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Warming up — Dec. 6-7

Paul Lilly trivia

What Steelers running back had the most 100-yard rushing games?

TV-radio listings

SATURDAY

TELEVISION

AUTO RACING

8:55 a.m.

ESPN2 — Formula 1: Qualifying, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

Noon

ACCN — Southern Miss. at Miami

CBS — Iowa St. at Purdue

ESPN2 — Dayton vs. Virginia, Charlotte, N.C.

FOX — Duke at Michigan St.

TRUTV — Rhode Island at Providence

12:30 p.m.

USA — Old Dominion at Richmond

1 p.m.

CW — UNC Asheville at NC State

2 p.m.

BTN — Ohio St. at Northwestern

FS1 — Marquette at Wisconsin

TNT — Boise St. at Butler

TRUTV — Boise St. at Butler

2:15 p.m.

CBS — Louisville vs, Indiana, Indianapolis

2:30 p.m.

USA — Princeton at Loyola of Chicago

4 p.m.

BTN — Rutgers at Michigan

ESPNU — Seton Hall at Kansas St.

FS1 — Maryland at Iowa

4:30 p.m.

CBS — Baylor at Memphis

5 p.m.

CBSSN — Colorado at Colorado St.

6 p.m.

BTN — Washington at Southern Cal

ESPN2 — Wake Forest at West Virginia

PEACOCK — Oregon at UCLA

7:30 p.m.

CBSSN — Oklahoma St. at Grand Canyon

8 p.m.

ESPN — Illinois at Tennessee

PEACOCK — Florida St. at Houston

PEACOCK — Mississippi at St. John’s

9 p.m.

TRUTV — Ark.-Pine Bluff at DePaul

10 p.m.

CBSSN — Oklahoma vs. Arizona St., Phoenix

ESPN — Auburn at Arizona

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)

Noon

BTN — Indiana at Illinois

6 p.m.

FS1 — Iowa at Rutgers

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Noon

ABC — Big 12 Championship: BYU vs. Texas Tech

ESPN — Mid-American Championship: Miami (Ohio) vs. W. Michigan

4 p.m.

ABC. ESPN — Southeastern Championship: Georgia vs. Alabama

8 p.m.

ABC — Atlantic Coast Championship: Duke vs. Virginia

FOX — Big Ten Championship: Indiana vs. Ohio St.

GOLF

Noon

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Hero World Challenge, Third Round, Albany Golf Club, Nassau, Bahamas

2:30 p.m.

NBC — PGA Tour: The Hero World Challenge, Third Round, Albany Golf Club, Nassau, Bahamas

NBA BASKETBALL

7:30 p.m.

NBATV — Golden State at Cleveland

NHL HOCKEY

7 p.m.

NHLN — Utah at Calgary

SOCCER (MEN’S)

7:30 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Arsenal at Aston Villa

10 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Brentford at Tottenham Hotspur

12:30 p.m.

NBC — English Premier League: Liverpool at Leeds United

2:30 p.m.

FOX — MLS Cup: Vancouver at Inter Miami, Final

SUNDAY

TELEVISION

AUTO RACING

7:55 a.m.

ESPN — Formula 1: The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

1 p.m.

ESPN2 — Missouri vs. Kansas, Kansas City, Mo.

2 p.m.

SECN — UTSA at Alabama

3 p.m.

ESPN2 — Texas Tech vs. LSU, Fort Worth, Texas

4 p.m.

ACCN — Hofstra at Pittsburgh

SECN — San Francisco at Mississippi St.

5 p.m.

ESPN — Georgetown at North Carolina

ESPN2 — SMU at Texas A&M

FS1 — Creighton at Nebraska

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)

Noon

BTN — Purdue at Michigan

1 p.m.

FS1 — DePaul at UConn

2 p.m.

BTN — Ohio St. at Northwestern

3 p.m.

FS1 — Oregon at UCLA

4 p.m.

BTN — Maryland at Minnesota

6 p.m.

BTN — Michigan St. at Wisconsin

8 p.m.

BTN — Washington at Southern Cal

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Noon

ESPN — College Football Playoff Selection Show

GOLF

4 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player, Final Round, Gary Player CC, Sun City, South Africa

11:30 a.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Hero World Challenge, Final Round, Albany Golf Club, Nassau, Bahamas

1 p.m.

ABC — 2025 World Champions Cup: Final Round, Feather Sound Country Club, Clearwater, Fla.

1:30 p.m.

NBC — PGA Tour: The Hero World Challenge, Final Round, Albany Golf Club, Nassau, Bahamas

NFL FOOTBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Pittsburgh at Baltimore

FOX — Cincinnati at Buffalo

4:25 p.m.

FOX — Chicago at Green Bay

8:20 p.m.

NBC, PEACOCK — Houston at Kansas City

NHL HOCKEY

1 p.m.

NHLN — Colorado at Philadelphia

5 p.m.

SNP — Pittsburgh at Dallas

7 p.m.

NHLN — Vegas at N.Y. Rangers

SKIING

12:30 p.m.

NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Beaver Creek, Colo.

3 p.m.

CNBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Beaver Creek, Colo.

SOCCER (MEN’S)

6:30 a.m.

CBSSN — Serie A: Lecce at Cremonese

9 a.m.

USA — Premier League: West Ham United at Brighton & Hove Albion

9:55 a.m.

CBSSN — Scottish Premier League: Hearts at Celtic

11:30 a.m.

USA — Premier League: Crystal Palace at Fulham

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

11:30 a.m.

TNT — World Sevens Tournament: TBD, Semifinal, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

TRUTV — World Sevens Tournament: TBD, Semifinal, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Noon

CBSSN — Serie A: Fernana at Fiorentina (Taped)

1 p.m.

TNT — World Sevens Tournament: TBD, Semifinal, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

TRUTV — World Sevens Tournament: TBD, Semifinal, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

3 p.m.

TRUTV — World Sevens Tournament: TBD, Third-Place Match, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

4:30 p.m.

TNT — World Sevens Tournament: TBD, Final, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

TRUTV — World Sevens Tournament: TBD, Final, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

RADIO

COLLEGE WRESTLING

12:40 p.m.

WRAX-FM 106.5 — Lehigh at Penn State

NFL FOOTBALL

1 p.m.

WRKY-FM 104.9; B-ROCK 107.5-FM — Pittsburgh at Baltimore

NHL HOCKEY

5 p.m.

HANK-FM 96.1 — Pittsburgh at Dallas

Yesteryear

SATURDAY

50 years ago: Dec. 6, 1975 — In high school basketball, Bishop Guilfoyle downed Huntingdon, 70-40, at home with Dean Adams scoring 16 points for the winners. The BG JVs also won, 61-15, with Bruce Cummings scoring 13 points for BG.

25 years ago: Dec. 6, 2000 — After a season-opening loss to Conestoga Valley, the Altoona Area High boys basketball team bounced back with a 49-32 win over Indiana Valley at home, with Jon Lender scoring with 12 points for Altoona.

10 years ago: Dec. 6, 2015 — In boys high school basketball, Daiquain Watson scored 18 points and Jayvion Queen added 13 points as Altoona Area downed Norwin, 66-58. In other games, Max Sheetz scored 22 points and Ryan Adams added 21 as Hollidaysburg downed Westmont Hilltop, 66-46.

SUNDAY

50 years ago: Dec. 7, 1975 — In junior high school basketball, Keith downed Bishop McCort, 64-46. In college play, Penn State Altoona fell to PSU-Bradford, 76-54.

25 years ago: Dec. 7, 2000 — In boys junior high basketball, Keith edged Indiana, 42-40, with Tony Baney scoring 12 for Keith. Bishop Guilfoyle beat Fort Hill, Md., 67-36, with Josh DeStefano scoring 20 for BG, and Claysburg-Kimmel downed Northern Bedford, 39-18, with Ty Swindell scoring 21 for C-K.

10 years ago: Dec. 7, 2015 — The Steelers beat the Colts, 45-10, as Ben Roethlisberger passed for four touchdowns and 364 yards.

— Compiled by Tim Doyle

DEC. 6

1939 — Iowa’s Nile Kinnick wins the Heisman Trophy. The back passed for 638 yards and 11 touchdowns and rushed for 374 yards.

1961 — Syracuse running back Ernie Davis becomes the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy.

1984 — Martina Navratilova loses to Helena Sukova, ending the longest winning streak in history of women’s singles tennis — 74 matches dating to Jan. 15, 1984.

1986 — Miami’s Vinny Testaverde wins the Heisman Trophy in a runaway. The quarterback, who led the nation in passing efficiency, won the by 1,541 points over Temple running back Paul Palmer, the country’s top rusher.

1990 — The Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators receive approval to join the NHL in 1992-93.

1992 — Jerry Rice becomes the NFL’s career leader in touchdown receptions with his 101st scoring pass during the fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers’ 27-3 victory over Miami. Rice surpassed Steve Largent’s mark of 100.

1992 — Jim Courier rebounds from a slow start to beat Switzerland’s Jakob Hlasek in four sets as the United States recaptures the Davis Cup.

1998 — Denver with a 35-31 comeback win over Kansas City, becomes the third 13-0 team in NFL history. The Broncos join the 1934 Chicago Bears and 1972 Miami Dolphins.

DEC. 7

1973 — Jerry West of Los Angeles sets an NBA record with 10 steals in the Lakers’ 115-111 loss to the Seattle Supersonics.

1985 — Auburn tailback Bo Jackson beats Iowa quarterback Chuck Long by 45 points in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy, the closest vote in the 51-year history of the trophy.

1991 — AJ Kitt becomes the first American in seven years to win a men’s World Cup race, taking the first downhill of the season In Val D’Isere, France.

2003 — The computer rankings have Oklahoma as the country’s top team while the human poll voters pick USC. Despite getting walloped by Kansas State 35-7, No. 3 Oklahoma takes its 12-1 record to the Sugar Bowl against No. 2 LSU, which won the Southeastern Conference championship by beating Georgia 34-13.

2006 — Willie Parker breaks Pittsburgh’s single-game rushing record with 223 yards as the Steelers rough up the Cleveland Browns 27-7. Parker, the first player in Steelers history to have two 200-yard games in a season, betters Frenchy Fuqua’s record of 218 yards against Philadelphia in 1970.

2014 — The first College Football Playoff expands the national championship race and produces a final four with major star power. Nick Saban’s No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Urban Meyer’s No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes at the Sugar Bowl. Marcus Mariota and second-seeded Oregon vs. Jameis Winston, last season’s Heisman Trophy winner, and defending national champion Florida State at the Rose Bowl.

— The Associated Press

Trivia answer

Jerome Bettis, 50

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