SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24
National Football League—Week 16 continues with 10 games:
Green Bay Packers at Carolina Panthers—Noon
Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans—Noon
Washington Commanders at New York Jets—Noon
Indianapolis Colts at Atlanta Falcons—Noon
Seattle Seahawks at Tennessee Titans—Noon
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings—Noon
Jacksonvillle Jaguars at Tampa Bay Buccaneers—3:05 p.m.
Dallas Cowboys at Miami Dolphins—3:25 p.m.
Arizona Cardinals at Chicago Bears—3:25 p.m.
New England Patriots at Denver Broncos—7:15 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League is off for its Christmas break until Wednesday when 9 games are scheduled, including the Saskatoon Blades at home to the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blue and Gold have 23 wins, 8 losses, 2 extra time losses for 48 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. P-A has 17 wins, 15 losses, 2 extra time losses for 36 points…good for 6th place in the East. Prince Albert’s next home game is Saturday, December 30th against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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The I-I-H-F World Under-20 Hockey Championship begins Tuesday in Gothenburg, Sweden. Team Canada is one of 10 nations taking part. They are split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by an eight-team straight knock-out playoff. Team Canada is in Pool A. Among the players on Team Canada’s roster are Saskatoon Blades’ centre Fraser Minten plus Saskatoon product and Moose Jaw Warriors’ centre Brayden Yager. On Tuesday’s opening day schedule…
Team Canada vs Finland—7:30 a.m.
Czechia vs Slovakia—5 a.m.
Norway vs United States—10 a.m.
Latvia vs Sweden—12:30 p.m.
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The National Hockey League is idle until Wednesday for its Christmas break. Fourteen games are scheduled for Wednesday.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 5 of the season starts with 3 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Sunday, December 31st when they are home to the Albany Firewolves. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Pre-Game Show on 92-9, The BULL runs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The BULL will also have a 30-minute Post-Game Show. The Rush have 1 win, 2 losses…tied for 8th place. Albany has 3 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place.
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The National Basketball Association returns to action tomorrow with 5 Christmas Day games. The Toronto Raptors are off until Wednesday when they visit the Washington Wizards at 6 p.m.
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