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Sports on TV for Dec. 27 – 28

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Saturday, Dec. 27

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

11 a.m.

ESPN — Go Bowling Military Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina, Annapolis, Md.

Noon

ABC — Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Penn St. vs. Clemson, New York

2:15 p.m.

ESPN — Wasabi Fenway Bowl: UConn vs. Army, Boston

3:30 p.m.

ABC — Pop-Tarts Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. BYU, Orlando, Fla.

4:30 p.m.

CW — Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl: Miami (Ohio) vs. Fresno St., Tucson, Ariz.

5:45 p.m.

ESPN — Isleta New Mexico Bowl: North Texas vs. San Diego, St., Albuquerque, N.M.

7:30 p.m.

ABC — TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: Virginia vs. Missouri, Jacksonville, Fla.

9:15 p.m.

ESPN — Kinder’s Texas Bowl: LSU vs. Houston, Houston

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOY’S)

2 p.m.

NBATV — Dynamic Prep (Texas) vs. Roman Catholic (Pa.)

3:30 p.m.

NBATV — Montverde (Fla.) vs. Stepinac (N.Y.)

HORSE RACING

2:30 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

IIHF HOCKEY (BOY’S)

2 p.m.

NHLN — 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Slovakia vs. Germany, Group A, Saint Paul, Minn.

6 p.m.

NHLN — 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: U.S. vs. Switzerland, Group A, Saint Paul, Minn.

8:30 p.m.

NHLN — 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Denmark vs. Czechia, Group B, Minneapolis

LACROSSE (MEN’S)

6 p.m.

ESPNU — NLL: Saskatchewan at Halifax

9 p.m.

ESPNU — NLL: Georgia at Colorado

NBA BASKETBALL

5 p.m.

NBATV — Dallas at Sacramento

8 p.m.

NBATV — New York at Atlanta

NFL FOOTBALL

4:30 p.m.

NFLN — Houston at L.A. Chargers

8 p.m.

PEACOCK — Baltimore at Green Bay

SOCCER (MEN’S)

7:25 a.m.

CBSSN — Scottish Premier League: Heart of Midlothian at Hibernian

7:30 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Manchester City at Nottingham Forest

9:35 a.m.

FS2 — Saudi Pro League: Al Okhdood at Al Nassr

9:55 a.m.

CBSSN — Scottish Premier League: Celtic at Livingston

10 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Brighton & Hove Albion at Arsenal

Noon

CBSSN — Serie A: Lazio at Udinese

12:15 p.m.

FS2 — Saudi Pro League: Al Shabab at Al Ittihad

12:30 p.m.

NBC — English Premier League: Aston Villa at Chelsea

2:45 p.m.

CBSSN — Serie A: Juventus at Pisa SC

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(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Sunday, Dec. 28

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

2 p.m.

TNT — Winthrop at Texas Tech

TRUTV — Winthrop at Texas Tech

6 p.m.

BTN — Old Dominion at Maryland

8 p.m.

BTN — Omaha at Oregon

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)

Noon

ACCN — Wofford at Georgia Tech

BTN — Illinois at Purdue

SECN — Providence at South Carolina

2 p.m.

ACCN — Stetson at Miami

BTN — UCLA at Ohio St.

SECN — SE Louisiana at Texas

4 p.m.

ACCN — Duke at Syracuse

BTN — Penn St. at Iowa

SECN — Alabama St. at LSU

TNT — UConn at Butler

TRUTV — UConn at Butler

6 p.m.

TRUTV — Creighton at Georgetown

GOLF

3 p.m.

ABC — TGL: New York Golf Club vs. Atlanta Drive GC

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOY’S)

10 a.m.

NBATV — Mt. Zion (Md.) vs. Link Academy (Mo.)

11:30 a.m.

NBATV — Montverde (Fla.) vs. Dynamic Prep (Texas)

1 p.m.

NBATV — LuHi (N.Y.) vs. Paul VI Catholic (Va.)

HORSE RACING

2:30 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

IIHF HOCKEY (BOY’S)

2 p.m.

NHLN — 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Sweden vs. Switzerland, Group A, Saint Paul, Minn.

4:30 p.m.

NHLN — 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Finland vs. Latvia, Group B, Minneapolis

LACROSSE (MEN’S)

8 p.m.

ESPNU — NLL: Buffalo at Calgary

NBA G-LEAGUE BASKETBALL

3 p.m.

NBATV — Long Island at College Park

5 p.m.

NBATV — Grand Rapids at Noblesville

NFL FOOTBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at Cleveland, New Orleans at Tennessee, Seattle at Carolina

FOX — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Cincinnati, Jacksonville at Indianapolis, New England at N.Y. Jets

4:05 p.m.

CBS — N.Y. Giants at Vegas

4:25 p.m.

FOX — Philadelphia at Buffalo

8:20 p.m.

NBC — Chicago at San Francisco

PEACOCK — Chicago at San Francisco

NHL HOCKEY

8 p.m.

NHLN — Philadelphia at Seattle

SKIING/SNOWBOARDING

3 p.m.

NBC — FIS: World Cup, Copper Mountain, Colo.

SOCCER (MEN’S)

9 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Leeds United at Sunderland

11:30 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur at Crystal Palace

TENNIS

11 a.m.

TENNIS — Battle of the Sexes: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Nick Kyrgios, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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NYPD says dozens rescued from human trafficking during World Cup

▶ Watch Video: Inside look at security preparations for World Cup Forty-three people, including seven minors, were rescued from human traffickers during the World Cup matches in the New York City area, according to the New York City Police Department's Special Victims Unit.The rescue operations were carried out between June 11 and July 19 by specialized NYPD detectives who arrested 89 individuals."The surprise was really the outpouring of support behind the mission and the collaboration with all our partners," said Inspector Gary Marcus, commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit.Those rescued, largely the victims of sex trafficking, are now being supported with an array of social services for the victims, including food, housing and counseling.The 87 operations carried out during the World Cup have generated new leads, officials said, and law enforcement agencies are building more cases based on the investigations already underway."We have ongoing investigations now as a result of these operations," an NYPD official told CBS News.Major sporting events are known to law enforcement as hotbeds of human trafficking.Years in advance, the NYPD devoted significant resources to preparing for the World Cup. Eight matches were played at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, including the final on Sunday."When we talk about the outreach and the prep we do, a large part of that involved visiting the known sex offenders, particularly the known human traffickers, in our registry," Marcus said. "Whether they're on parole or probation for human trafficking, we visited them to make sure they're compliant with the terms of their release, and secondly, to let them know that the NYPD is watching."The matches were held in multiple cities around the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Preparations to secure those games and prepare for crimes like human trafficking were coordinated between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.Police departments in many locations that hosted World Cup matches have made arrests and rescues connected to human trafficking, including in Georgia, New England and Missouri. Nationally, there were more than 673 arrests on human-trafficking charges made during the World Cup, and 61 adults and 13 minors rescued, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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