THREE TO SEE: Battles around the summit feature Southampton, Man United, Packers and Falcons
SOUTH.-MAN UTD.
PREMIER LEAGUE IN ENGLAND West Ham bumped Southampton down to fourth, and Manchester United to fifth, with a win Sunday. A match between the two managers and bitter enemies Louis van Gaal of Man U and Ronald Koeman. Winner vaults back into third place.
TV: TSN, noon
RANGERS-PENGUINS
NHL IN NEW YORK CITY A win for Pittsburgh will propel them into first in the Eastern Conference. This one features two of the league’s leading goal-scorers in Rick Nash and Evgeni Malkin, and a Rangers team that hasn’t seemed like a Stanley Cup finalist.
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, 4 p.m.
PACKERS-FALCONS
NFL IN GREEN BAY, WIS. Hard to believe that Atlanta (5-7) still leads the NFC South. But they’ll need a superlative performance to stop Aaron Rodgers, who’s thrown for 32 TDs and just three interceptions as Green Bay tries to move ahead of Detroit.
ON AIR: TSN, TSN 1410, 5:15 p.m.
What else is on:
MONDAY, DEC. 8
BASKETBALL: Denver Nuggets at Toronto Raptors, 4:30 p.m., TSN2.
TENNIS: International Premier League: Micromax Indian Aces vs. UAE Royals, 8 p.m., TSN2.
TUESDAY, DEC. 9
BASKETBALL: Toronto Raptors at Cleveland Cavaliers, 4 p.m., TSN, TSN2.
HOCKEY: Vancouver Canucks at Montreal Canadiens, 4:30 p.m., SNP, TSN 1040.
SOCCER: UEFA Champions League, Juventus vs. Atletico Madrid,
11:30 a.m., SNWorld; Liverpool vs. Basel, 11:30 a.m., SNP; Real Madrid vs. Ludogorets, 11:30 a.m., SNOne; Arsenal vs. Galatasaray, 2:30 p.m., SNWorld; Olympiacos vs. Malmo (tape), 9 p.m., SNWorld.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10
BASKETBALL: Portland Trail Blazers at Minnesota Timberwolves, 5 p.m., TSN2; Miami Heat at Denver Nuggets, 7:30 p.m., TSN2; Washington State at Gonzaga, 8 p.m., TSN.
GOLF: Omega Dubai Ladies Masters, 11 a.m., GOLF; Australian PGA Championship, 5 p.m., GOLF; Thailand Championship, Alfred Dunhill Championship, 2:30 a.m. (Thurs.), GOLF.
HOCKEY: Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings, 5 p.m., SNP; WHL, Prince Albert at Vancouver, 7 p.m., Pacific Coliseum, SHAW, TSN 1410.
SOCCER: UEFA Champions League, Borussia Dortmund vs. Anderlecht, 9 a.m., SNWorld (TUESDAY?); AS Roma vs. Manchester City, 11:30 a.m., SNP; Chelsea vs. Sporting Portugal, 11:30 a.m., SNWorld; Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain, 11:30 a.m., SNOne; Bayern Munich vs. CSKA Moscow, 2:30 p.m., SNWorld; Porto vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (tape), 3 a.m. (Thurs.), SNWorld; Schalke 04 vs. Maribor (tape), 5 a.m. (Thurs.), SNWorld.