New Year’s Day Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
North Texas at Texas-San Antonio — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Rice at Texas-El Paso — American Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Utah at Stanford — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
USC at Washington State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Washington, 9 p.m.
UCLA at Washington — FS1, 11 p.m.
Colorado at Cal — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Bay Area, 11 p.m.

Pac-12 Basketball Pregame Show — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Washington, 8:30 p.m.

Women’s
Florida State at Louisville — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

College Football
Outback Bowl, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Northwestern vs. Tennessee — ESPN2, noon

Citrus Bowl, Citrus Bowl Stadium, Orlando, FL
Michigan vs. Florida — ABC, 1 p.m.

Fiesta Bowl, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
Notre Dame vs. Ohio State — ESPN, 1 p.m.

Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Iowa vs. Stanford — ESPN, 5 p.m.

Sugar Bowl, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.

Championship Drive — ESPN, 10 a.m.
Pregame Rush — ESPN, 12:50 p.m.
Rose Bowl Pregame — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 4 p.m.
College Football Pregame — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Rose Bowl Postgame Show — Pac-12 Network, 9 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
UConn at Minnesota — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.
Notre Dame at Denver — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.

English Football Championship
Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Wolverhampton — beIN Sports, 9:50 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Hull City — beIN Sports, 12:20 p.m.

Golf
Golf Central Special: 2015 Awards — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — FS1, 7 p.m.

UFC Countdown: UFC 195 — FS1, 6 p.m.
UFC Reloaded: UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II — FS1, 8 p.m.

MLB
MLB 2015: Year in Review — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
2015 All Access — MLB Network, 6:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA Action — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Fantasy Tip-Off — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 9 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
2016 NHL Winter Classic, Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Montreal at Boston — NBC/Sportsnet/TVA Sports, 1 p.m.

NHL Tonight: 2016 NHL Winter Classic Pregame — NHL Network, noon
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 12:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2016 NHL Winter Classic Postgame — NHL Network, 4 p.m.

Anaheim at Vancouver — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Sportsnet Pacific, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central: Canucks Pregame — Sportsnet Pacific, 9:30 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
La Liga Show — beIN Sports, 4:30 p.m.
Total Italian Football — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
El Clasico — beIN Sports, 5:30 p.m.
La Liga: Best Goals of the Year — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Serie A: Best Goals of the Year — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Morning Drive: 2016: Wild Year to Come — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
SportsCenter: My Wish Special — ESPNews, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter Featured: Year End Special — ESPNews, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 10:45 a.m.
E:60: Stories of the Year — ESPNews, 11 a.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Mubadala World Tennis Championship, International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 7 a.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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