Sports on TV for Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

3 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA FCS semifinal, teams TBA

3 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA Division III, championship, teams TBA, at Salem, Va.

NBA BASKETBALL

4 p.m., ESPN — L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia

6:30 p.m., ESPN — Dallas at Utah

NHL HOCKEY

3 p.m., NBCSN — Los Angeles at Pittsburgh

SOCCER

10:30 a.m., FS1 — Bundesliga, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs. Borussia Dortmund

Saturday, Dec. 17

BOXING

6 p.m., HBO — Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Smith Jr., light heavyweights; Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Horacio Garcia, featherweights; Oleksandr Usyk vs. Thabiso Mchunu, for Usyk’s WBO cruiserweight title, at Inglewood, Calif.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

8 a.m., ESPN — Georgetown at Syracuse

8 a.m., ESPN2 — Texas A&M vs. Arizona, at Houston

8 a.m., FS1 — Wagner at Providence

8:30 a.m., CBS — Memphis at Oklahoma

8:30 a.m., ESPNU — Texas Tech at Richmond

9 a.m., CBSSN — South Carolina at South Florida

9 a.m., SEC — Charleston Southern at Georgia

9:30 a.m., FS2 — Manhattan vs. Florida St., at Sunrise, Fla.

10 a.m., ESPN2 — Purdue vs. Notre Dame, at Indianapolis

10 a.m., FS1 — Chicago St. at DePaul

10:30 a.m., ESPNU — Arkansas vs. Texas, at Houston

11 a.m., BTN — Md.-Eastern Shore at Michigan

11 a.m., CBS — UCLA vs. Ohio St., at Las Vegas

11 a.m., CBSSN — Kansas St. vs. Colorado St., at Denver

11:30 a.m., SEC — E. Illinois at Missouri

Noon, FS2 — Charlotte vs. Florida, at Sunrise, Fla.

12:30 p.m., ESPNU — Robert Morris at Virginia

1 p.m., BTN — Butler vs. Indiana, at Indianapolis

1:30 p.m., CBS — North Carolina vs. Kentucky, at Las Vegas

2 p.m., FS2 — Delaware at Seton Hall

2 p.m., FSN — Jackson St. vs. Baylor, at Fort Hood, Texas

2 p.m., SEC — Texas Southern at LSU

3 p.m., BTN — Dayton vs. Northwestern, at Chicago

3 p.m., ESPN2 — Davidson vs. Kansas, at Kansas City, Mo.

4 p.m., FS1 — Wake Forest at Xavier

4 p.m., FS2 — Oral Roberts at Creighton

4:30 p.m., SEC — Chattanooga at Vanderbilt

5:30 p.m. BTN — BYU vs. Illinois, at Chicago

7 p.m., ESPN2 — UNLV vs. Oregon, at Portland, Ore.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

8 a.m., ABC — Celebration Bowl, Grambling St. vs. NC Central, at Atlanta

10 a.m., ESPN — New Mexico Bowl, New Mexico vs. UTSA, at Albuquerque, N.m.

11:30 a.m., ABC — Las Vegas Bowl, Houston vs. San Diego St., at Las Vegas

Noon, ESPN2 — NCAA Division II, championship, teams TBA, at Kansas City, Kan.

1:30 p.m., ESPN — Camellia Bowl, Appalachian St. vs. Toledo, at Montgomery, Ala.

1:30 p.m., CBSSN — Cure Bowl, Arkansas St. vs UCF, at Orlando, Fla.

2:30 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA FCS semifinal, teams TBA

5 p.m., ESPN — New Orleans Bowl, Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Southern Miss., at New Orleans

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

1 p.m., FS1 — UFC Fight Night, prelims, at Sacramento, Calif.

4 p.m., FOX — UFC Fight Night, Paige VanZant vs. Michelle Waterson, at Sacramento, Calif.

NFL FOOTBALL

4:25 p.m., NFL — Miami at N.Y. Jets

SOCCER

3:30 a.m., NBCSN — Premier League, Chelsea at Crystal Palace

5:30 a.m., FS1 — Bundesliga, Leipzig vs. Hertha BSC Berlin

5:30 a.m., FS2 — Bundesliga, Mainz 05 vs. Hamburg

7 a.m., CNBC — Premier League, Leicester City at Stoke City

7 a.m., NBCSN — Premier League, teams TBA

8:30 a.m., NBC — Premier League, Manchester United at West Bromwich Albion

9:50 p.m., FS1 — FIFA Club World Cup, third place, at Yokohama, Japan

WINTER SPORTS

10:30 a.m., NBC — Team USA Winter Champions Series, Big Air Snowboarding, at Copper Mountain, Colo.

12:30 p.m., NBCSN — Team USA Winter Champions Series, Women’s Hockey, United States vs. Canada, at Plymouth, Mich.

3 p.m., NBCSN — Team USA Winter Champions Series, FIL Luge World Cup, Men’s singles, at Park City, Utah (same-day taped)

WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

5 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, championship, at Columbus, Ohio

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