Boxing Day Viewing Picks

College Football
Heart of Dallas Bowl, Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, TX
Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech — ESPN, 1 p.m.

Quick Lane Bowl, Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Rutgers vs. North Carolina — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

St. Petersburg Bowl, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
North Carolina vs. Central Florida — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Crunch Time: Playoff Special — ESPNU, 3 p.m.
Journey to Greatness: The 2014 Elite 11 — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

English Premier League
Chelsea vs. West Ham United — NBCSN/mun2, 7:45 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Newcastle United — NBCSN/mun2, 10 a.m.
Burnley vs. Liverpool — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Southampton — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Everton vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Hull City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Aston Villa — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Manchester City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Queens Park Rangers — NBCSN, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:45 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.

Golf
Golf Central Special: Feature Stories of Year — Golf Central, 6 p.m.

Hockey
2015 IIHF World Junior Championship
Group A, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Finland vs. United States — NHL Network/TSN, 3 p.m.

Group B, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Denmark vs. Russia — NHL Network, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Group A, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Canada vs. Slovakia — NHL Network/TSN, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Rare and Unusual Knockouts — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
UFC From All Angles: Donald Cerrone — Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.
Best of UFC 2014 — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.

NBA
Houston at Memphis — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NBA Coast to Coast — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Playbook: Week 17 — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Films Presents: Seasons Greetings — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
Playbook Primetime: Week 17 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius: Venom for Radius-Keoni — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 s.m.
Radius: Pro Skills Sampler-Nicky — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive: Ginella’s Journeys — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Best of the Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Australian OpenAsia Pacific Wildcard Playoff, Shenzhen, Communist China
Men’s Singles Final — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m. (delayed)

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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