Plus) and White Sox (CSN Plus II) games will require a little pre-planning and perhaps an advanced degree in Cable Channelomics.

Here is the schedule, but you may need to visit Comcast's website at csnchicago.com to find the channels for your satellite or cable carrier offering CSN plus and CSN Plus II and HD broadcasts:

• 5:30 p.m.: Bulls Pregame Live (CSN).

• 6 p.m.: Game 3: Cleveland @ Bulls (CSN). That's Comcast Ch. 37, WOW Ch. 38, AT&T Ch. 741, DirecTV 665 and Dish Network 429.

• 6:30 p.m.: NFL Draft, first-round selections on ESPN and NFL Network.

• 7 p.m.: Blackhawks Pregame Live (CSN Plus). CLTV on Comcast, Ch. 14 or 15 on WOW, AT&T Ch. 742, Ch. 666 on DirecTV, Ch. 444 on Dish Network.

• 7 p.m.: Tampa Bay @ Chicago White Sox (CSN Plus II). Comcast Ch. 138, WOW Ch. 22 or 31, AT&T Ch. 692, DirectTV 667, Dish Network Ch. 451.

• 7:30 p.m.: Game 4: Chicago Blackhawks @ Nashville (CSN Plus)

• 8:30 p.m.: Bulls Postgame Live (CSN)

• 8:45 p.m.: Game 4: Blackhawks @ Nashville (CSN, joined in progress)

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