HD Sportsman – Feb. 15-22

One thing to note right off the top: With the sheer amount of Olympics coverage, we’re not going to cover every event that will be on TV during the two-week run, head to NBC Olympics.com for that. However, we’ll try to highlight the big ones for the day. Relating to Olympic coverage, the downhill skiing (and Lindsey Vonn, pictured above) schedule is all out of whack due to weather issues. All Olympic Coverage on the NBC networks is in 1080i. I’d check NBC’s site for the most up-to-date plans for that. Finally, the NHL is off until March 1 for the Olympic break.

SPOTLIGHT
The Olympics are in the spotlight all week, but the highlight doesn’t come until Sunday at 7:40 p.m. when the USA and Canada square off on the ice in the final day of Men’s group play. Teh game will be aired live on MSNBC (1080i).

Here’s the rest of the week, big games in BOLD.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday

MONDAY, JAN. 25

• 7 p.m. – College Basketball Connecticut at Villanova (720p)
• 9 p.m. – College Basketball Kansas at Texas A&M (720p)

Olympics

• 8 p.m. – Medals awarded in Pairs Figure Skating and Men’s 500 Speed Skating

TUESDAY, JAN. 26

• 7 p.m. – College Basketball Michigan State at Indiana (720p)
• 7 p.m. – College Basketball Wake Forest at Virginia Tech (720p)
• 9 p.m. – College Basketball Kentucky at Mississippi State (720p)

Olympics

• 3 p.m. USA – Men’s Hockey USA vs. Switzerland
• 5:30 p.m. MSNBC – Women’s Hockey USA vs. Russia
• 8 p.m. CNBC – Men’s Hockey Canada vs. Norway
• 8 p.m. – Men’s Figure Skating Short Program, Women’s 500 Speed Skating medal round

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27

• 7 p.m. – College Basketball Notre Dame at Louisville (720p)
• 7 p.m. – College Basketball Duke at Miami (Fl.) (720p)
• 7 p.m. – College Basketball Florida State at Virginia  (720p)
• 9 p.m. – NBA Phoenix at Dallas (720p)
• 9 p.m. – College Basketball Texas at Missouri (720p)
• 9 p.m. – College Basketball Oklahoma at Colorado (720p)

Olympics

• 3 p.m. – Women’s & Men’s CC Sprint medal rounds
• 8 p.m. – Men’s halfpipe finals, men’s 1000m Speed Skating finals

THURSDAY, JAN. 28

• 7 p.m. – College Basketball Auburn at Florida (720p)
• 7 p.m. – College Basketball Syracuse at Georgetown (720p)
• 7 p.m. – College Basketball Vanderbilt at Mississippi (720p)
• 8 p.m. – NBA Denver at Cleveland (1080i)
• 8:30 p.m. – College Basketball UCLA at Washington State (720p)
• 9 p.m. – College Basketball Wisconsin at Minnesota (720p)
• 9 p.m. – College BasketballPittsburgh at Marquette (720p)
• 10:30 p.m. – NBA Boston at LA Lakers (1080i)
• 10:30 p.m. – College Basketball California at Oregon State (720p)

Olympics

• 3 p.m. USA – Men’s Hockey USA vs. Norway
• 8 p.m. CNBC – Men’s Hockey Canada vs. Switzerland (Taped)
• 8 p.m. – Men’s figure skating finals, Women’s 1000m speed skating & half-pipe finals

FRIDAY, JAN. 29

• 7 p.m. – Old Dominion at Northern Iowa (720p)
• 8 p.m. – NBA Dallas at Orlando (720p)
• 10:30 p.m. – NBA Boston at Portland (720p)

Olympics

• 8 p.m. – Ice Dancing begins

SATURDAY, JAN. 30

College Basketball

• 11 a.m. – Siena at Butler (720p)
• 12 p.m. – Seton Hall at West Virginia (720p)
• 12 p.m. – Florida at Ole Miss OR North Carolina at Boston College (1080i)
• 2 p.m. – Duke at Boston College (720p)
  
• 2 p.m. – Louisville at DePaul (720p)
• 3 p.m. – Stanford at Oregon State (720p)
• 4 p.m. – Illinois at Purdue (720p)
• 6 p.m. – Kentucky at Vanderbilt (720p)
• 6 p.m. – Kansas State at Oklahoma (720p)
• 8.m. – College of Charleston at George Mason (720p)
• 9 p.m. – UCLA at Washington (720p)

Other sports

• 2 p.m. – PGA Tour Accenture Match Play (1080i)

Olympics

• 1 p.m. – Women’s Freestyle Skiing, Men’s Ski Jump
• 8 p.m. – Women’s Downhill Super-G finals, men’s and women’s Speed Skating

SUNDAY, JAN. 31

• 12 p.m. – College Basketball Ohio State at Michigan State OR Villanova at Pittsburgh
• 1 p.m.  – NBA Cleveland at Orlando (1080i)
• 2 p.m. – PGA Tour Accenture Match Play Finals (1080i)
• 3:30 p.m.  – NBA Boston at Denver (1080i)
• 7:45 p.m. – College Basketball Virginia Tech at Duke (720p)
• 8 p.m. – NBA Atlanta at Golden State (720p)
• 10:30 p.m. – NBA Utah at Portland (720p)

Olympics

• 3 p.m. – Men’s Hockey Czech Republic vs. Russia
• 8 p.m. – Bobsled’s first medals
• 7:40 p.m. MSNBC – Men’s Hockey USA vs. Canada

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