Christmas Day Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Diamond Head Classic, Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI
7th Place Game
New Mexico vs. Washington State — ESPN3, 1 p.m.

5th Place Game
BYU vs. Northern Iowa — ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.

3rd Place Game
Auburn vs. Hawai’i — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.

Championship Game
Harvard vs. Oklahoma — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Golf
Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf Marathon
Robert DeVincenzo vs. Sam Snead — Golf Channel, 6 a.m.
Julius Boros vs. Arnold Palmer — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Arnold Palmer vs. Chi Chi Rodriguez vs. Gay Brewer — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.Gary Player vs. Peter Thomson — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
Gene Sarazen vs. Henry Cotton — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
Byron Nelson vs. Gene Littler — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
Phil Mickelson vs. Colin Montgomerie — Golf Channel, noon
Jack Nicklaus vs. Tom Watson — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.
Fred Couples vs. Phil Mickelson — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
Arnold Palmer vs. Gary Player — Golf Channel, 4:30 p.m.
Nick Faldo vs. Greg Norman — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.
Fred Couples vs. John Daly — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.
Sergio Garcia vs. Phil Mickelson — Golf Channel, 9 p.m.
Fred Couples vs. Tom Watson — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

Golf Central Special: Best Feature Stories of 2015 — Golf Channel, 11 p.m.

NBA
New Orleans at Miami — ESPN, noon
Chicago at Oklahoma City — ABC, 2:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Golden State — ABC, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Houston — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Countdown — ABC, 2 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NFL
Top 10 Games of 2015 Marathon
No. 10: Pittsburgh at Seattle (11/29) — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
No. 9: Tampa Bay at Washington (10/25) — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
No. 8: Philadelphia at New England (12/6) — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
No. 7: New England at New York Giants (11/15) — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
No. 6: Carolina at Seattle (10/18) — NFL Network, 11 a.m.
No. 5: Carolina at New Orleans (12/6) — NFL Network, noon
No. 4: Green Bay at Detroit (12/3) — NFL Network, 1 p.m.
No. 3: Carolina at New York Giants (12/20) — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
No. 2: New England at Denver (11/29) — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
No. 1: New York Giants at New Orleans — NFL Network, 4 p.m.

NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Total Access — NFL Network, 7 p.m.
Ken Stabler: A Football Life — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
Lyle Alzado-Three Mile: A Football Life — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL
NHL Tonight: Top 10 Stories of 2015 — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Locker Room Special: 2016 Year Preview 2 — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
30 for 30: Benji — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show: Best of New York — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m.
30 for 30: Four Falls of Buffalo — ESPN2, 10 a.m.
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports Northwest, noon
30 for 30: Chasing Tyson — ESPN2, noon
30 for 30: The Price of Gold — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
SportsCenter: Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: The U, Part 1 — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Touchdown in Israel — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: The U, Part 2 — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
SEC Storied: The Book of Manning — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured: Good Gosh O’Mighty — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter Featured: At the Top of the World — ESPNews, 11:30 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Entertainment
A Christmas Story — TNT, 1 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 2 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TNT, 3 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 4 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TNT, 5 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 6 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TNT, 7 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 8 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TNT, 9 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 10 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TNT, 11 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, noon
A Christmas Story — TNT, 1 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 2 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TNT, 3 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 4 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TNT, 5 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 6 p.m.
The Andy Griffith Show Christmas Special — CBS, 8 p.m.
What Would You Do?: Online Predators; Improper Moms — A&E, 8 p.m.
Gold Rush: Pay Dirt: Parker’s 21st — Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Longest Ride — HBO, 8 p.m.
Annie — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Call the Midwife Holiday Special — PBS, 9 p.m.
Tanked: Holiday Madness — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Gold Rush: The Dirt: Crazy Gold — Discovery, 9 p.m.
St. Vincent — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Wild West Rumble; Sweet Smell of Success; Antiseptic Doctor — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Married at First Sight: Married Life: Christmas — FYI, 9:53 p.m.
Science of Stupid: Snowballs and Sleigh Rides — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
What Would You Do?: Interracial Couples; Psychic Misfortunes — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Unfinished Business — HBO2, 11 p.m.
What Would You Do?: E-Cigarettes; Blind Faith — A&E, 11:02 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 three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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