In the sports world, many holidays are like any other day for the athletes, coaches, trainers, and everyone else involved in the whole production. Christmas is certainly no exception.
The NBA uses the holiday as its unofficial coming out party for the year, and this particular season, the NFL will have a couple of night games as well to supplement its full slate of Christmas Eve. games.
But for the two biggest teams in Tucson right now, Christmas means leaving family and starting that second half grind.
Both the Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team and the Tucson Roadrunners are due back in town by Christmas afternoon, meaning players and coaches on both of those teams will be traveling throughout the day.