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What to watch as TiVo begins recording scenes from your life, including that time you killed a guy (too bad "The Twilight Zone" is cancelled; we'd make a bundle with that one) ... • MLB: New York Yankees at Boston. OK, back to good, old-fashioned intraleague hatred. [ESPN] • NHL Playoffs: Sabres at ...

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What you missed while consoling a sad Johnny Cakes ... • NBA Playoffs: Well, that took longer than it should have. Pistons pull plug on LeBron, Cavs 79-61. • MLB: Our long national nightmare is over. Abreu's five RBI help sink Red Sox, end Phils' five-game loss streak. • NHL Playoffs: Edmonton Fossi...

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• MLB: Yankees @ Mets. The Yankees injury report contains about as many names as the Vietnam War Memorial. 8:00, ESPN....

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• MLB: Marlins 3, Devil Rays 4. And the Marlins tie the MLB record for consecutive games blown after leading in the 9th. The previous record holder? Tampa Bay. So much at stake at 1:15 today....

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• NASCAR: Nextel All-Star Challenge. I'm not sure how an All-Star event works in an individual sport, but okay....

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• MLB: San Francisco 0, Oakland 1. As you may have been able to figure out from the score, Barry Bonds did not homer. Yet, even after that night of baseball, it still led SportsCenter. If only there was a "Diop on Diop" series....

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What to watch as the NSA listens in on your Chinese takeout order ... • NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 6, Detroit at Cleveland; Western Conference semifinals, Game 6, San Antonio at Dallas. These series are not going as planned. We like that. [ESPN] • MLB: Atlanta at Arizona. Home...

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What you missed while taking 28 action photos of Bigfoot, all with the lens cap on ... • NBA Playoffs: Suns Branded — Elton scores 30 as Clippers force Game 7. Haven't we done this already? • MLB: Pujols has two hits and two RBIs to lead Cardin ... no wait, sorry, do-over. University of Illinois gra...

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What to watch while very much enjoying Lima Time ... • PGA Tour: Bank of America Colonial, first round, at Fort Worth. If having a Fred Funk poster on our bedroom wall is wrong, then we don't want to be right. [USA] • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay. It's every young boy's dream to one day wear ...

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What you missed while rockin' in the free world ... • MLB: Posada decides to carry Yankees for awhile longer, gets key hit in 4-3 win over Rangers. • NBA Playoffs: Attention Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea. The Cavs have won in Detroit. We repeat, the Cavs have won! Please hold all bet...

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What to watch as literature hooligans invade your book signing and a melee breaks out ... • MLB: New York Mets at St. Louis. Cardinals fans repeat the line we've heard on the X-Files so many times: "Mulder! I need your help!"[ESPN] • NBA playoffs: Conference semifinals, Game 5, Cleveland at Detroit;...

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What you missed while braiding your sister's hair ... • NBA Playoffs: Here Come The Suns, And I Say, It's Alright. Marion's 36x20 lead Phoenix in 2OT, put Clippers on the brink. • MLB: Kazmir, 22, youngest AL pitcher to six wins since Vida Blue in '71; Devil Rays beat White Sox 10-7. • Tennis: Marti...

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What to watch after your citizens storm the Lego Bastille, and throw you into Lego prison ... • NBA Playoffs: Conference semifinals, Game 5, New Jersey at Miami; Game 5, Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix. How ironic that the Nets' final moments will be shown on the network that gives us the series Wit...

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What you missed while building a Lego city, where you are undisputed king ... • NBA Playoffs: Never before have we heard so much about offensive rebounding in the playoffs — Mavericks take 3-1 series lead over Spurs. Oh, and LeBron ... • MLB: Rangers, Millwood make silence hobbling Yankees, 4-2. It'...

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What to watch as the cast of "Lost" discover that they are really the cast of "Lord of the Flies," just older ... • MLB: Boston at Baltimore. Do they give the cast of "The Wire" free tickets? [ESPN] • MLB: San Francisco at Houston. Hey, the circus is in town! Come see A .217 hitter get an intentiona...

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What you missed after performing acts of Janice ... • NBA Playoffs: We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave. Wade's 31 points help Miami to 102-92 win and 3-1 series lead over Nets. • NHL Playoffs: If the Heat doesn't get you, the Hurricanes will. Another New Jersey team goes down, and FEMA d...

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• MLB: White Sox @ Twins. The game's on ESPN, which, mercifully, means no one has to listen to Hawk Harrelson say, "He gawn!"...

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• NBA Playoffs: Spurs 103, Mavericks 104. Writes a tipster, "...everytime they swing by Greg Poppovich in the background it looks like 'Cougar Row.' " Yeah, I noticed the same thing. But you know, I think there's always a lot of peroxide, push-up bras, and caked-on makeup following Gregg Popovich ar...

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• NHL Playoffs: Sharks 3, Oilers 6. It was probably a strange morning for you if you fell asleep in the 2nd period while the Sharks were kicking back with a comfortable 3-1 lead....

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What to watch as your dog joins the Unification Church ... • Boxing: Super featherweights, Edner Cherry vs. Monty Meza-Clay, at Tampa [ESPN]; Welterweights, Luis Collazo vs. Ricky Hatton, at Boston. Doesn't a welterweight trump a featherweight? Hold on, which is heavier again? [HBO] • NBA Playoffs: ...