Sports Looking Back: Dec. 28, 2024

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ON TELEVISION

SATURDAY

• COLLEGE FOOTBALL – Wasabi Fenway Bowl: Connecticut vs North Carolina, 10 a.m. (TSN5); Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Boston College vs Nebraska, 11 a.m. (ABC); Pop Tarts Bowl: Iowa State at Miami, 2:30 p.m. (ABC); Valero Alamo Bowl: BYU vs Colorado, 6:30 p.m. (ABC)

• NFL – Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots, noon (CTV); Denver Broncos at Cincinatti Bengals, 3:30 p.m. (CTV); Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams, 7 p.m. (CTV)

• HOCKEY – World juniors: Kazakhstan vs Czechia, noon (TSN); Latvia vs United States, 2:30 p.m. (TSN); Spengler Cup: Canada vs Staubing Tigers, 1 p.m. (TSN3);

• NHL – Montreal Canadiens at Florida Panthers, noon (TSN2); Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings, 3 p.m. (SNW); Seattle Kraken at Vancouver Canucks, 3 p.m. (SNP); Washington Capitals at Toronto Maple Leafs, 6 p.m. (CBC); Ottawa Senators at Winnipeg Jets, 6 p.m. (SN360); Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks, 9 p.m. (CBC)

• RUGBY – Premership: Harlequins vs Leicester Tigers, noon (SNW); United Championship: Connacht vs Ulster, 2 p.m. (SNW)

• COLLEGE BASKETBALL – Creighton at St. John’s, 12:30 p.m. (FOX); North Carolina Central at North Carolina, 1 p.m. (CBS); Utah State at San Diego State, 5 p.m. (FOX)

• PWHL – Montreal Victoire at Minnesota Frost, 1 p.m. (CBC);

• NBA – Miami Heat at Atlanta Hawks, 2 p.m. (SN1); Oklahoma City Thunder at Charlotte Hornets, 5 p.m. (SN1); Phoenix Suns at Golden State Warriors; 7:30 p.m. (SN1)

• LACROSSE – Ottawa Black Bears at Toronto Rock, 6 p.m. (TSN)

SUNDAY

• HOCKEY – World juniors: Switzerland vs Sweden, 11 a.m. (TSN); United States vs Finland, 1:30 p.m. (TSN4); Czechia vs Slovakia, 4 p.m. (TSN); Canada vs Germany, 6:30 p.m. (TSN)

• RUGBY – Premership: Exeter Chiefs vs Gloucester, 9 a.m. (SNW)

• NFL – New York Jets at Buffalo Bills, noon (CTV); Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, noon (FOX); Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, noon (TSN3); Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns, 3 p.m. (TSN3); Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings, 3:25 p.m. (CTV); Atlanta Falcons at Washington Commanders, 7:15 p.m. (CTV)

• PWHL – Ottawa Charge at New York Sirens, noon (TSN2)

• NHL – Edmonton Oilers at Anaheim Ducks, 3 p.m. (SNW); Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning, 4 p.m. (TSN2); Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings, 4 p.m. (SN360); Ottawa Senators at Minnesota Wild, 7 p.m. (TSN5); Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights, 7 p.m. (SNW); Dallas Stars at Chicago Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m. (SN360); Philadelphia Flyers at Los Angeles Kings, 8 p.m. (SN1)

• NBA – Atlanta Hawks at Toronto Raptors, 5 p.m. (SN1); San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves, 7 p.m. (TSN2)

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 60 YEARS AGO — Charlie Quinn and his foursome of Garth Forsythe, Del Buchanan and Cliff Haines staged a dramatic comeback at the Brandon Curling Club to nail down top honours in the MacArthur competition in the annual Travellers Bonspiel.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Nancy Sharratt scored 16 points to lead the Vincent Massey Vikings of Brandon to a 39-25 victory over Dakota Lancerettes and the championship of the high school girls’ division in the Golden Boy basketball classic.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Howard Hole scored with just 2:25 remaining to give the Boissevain Border Kings a 4-3 triumph over the visiting Souris Elks in the SouthWest Hockey League. Tim Janz, Ken Hole and Don Campbell also scored for Boissevain.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Mike Cann is getting ready to take on the world. The 16-year-old Brandon Wheat Kings rookie defenceman from Cochrane, Alta., will suit up for Team Pacific in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Lethbridge, Alta.