A Weekend Filled With Sports

If you’re going to be snowed in this weekend – and folks from Washington, D.C. to Boston just might find themselves in a blizzard – pray that the power stays on. You would like some heat, of course, but you would also like light – the light that emanates from the TV.

Nowhere to go, nothing to do? Put your heiner in the recliner and enjoy your weekend TV six-pack.

Start off on Friday night on the NFL Network with a rebroadcast of Super Bowl I. The NFL Network tried this a week ago with a studio full of babblers talking over the soundtrack of the game. This time it will show the footage it has assembled over the radio play-by-play of the late Jim Simpson. You’ll enjoy seeing Vince Lombardi on the Green Bay Packers’ sideline.

You can watch the Australian Open tennis tournament in the late evening. We’d preview some matches, but we have no concept of what time (or what day) it is on the other side of the world. You’re on your own with that. You can visit www.ausopen.com to get a schedule but it is in Australian, so get out your universal translator as well, mate.

There are plenty of good college basketball games on Saturday. We’re recommending unranked Texas at No. 3 Kansas. Texas just upset No. 6 West Virginia and first-year coach Shaka Smart’s methods are starting to sink in. A little later in the day is No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 13 Baylor. OU comes off an 82-77 loss to Iowa State and had won its previous two games by two points each. Baylor has won five straight.

Sunday is dedicated to the NFL. The conference championship games will decide who goes to Super Bowl 50. The New England Patriots play the Denver Broncos in the AFC matchup that pits Tom Brady against Peyton Manning for the 17th time in their illustrious careers. Brady is 11-5 vs. Manning. On the NFC side, the Arizona Cardinals visit the Carolina Panthers. Starting QBs Carson Palmer and Cam Newton each passed for 35 touchdowns.

Stay warm, stay focused, stay in front of the TV. It’s dangerous outside.
 
 
Post By: Larry Weisman, a longtime sportswriter for USA TODAY, blogs for Twistity.com. Follow him on Twitter @MrLarryWeisman