sports this week
ROOT NCAA Basketball Xavier
at Providence. From Dunkin Donuts
Center -- Providence, R.I. (2:00)
Midnight
ESPN2 UFC UFC 160 Cain
Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva 2 From
MGM Grand Garden Arena -- Las
Vegas, Nev. (3:00)
1:00 a.m.
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Genesis
Open. From Riviera Country Club --
Pacific Palisades, Calif. (2:00)
ROOT NCAA Basketball DePaul
at Butler. From Hinkle Fieldhouse
-- Indianapolis, Ind. (2:00)
3:00 a.m.
GOLF EPGA Golf Final Round
World Super 6 Perth. From Lake
Karrinyup Country Club -- Perth,
Australia (4:00)
ROOT NCAA Basketball Arizona
State at Utah. From Jon M. Hunts-
man Center -- Salt Lake City, Utah
(2:00)
3:25 a.m.
ESPN2 Serie A Soccer Fiorentina
at SPAL. From Stadio Paolo Mazza
-- Ferrara, Italy (Live) (2:05)
SUNDAY
7:00 a.m.
TNT NBA Basketball All-Star Sat-
urday Night. From Spectrum Center
-- Charlotte, N.C. (2:30)
8:00 a.m.
ESPN2 Sport Climbing Boulder-
ing Open National Championship.
Redmond, Ore. (1:00)
9:00 a.m.
KEPR KOIN PBR Bull Riding
Bucking Battle. St. Louis, Mo.
(1:00)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game
(Live) (1:00)
UNI Fútbol Central (0:30)
9:30 a.m.
KNDU KGW NHL Hockey N.Y.
Rangers at Pittsburgh. From PPG
Paints Arena -- Pittsburgh, Pa.
(Live) (2:30)
UNI MFL Fútbol America at
UNAM. From Estadio Olimpico Uni-
versitario -- Mexico City, Mexico
(Live) (2:30)
10:00 a.m.
KFFX KTVP NASCAR RaceDay
(Live) (1:30)
KEPR KOIN NCAA Basketball
Ohio State at Michigan State. From
Breslin Students Events Center -- E.
Lansing, Mich. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN NCAA Basketball Wichita
State at Cincinnati. From Fifth Third
Arena -- Cincinnati, Ohio (Live)
(2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball
Women’s Maryland at Iowa. From
Carver-Hawkeye Arena -- Iowa City,
Iowa (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round
Genesis Open. From Riviera Coun-
try Club -- Pacific Palisades, Calif.
(Live) (1:45)
ROOT NCAA Basketball Women’s
Virginia T. vs. Georgia Tech. (Live)
(2:00)
11:30 a.m.
KFFX KTVP NASCAR Auto
Racing Monster Energy Cup
Series Daytona 500. From Daytona
International Speedway -- Daytona
Beach, Fla. (Live) (4:00)
11:45 a.m.
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game
(Live) (0:15)
Noon
KEPR KOIN PGA Golf Final
Round Genesis Open. From Riviera
Country Club -- Pacific Palisades,
Calif. (Live) (3:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball
Women’s Miami at Louisville. From
KFC Yum Center -- Louisville, Ky.
(Live) (2:00)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Final Round
Chubb Classic. From The Classics at
Lely Resort Golf and Country Club
-- Naples, Fla. (Live) (2:00)
ROOT NCAA Basketball Women’s
Virginia vs. North Carolina. (Live)
(2:00)
12:30 p.m.
KNDU KGW NHL Hockey St.
Louis at Minnesota. From Xcel
Energy Center -- St. Paul, Minn.
(Live) (2:30)
2:00 p.m.
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball
Women’s Tennessee at Missouri.
From Mizzou Arena -- Columbia,
Mo. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF LPGA Golf Final Round
Australian Open. From The Grange
Golf Club -- Grange, Australia
(1:30)
ROOT NCAA Basketball Women’s
Kansas State vs. Texas. (Live) (2:00)
4:00 p.m.
ESPN UFC UFC Preliminaries From
Talking Stick Resort Arena -- Phoe-
nix, Ariz. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Softball Women’s
St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invita-
tional. Tennessee vs. Florida State.
From Eddie C. Moore Complex --
Clearwater, Fla. (Live) (2:00)
TNT NBA Tip-Off (Live) (1:20)
4:30 p.m.
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round
Genesis Open. From Riviera
Country Club -- Pacific Palisades,
Calif. (5:00)
5:00 p.m.
ROOT MLR Rugby Toronto vs.
Seattle. (Live) (2:00)
TBS NBA Tip-Off (0:20)
5:20 p.m.
TBS TNT NBA Basketball All-
Star Game. From Spectrum Center
-- Charlotte, N.C. (Live) (2:40)
6:00 p.m.
ESPN UFC UFC Francis Ngannou
vs. Cain Velasquez From Talking
Stick Resort Arena -- Phoenix, Ariz.
(Live) (3:00)
ESPN2 Poker 2018 World Series.
(1:00)
7:00 p.m.
ESPN2 Poker 2018 World Series.
(1:00)
ROOT NCAA Basketball San
Francisco at Portland. From Chiles
Center -- Portland, Ore. (2:00)
8:00 p.m.
TNT NBA Basketball All-Star
Game. From Spectrum Center --
Charlotte, N.C. (2:30)
9:00 p.m.
ESPN2 UFC UFC Fight Night Pre-
liminaries From Talking Stick Resort
Arena -- Phoenix, Ariz. (2:00)
ROOT NCAA Basketball Pep-
perdine at St. Mary’s Col.. From
McKeon Pavilion -- Moraga, Calif.
(2:00)
9:30 p.m.
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Final Round
Chubb Classic. From The Classics at
Lely Resort Golf and Country Club
-- Naples, Fla. (2:00)
11:00 p.m.
ESPN2 UFC UFC Fight Night
Francis Ngannou vs. Cain Velas-
quez From Talking Stick Resort
Arena -- Phoenix, Ariz. (3:00)
ROOT MLR Rugby Toronto vs.
Seattle. (2:00)
11:30 p.m.
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round
Genesis Open. From Riviera
Country Club -- Pacific Palisades,
Calif. (4:30)
1:00 a.m.
ROOT NCAA Basketball Seton
Hall at Creighton. From CHI Health
Center -- Omaha, Neb. (2:00)
3:00 a.m.
ROOT NCAA Basketball Villano-
va at St. John’s. From Carnesecca
Arena -- Jamaica, N.Y. (2:00)
MONDAY
8:00 a.m.
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Final Round
Chubb Classic. From Twin Eagles
Golf Club -- Naples, Fla. (2:00)
10:00 a.m.
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round
Genesis Open. From Riviera
Country Club -- Pacific Palisades,
Calif. (5:00)
10:30 a.m.
ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:30)
Noon
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
4:00 p.m.
ESPN NCAA Basketball Vir-
ginia at Virginia T.. From Cassell
Coliseum -- Blacksburg, Va. (Live)
(2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball
Women’s Notre Dame vs. N.C.
State. From Reynolds Coliseum --
Raleigh, N.C. (Live) (2:00)
ROOT DFL Soccer M’Gladbach
at Frankfurt. From Commerzbank-
Arena -- Frankfurt, Germany (2:00)
6:00 p.m.
ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live)
(2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball
Women’s Oregon at Oregon State.
From Gill Coliseum -- Corvallis,
Ore. (Live) (2:00)
8:00 p.m.
USA WWE Monday Night Raw
(3:00)
10:00 p.m.
ROOT MLR Rugby Toronto vs.
Seattle. (2:00)
11:30 p.m.
ESPN2 UFC UFC Fight Night 55
Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping
From Allphones Arena -- Sydney,
Australia (2:00)
Midnight
ROOT Fight Sports MMA (1:00)
1:00 a.m.
ROOT Fight Sports: World
Championship Kickboxing (1:00)
1:30 a.m.
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:30)
TUESDAY
8:00 a.m.
GOLF EPGA Golf Final Round
World Super 6 Perth. From Lake
Karrinyup Country Club -- Perth,
Australia (2:00)
10:30 a.m.
ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:30)
11:00 a.m.
GOLF LPGA Golf Final Round
Australian Open. From The Grange
Golf Club -- Grange, Australia
(4:00)
TNT UEFA BR Football Match-
day (Live) (1:00)
Noon
ESPN2 NFL Live (2:00)
TNT UEFA Soccer Round of 16
Champions League. Bayern Munich
vs. Liverpool. (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m.
TNT UEFA BR Football Post-
Match (Live) (0:30)
4:00 p.m.
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball
(Live) (2:00)
4:30 p.m.
ROOT FIA Auto Racing Formula E
Championship Mexico City E-Prix.
Mexico City, Mexico (1:00)
5:30 p.m.
ROOT NHRA Drag Racing Po-
mona, Calif. (3:00)
6:00 p.m.
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball
(Live) (2:00)
8:30 p.m.
ROOT Champions Tennis Clas-
sics QQQ Series 2018 Legends.
Newport, R.I. (2:00)
10:30 p.m.
ROOT PBA Bowling Players
Championship. From Wayne Webb’s
Columbus Bowl -- Columbus, Ohio
(2:00)
11:00 p.m.
GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)
11:30 p.m.
ESPN2 UFC UFC Preliminaries
From Talking Stick Resort Arena --
Phoenix, Ariz. (2:00)
12:30 a.m.
ROOT Poker Heartland Tour.
(1:00)
1:30 a.m.
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:30)
ROOT Poker Night in America
(0:30)
2:00 a.m.
GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)
ROOT WPT Poker Five Diamond
Classic. (1:00)
3:00 a.m.
ROOT WPT Poker Berlin, Ger-
many (1:00)
4:00 a.m.
ROOT Fight Sports MMA (1:00)
5:00 a.m.
ROOT Fight Sports: World
Championship Kickboxing (1:00)
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sports feature
Outdoor battle of Pennsylvania: Flyers host Penguins in Stadium Series
By Ryan Guebert
TV Media
L
incoln Financial Field, home of the
Philadelphia Eagles, is set to host the
2019 NHL Stadium Series on Saturday,
Feb. 23, when the Philadelphia Flyers host
the outdoor game against their archrival
Pittsburgh Penguins. Tune in to NBC for
live coverage of the outdoor battle of
Pennsylvania.
This year’s game is a rematch of the
2017 Stadium Series at Heinz Field in
Pittsburgh. The Penguins won that game
4-2 in front of more than 67,000 fans in
attendance. This year’s game is expected
to have the second-largest crowd in Sta-
dium Series history with nearly 70,000
fans — Levi’s Stadium had 70,205 in at-
tendance to watch the Los Angeles Kings
defeat the San Jose Sharks in 2015.
Following the all-star break, the Pen-
guins were hanging onto a wild card
spot while the Flyers were six positions
outside of a playoff berth, appearing
destined to miss the post-season for the
fourth time in seven seasons since Claude
Giroux was named team captain in 2013.
After last season, when he had a career-
making year with 102 points, Giroux
has done his part in leading the team in
points, but his underperformance has
trickled down to players such as Jakub
Voracek, Wayne Simmonds and James
van Riemsdyk.
The Penguins are having an unfamiliar-
ly difficult season as they risk missing the
post-season for the first time since cap-
tain Sidney Crosby’s rookie season, 2005-
06. In that period of time, the Penguins
have won the Stanley Cup three times.
The team seems to grow stronger from
season to season, adding players such
as Patric Hörnqvist (2014), Phil Kessel
(2015) and Derick Brassard (2018), while
young prospects such as Olli Määttä,
Jake Guentzel and Matt Murray continue
to develop, showing promise for the fu-
ture of the organization when franchise
mainstays Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris
Letang have moved on.
Find out if the Flyers can respond from
two years ago and grab a Stadium Series
win over the Penguins at Lincoln Financial
Field on Saturday, Feb. 23. Tune in to NBC
for live coverage of the longstanding
Pennsylvanian rivalry.
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