Bay Area Sports Calendar, Feb. 20-22

The next three days deliver a nonstop parade of championship-level action for Bay Area viewers, from Olympic medal finals on the mountains and ice to NASCAR’s first West Coast swing of the season and a marquee NBA matinee at Chase Center.

Olympic Winter Games coverage dominates weekday mornings and afternoons across NBCUniversal platforms. Thursday’s highlights include the men’s freeski halfpipe final at 10:30 a.m. and the two-woman bobsled opening runs at 9 a.m., both carried on KNTV (11), KCRA (3) and KSBW (8). Curling continues with the women’s semifinals at 5:05 a.m. on Peacock and the men’s bronze-medal match at 10:05 a.m., while short-track speed skating crowns the women’s 1,500-meter and men’s relay champions at 11:15 a.m. on USA Network.

Friday brings more hardware. The men’s curling gold-medal game airs at 10:05 a.m. on CNBC, followed by the women’s freeski halfpipe final at 10:30 a.m. on the local NBC affiliates. Bobsledders complete their third and decisive runs at 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m., and the figure-skating exhibition gala caps competition at 11:55 a.m. The men’s hockey bronze-medal game faces off at 11:40 a.m. on USA, setting the stage for Saturday’s 5:10 a.m. gold-medal showdown on KNTV, KCRA and KSBW. The Closing Ceremony begins Sunday at 11:30 a.m. on the same stations.

Stock-car fans can tune to FS1 at noon Thursday for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series qualifying at the Fr8 Racing 208. The Cup Series follows with Autotrader 400 qualifying at 8 a.m. Friday on Prime Video and the main event at noon Sunday on KTVU (2) and KTXL (40).

Tennis Channel carries ATP quarterfinals from both Rio de Janeiro and Delray Beach at 10 a.m. Thursday, then shifts to semifinals and the WTA final in Doha on Friday at 10 a.m. Weekend play concludes with Sunday-morning semifinals and finals.

College basketball tips off Thursday at 11 a.m. when Southern Illinois-Edwardsville visits Tennessee State on ESPNU, followed by Kansas State at Texas Tech at 11:30 a.m. on KTVU and KTXL. Cincinnati travels to Kansas at 10 a.m. on KPIX (5), KOVR (13) and KION (46). San Jose State’s men continue Mountain West play at Boise State at 1 p.m. on the Mountain West Network.

The PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational airs at noon Thursday, Friday and Saturday on KPIX, KOVR and KION.

Soccer features a pair of MLS clashes: Atlanta at Cincinnati at 1:30 p.m. Saturday on KTVU and KTXL, then the San Jose Earthquakes host Sporting Kansas City at 7:30 p.m. on Apple TV channels 680 and 104.5 FM. English Championship action includes Stoke City vs. Leicester City at 4:30 a.m. Saturday on CBSSN and the Sheffield derby at 4 a.m. Sunday, also on CBSSN. NBC Sports Network and Peacock combine for Crystal Palace vs. Wolves at 6 a.m. Sunday, while CBSSN shows Livingston vs. Rangers at 7 a.m.

The NBA’s lone local appearance comes Sunday at 12:30 p.m. when the Denver Nuggets visit the Golden State Warriors on KGO (7), KXTV (10) and 95.7 FM. Later that afternoon the Lakers host Boston at 3 p.m. on KNTV, KCRA and KSBW, and the Santa Cruz Warriors continue their G League schedule at 3 p.m. on NBA TV and NBC Sports Bay Area Plus.

With medal counts to settle, playoff seeds to secure and points to chase on tracks, courts and pitches around the globe, Bay Area screens will be buzzing from dawn well past dusk through the weekend.

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