Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, December 26

College Basketball
Men’s
Louisville at Kentucky — CBS, noon

College Football
St. Petersburg Bowl, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
UConn vs. Marshall — ESPN, 11 a.m.

Sun Bowl, Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX
Miami (FL) vs. Washington State — CBS, 2 p.m.

Heart of Dallas Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Southern Mississippi vs. Washington — ESPN, 2:20 p.m.

Pinstripe Bowl, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, NY
Duke vs. Indiana — ABC, 3:30 p.m.

Independence Bowl, Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA
Tulsa vs. Virginia Tech — ESPN, 5:45 p.m.

Foster Farms Bowl, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
UCLA vs Nebraska — ESPN, 9:15 p.m.

English Football Championship
Hull City vs. Burnley — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Wolverhampton vs. Reading — beIN Sports, 12:10 p.m.

English Premier League
Boxing Day
Stoke City vs. Manchester United — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Leicester City — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Watford — USA Network, 10 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Bournemouth vs. Crystal Palace — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Sunderland — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. West Bromwich Albion — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Norwich City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Everton — NBC, 12:30 p.m.
Southampton vs. Arsenal — NBC, 2:45 p.m.

Premier League World — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Match of the Week — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey
2016 IIHF World Junior Championship
Preliminary Round
Group A, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
Switzerland vs. Sweden — TSN4/NHL Network, 9 a.m.
USA vs. Canada — TSN/TSN3/TSN5/NHL Network, 1 p.m.

2016 IIHF Junior Hockey Pregame — TSN/TSN3/TSN5, 12:30 p.m.
2016 IIHF Junior Hockey Postgame — TSN/TSN3/TSN5, 3:30 p.m.

Group B, Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Czech Republic vs. Russia — TSN2/NHL Network, 7 a.m.
Finland vs. Belarus — TSN2, 10:45 a.m./NHL Network, 3:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Top Shelf: 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship Edition — NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.

NBA
Houston at New Orleans — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA Coast to Coast — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA CrunchTime — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

NFL
Thursday Night Football, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
Washington at Philadelphia — NFL Network, 8:25 p.m.

NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
TNF GameDay — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Kickoff — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
TNF Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.
The Timeline: America’s Game and the Iran Hostage Crisis — NFL Network, midnight

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Montreal at Washington — CBC/City TV/TVA Sports/NHL Network/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver — CBC, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central Preview — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central Postgame — CBC, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Buffalo at Boston — NHL Network/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/NESN, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Ohio/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Carolina — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Carolinas, 7 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis — Fox Sports Southwest Plus/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville — Fox Sports Detroit Plus/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Minnesota — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Arizona — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.

NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
Juventus: All the Goals — beIN Sports, 4:30 p.m.
Marseille: All the Goals — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
Real Madrid: All the Goals — beIN Sports, 5:30 p.m.
AC Milan: All the Goals — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
Atletico Madrid: All the Goals — beIN Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Roma: All the Goals — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.
Ligue 1: Best Goals of the Year — beIN Sports, 8:30 p.m.
La Liga: Best Goals of the Year — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
His & Hers: DoinTooMuch Special — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Big Shot — ESPN Classic, 9:30 a.m.
Nine for IX: Branded — ESPN Classic, 11 a.m.
Sport Science: Plays of the Year — ESPN2, noon
30 for 30: Hillsborough — ESPN Classic, noon
Nine for IX: Pat XO — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
The Real Rocky — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Out of Nothing — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Spirit of Yachting — BBC World News, 7:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.

Sunday, December 27

College Basketball
Men’s
Texas Southern at Syracuse — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Presbyterian at Marquette — FS1, 2 p.m.
Marshall at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Pacific Union at Fresno State — Mountain West Network, 4 p.m.
South Dakota State vs. Middle Tennessee at Sioux Falls, SD — Fox College Sports Central, 5:30 p.m.
South Carolina State at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Loyola (MD) at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Carroll at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 9 p.m.

Women’s
Sam Houston State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 3 p.m.

English Football Championship
Nottingham Forest vs. Leeds United — beIN Sports, 11:25 a.m.

Hockey
2016 IIHF World Junior Championship
Preliminary Round
Group B, Hartwell Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Slovakia vs. Czech Republic — TSN/NHL Network, 9 a.m.

Group A, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
Denmark vs. Switzerland — TSN/NHL Network, 1 p.m.

NBA
New York at Boston — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NBA TV Postgame — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Rogers Hometown Hockey, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Toronto at New York Islanders — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/MSG Plus, 6 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada — Sportsnet, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Ottawa — RDS2/NESN/TSN5, 5 p.m.
Columbus at Florida — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 6 p.m.
Carolina at Chicago — Fox Sports Carolinas/WGN, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado — Fox Sports Arizona/Altitude 2, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Anaheim — The Comcast Network/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Winnipeg — Root Sports Pittsburgh/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary — Sportsnet, 9 p.m.

NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 8 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 9 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Soccer
Barcelona: All the Goals — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
Serie A: Best Goals of the Year — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.
Paris Saint Germain: Best Goals of the Year — beIN Sports, 8:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:15 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
E:60: Catching Kayla — ESPNews, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
SEC Storied: Miracles on the Plains — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured: Year End Special — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
SEC Storied: Tigers United — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
SEC Storied: In Search of Derrick Thomas — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: Trojan War — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Think Tank: ESPN The Magazine’s Ideas of the Year — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Chasing Tyson — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

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 three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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