College Basketball
Men’s
Xavier at Villanova — FS1, noon
Drake at Wichita State — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Creighton at St. John’s — FS1, 2 p.m.
Montana at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific, 2 p.m.
North Carolina Central at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Providence at Butler — CBS Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.
Wofford at Harvard — NESN, 2:30 p.m.
BYU at St. Mary’s — ESPNU, 11 p.m.
Women’s
Michigan State at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, noon
St. Mary’s at BYU — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
College Football
College Football Playoff
Semifinals
Orange Bowl, Stadium Formerly Known as Joe Robbie, Miami Gardens, FL
Clemson vs. Oklahoma — ESPN/ESPN2 (Spanish language feed) — 4 p.m.
Cotton Bowl, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
Michigan State vs. Alabama — ESPN/ESPN2 (Spanish language feed) — 8 p.m.
Peach Bowl, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
Florida State vs. Houston — ESPN, noon
College GameDay live from South Beach, Miami, FL — ESPN, 9 a.m.
ESPNU Film Room: College Football Playoff Special — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
College Football Playoff Showcase — ESPN, 11:50 a.m.
College Football Playoff Pregame — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
BTN Live: Cotton Bowl Pregame — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Nation — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Playoff Pregame — ESPN, 7:40 p.m.
Finebaum Film Room: Cotton Bowl Classic — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
Cotton Bowl Postgame — Big Ten Network, 11:30 p.m.
College Football Playoff Postgame Wrap Up — ESPN, 11:40 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, midnight
Golf
Golf Central Special: 2015 Top Shots — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.
Hockey
2016 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship
Group B, Hartwell Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Russia vs. Slovakia — TSN2, 7 a.m.
Finland vs. Czech Republic — TSN2, 11 a.m.
Group A, Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
Denmark vs. United States — TSN/TSN3/TSN5/NHL Network, 9 a.m.
Canada vs. Sweden — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5, 1 p.m./NHL Network, 3:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
2016 IIHF World Junior Hockey Pregame — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5, 12:30 p.m.
2016 IIHF World Junior Hockey Postgame — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5, 3:30 p.m.
La Liga
Villarreal vs. Valencia — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Epic Knockouts from the UFC — FS1, 4 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Knockouts From Around the World — FS1, 4:30 p.m.
Best of UFC 2015 — FS1, 5 p.m.
UFC’s Top 5 Greatest Fights — FS1, 5:30 p.m.
UFC Reloaded: UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor — FS1, 8 p.m.
MLB
MLB 2015: Year in Review — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
NBA
Fantasy Tip-Off — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL
New York Islanders at Buffalo — MSG Plus/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 6 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit — Sportsnet/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Detroit, 6 p.m.
Washington at Carolina — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Carolinas, 6 p.m.
Chicago at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Altitude, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis — Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Nashville at Dallas — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Sportswest, 8:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Edmonton — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary — Sportsnet One/Sportsnet 360/NHL Network/Fox Sports West, 9 p.m.
Winnipeg at Arizona — TSN3/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 9 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 NHL Winter Classic: Bruins Practice Day Coverage — NHL Network, 11:30 a.m.
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet, noon
NHL Tonight: 2016 NHL Winter Classic: Canadiens Practice Day Coverage — NHL Network, 12:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 NHL Winter Classic: Practice Day Recap — NHL Network, 1:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight at the 2016 NHL Winter Classic — NHL Network, 2:30 p.m.
NHL Alumni Game: Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins — Sportsnet, 3:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight at the 2016 NHL Winter Classic — NHL Network, 5:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central: Flames Pregame — Sportsnet One/Sportsnet 360, 8:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Oilers Pregame — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, midnight
Soccer
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Golf Central: 2015 Top Moments — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:45 a.m.
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
E:60 Profile: Rob Gronkowski — ESPNews, 2 p.m.
E:60 Profile: Jamaal Charles — ESPNews, 2:30 p.m.
E:60 Profile: Marshawn Lynch — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
E:60 Profile: Jason Witten — ESPNews, 3:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11:30 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at night — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision Deportes, midnight
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)
Tennis
Mubadala World Tennis Championship, International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Match 1: Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga vs. David Ferrer — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Match 2: Milos Raonic vs. Kevin Anderson — Tennis Channel, 9 p.m.
Entertainment
Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution, Part 1 — Fox, 8 p.m.
A Toast to 2015! — NBC, 8 p.m.
Live From Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: La Vie Parisienne — PBS, 8 p.m.
Feliz 2016! — Univision, 8 p.m.
New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin — CNN, 8 p.m.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Encore, 8 p.m.
How 2 Win: Beat the Competition — H2, 8 p.m.
Snowpiercer — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
How 2 Win: Win Like a President — H2, 9 p.m.
50 States/50 Stories: What You Shared in 2015 — HLN, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Monument: The King and the Spanish Dancer; A Communist Comes to America; Filth Party — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
NBC’s New Year’s Eve Game Night With Andy Cohen — NBC, 10 p.m.
Michael Feinstein New Year’s Eve at the Rainbow Room — PBS, 10 p.m.
How 2 Win: Make More Money — H2, 10 p.m.
Sex On// — HBO, 11 p.m.
Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution, Part 2 — Fox, 11 p.m.
How 2 Win: The Power Stare — H2, 11 p.m.
Sex On// — HBO, 11:30 p.m.
NBC’s New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Good Will Hunting — Sho2, midnight
New Year’s Eve Live With Brooke Baldwin — CNN, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)