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For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure
Noon, ESPN High School Football. Belle Glades Central (Fla) at Byrnes (SC). This... seems like a bit much. 1:00, CBS. WTA Tennis. U.S. Open Series, Pilot Pen, Final. Justine Henin-Hardenne vs. Lindsay Davenport. 1:00, Fox. MLB. Regional. Cubs @ Cardinals, or Nationals @ Braves. The Cubbies are a t...

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, ESPN. Little League Baseball. Columbus, Ga. vs. Phoenix, Ariz. Famous athletes from Columbus, Georgia: Mack Strong, Frank Thomas, and Tim Hudson. 1:00, TBS. MLB. Atlanta Braves @ Florida Marlins. I'm a Hanley Ramirez fan, and nothing you can say is going to change my mind. 1:00, ESPN2. ATP Ten...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox. MLB. Yankees @ Red Sox, or Cardinals @ Cubs. I heard the Yankees and Red Sox were playing this weekend. Anyone know anything about that? 1:00, ESPN. Little League Baseball. Columbus, Ga. vs. Staten Island, NY. "That's because it's going to Columbus, Georgia. Not Columbus, Ohio. You see ...

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, TBS. MLB. Milwaukee Brewers @ Atlanta Braves. Two of the 19 teams that still have an outside chance at the NL wildcard. 1:00, ESPN. Little League World Series Regional. I'd bean that kid with the mustache. 1:30, NBC. NASCAR. Nextel Cup Sirius Satellite Radio at The Glen. I don't think any of t...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox. MLB. Angels/Yankees, Orioles/Red Sox, Tigers/White Sox. The upside to not being a Yankees fan: You don't have to listen to McCarver today. Find your game here. 2:00, NBC. Busch Series. Zippo 200. If you're looking for something to watch at 2:00, and you don't like baseball. This may be yo...

Scott Van Pelt Has A Way With The Ladies
All told, we actually kind of like ESPN anchor Scott Van Pelt. He's still a knockoff of the tired "wacky" anchor, but he's not as obnoxious about it as he could be. He seems like a dopey, well-meaning fellow who is happy to be on television....

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, TBS. MLB. Braves @ Reds. It's up to John Smoltz to avoid the sweep. 1:30, ABC. Women's Golf. Weetabix Women's British Open. I think Laurie Davies should head to the OB/GYN to get her weetabix checked out. 2:30, NBC. NASCAR. Nextel Cup, All State 400 at the Brickyard. I don't think it's very sa...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, NFL Network. NFL. 2006 Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction. It's also on ESPN at the same time, but stick with the NFL Network. Chris Berman can't hurt you there. 1:00, ESPNU. World Cup Soccer. Australia vs. Japan. Why this is on, I couldn't tell you. 1:00, CBS. Golf. Wonder-Phil. Highlights o...

Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Big East
We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and...

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, TBS. New York Mets @ Atlanta Braves. And this is about as good as its going to get today. 1:00, ESPN. National Pro Fastpitch Softball: Akron Racers @ Philadelphia Force. Sometimes, I think there are too many sports. 1:00, ESPN2. Women's Soccer. Canada vs. United States. Aly Wagner will be ge...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox. MLB. Angels @ Red Sox, or Mets @ Braves. No Tim McCarver here, but there are some who feel that Lou Piniella is more than capable of filling his shoes. 3:00, CBS. Golf. U.S. Bank Championship, Third Round. Corey Pavin and Jeff Sluman are in contention. Is there some short of rule saying...

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
8:00, ABC. Golf. British Open, Final Round. You can still catch a few holes of Tiger breaking out whoopin' stick if you hurry. 1:30, ESPN. IndyCar. ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt 225. Well, if nothing else, President Bush approves. You're doin' a heckuva job, Indy. 2:00, TNT. NASCAR. Nextel Cup, Pennsylva...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
9:00 am, ABC. Golf. British Open, Third Round. The Open continues until 2:30 or so, and we're getting a bit of an early start today to accommodate it and the Tour de France. 1:00, FOX (East). MLB. Cubs @ Nationals, Astros @ Mets, A's @ Tigers. The winners of the Tim McCarver sweepstakes this week?...

Boy, This Busch Stadium Place Is Great
Five minutes before first pitch at 7:05 at Busch Stadium last night, all was well. We were sitting in the bleachers with our father and our fiancee, scorebook and four pens in hand, watching David Eckstein toss pop-ups with a kid who had won some contest. It was hot, but it had been hot all week, ...

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, ESPN. Softball. Japan vs. United States. Is there any way we could just impose the mercy rule before the game starts? 1:00, NBC. Action Sports. Dew Action Sports Tour, Right Guard Open, Day 2. Shaun White was outstanding in yesterday's Vert Finals. I don't know what that means. 1:00, CBS. Cy...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox. MLB. White Sox @ Yankees, or Dodgers @ Cardinals. Find your game here. 1:30, CSTV. Lacrosse. World Championship, Canada vs. Iroquois Nationals. The Iroquois Nationals are the only Native American team sanctioned to compete in any sport internationally. See, you learned something today. ...

Departure Of Arena Football Set To Cripple NBC
It's a day we've all been dreading. The Arena Football League's deal with NBC has expired, and NBC has opted not to renew it. I know, I'm as upset about it as you are. We shared so much this season through the ups and downs of the Arena League. It brought us all closer together....

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:30, Speed. Auto Racing. Formula One Racing United States Grand Prix. I don't know what it is that makes all these Prixs so damn Grand. 1:00, TBS. MLB. Orioles @ Braves. Someday, I'm going to buy a TV network and show my favorite team's games all the time. 1:00, ESPM. Golf. Trump Million Dollar ...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Lifetime. Movie. A League Of Their Own. Just in case you can't wait for Rosie O'Donnell to take her place on The View. 1:00, Speed. Auto Racing. Formula One Racing United States Grand Prix Qualifying. If you don't watch the qualifying, tomorrow's big race won't mean anything to you. 1:00, Fox ...

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:30, Speed: Formula One Racing. Grand Prix of Canada. Winner gets a lifetime supply of Celine Dion albums and Tim Horton Donuts. 1:00, TBS: MLB. Braves @ Devil Rays. The kind of matchup for which interleague play was created. 2:30, NBC: Tennis. Wimbledon Preview. Probably your best chance today at...