Warming Up
Paul Lilly’s Daily Trivia
What NFL franchise has the most winning seasons since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970?
(Answer below)
TV/Radio
SATURDAY
TELEVISION
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Noon
BTN — Oakland vs. Michigan St., Detroit
12:30 p.m.
CBS — St. John’s vs. Kentucky, Atlanta
USA — Liberty at Dayton
2 p.m.
CBSSN — Colorado St. at Utah St.
3 p.m.
CBS — North Carolina vs. Ohio St., Atlanta
4 p.m.
ESPN — Memphis at Mississippi St.
PEACOCK — Northwestern vs. Butler
5:30 p.m.
CBS — Houston vs. Arkansas, Newark, N.J.
6 p.m.
BTN — Bucknell at Iowa
ESPN — Maryland at Virginia
6:30 p.m.
PEACOCK — Auburn vs. Purdue, Indianapolis
8 p.m.
BTN — Penn at Rutgers
ESPN — Duke vs. Texas Tech, New York
ESPNU — Stanford vs. Colorado, Phoenix
8:30 p.m.
FS1 — Xavier at Georgetown
PEACOCK — Marquette at Creighton
10:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — San Diego St. vs. Arizona, Phoenix
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
11 a.m.
FOX — Louisville vs. Tennessee, New York
1:30 p.m.
FOX — Iowa vs. UConn, New York
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Noon
ABC, ACCN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN — CFP First Round: Miami at Texas A&M
3:30 p.m.
TBS, TNT, TRUTV — CFP First Round: Tulane at Mississippi
4 p.m.
ABC — FCS semis: Montana at Montana St.
ESPN2 — Division II Tournament: Harding vs. Ferris St., Championship, McKinney, Texas
7:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — FCS semis: Illinois St. at Villanova
TBS, TNT, TRUTV — CFP First Round: James Madison at Oregon
GOLF
4 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, Third Round
2:30 p.m.
NBC — 2025 PNC Championship: Day 1, Ritz-Carlton GC, Orlando, Fla.
1 a.m. (Sunday)
GOLF — DP World Tour: The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, Final Round
NBA BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
NBATV — Houston at Denver
7:30 p.m.
NBATV — Charlotte at Detroit
10:30 p.m.
NBATV — L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers
NFL FOOTBALL
5 p.m.
FOX — Philadelphia at Washington
8:20 p.m.
FOX — Green Bay at Chicago
NHL HOCKEY
12:30 p.m.
NHLN — Detroit at Washington
7 p.m.
SNP — Pittsburgh at Montreal
NHLN — Vancouver at Boston
SKIING/SNOWBOARDING
1:30 p.m.
CNBC — FIS: World Cup
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7:25 a.m.
CBSSN — English League Championship: Coventry City at Southampton
7:30 a.m.
USA — EPL: Chelsea at Newcastle United
9:20 a.m.
FS2 — The French Cup: Lille OSC at US Lusitanos Saint-Maur, Round of 64
9:55 a.m.
CBSSN — English League Championship: Middlesbrough at Bristol City
10 a.m.
USA — EPL: West Ham United at Manchester City
11:50 a.m.
FS2 — The French Cup: Toulouse FC at Lyon-Duchère, Round of 64
12:30 p.m.
NBC — EPL: Liverpool at Tottenham Hotspur
2:50 p.m.
FS2 — The French Cup: Paris Saint-Germain FC at Vendée Fontenay Foot, Round of 64
3 p.m.
USA — EPL: Crystal Palace at Leeds United
6:30 a.m. (Sunday)
CBSSN — Serie A: Pisa SC at Cagliari
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS — Next Gen Finals: Semifinals
SUNDAY
TELEVISION
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Noon
BTN — Pittsburgh vs. Penn St., Hershey, Pa.
1 p.m.
CW — Vanderbilt at Wake Forest
ESPN — Mississippi vs. NC State
TNT, TRUTV — Southern U. at Baylor
3 p.m.
ESPN — Cincinnati at Clemson
ESPN2 — Oregon St. at Arizona St.
4 p.m.
ACCN — North Florida at Miami
BTN — UC Santa Cruz at Southern Cal
PEACOCK — La Salle at Michigan
4:30 p.m.
FS1 — UConn at DePaul
6 p.m.
BTN — Campbell at Minnesota
PEACOCK — Oregon vs. Gonzaga
8 p.m.
BTN — N. Dakota at Nebraska
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ACCN — Kennesaw St. at Miami
CBSSN — NC State at Davidson
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — Kansas at Iowa St.
2 p.m.
ACCN — North Florida at Clemson
CBSSN — Texas at S. Dakota St.
SECN — Texas-Arlington at LSU
6 p.m.
ESPN — Oregon vs. Stanford, San Francisco
8:30 p.m.
ESPN — Southern Cal vs. California
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
11:30 p.m.
WTAJ — Nittany Nation Overtime
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
3:30 p.m.
ABC — NCAA Tournament: Texas A&M vs. Kentucky, Championship, Kansas City, Mo.
COLLEGE WRESTLING
2 p.m.
BTN — Oklahoma St. at Nebraska
GOLF
11:30 a.m.
GOLF — 2025 PNC Championship: Final Day
1:30 p.m.
NBC — 2025 PNC Championship: Final Day
NFL FOOTBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Buffalo at Cleveland
FOX — L.A. Chargers at Dallas
4:25 p.m.
CBS — Pittsburgh at Detroit
8:20 p.m.
NBC, PEACOCK — New England at Baltimore
NHL HOCKEY
1 p.m.
NHLN — Washington at Detroit
7 p.m.
SNP — Montreal at Pittsburgh
NHLN — Toronto at Dallas
SOCCER (MEN’S)
6:30 a.m.
CBSSN — Serie A: Pisa SC at Cagliari
8:25 a.m.
CBSSN — Scottish Premier League: Rangers at Heart of Midlothian
8:35 a.m.
FS2 — The French Cup: AS Monaco FC at AJ Auxerre, Round of 64
11:20 a.m.
FS2 — The French Cup: Les Sables Vendée Football at Stade Rennais FC 1901
11:30 a.m.
NBC — EPL: Manchester United at Aston Villa
TENNIS
Noon
TENNIS — Next Gen Finals: Final
RADIO
NFL FOOTBALL
4 p.m.
WRKY-FM 104.9; B-ROCK 107.5-FM — Pittsburgh at Detroit
NHL HOCKEY
7 p.m.
HANK-FM 96.1 — Pittsburgh vs. Montreal
Yesteryear
LOCAL
SATURDAY
50 years ago — Dec. 20, 1975: Altoona Area fell to Harrisburg, 71-53, in high school boys basketball action at the Fieldhouse with Doug Pendleton, a frequent team high scorer, totaling 15 points. In other games, Bishop Guilfoyle downed Elk County Christian at the BG gym, 57-36, with its frequent high scorer, Mario Sanchez, totaling 14 points. The BG Jayvees (10-0) also won, 54-40, with Jim DeStefano and Bill Karnes each scoring 10.
25 years ago — Dec. 20, 2000: Tyrone Area High School football standouts Jesse Jones, Doug Roseberry and Scott Gummo were given first-team Associated Press Pennsylvania Small School All-State status. Chris Miller of Bellwood-Antis also made the first team.
10 years ago — Dec. 20, 2015: Previously undefeated Hollidaysburg Area fell to Stafford, Va., 62-59, in the Golden Tiger Roundball Classic championship game in Hollidaysburg. Jake Holsopple scored 18 for the Tigers and was named all-tourney.
SUNDAY
50 years ago — Dec. 21, 1975: The Altoona Area High wrestling team remained unbeaten at 4-0 taking down Greater Johnstown, 48-37, with Paul Harris and Terry Fike scoring pins for the Mountain Lions. The Altoona Jayvees also won, 59-6, unbeaten in 18 matches in a row over two years and were coached by John Iorio.
25 years ago — Dec. 21, 2000: The Bishop Guilfoyle girls team knocked off Bedford, 45-30, in the opening round of the Lady Marauder Classic basketball game at the Pleasant Valley Gym, Kori Sisto leading the scoring with 26. In other play, the Altoona Area High girls smothered St. Marys, 80-19, at the Fieldhouse, Lindsey Barr scoring 15 for Altoona.
10 years ago — Dec. 21, 2015: Hollidaysburg native Wayne Campbell of Chambersburg, 36, a graduate of Hollidaysburg High and Penn State, won a prize of $25,000 and a new boat in the Big Bass World Championships near Tulsa, Okla.
— Compiled by Tim Doyle
NATIONAL
DEC. 20
1921 — Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts the deciding vote to return to best-of-seven World Series from the best-of-nine format. The American League votes to return to best-of-seven World Series, while National League votes for the best-of-nine format. The a best-of-nine series was used in 1903 and 1919 through 1921
DEC. 21
1891 — Dr. James Naismith introduces the first game of basketball. Based on 13 rules created by Naismith, the game is tested by 18 students at the School for Christian Workers in Springfield, Massachusetts. Using a soccer ball, two peach baskets and two teams of nine players each, the objective is to throw a round ball into a round basket attached to a balcony 10 feet above the floor.
1941 — The Chicago Bears win the NFL championship with a 37-9 rout of the New York Giants.
— The Associated Press
Trivia answer
Pittsburgh Steelers, 41
