SURFING THE TUBE: THE WEEK AHEAD : TODAY.Byline: Tom Hoffarth You've got to give credit to Earvin Johnson - a.k.a. ``Magic, a.k.a. ``Buck,'' a.k.a. ``The Grin That Stole Late Night'' - for having the nerve to put his rep on the line and do a late-night talk show when so many others have tried and fouled out. How many people told him a 6-foot-9 point guard couldn't happen either? To prep for this, the one-time Lakers coach says he had regular sessions with a speech coach and an interview coach. Just as long as Del Harris isn't his motivational coach. ``The Magic Hour,'' Channel 11, 11 p.m. weeknights. TUESDAY What's the hook for Magic Johnson's talk show? The billboards say it's his infectious smile. But when Lakers fans think of Magic's most famous hook - that baby one to win Game 4 in the '87 Finals - they're the ones still grinning ear to ear. As part of ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Classic Sports' tribute to the NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association. The team winning the Eastern Conference Finals earns one of the two berths in the championship round, with the other going to the team that wins the Western Conference Finals. , it continues its own special that picks out the most memorable Games 1 through 7 through the years. Tonight, it's the Magic Hour in Boston. ``Ultimate NBA Finals Series:'' Lakers at Boston, Game 4 of the '87 Finals, ESPN Classic Sports, 9 p.m. WEDNESDAY Call it futbol. Call it soccer. You know it's really kickball kick·ball n. A children's game having rules similar to baseball but played with a large ball that is rolled toward homeplate instead of pitched and kicked instead of batted. - or more specifically, it's Nation Ball. As long as everyone plays fair and listens to the teachers on yard duty, we expect everyone to learn something from this experience. First rule: No spitting from the Eiffel Tower. World Cup '98 from France: Brazil vs. Scotland, ESPN, 8 a.m. (repeated on ESPN2, 5 p.m.); Morocco vs. Norway, ESPN, 11:30 a.m. (Also: ESPN begins soccer coverage with an ``Outside the Lines'' special on the U.S. team, Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.; ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , ESPN and ESPN2 have World Cup coverage every day through July 12). THURSDAY They've got this next season to figure out whether the first season of ``We Got Next'' has a future. WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego season opener: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of at Cleveland, Lifetime, 5 p.m. (Also: The Sparks' season opener in Utah isn't televised, but their game Sunday at Phoenix is on KNBC/Channel 4 at 1 p.m. NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. also has New York at Houston, Saturday at 1 p.m.) FRIDAY KTLA's latest advertisement slogan is that it has the Dodgers on EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT THIS SUMMER. Know what? They're right. Colorado at Dodgers, Channel 5, 7 p.m. (Also: Fox/Channel 11 has Saturday's game at 1:05 p.m.; Fox Sports West 2 has Sunday's game at 1:05 p.m.) SATURDAY The Capitals' incentive to win the Stanley Cup: An invite to the White House! NHL Stanley Cup NHL Stanley Cup (known as Super Hockey in Europe [1])is an ice hockey video game developed by Sculptured Software for the Super NES. In the game, the player chooses a hockey team and then plays against either a computer or human player on an ice rink. Finals: Washington vs. Detroit Game 3, ESPN, 5 p.m. (Also: Fox/Channel 11 has Game 1, Tuesday at 5 p.m.; ESPN has Game 2, Thursday at 5 p.m.). SUNDAY Oh, there's gonna be a sixth game back in Utah, all right. It's in NBC's contract with the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= that Michael Jordan is milked as much as possible. NBA Finals: Chicago vs. Utah Game 6, Channel 4, 4:30 p.m. (Also: NBC/Channel 4 has Game 4, Wednedsay at 6 p.m. and Game 5, Friday at 6 p.m.) CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO no caption (Magic Johnson's `baby hook' over the Celtics' Parish and McHale) |
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