College Basketball
Men’s
Tulsa at Central Florida — ESPNU, noon
Tulane at East Carolina — ESPNews, noon
St. John’s at Seton Hall — Fox Sports 1, noon
Penn State at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Temple at UConn — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
East Tennessee State at Tennessee — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Houston at Memphis — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Saint Louis — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Midwest, 2 p.m.
Butler at Villanova — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
Wofford at Duke — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 3:15 p.m.
Brown at URI — Cox Ocean State Network, 4 p.m.
Georgia at Kansas State — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
South Florida at SMU — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Marquette at DePaul — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
George Mason at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Net, 5 p.m.
Indiana at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 5:30 p.m.
Cornell at Syracuse — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Creighton at Providence — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
Boise State at Colorado — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), 9 p.m.
Georgetown at Xavier — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports 1 College Hoops Tip-Off — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.
Big Ten Tip-Off Show 2015 — Big Ten Network, 12:30 p.m.
Fox Sports 1 College Hoops Extra — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Fox Sports 1 College Hoops Extra — Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.
Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 5:15 p.m.
Fox Sports 1 College Hoops Extra — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
BTN Finale 2014-15 — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
Fox Sports 1 College Hoops Extra — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
College Football
Peach Bowl, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
Mississippi vs. Texas Christian — ESPN, 12:30 p.m.
Fiesta Bowl, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
Boise State vs. Arizona — ESPN, 4:10 p.m.
Orange Bowl, Stadium Formerly Known as Joe Robbie, Miami Gardens, FL
Georgia Tech vs. Mississippi State — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Championship Drive — ESPN, 11 a.m.
Pregame Rush — ESPN, 12:20 p.m.
Pregame Rush — ESPN, 4 p .m.
College Football Playoff Pregame Show — ESPN, 7:40 p.m.
Postgame Show — ESPN, 11:40 p.m.
Golf
Chick-Fil-A-Challenge — ESPNU, 9 a.m. (delayed)
Golf Central Special: Top 10 Newsmakers of the Year — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.
Hockey
2015 IIHF World Junior Championship
Preliminary Round
Group B, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Switzerland vs. Sweden — TSN, 1 p.m.
Russia vs. Czech Republic — TSN2, 5 p.m.
Group A, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Canada vs. USA — TSN/NHL Network (US), 4 p.m.
Germany vs. Finland — TSN2/NHL Network (US), 8 p.m.
2015 IIHF World Junior Hockey Pregame — TSN, 3:30 p.m.
MLB
MLB Network Countdown: 2014 Top 50 Moments — MLB Network, 5 p.m.
MLB 2014: Year in Review — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Now: Hall of Fame — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
NASCAR
NASCAR America: Expect the Unexpected — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NFL
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Replay: Game of the Week: Detroit at Green Bay — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Inside the NFL: 2014 Week 18 — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
NFL Turning Point: 2014 Week 17 — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
NHL
New York Islanders at Winnipeg — MSG Plus/TSN3, 5 p.m.
New York Rangers at Florida — MSG2/Fox Sports Florida, 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Buffalo — Sun Sports/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 6 p.m.
Carolina at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Carolinas/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Columbus — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Boston — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NESN, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Detroit — MSG Plus/MSG Plus 2/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Dallas — Fox Sports Arizona Plus/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports West, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary — Sportsnet/Sportsnet One, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Winter Classic Practice Day — NHL Network, 11:30 a.m.
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet, noon
Hockey Central @ noon — NHL Network, 1:30 p.m.
NHL Winter Classic Practice Day — NHL Network, 2:30 p.m.
NHL Top 10: American Players — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Top 10: Player Rivalries — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Top 10: Toughest Places to Play — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Road to the Winter Classic: Episode 1 — NBCSN, 8 p.m.
Road to the Winter Classic: Episode 2 — NBCSN, 9 p.m.
Road to the Winter Classic: Episode 3 — NBCSN, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
Sports Talk
Radius: Bootcamp Lower Body-Basheerah — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Venom for Radius-Keoni — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Morning Drive: Guests — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
The Best of the Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
E:60: Stories of the Year — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: Brian and the Boz — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
ESPN Films: Nixon’s National Champs — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Tennis
Signature Series: Arthur Ashe — Tennis Channel, 6:30 p.m.
Entertainment
Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With A Giant Hack Hosting — ABC, 8 p.m.
A Toast to 2014! — NBC, 8 p.m.
Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution — Fox, 8 p.m.
Live From Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: Gershwin Celebration With Dianne Reeves and Norm Lewis — PBS, 8 p.m.
All the Best, All the Worst 2014: An Anderson Cooper 360 Special — CNN, 8 p.m.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby — Encore, 8 p.m.
Batman Begins — HBO2, 8 p.m.
Encore: 2014 — Bloomberg, 9 p.m.
New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin — CNN, 9 p.m.
All-American New Year — Fox News, 9 p.m.
Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again — HBO, 9 p.m.
50 States/50 Stories: What You Shared in 2014 — HLN, 9 p.m.
A Hard Day’s Night — Turner Classic Movies, 9:45 p.m.
Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With A Giant Hack Hosting — ABC, 10 p.m.
NBC’s New Year’s Eve With Another Giant Hack Hosting — NBC, 10 p.m.
Michael Feinstein’s New Year’s Eve at the Rainbow Room — PBS, 10 p.m.
Ghost — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution — Fox, 11 p.m.
MTV’s NYE 2015 — MTV, 11 p.m.
TeenNick Top 10: New Year’s Eve 2014 Special — Nickelodeon, 11 p.m.
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With A Giant Hack Hosting — ABC, 11:30 p.m.
NBC’s New Year’s Eve With Another Giant Hack Hosting — NBC, 11:30 p.m.
Gimme Shelter — Turner Classic Movies, 11:30 p.m.
Carnal Awakening — Cinemax, midnight
CNN Newsroom: New Year 2015 — CNN, 12:30 a.m. (Thursday)