Boxing Day Viewing Picks

Boxing
Best of 2011: Pascal vs. Hopkins II — HBO, 11 p.m.
Best of 2011: Khan vs. Peterson — HBO, midnight
Best of 2011: Berto vs. Ortiz — HBO, 1 a.m. (Tuesday)

College Football
Independence Bowl, Shreveport, LA
Missouri vs. North Carolina — ESPN2, 5 p.m.

English Premier League
Chelsea vs. Fulham — Fox Soccer, 8 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Wigan Athletic — ESPN2, 9:55 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Manchester City — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Blackburn — Fox Soccer, noon (same day coverage)
Stoke City vs. Aston Villa — Fox Soccer, 2:30 p.m.
Sunderland vs. Eveton — Fox Soccer, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

IIHF World Junior Championships
Canada vs. Finland — TSN/NHL Network (US), 3:30 p.m.
Sweden vs. Latvia — TSN2, 5:30 p.m.
Denmark vs. United States — TSN2/NHL Network (US), 8 p.m.
Switzerland vs. Russia — TSN2, 10:30 p.m.

NBA
Houston at Orlando — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
Chicago at Golden State — WGN America, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
Atlanta at New Orleans — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.

NHL
Colorado at Minnesota — Altitude/Fox Sports North, 6:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Carolina — MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at New York Rangers — MSG Plus 2/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Washington at Buffalo — NHL Network (Canada)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis — Versus, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Columbus at Chicago — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver — Rogers Sportsnet West/Rogers Sportsnet Pacific, 10 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles — Fox Sports Arizona Plus/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose — KDOC/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Live — NHL Network (US), 6:30 p.m.
NHL Live — Versus, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime — Versus, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight (series premiere) — NHL Network (US), 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
The Best of The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Fox Sports Net, 9 a.m.
Tim Brando Show — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
ESPN First Take — ESPN2, noon
Numbers Never Lie — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
NBC SportsTalk — Versus, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
Rudolph’s Shiny New Year — ABC, 8 p.m.
Year of the Tornado — The Weather Channel, 8 p.m.
Super Carrier: Hi-Tech Superlaunch — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
The Closer — TNT, 9 p.m.
Rock Center with Brian Williams — NBC, 10 p.m.
Rizzoli & Isles (season finale) — TNT, 10 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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