COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ESPN will televise all five Bowl Championship Series games, including the Discover BCS National Championship (No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Alabama) on Monday, Jan. 7, at 8:30 p.m. ET.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ABC will combine to televise six games on New Year’s Day:
- Noon: TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl (Mississippi State vs. No. 20 Northwestern) on ESPN2 and Heart of Dallas Bowl (Purdue vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State) on ESPNU.
- 1 p.m.: Capital One Bowl (No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 16 Nebraska) on ABC and Outback Bowl (No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 18 Michigan) on ESPN.
- 5 p.m.: Rose Bowl Game Presented by Vizio (Wisconsin vs. No. 6 Stanford) on ESPN.
- 8:30 p.m.: Discover Orange Bowl (No. 15 Northern Illinois vs. No. 12 Florida State) on ESPN.
TENNIS
The Australian Open, tennis’ first Grand Slam of the year, will begin Sunday, Jan. 13, at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2, with daily, extensive coverage totaling more than xx hours and continuing through the women’s (Saturday, Jan. 26, at 3 a.m.) and men’s (Sunday, Jan. 27, at 3 a.m.) finals.
NBA
ESPN’s 14-game schedule in January will include a special Martin Luther King, Jr. Day afternoon game – Indiana at Memphis, home of the National Civil Rights Museum, Monday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m.
ABC will televise a doubleheader on Sunday, Jan. 27, including an Eastern Conference Finals rematch – Miami at Boston at 1 p.m. and Oklahoma City visiting the LA Lakers at 3:30 p.m.
X GAMES ASPEN 2013
The X Games, the premier winter action sports event in the world, will be held January 24-27, from Aspen, Colo. The annual event features athletes from across the globe competing for medals and prize money in the following sports: Skiing, Snowboard and Snowmobile. All Winter X Games competitions will take place at the resort’s Buttermilk Mountain. Winter X Games 17 will air live nightly on ESPN.
Live Telecast Schedule
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men’s
- ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU January schedules will total more than 75 games, including six games of intra-conference games Monday, Jan. 14, to mark Martin Luther King Day.
Women’s
- The month’s 19-game schedule on ESPN2 and ESPNU will include tripleheaders on ESPNU Sunday, Jan. 6 and 13 and on ESPN2 Sunday, Jan. 20. .
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup | Network |
| Sun, Jan 6 | 11:30 a.m. | St. John’s at Rutgers | ESPNU |
| 1:30 p.m. | Florida State at Maryland | ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Mississippi | ESPNU | |
| Sun, Jan 13 | 11:30 a.m. | Tennessee at Florida | ESPNU |
| 1:30 p.m. | Kentucky at Missouri | ESPNU | |
| 2 p.m. | Nebraska at Penn State | ESPN2 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Rutgers at Notre Dame | ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | California at Stanford | ESPN2 | |
| Mon, Jan 14 | 4:30 p.m. | Norfolk State at Howard | ESPNU |
| Sun, Jan 20 | noon | St. John’s at Notre Dame | ESPNU |
| 3 p.m. | Maryland at Georgia Tech | ESPN2 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | UCLA at California | ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | Texas A&M at Georgia | ESPN2 | |
| Mon, Jan 21 | 7 p.m. | Duke at Connecticut | ESPN2 |
| Sun, Jan 27 | 1:30 p.m. | St. John’s at Louisville | ESPNU |
| 2 p.m. | North Carolina at Miami (Fla.) | ESPN2 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Missouri at Texas A&M | ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | Purdue at Michigan State | ESPN2 | |
| Mon, Jan 28 | 7 p.m. | Notre Dame at Tennessee | ESPN2 |
MISCELLANEOUS
- Major League Soccer Draft live Thursday, Jan. 10, at noon on ESPN2.
- ESPN2’s weekly Boxing series returns from its winter hiatus Friday, Jan. 4 at 10 p.m.
- Barclays Premier League: Saturday, Jan. 14 and 21, at 7:30 a.m. on ESPN2.
- PBA World Championship from Las Vegas – Sunday, Jan. 6 and Jan. 13, at 1 p.m. on ESPN.
- The semifinals and finals from the World Cup of Trick Shots (billiards) on ESPN2 Sunday, Jan. 6, beginning at 1 p.m.
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