THIS WEEK’S SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Friday
8:30 am GOLF Golf Today (Live)
11:30am GOLFGainbridgeLPGA,Second
Round. (N)
2:30pm GOLFGolfCentralPregame
(Live)
3:00pm GOLFFarmersInsuranceOpen,
Third Round. (N)
5:00 pm $ Farmers Insurance Open,
Third Round. (N)
2:00 am GOLF DP World Tour Golf Slync. io Dubai Desert Classic, Third Round.
(N)
Saturday
11:30am GOLFGainbridgeLPGA,Third
Round. (N)
2:30pm GOLFFarmersInsuranceOpen,
Final Round. (N)
4:30 pm $ Farmers Insurance Open,
Final Round. (N)
2:00 am GOLF DP World Tour Golf Slync.
io Dubai Desert Classic, Final Round. (N)
Tuesday
3:00 am ESP2 UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane From Aug. 7, 2021. (N)
Saturday
10:00 pm SHO Bellator MMA 273: Ryan Bader vs. Valentin Moldavsky. Bader takes on Moldavsky in the heavyweight main event. From Footprint Center in Phoenix. (N)
Sunday
9:00am CNBCAMASupercrossMonster Energy Series, Round 3. From PETCO Park in San Diego. (Taped)
11:00am FS1ArenaCrossOutlaws:Council Bluffs 1. (N)
Saturday
10:00pm CNBCAMASupercrossMonster Energy Series, Round 4. From Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. (N) crappie, catfish and even alligator gar! (N)
Sunday
3:30 pm CNBC World Rugby Sevens Series Malaga, Day 3. From Estadio Ciudad de Málaga in Málaga, Spain. (N Same-day Tape)
Sunday
6:00 am E! Figure Skating Four Continents Championships - Men’s Free. From Tallinn, Estonia. (N)
Sunday
8:00 am S La Liga Premier Extra (Live)
USA Premier League Mornings (Live) 8:30 am S Fútbol Premier League
(Live)
9:00 am USA Premier League Soccer Arsenal vs Burnley. From Emirates Stadium in London. (N)
11:00am USAPremierLeagueMornings
(Live)
12:00pm CNBCFAWomen’sSuperLeague Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea. From Broadfield Stadium in Crawley, West Sussex, England. (N Same-day Tape)
12:55 pm 7 Fútbol Mexicano Primera División Pumas UNAM vs Tigres UANL. Jornada 3 del Torneo Clausura 2022. Pumas UNAM recibe a Tigres UANL, en el Olímpico Universitario. Los felinos solo perdieron 1 de sus últimos 6 juegos en casa ante los regios por Liga MX. (N)
Thursday
6:00 pm S Rumbo al Mundial (Live) 6:30 pm S FIFA Eliminatorias Copa Mundial 2022 Partido correspondiente a la Jornada 9 de las eliminatorias de Concacaf. Jamaica enfrenta a México. (N)
9:00 pm ESPN FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifying United States vs El Salvador. 3rd Round. (N Same-day Tape)
12:00 am S Rumbo al Mundial (N)
Donovan Mitchell’s formidable game may belong to the Utah Jazz but his rooting interests lie in another sport entirely. And it’s mainly thanks to his father.
Indeed, the 25-year-old All-Star shooting guard spent much of his childhood in Major League locker rooms, the result of his father Donovan Sr. being in the employ of the New York Mets’ front office. So naturally he grew up rooting for the Amazin’s with a poster of David Wright on his bedroom wall in the Mitchells’ suburban New York home.
In fact, the younger Mitchell himself might have had a baseball career had fate not intervened. In his sophomore year at the Canterbury School in Connecticut, he suffered a broken wrist in an infield collision that ended his season. He turned his focus to basketball and transferred to Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, where his play attracted the attention of college recruiters.
After two years at the University of Louisville, where he was First Team All-ACC his sophomore season, Mitchell declared for the 2017 NBA Draft and was selected 13th overall by the Denver Nuggets, then sent to the Jazz in a draft night trade.
Now in his fifth season with the Jazz, Mitchell has established himself as an elite scorer with the ability to take it to the rim or shoot it from beyond the arc and dominate games. With the Jazz owning one of the top seeds in the West, his talents certainly will be instrumental in a postseason run.
Mitchell and the Jazz can be seen in action Wednesday, Jan. 26, when they host the Phoenix Suns in a game airing on ESPN.