Jan 2, 2022; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) throws a pass against the Cincinnati Bengals in the second half at Paul Brown Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports

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SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO CANCELLATIONS AND POSTPONEMENTS DUE TO COVID-19

Bundesliga
Matchday 18
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. 1. FC Union Berlin — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.
Red Bull Leipzig vs. 1. FSV Mainz 05 — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.
SC Freiburg vs. DSC Arminia Bielefeld — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. VfB Stuttgart — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs. FC Augsburg — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Borussia Frankfurt — ESPN+, 12:20 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Clemson at North Carolina State — ACC Regional/Bally Sports, noon
Purdue at Penn State — Big Ten Network, noon
Wichita State at Houston — CBS, noon
South Carolina at Vanderbilt — ESPNU, noon
Albany at New Hampshire — ESPN3, noon
UConn at Seton Hall — Fox, noon
St. John’s at Providence — FS1, noon
Duquesne at UMass — NESNplus/ESPN+, noon
Dayton at George Washington — USA Network, noon
Virginia at North Carolina — ESPN, 1 p.m.
California Baptist at Chicago State — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
North Carolina-Greensboro at Virginia Military Institute — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Arkansas at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Syracuse at Wake Forest — ACC Regional/Bally Sports, 2 p.m.
Illinois-Chicago at Northern Kentucky — Bally Sports Ohio/ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Nebraska at Rutgers — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.
Texas at Oklahoma State — CBS, 2 p.m.
URI at Davidson — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.
Northern Illinois at Toledo — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Maine at Stony Brook — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
East Carolina at Temple — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Hampton at Gardner-Webb — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
IUPUI at Wright State — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Kansas State at West Virginia — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Villanova at DePaul — FS1, 2 p.m.
Virginia Commonwealth at La Salle — USA Network, 2 p.m.
Michigan State at Michigan — Fox, 2:30 p.m.
Arkansas State at Louisiana-Monroe — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Florida International at Western Kentucky — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Texas-Arlington at Georgia Southern — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Ball State at Eastern Michigan — ESPN3, 3:30 p.m.
Alabama at Missouri — SEC Network, 3:30 p.m.
Boston College at Pittsburgh — ACC Network, 4 p.m.
Colorado State at San Diego State — CBS, 4 p.m.
Kansas at Texas Tech — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Central Florida at Tulane — ESPNU, 4 p.m.
New Jersey Institute of Technology at Binghamton — ESPN3, 4 p.m.
Bradley at Loyola (Chicago) — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Cal Poly at Cal State-Northridge — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at South Alabama — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Dixie State at Utah Valley — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Grand Canyon at Lamar — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Texas-San Antonio — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Mercer at Furman — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Murray State at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Sacramento State at Northern Colorado — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
South Carolina Upstate at Presbyterian — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
The Citadel at Tennessee-Chattanooga — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Wofford at East Tennessee State — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Belmont at Tennessee-Martin — ESPN+, 4:30 p.m.
Charleston Southern at North Carolina-Asheville — ESPN+, 4:30 p.m.
North Carolina A&T at Radford — ESPN+, 4:30 p.m.
Miami (OH) at Bowling Green — ESPN3, 5 p.m.
Appalachian State at Troy — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Baylor at TCU — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Morehead State at Austin Peay — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Stetson at North Florida — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Western Carolina at Samford — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
UMass-Lowell at Maryland-Baltimore County — ESPN3, 5:30 p.m.
Notre Dame at Georgia Tech — ACC Network, 6 p.m.
Northern Iowa at Missouri State — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Tennessee at LSU — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Iowa State at Oklahoma — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Columbia at Penn — ESPN+, 6 p.m.
Cornell at Princeton — ESPN+, 6 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Jacksonville — ESPN+, 6 p.m.
Georgia at Kentucky — SEC Network, 6 p.m.
Western Michigan at Central Michigan — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Brown at Dartmouth — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky at Bellarmine — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Marshall — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Hawai’i at Long Beach State — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Kennesaw State at Liberty — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Sam Houston State at Abilene Christian — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
South Dakota at South Dakota State — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Southern Illinois at Valparaiso — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Duke — ACC Network, 8 p.m.
Utah State at New Mexico — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Florida at Auburn — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Louisville at Florida State — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Arkansas-Little Rock at Louisiana — ESPN+, 8 p.m.
Cal-Irvine at Cal-Riverside — ESPN+, 8 p.m.
Cal-San Diego at Cal-Davis — ESPN+, 8 p.m.
New Mexico State at Texas-Rio Grande Valley — ESPN+, 8 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at Tarleton State — ESPN+, 8 p.m.
UCLA at Cal — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 8 p.m.
Southeast Missouri at Tennessee State — ESPN+, 8:30 p.m.
Mississippi State at Mississippi — SEC Network, 8:30 p.m.
Jacksonville State at North Alabama — ESPN+, 9 p.m.
Northern Arizona at Southern Utah — ESPN+, 9 p.m.
Saint Mary’s at BYU — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Idaho at Eastern Washington — ESPN+, 10:45 p.m.

Fox College Hoops Tip-Off — Fox/FS1, 11:30 a.m.
B1G Live: Basketball Tip-Off Show — Big Ten Network, 11:30 a.m.
Fox College Hoops Tip-Off — Fox, 2 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
B1G Live: Basketball Postgame — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Basketball Pregame — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Washington, 5:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 5:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
Nothing But Net — ACC Network, 10 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.
Basketball Postgame — Pac-12 Network, 10 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, midnight

Women’s
Lehigh at Holy Cross — ESPN+, noon
Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
Northern Illinois at Ohio — ESPN3, 1 p.m.
American at Boston University — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Central Florida at East Carolina — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Colgate at Army — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Jacksonville — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Kent State at Buffalo — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Lafayette at Navy — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Southeast Missouri State at Tennessee State — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Western Carolina at Furman — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Bowling Green at Akron — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Hartford at Vermont — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
New Hampshire at Albany — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
New Jersey Institute of Technology at Binghamton — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Toledo at Western Michigan — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
Belmont at Tennessee-Martin — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Campbell at Charleston Southern — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Denver at North Dakota — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Detroit Mercy at Purdue Fort Wayne — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky at Bellarmine — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Radford — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
George Mason at Saint Joseph’s — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
George Washington at Dayton — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Georgia Southern at Appalachian State — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Hartford at Vermont — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Kennesaw State at Liberty — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Longwood at North Carolina-Asheville — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Loyola (MD) at Bucknell — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Marist at Manhattan — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Marshall at Florida Atlantic — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Murray State at Tennessee Tech — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Nebraska-Omaha at North Dakota State — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Quinnipiac at Siena — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
SMU at Memphis — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
South Dakota State at South Dakota — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
St. Bonaventure at Duquesne — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Stetson at North Florida — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
TCU at Iowa State — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Temple at Cincinnati — ESPN+, 2 p.m.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee at IUPUI — ESPN+ , 2 p.m.
Morehead State at Austin Peay — ESPN+, 2:30 p.m.
Idaho State at Weber State — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
South Alabama at Texas State — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Tarleton State at Stephen F. Austin — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Troy at Texas-Arlington — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Wisconsin-Green Bay at Illinois-Chicago — ESPN+, 3 p.m.
Abilene Christian at Sam Houston — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Chicago State at California Baptist — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Dartmouth at Brown — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Harvard at Yale — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Idaho at Eastern Washington — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Lamar at Grand Canyon — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Princeton at Cornell — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Southern Utah at Northern Arizona — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Texas-Rio Grande Valley at New Mexico State — ESPN+, 4 p.m.
Cal-Riverside at Cal-Irvine — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Cal State-Bakersfield at Cal Poly — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma at Kansas — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Tulsa at Houston — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Utah Valley at Dixie State — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Jacksonville State at North Alabama — ESPN+, 6:30 p.m.
Fairfield at Rider — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Cal-Davis at Cal-San Diego — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Kansas State at West Virginia — ESPN+, 7 p.m.
Georgia State at Coastal Carolina — ESPN+, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech — ESPN+, 8:30 p.m.

College Football
NCAA I Football Championship
Final, Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
Montana State at North Dakota State — ESPN2, noon

College Football Playoff National Championship Media Day — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
SEC Now: Media Days — SEC Network, 9 a.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
UMass at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.

On the Ice — Big Ten Network, 10:30 p.m.

FA Cup
Third Round Proper
Bristol City vs. Fulham — ESPN+, 7:25 a.m.
Burnley vs. Huddersfield Town — ESPN+, 7:25 a.m.
Coventry vs. Derby County — ESPN+, 7:25 a.m.
Hartlepool United vs. Blackpool — ESPN+, 7:25 a.m.
Mansfield Town vs. Middlesbrough — ESPN+, 7:25 a.m.
Millwall vs. Crystal Palace — ESPN+, 7:40 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Watford — ESPN+, 9:50 a.m.
Barnsley vs. Barrow — ESPN+, 9:55 a.m.
Boreham Wood vs. AFC Wimbledon — ESPN+, 9:55 a.m.
Kidderminster Harriers vs. Reading — ESPN+, 9:55 a.m.
Newcastle United vs. Cambridge United — ESPN+, 9:55 a.m.
Peterborough vs. Bristol Rovers — ESPN+, 9:55 a.m.
Port Vale vs. Brentford — ESPN+, 9:55 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Rotherham United — ESPN+, 9:55 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Brighton & Hove Albion — ESPN+, 9:55 a.m.
Wigan Athletic vs. Blackburn Rovers — ESPN+, 9:55 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Chesterfield — ESPN+, 12:20 p.m.
Hull City vs. Everton — ESPN+, 12:20 p.m.
Birmingham City vs. Plymouth Argyle — ESPN+, 12:25 p.m.
Swansea City vs. Southampton — ESPN+, 12:25 p.m.
Yeovil Town vs. Bournemouth — ESPN+, 12:25 p.m.

Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Men’s Short Program — NBC/Peacock, 4 p.m.
Free Dance/Pairs’ Free Skate– USA Network/Peacock, 7 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
Tournament of Champions, Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, HI
3rd Round: Featured Group & Featured Hole (No. 14) — PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, 2:15 p.m.
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.
3rd Round: Featured Group & Featured Hole (No. 14) — PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, 6 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Golf Central — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

High School Football
All-American Bowl, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
East vs. West — NBC/Peacock, 1 p.m.

Horse Racing
America’s Day at the Races — FS2, 2:30 p.m.
America’s Day at the Races — FS1, 4 p.m.

LaLiga
Matchday 20
Levante vs. Mallorca — ESPN+, 7:50 a.m.
Real Sociedad vs. Celta de Vigo — ESPN+, 10:05 a.m.
Granada vs. Barcelona — ESPN+, 12:20 p.m.
Real Madrid vs. Valencia — ESPN+, 2:50 p.m.

Ligue 1
Round 20
RC Lens vs. Stade Rennais — beIN Sports/beIN Sports en Español, 2:55 p.m.
Stade Brestois vs. OGC Nice — beIN Sports/beIN Sports en Español, 6:50 a.m. (Sunday)

The Ligue 1 Show — beIN Sports/beIN Sports en Español, 6:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Main Event: Namajunas vs. Jedrzejczyk 2 — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

NBA
Memphis at Los Angeles Clippers — Bally Sports Southeast/Bally Sports SoCal, 3:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Charlotte — Bally Sports Wisconsin/Bally Sports Southeast, 7 p.m.
Orlando at Detroit — Bally Sports Florida/Bally Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Utah at Indiana — AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain/Bally Sports Indiana, 7 p.m.
New York at Boston — NBA TV/MSG Network/NBC Sports Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Phoenix — Bally Sports Sun/Bally Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.

NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV Postgame Show — NBA TV, 10 p.m.
NBA GameTime Live — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA GameTime Live — NBA TV, midnight

NBA G League
Motor City Cruise at Capital City Go-Go — NBC Sports Washington Plus, 7 p.m.
Delaware Blue Coats at Windy City Bulls — NBC Sports Chicago Plus, 8 p.m.
Iowa Wolves at Birmingham Squadron — WABM, 8 p.m.
Rio Grande Valley Vipers at Texas Legends — Bally Sports Southwest Plus, 8:30 p.m.

NFL
Week 18
Kansas City at Denver — ESPN/ABC, 4:30 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia — ESPN/ABC, 8:15 p.m.

NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m.
Good Morning Football: Weekend — NFL Network, 9 a.m.
NFL Countdown — ESPN/ABC, 3 p.m.
NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
NFL Kickoff — ESPN/ABC, 4:15 p.m.
NFL Countdown — ESPN/ABC, 7:30 p.m.
NFL GameDay Highlights — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
NFL Kickoff — ESPN/ABC, 8 p.m.
NFL Postgame — ESPN, 11:15 p.m.
NFL GameDay Final — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche — CBC/City TV/Sportsnet/Sportsnet 360/NHL Network/Altitude, 7 p.m.

NHL’s Best — Sportsnet/NHL Network, 6 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet/NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
After Hours — Sportsnet/Sportsnet 360, 10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Dallas — Sportsnet/NHL Network/AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh/Bally Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Bally Sports Sun, 7 p.m.
Florida at Carolina — Bally Sports Florida/Bally Sports South, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Columbus — MSG Plus/Bally Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Philadelphia — NBC Sports California/NBC Sports Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Arizona — Bally Sports South/Bally Sports Arizona Plus, 8 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota — NBC Sports Washington/Bally Sports North, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Vegas — NBC Sports Chicago/AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, 10 p.m.
New York Rangers at Anaheim — MSG 2/Bally Sports SoCal, 10 p.m.
Detroit at Los Angeles — Bally Sports Detroit/Bally Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Tonight: Nashville at Arizona/Washington at Minnesota Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Chicago at Vegas/New York Rangers at Anaheim/Ottawa at Vancouver/Detroit at Los Angeles Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, midnight
On the Fly — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Sunday)

Soccer
Turkish Süper Lig
Matchday 20
Galatasaray vs. Giresunspor — beIN Sports/beIN Sports en Español, 10:55 a.m.

Inside Serie A — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 a.m.
Línea de Cuatro — TUDN, 6 p.m.

Sports News & Talk
TMZ Sports — FS1, 7 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 7 a.m.
The Spirit of Yachting: Rolex Middle Sea Race of 2021 — BBC World News, 7:30 a.m.
TMZ Sports Weekend — FS1, 7:30 a.m.
All Access The ACC Life — ACC Network, 8 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 8 a.m.
ACC Traditions: Syracuse — ACC Network, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 10 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 11 a.m.
Daily Wager — ESPN2, 11:30 a.m.
One Team: The Power of Sports — NBC, 11:30 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, noon
SEC Now — SEC Network, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
Bad Beats — ESPNews, 2:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo — TUDN, 5 p.m.
Drinks With Binks — Fubo Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Drinks With Binks — Fubo Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
The B1G Show — Big Ten Network, 10 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10:30 p.m.
TYM Zona mixta — Telemundo, 11:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, 11:30 p.m
30 for 30: The U — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — TUDN, midnight
SportsCenter Americano — ESPN, 12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

Tennis
Center Court: ATP Cup Final/Adelaide International (WTA Tour)/Melbourne Summer Set 1  & Summer Set 2 (WTA Tour) — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 10:30 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 four Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.