SURFING THE TUBE: THE WEEK AHEAD : TODAY.Byline: Tom Hoffarth Take one last look at the AL West-hanging-on-for-dear-life Angels before they fly back to Edison Field to have their lights punched out over the next nine days by the good, sound, fundamental ballclubs from New York, Boston and Cleveland. Angels at Kansas City, Channel 9, 5 p.m. TUESDAY The spotlight story of the latest HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy ``Real Sports'' is Frank Deford's look at why, two days after baseball's annual Hall of Fame ceremonies, Pete Rose and ``Shoeless'' Joe Jackson remain famous, yet Fameless. Rose: ``You know what baseball has created with me - and they'd probably be (mad) if they realized they did this - they have made me a celebrity and not a retired baseball player.'' Deford responds: ``That probably irritates the hell out of baseball.'' Answers Rose: ``Well, if that's the case, they can just reinstate me, and I'll go into the Hall of Fame, and they can forget about me.'' ``Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel is a monthly sports newsmagazine on HBO that debuted on April 2, 1995. The show was "spawned by the fact that sports have changed dramatically, that it's no longer just fun and games, and that what happens off the field, beyond the scores, ,'' HBO, 10 p.m. (Replays this week Thursday at 11:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m.) WEDNESDAY A full year after all the Jackie Robinson hubub has died down, someone finally comes up with the 1950 bioflick that he starred in with Ruby Dee, which is about the closest to his account of what happened when he broke baseball's color barrier. And we have to thank, of all people, Ted Turner. TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a monthlong salute called ``A Separate Cinema,'' showing early independent films made for African-American audiences. Better late than never? That's the story of Robinson's life. ``The Jackie Robinson Story,'' Turner Classic Movies, 5 p.m. THURSDAY Since 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. carries the Little League World Series each year, it's apropos ap·ro·pos adj. Being at once opportune and to the point. See Synonyms at relevant. adv. 1. At an appropriate time; opportunely. 2. that the network whip up a documentary on a ``typical'' Little League team. Except the reporter on this is Peter Jennings, so this is no puff piece. Turning the mirror on a team of Little Leaguers and their families from Hagerstown, Md., as they try to qualify for the '97 title game in Williamsport, Pa., Jennings says in the opening: ``We're going to meet some parents who you may wish were yours and some you're glad are not. And we're going to meet some kids you wish were yours and some you'll be glad are not.'' You'll be glad if you remember to tape this. Peter Jennings Reporting Peter Jennings Reporting was a continuing series of documentaries produced and hosted by the late ABC News anchor Peter Jennings that aired on ABC. Many of these documentaries were produced by Peter Jennings's production company, PJ Productions, and are currently distributed : The American Game, Channel 7, 9:30 p.m. FRIDAY Hey, Piazza, take us out to the hot spots in town. You're buying. Dodgers at New York Mets
SATURDAY Just one more day and all the bad networks with Mr. Lampley will go away. The Goodwill Games, Channel 2, 10 a.m.; TBS, 5:05 p.m.; HBO, 8 p.m. SUNDAY If the game ends in a tie, promise there won't be penalty kicks. That's so World Cup-ish. Major Soccer League All-Star game, Channel 7, 11:30 a.m. (Also: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2 has a celebrity ``Rock 'n' Soccer'' game, Friday at 5 p.m. and a show called ``This Stuff Kicks'' with youth soccer show Saturday at 7 a.m. ESPN has an all-star skills challenge Saturday at 4:30 p.m.) CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO no caption (Mike Piazza) |
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