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About Last Night ...
What you missed while furiously scrubbing red-white-and-blue paint off of your face ... • NHL Playofs: Hurricane Recchi puts Carolina one step from Stanley Cup. • World Cup: George and Yortuk Festrunk, the two wild and crazy guys, feel a bulge in their tight American pants at this result: Czech Repu...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you can't remember which beer can was shaken vigorously and which wasn't ... • College baseball: NCAA Division I super regionals, Game 3, Sites and teams TBA. Yeah, see, that's not really much help. [ESPN] • Stanley Cup finals, Game 4, Carolina at Edmonton. The Oil vs. Water series ...

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What you missed while hitting Bullock's knuckles repeatedly with your face ... • NBA Finals: Shaq gets schooled, ducks press, gets fined, Mavs go up 2-0 on Heat. • Franch Open: Nadal wins it all ... come on, he was player Federer. Nadal owns Federer. • MLB: Cubs beat Reds 9-3, ushering in baseball's...

To Watch Tonight...
• NBA Finals: Miami Heat @ Dallas Mavericks. At this point, I can't even enjoy a sporting event if Tom Petty isn't involved. 9:00, ABC. • MLB: Cleveland Indians @ Chicago White Sox. Seems like the Indians always play on Sunday night. Let someone else have a chance. 8:00, MLB. • Movie: Eight Men Out....

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• NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Carolina 1, Edmonton 2. Well, when you can't figure anything else out, just plow into the goalie and hope for the best. Seems like it's a series now....

To Watch Tonight...
• NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Carolina Hurricanes @ Edmonton Oilers. "I don't get OLN" is no longer an acceptable excuse not to watch. So you'll need to come up with another one. 8:00, NBC. • NASCAR: Busch Series, Federated Auto Parts 300. And "I wanted to watch the NASCAR race" is not going to do, eith...

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• MLB: Phillies 8, Nationals 9. Twelve innings and thirteen pitchers used in this one. The 10,000th fan in the building today gets to throw the 9th inning for the Nationals....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Russell Crowe heaves a phone in your general direction ... • Boxing: Welterweights, Brian Minto vs. Danny Batchelder, at Atlantic City. [ESPN2] • College baseball: NCAA Division I, super regionals: Game 1, North Carolina vs. Alabama [ESPN]; Game 1, Missouri vs. Cal State Fullerton [...

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What you missed while reading up on this sport called "soccer" that they speak of ... • NBA Finals: Terry's 32 help solid-hoofed herbivorous mammals beat the Heat in Game 1. • French Open: Say it with us; Justine Henin-Hardenne. No, once again you've mispronounced it. Anyway, she's in the finals aft...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Yankees prepare to call you up if there's one more injury ... • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees [ESPN], Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati [WGN], Atlanta at Houston [TBS]. Warm up that remote thumb, Kookie. You got some serious surfing to do. • NBA Finals: Game 1, Miami at Dallas. As th...

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What you missed while trying to figure out if your child is the antichrist ... • NHL Playoffs: Someone had better inform Edmonton that this is only a best-of-seven series. 'Canes go up 2-0 behind Ward. • MLB: Carl Everett, of all people, homers in 11th to lead Mariners over Twins 11-10. • Tennis: Ra...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you wait to be drafted ... but don't answer the phone! • Boxing: Light welterweights, Michael Warrick (18-3-0) vs. Demetrius Hopkins (23-0-1), at Atlantic City. ... and the draw was because he scared a guy to death. [ESPN2] • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees. It occurs to us that all...

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What you missed while grooming your ocelot ... • MLB: Alex Cintron's three-run homer leads White Sox over Tig ... wait ... Chicago won a game? Seriously? • Tennis: Venus eclipsed by 17-year-old Nicole Vaidisova in hot, girl-on-girl action at the French Open. • Golf: Vaidisova? She's positively ancie...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you try to make bail ... • College softball: NCAA Division I Women's College World Series, Game 2, Northwestern vs. Arizona, at Oklahoma City. Is there a rule that all pitchers must be blonde? Just asking. [ESPN] • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Houston. We have a feeling that most Astros fan...

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What you missed while teaching your tortoise to use the computer ... • NHL Playoffs: Prehistoric Fossil Fuels lose game, Roloson, possibly series to 'Canes. • MLB: Bonds' 716th homer will have an asterisk; not because of steroids, but because it came against the Marlins. • No soup for you! Wie fails...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch before your pets oust you in a bloodless coup ... • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees. Sit back, relax and watch the game; just as Derek Jeter, Gary Sheffield, etc., will be doing. [ESPN] • College softball: NCAA Division I, World Series, game 1, Northwestern vs. Arizona, at Oklahoma Cit...

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What you missed while bribing the punk kids with a bike ... • French Open: An American in Paris. James Blake ousted, leaving Venus Williams as the last U.S. participant. • MLB: Feliz Navidad. Pedro Feliz wins it in 12th for Giants over Mets. • Motor Sports: The Pros From Dover. Kenseth rallies over ...

To Watch Tonight...
• MLB: Angels @ Indians. The last time I watched CC Sabathia on a Sunday Night on ESPN, it didn't go that well for him. 8:00, ESPN. • Movie: Top Gun. If you need a sports connection, there is that homoerotic volleyball scene. 7:30, Spike. • College Softball: ESPN2: Games 13 & 14. I feel for the ESPN...

About Last Night...
• NBA Playoffs: Mavericks 102, Suns 93. If Avery Johnson's performance as coach of the Mavs proves anything, it's that no matter how goofy your voice might be... you can still succeed in life. Inspirational. • Tennis: Dinara Safina defeats Maria Sharapova. 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. And thus, I am very angry wi...

To Watch Tonight...
• MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ Atlanta Braves. It's the back-end of a Fred Smoot Special today between the D'Backs and Bravos. 7:00, TBS. • NBA Playoffs: Dallas Mavericks @ Phoenix Suns. For the first time in about three months, there's no basketball on tomorrow night. So enjoy this one. 8:30 pm, TNT...