Times staff
Thursday, December 23, 2010
It's the most wonderful time of the year … especially if you're a sports fan with a comfy couch. Over the next 10 days there is an abundance of bowl games, NFL games, NHL games, college basketball games and NBA games. Here are highlights.
| Today | |||
| Sport | Event | Time/Channel | Why you should (or shouldn't) watch |
| CFB | Hawaii Bowl: Tulsa vs. Hawaii | 8 p.m., ESPN | Football fans' alternative to It's a Wonderful Life. |
| CBKB | Cancun Governor's Cup final | 9 p.m., ESPN2 | Basketball fans' alternative to It's a Wonderful Life. |
| Saturday | |||
| NBA | Bulls at Knicks | noon, ESPN | This should be an entertaining start to the NBA's annual Christmas Day of games. |
| NBA | Celtics at Magic | 2:30 p.m., Ch. 28 | This should be exciting as well. |
| NBA | Heat at Lakers | 5 p.m., Ch. 28 | The NBA knows how to put the best games on Christmas Day … |
| NFL | Cowboys at Cardinals | 7:30 p.m., NFLN | Unlike the NFL. |
| NBA | Nuggets at Thunder | 8 p.m., ESPN | NBA junkies unite … |
| NBA | Trail Blazers at Warriors | 10:30 p.m., ESPN | And keep uniting. |
| CBKB | Diamond Head Classic final | 9:30 p.m., ESPN2 | College basketball from Hawaii. |
| Sunday | |||
| NFL | Jets at Bears | 1 p.m., Ch. 10 | Both teams need this game to improve playoff positions. |
| NFL | Giants at Packers | 4:15 p.m., Ch. 13 | While the Bucs are on the radio only against Seattle, this game will be televised locally. |
| NHL | Lightning at Thrashers | 7 p.m., Sun Sports | A Southeast Division tussle. |
| NFL | Vikings at Eagles | 8:15 p.m., Ch. 8 | This game looked good at the start of the season. Not so much now. |
| CFB | Little Caesars Bowl: FIU vs. Toledo | 8:30 p.m., ESPN | You have to love college football to watch this one. |
| Monday | |||
| CFB | Independence Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Air Force | 5 p.m., ESPN2 | Old-school football, with two option teams and suspect defenses. |
| NBA | Magic at Nets | 7 p.m., Sun Sports | Another look at the Magic new guys. |
| NHL | Wild at Blue Jackets | 7:30 p.m., Versus | You don't get to see these teams much. Usually for good reason. |
| NFL | Saints at Falcons | 8:30 p.m., ESPN | An NFC South game between rivals. |
| CBKB | Connecticut at Pittsburgh | 8:30 p.m., ESPN2 | A top-tier Big East game. |
| Tuesday | |||
| CFB | Champs Sports Bowl: N.C. State vs. West Virginia | 6:30 p.m., ESPN | Not the bowl game either school wanted, so it should be interesting to see which one is more motivated. |
| NBA | Magic at Cavaliers | 7 p.m., FSN | It's the third game in four days for the Magic, which can't be liking the schedule makers much. |
| CBKB | Fairfield at Florida | 7 p.m., ESPNU | If the intensity is turned up a notch and everything goes right, Florida's got a chance. |
| NHL | Bruins at Lightning | 7:30 p.m., Versus | Tampa Bay gets a national audience against a decent Boston team. |
| CBKB | North Carolina at Rutgers | 9 p.m., ESPN2 | Tar Heels are trying to find themselves before ACC season begins. |
| CFB | Insight Bowl: Iowa vs. Missouri | 10 p.m., ESPN | The Tigers may be the most underrated 10-win team in college football, and the Hawkeyes may be the most overrated seven-win team. |
| Wednesday | |||
| CFB | Military Bowl: Maryland vs. East Carolina | 2:30 p.m., ESPN | This bowl just doesn't seem right without a military school in it. |
| CFB | Texas Bowl: Illinois vs. Baylor | 6 p.m., ESPN | See, Military Bowl, this is how you do it. A Texas team is playing in a Texas bowl game. |
| CFB | Alamo Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Arizona | 9:15 p.m., ESPN | These teams are very good. |
| Thursday | |||
| CFB | Armed Forces Bowl: SMU vs. Army | noon, ESPN | Not to pick on you, Military Bowl, but … . And good for SMU getting back to relevance. |
| CFB | Pinstripe Bowl: Kansas State vs. Syracuse | 3:20 p.m., ESPN | Being played at the college football mecca of Yankee Stadium (hence, the bowl's name). |
| CFB | Music City Bowl: North Carolina vs. Tennessee | 6:40 p.m., ESPN | A battle between two teams that can't wait until next year. |
| NBA | Knicks at Magic | 7 p.m., TNT | Going back to Dec. 20, this is Orlando's seventh game in 10 days. |
| CBKB | Temple at Villanova | 7 p.m., ESPN2 | For the college basketball fans. |
| NHL | Canadiens at Lightning | 7:30, Sun Sports | Lightning coach Guy Boucher takes on his former organization at home. |
| NBA | Spurs at Mavericks | 9:30 p.m., TNT | Worth it just to see if Mark Cuban gets kicked out. |
| CFB | Holiday Bowl: Nebraska vs. Washington | 10 p.m., ESPN | This could be the biggest blowout of the bowl season. |
| Dec. 31 | |||
| CFB | Meineke Car Care Bowl: USF vs. Clemson | noon, ESPN | The Bulls have had a surprisingly good season. Clemson has not. |
| CBKB | Kentucky at Louisville | noon, Ch. 10 | Both teams are down a little, but it's a huge intrastate rivalry. |
| CFB | Sun Bowl: Miami vs. Notre Dame | 2 p.m., Ch. 10 | This was a good game 20 years ago. |
| CFB | Liberty Bowl: UCF vs. Georgia | 3:30 p.m., ESPN | The Knights have been exciting to watch, and former Plant quarterback Aaron Murray has looked good for the Bulldogs. |
| CBKB | Florida at Xavier | 4 p.m., ESPN2 | The Gators play a dangerous nonconference game before SEC games begin. |
| CBKB | Ohio State at Indiana | 6 p.m., ESPN2 | Indiana is looking to get back to relevance. Winning this game would be a big step toward it. |
| CBKB | USF at Connecticut | 6 p.m., ESPNU | If the Bulls can find some scoring, they can beat the vulnerable Huskies. |
| CFB | Chick-fil-A Bowl: FSU vs. South Carolina | 7:30 p.m., ESPN | If there's one team South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier would love to beat it's those stinkin' Seminoles. |
| NHL | Coyotes at Blues | 8:30 p.m., Versus | Two West teams trying to stay in the playoff hunt. |
| Jan. 1 | |||
| CFB | TicketCity Bowl: Northwestern vs. Texas Tech | noon, ESPNU | This one's for the alums. |
| CFB | Outback Bowl: Florida vs. Penn State | 1 p.m., Ch. 28 | Florida's Urban Meyer would love to end his UF career on a high note. Penn State is 3-0 in this bowl. |
| NHL | Winter Classic: Capitals at Penguins | 1 p.m., Ch. 8 | Hockey the way it used to be, outside in the middle of a football field. |
| CFB | Capital One Bowl: Michigan State vs. Alabama | 1 p.m., ESPN | The Spartans would love to cap a dream season with a win over once mighty Alabama. |
| CFB | Gator Bowl: Michigan vs. Mississippi State | 1:30 p.m., ESPN2 | These teams could combine for more than 100 points. |
| CFB | Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. TCU | 5 p.m., ESPN | TCU is supposed to have a dominant defense. We'll see against score-crazy Wisconsin. |
| CFB | Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. UConn | 8:30 p.m., ESPN | On paper, this game looks like a rout. But as they say, the game isn't played on paper. |
| Jan. 2 | |||
| NFL | Bucs at Saints | 1 p.m., Ch. 13 | Any way to get this game blacked out as well? |
| NFL | Chargers at Broncos | 4 p.m., Ch. 10 | Tim Tebow continues auditioning for Denver's 2011 starting QB job. |
| CBKB | Miami at Duke | 7:30 p.m., Sun Sports | Some ACC basketball to provide variety from the NFL games. |
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