On the air
NHRA Drag Racing: Friday Nitro Pomona, season-opening Winternationals, Pomona, Calif.: 6 p.m., FS1
BIATHLON
IBU World Cup: men’s 20km and women’s 15km individual, Alberta (taped): 7 p.m., NBCSN
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
St. Louis at St. Joseph’s: 7 p.m., ESPN2 Canisius at Rider: 7 p.m., ESPNU
Georgia State at Louisiana-Lafayette: 9 p.m., ESPN2
Kent State at Akron: 9 p.m., ESPNU
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Georgetown at Marquette: 8 p.m., FS1
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (WOMEN’S)
Auburn at Florida: 7 p.m., SEC
LSU at Kentucky: 8:30 p.m., SEC
Colorado College at St. Cloud State: 9 p.m., CBSSN
COLLEGE WRESTLING
Penn State at Ohio State: 8:30 p.m., BTN
FIGURE SKATING
Four Continents Championships: ladies’ free skate, Anaheim, Calif.: 12 a.m. (Saturday), NBCSN
GOLF
PGA Tour Champions Golf: Oasis Championship, first round, Boca Raton, Fla.: 12 p.m., GOLF
PGA Tour Golf: AT&T Pebble Peach ProAm, second round, Monterey, Calif.: 3 p.m., GOLF
European Tour Golf: ISPS Handa Vic Open, men’s and women’s third round, Australia: 9 p.m., GOLF
Minnesota at New Orleans: 9:30 p.m., ESPN
NHL
Carolina at RANGERS: 8 p.m., NHL, MSG+
SKIING
FIS World Alpine Championships: women’s supercombined (downhill), Sweden (taped): 9 a.m., NBCSN
FIS World Alpine Championships: women’s super-combined (slalom), Sweden: 10 a.m., NBCSN
FIS World Freestyle Championships: moguls competition, Utah: 9 p.m., NBCSN
SNOWBOARDING
FIS World Freestyle Championships: halfpipe, Utah: 1 p.m., NBCSN
SOCCER
Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen vs. FSV Mainz : 2:20 p.m., FS2