NFL put back-to-back games on Netflix. The Chiefs beat up on the Steelers, and Lamar Jackson ran wild on the Texans for a Ravens win.

The NBA has long dominated Christmas, just as Thanksgiving has become synonymous with football, but viewers got the best of both worlds on Wednesday.

The NBA got the Christmas gift it was hoping for Wednesday. In a Boxing Day announcement, the league said it posted its most-watched Christmas Day slate in five years with an average of 5.25 million viewers across its five games on ABC,

LEBRON James and the NBA are going to have to make room for the NFL on Christmas. That shouldn't be a problem. Both leagues were winners on Wednesday. Netflix set records as the most-streamed NFL games in US history while the NBA had its best holiday numbers in five years according to Nielsen.

It's an 84% rise over the NBA's Christmas numbers from 2023. The Los Angeles Lakers’ 115-113 victory over the Golden State Warriors — a game pitting Olympic teammates LeBron J