SURFING THE TUBE.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH TODAY All done with the ``One-Hit Wonders,'' the list-compilers at VH1 move on to a 10-part series spread over five nights called the ``200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons'' (first two episodes are tonight at 9 and 10). Sports-world figures who made it are Muhammad Ali, Joe DiMaggio, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Dorothy Hamill, Magic Johnson, Jackie Robinson, Joe Namath, Babe Ruth, Venus and Serena Williams and Tiger Woods. Gotta tune in to see how they rate against Justin Timberlake, Cartman and Scooby-Doo. Baseball: Colorado at Dodgers, Channel 13, 7 p.m.; Angels at Tampa Bay, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2, 4:15 p.m. TUESDAY Renowned sporting-event streaker Mark Roberts of Liverpool, England, bares his soul on the latest ``Real Sports'' for HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy . Having streaked at more than 300 events in the past 10 years, including Wimbledon last year during the men's final, Roberts could be called just another 38-year-old unemployed bartender looking for attention. Except that he gets it. ``I've compared it in the past to being better than sex 'cause I never get cheered by 65,000 people when I'm on the job,'' he said. And he plans on doing something spectacular at next year's Summer Olympics in Greece, where nakedness is encouraged if you go by what they show in their public statues. ``Real Sports,'' HBO, 10 p.m.; Baseball: Colorado at Dodgers, Fox Sports Net 2, 7 p.m.; Cleveland at Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. , WGN WGN Wellington WGN White Gaussian Noise WGN World's Greatest Newspaper (Chicago, IL, USA) WGN World Gastroenterology News WGN We Got Nomar WGN World's Greatest Network WGN Wireless Network Gateway WGN Wagon , 11 a.m.; Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, WGN, TBS, 4:30 p.m.; 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 : Washington at Sparks, Oxygen, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY After what he served up last outing to the Cardinals' Jim Edmonds and Albert Pujols, Dodgers pitcher Kaz Ishii might want to mix in a few fastballs with his slow-pitch repertoire tonight against the Rockies, who could overtake the New Blue Wreckless Crew for the third spot in the National League West by the time this four-game series is over with. Baseball: Colorado at Dodgers, Fox Sports Net 2, 7 p.m.; Philadelphia at Chicago, ESPN, 4 p.m.; Kansas City at Minnesota, ESPN2, 4 p.m. THURSDAY If a diet of baseball games doesn't work today, try the Discovery Health Channel's ``Secrets of Superstar Fitness'' (5:30 and 8:30 p.m.), where folks such as Oscar De La Hoya Oscar de la Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɑs.kɛɹ dɛ.lɑ.ˈhɔɪ.jɑ][1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy , Martina Navratilova and Jim Courier share the contents of their refrigerators and tricks you can do with medicine balls. Baseball: Colorado at Dodgers, Fox Sports Net 2, noon; Angels at Texas, Channel 9, 5 p.m.; Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, WGN, 11 a.m.; Arizona at San Francisco, ESPN, 12:30 p.m. FRIDAY With Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson back in the D'backs rotation - and Johnson's spot supposedly coming up tonight - Arizona's incredible run in the first half might just pick up more steam in these last 60-plus games. Baseball: Dodgers at Arizona, Channel 13, 7 p.m.; Oakland at Angels, Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.; Atlanta at Montreal, TBS, 4 p.m.; Chicago Cubs at Houston, WGN, 5 p.m. SATURDAY Ferocious Fernando Vargas is supposed to have a line of clothing coming out soon called ``Nawshis.'' Why that name? ``Because it's sick!'' according to his Web site. The Oxnard native says he's been getting healthy since his suspension and fine for steroid use after a loss to Oscar De La Hoya last September. This fight against Fitz Vanderpool happens at the Olympic Auditorium in downtown L.A. Boxing: Fernando Vargas vs. Fitz Vanderpool, HBO, 9:45 p.m.; Baseball: Oakland at Angels, Channel 11, 1 p.m.; Atlanta at Montreal, TBS, 4 p.m. SUNDAY How strong is Lance Armstrong? If he comes out of the mountains wearing a SpongeBob SquarePants-like yellow shirt after today's final sprint down the Champs-Elysees in Paris - Stage 20 of the Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and - there'll be some of the country's finest champagne wasted on the Americans again. Tour de France, final stage, Channel 2, 11 a.m. (delayed); Golf: PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Greater Hartford Open, final round, Channel 2, noon; Senior British Open, final round, Channel 7, 3 p.m. (delayed); NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. : Pennsylvania 500 from Long Pond, Pa., TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , 10 a.m.; IRL: Michigan Indy 400, Channel 7, 11:30 a.m.; American Le Mans Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma, Channel 4, 1 p.m.; Baseball: Dodgers at Arizona, Channel 13, 1:30 p.m.; Oakland at Angels, Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.; New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. at Boston, ESPN, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Montreal, TBS, 10 a.m.; Chicago Cubs at Houston, WGN, 11 a.m.; Tennis: RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. Championships, Channel 4, 11 a.m. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong, left, leads Jan Ullrich by 15 seconds in the Tour de France after Sunday's stage. This weekend we'll know whether he succeeded in winning his fifth consecutive Tour title, matching the record held by Spain's Miguel Indurain. Peter Dejong/Associated Press Box: TV TODAY |
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