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Action SportS SUNDAY 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 2021 World Chase Tag USA Arm WreStling TUESDAY 1:00 p.m. NBCSN Arm Wrestling Mr. Olympia Power Armwrestling Cham- pionships. BASketBAll MONDAY 8:00 p.m. NBCSCH NBA Houston Rockets at Chica- go Bulls. (N) TUESDAY 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Wom- en's College Stanford at South Carolina. (N) 7:30 p.m. TNT NBA Wash- ington Wizards at Brooklyn Nets. (N Subject to Black- out) 9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Kansas at Colo- rado. (N) 10:00 p.m. TNT NBA Phoe- nix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers. (N Subject to Black- out) WEDNESDAY 6:00 p.m. ESPN College Basketball Louisville at Kentucky. (N) 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Arizona at Ten- nessee. (N) 8:00 p.m. NBCSCH NBA Toronto Raptors at Chicago Bulls. (N) 9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Virginia Tech at Duke. (N) NBCSN Teams TBA. (N) THURSDAY 4:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Hawaiian Air- lines Diamond Head Clas- sic. 10:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Diamond Head Classic, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) SATURDAY Noon ESPN NBA Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks. (N) 2:30 p.m. WBND Y NBA Boston Celtics at Milwau- kee Bucks. (N) 5:00 p.m. WBND Y NBA Golden State Warriors at Phoenix Suns. (N) 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Diamond Head Classic, 3rd Place Game: Teams TBA. (N) 8:00 p.m. WBND Y ESPN NBA Brooklyn Nets at Los Angeles Lakers. (N) 9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Diamond Head Classic, Final: Teams TBA. (N) 10:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Dal- las Mavericks at Utah Jazz. (N) SUNDAY 8:00 p.m. NBCSCH NBA Indiana Pacers at Chicago Bulls. (N) Boxing SATURDAY 8:00 p.m. SBT2 PBC Fight Night: Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. Nicholas DeLomba. (N) FootBAll MONDAY 2:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Myrtle Beach Bowl — Old Dominion vs Tulsa. The Golden Hurri- cane face the Monarchs in the Myrtle Beach Bowl. Old Dominion acquired bowl eligibility by winning its final five regular season games. Tulsa finished the season riding a three-game win streak, pulling even with Old Dominion at 6-6. (N) 8:00 p.m. WBND Y ESPN NFL Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears. NFC North division rivals meet under the Monday Night Football lights as the Bears play host to the Vikings. Chicago has won five of the last six meetings with Minnesota, but the Vikings claimed a 19-13 victory at Soldier Field last campaign. (N) TUESDAY 3:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Famous Idaho Potato Bowl — Kent State vs Wyoming. The Golden Flashes face off against the Cowboys in the Fa- mous Idaho Potato Bowl. Wyoming defeated Central Michigan in this game in 2017. Wyoming's Josh Allen, now with the NFL's Buffalo Bills, threw three TD passes and was named the game's MVP. (N) 7:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl — Tex- as-San Antonio vs San Diego State. The Roadrun- ners face the No. 24 Aztecs in the Frisco Bowl. Tex- as-San Antonio captured the Conference USA title with a 49-41 win over West- ern Kentucky on Dec. 3. San Diego State fell to Utah State in the Mountain West Conference championship. (N) WEDNESDAY 8:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl — Mis- souri vs Army. The Tigers play the Black Knights in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas. Army has won this postseason contest three times, most recently in 2018 when it thrashed Houston 70-14. Missouri seeks its first bowl victory since the 2014 Cit- rus Bowl. (N) THURSDAY 3:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Frisco Football Classic — North Texas vs Miami (Ohio). The Mean Green (6-6) take on the Redhawks (6-6) in the inau- gural Frisco Football Clas- sic. North Texas started 1-6 in 2021 before winning its final five games of the reg- ular season. Miami (Ohio) has dropped three of its last four bowl games. (N) 7:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl — UCF vs Florida. The Knights (8-4) look to defend their Gasparilla Bowl crown as they face the Gators (6- 6). UCF defeated Marshall 48-25 in this event in 2019. Florida gained postseason eligibility with a win over Florida State in the Sun- waii. The Rainbow Warriors (6-7) face the Tigers (6-6) in the Hawaii Bowl. Hawaii is 5-4 in the Hawaii Bowl, last beating Zach Wilson and BYU in the 2019 con- test. Memphis makes its eighth consecutive post- season appearance. Hawaii has won two in a row. (N) SATURDAY 2:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Camellia Bowl — Georgia State vs Ball State. The Cardinals (6-6) take on the Panthers (7-5) in the Camellia Bowl. Georgia State won three in a row, and six of its last seven to end the regular season. Ball State won last year's Arizona Bowl. The Panthers are 2-1 in bowl games since 2017. (N) 4:30 p.m. SBT2 NFL Cleve- land Browns at Green Bay Packers. The Packers look to continue their recent dominance of the Browns when the teams meet at Lambeau. Green Bay has SUNDAY 1:00 p.m. WSBT 6 NFL Buffalo Bills at New En- gland Patriots. The Patriots look to complete the sea- son sweep of the Bills in this clash from Foxboro, Mass. New England beat Buffalo 14-10 on Dec. 6 de- spite attempting only three passes. The Bills have dropped 16 of out their last 20 meetings with the Pats. (N) SBT2 NFL Football Live 4:25 p.m. WSBT 6 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs. The Steelers continue their quest for the postseason when they face Patrick Ma- homes' Chiefs. Pittsburgh sent veteran linebacker Melvin Ingram III to Kan- sas City before the Nov. 2 trade deadline. Kansas City dumped Pittsburgh 42-37 in 2018. (N) 8:20 p.m. WNDU 0 NFL Washington Football Team at Dallas Cowboys. The shine Showdown on Nov. 27. (N) FRIDAY 8:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Easypost Hawaii Bowl — Memphis vs Ha- won five out of the last six meetings with Cleveland since 1999. The Browns' last victory at Lambeau Field came on Sept. 18, 2005. (N) Cowboys look to end a two-game skid against their NFC East rivals when they host the Washington Foot- ball Team. Dallas suffered a season sweep last year for the first time since 2012. The Cowboys have won seven of the last 10 in the series. (N) Hockey TUESDAY 8:30 p.m. NBCSCH NHL Florida Panthers at Chicago Blackhawks. (N) WEDNESDAY 10:00 p.m. TNT NHL Ed- monton Oilers at Los Ange- les Kings. (N) THURSDAY 8:30 p.m. NBCSCH NHL Dallas Stars at Chicago Blackhawks. (N) olympicS MONDAY 8:00 p.m. NBCSN U.S. Olympic Trials Women's Hockey: USA vs. Canada. (N) SATURDAY 12:30 p.m. WNDU 0 U.S. Olympic Trials Ski Jump- ing. (N) rodeo SATURDAY 2:00 p.m. WSBT 6 Cow- town Christmas Champion- ship. rugBy SUNDAY 2:00 p.m. NBCSCH Eu- ropean Champions Cup Rugby Leicester Tigers vs Connacht. Soccer SUNDAY 9:55 a.m. NBCSN Premier League Soccer Tottenham Hotspur vs Crystal Palace. (N) 10:00 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Tottenham Hotspur vs Crystal Palace. (N) 12:30 p.m. WNDU 0 Pre- mier League Soccer Aston Villa vs Chelsea. (N) 3:00 p.m. NBCSN Premier League Soccer Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford. (N) Page 2 December 20 - 26, 2021 crossword solution sudoku solution

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