The Pittsburgh Steelers have a crucial role Christmas Day game against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Pittsburgh Panthers are going bowling on Boxing Day, and the Pittsburgh Penguins will close out 2024 with a prime-time game on New Year’s Eve.
And all of this is happening after Penn State began its quest for the elusive college football championship when it hosts SMU in the first round of College Football Playoffs.
The sixth-ranked Nittany Lions will face the 11th-ranked SMU Mustangs at noon on Saturday, December 21.
The PSU – SMU game will be broadcast on TNT and broadcast on MAX.
Here’s when and how to watch other Western Pennsylvania sports over the holidays.
Steelers host Super Bowl champion Chiefs on Christmas Day
The Steelers will host Travis KelcePat Mahomes and the rest of the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs in a Christmas Day Match this will have implications for playoff seeding.
THE Steelers-Chiefs Christmas Day Game begins at 1 p.m. and will be streamed exclusively on Netflix.
This is the first game of the NFL’c Christmas Day doubleheader on Netflix.
The Houston Texans will host their AFC rivals, the Baltimore Ravens, with kickoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
The Steelers will not play again until facing the Joe Burrow-led Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, January 5.
Pittsburgh Panthers playing at bowl game
The Pittsburgh Panthers finished the college football season with a 7-5 record overall and a 3-5 record overall. Atlantic Coast Conferenceand were rewarded with an invitation to the post-Christmas GameAbove Sports Bowl.
The Panthers will travel to Motown to take on the 7-5 Toledo Rockets in the GameAbove Sports Bowl on Thursday, December 26.
The GameAbove Sports Bowl will begin at 2 p.m. and ESPN will broadcast the broadcast and live stream.
Penguins close tough first half with New Year’s Eve road game
The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to close out a disappointing first half of the season when they visit the Detroit Red Wings on New Year’s Eve.
The puck will drop at Penguins-Red Wings at 8 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.
The Penguins’ road trip to open the new year continues with games against the Florida Panthers on Friday, January 3 and the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, January 5.
Damon C. Williams is a Philadelphia-based journalist covering news stories in the Mid-Atlantic region.
This article originally appeared in the Beaver County Times: How to watch Steelers-Chiefs and other holiday season sports games
