It's really a good deal for Santa Claus. He spends all of Christmas Eve delivering presents, and he can settle in on Christmas Day for some NBA action. It's a key time of the year for the league, with many tuning in for the first time in the new season on Christmas.

Ben Simmons shifted his focus from basketball to fishing, investing in the South Florida Sails Angling Club after his NBA career declined.

Historically, the NFL does not play on Christmas Eve unless it falls on a day of the week when games are normally scheduled. The NFL had a full slate of 10 games on Sunday, December 24 in 2023 and 11 games on Saturday, December 24, 2022 to largely avoid Christmas Day. Prior to that, the NFL hosted just one Christmas Eve game since 2018.

Ben Simmons, former NBA All-Star and No. 1 overall pick, has become a majority owner of the South Florida Sails Angling Club in the Sport Fishing Championship.

The NBA announced that Lakers star Luka Doncic leads the list of the top-10 viewed players across social media platforms this season.

Sports Fishing Championship has brought some big names into the ownership game, including NBA star Ben Simmons

We've played two months of the 2025-26 NBA season and the Christmas Day NBA slate is almost upon us, the best time of the year. Of course, in Yahoo's new fantasy basketball format, High Score, the top output for a player in a given week is all that matters.