Happy New Year. A great week of football greets us for the first HD Sportsman of 2010. The BCS National Championship, a pair of unbeatens in the Fiesta Bowl and Wild-card weekend in the NFL.
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Hard to argue with Thursday’s BCS National Championship (8 p.m. ABC 720p). Alabama and Texas will square off for the right to be called the best college team in the country, or at least for the right to be part of the TCU/Boise State should have been in that game argument.
Here’s the rest of the week, …

Darn day job got in the way of my hobby this week, so I’m a bit late, apologies. Below you’ll find your hearty helping of holiday competitions, including seven bowl games this week and five NBA games on Christmas day. Merry Christmas!
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Saturday’s Meineke Car Care Bowl between Pittsburgh and North Carolina is looking like the best of the slate bowl games this week.
Here’s the rest of the week, big games in BOLD.
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Slow going early in the week, Thursday’s action consists only of an NBA doubleheader on TNT. Things pick up over the weekend, however, as we get our first trio of bowl games, all on ESPN.
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Despite the trio of city-named bowl games this weekend, the No. 10 North Carolina and No. 2 Texas matchup in college basketball on Saturday (2 p.m. ESPN) is too good to pass up.
Here’s the rest of the week, big games in BOLD.
Bowl Games in RED
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Things are  a bit less chaotic this week as college football mostly takes a break until Bowl season starts, though Army Navy (CBS 2:30 p.m.) and the Division II title game (ESPN2 1 p.m.) are both Saturday. Otherwise, there’s some good college hoops to pick from all week long along with the normal NBA/NHL schedules.
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College basketball gets the spotlight for the first time, with traditional powerhouses No.4 Kentucky and No. 13 Connecticut squaring off Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden in New York as part of the SEC/Big East Invitational.
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Florida and Alabama met in last year’s SEC Title game with the Gators coming out on top. ‘Bama gets a rematch Saturday.
We’re sticking with the full-week post again this week, and likely for the foreseeable future as College Football winds down. Let us know if you prefer this or the twice-weekly posts. Looking ahead to the first week in December, there’s a lot to like. New England tries to give New Orleans its first loss of the season Monday night (ESPN 8 p.m.). There’s some great college basketball this week …

An extra-large helping of sports for an extra-large week. Happy Thanksgiving, not only can you feast all day Thursday, you can feast on sports all week long. This is by far the busiest week we’ve seen since the NCAA Basketball Tournament’s opening week. College basketball tournaments make up most of the schedule, but the NBA, NHL, NFL and college football make multiple appearances as well.
Since this is a holiday week, I’ve posted the entire schedule for the week instead of the usual weekday and weekend posts. I’ll try to get …

College hoops makes a triumphant return to the airwaves this week, including a 24-hour marathon on the ESPN family. Top-25 football teams tangle on Thursday as well, it’s a big week for sports.

It’s football overload this weekend. Sunday’s NASCAR race on ABC at 3 p.m. is the only non-pigskin national sporting event on TV this Saturday and Sunday. The college football regualar season is nearing an end, and conference title races are heating up. In the NFL, one of the great rivalries today is renewed when New England heads to Indianapolis Sunday night on NBC.
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There are many games Saturday that have conference title implications, but Iowa heading to Ohio State is essentially the Big Ten title game and a trip to the …

Football frenzy starts early this week as college games start on Tuesday when Ohio heads to Buffalo for a MAC showdown on ESPN2. In the NBA, there’s a couple conference finals rematches, and Friday night, college basketball kicks off across the country. ESPNU has the Morehead State at Kentucky game at 6:30 p.m. Note: Had a big weekend of kids birthdays so we’re a bit late starting this week.
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As excited as I am for college basketball, the one matchup this week doesn’t excite me …

The Yankees have a commanding 3-1 lead in the World Series and could wrap up their 27th title Monday night in Philadelphia (7:57 p.m. FOX). TNT and ESPN have NBA action starting Wednesday night, highlighted by Cleveland’s trip to New York on Friday (8 p.m. EPSN). Finally, college football on the ESPN networks along with MLS playoffs.