SURFING THE TUBE.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH TODAY How can the two-day Westminster Dog Show (tonight and Tuesday on USA Network, 8-to-11 p.m.) not grab your attention? The favorite to win ``Best in Show'' is a 5 1/2-year-old Kerry Blue terrier Kerry blue terrier, breed of large, sturdy terrier perfected in Ireland more than 100 years ago. It stands from 17 to 19 in. (43.2–48.3 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 30 to 40 lb (13.6–18.2 kg). named Ch. Torum's Scarf Michael, but goes by the nickname Mickey. Somewhere between Joe Garagiola's guffaws, we'll look in at the Kings' game to see if Ziggy Palffy returned from Salt Lake. NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there : Dallas at Kings, Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY Academy Award nominations come out this morning at 5 a.m. Kobe and MJ come out at Staples Center about 14 hours later. Don't let us sleep through the latter. NBA: Washington at Lakers, Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY The last professional hockey game before everyone is given a break to watch the Winter Games. Some, yes, even will get to compete in them. NHL: Phoenix at Kings, Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY We don't need Tiger's 'tude. Give us one of those crazy playoffs like last year and it doesn't matter that the Nike Warrior won't be around this week, deciding it's best to give his A-game a rest. Very well. But if we see him at Pauley Pavilion on this night watching basketball ... Golf: PGA's Nissan Open from Riviera Country Club The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. , USA Network, 4 p.m. (delayed) with a highlight show on Channel 2 at 12:45 a.m. (USA and CBS has second-round coverage at the same times, with CBS airing the third round Saturday and final round Sunday at noon); College basketball: Arizona at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , Fox Sports Net 2, 7:30 p.m.; UC Irvine at CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge , Fox Sports Net 2, 5:30 p.m.; NBA: Lakers at Seattle, Channel 9, 7 p.m.; Washington at Sacramento, TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , 6 p.m. FRIDAY Again, Shaq is not baq. NBA: Atlanta at Lakers, Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY A month ago, it was a 17-point loss in Tucson - their first of the Pacific-10 Conference season. When the Trojans play host to the Wildcats this afternoon, they'll need to make it much more respectable for the TV audience. College basketball: Arizona at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , Channel 7, 3 p.m.; Long Beach State at CSUN, KDOC, 7 p.m.; Pepperdine at Gonzaga, ESPN, 7 p.m. SUNDAY He'll be pushing Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart for the Winston Cup title, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be pushing back plenty of emotions today at the Daytona 500. There's a statue of his late father now outside of Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. , and Dale Jr. has a lot of photos of the man the called ``The Dominator'' all around his house. ``Sometimes you're like, `Gawd dang, I've got too many pictures of my daddy around here ... but it's comforting most of the time,'' Dale Jr. said in the recent magazine interview. Picture the kid winning the Super Bowl of 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. . Wow. NASCAR: Daytona 500, Channel 4, 9:30 a.m.; College basketball: Duke at Maryland, Channel 2, 10 a.m.; NBA: Lakers at Portland, Channel 4, 1:30 p.m. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: A 9-foot-tall statue of Dale Earnhardt was unveiled last week outside Daytona International Speedway to honor one of NASCAR's most popular drivers. Earnhardt was killed one year ago on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Nigel Cook/Daytona Beach News-Journal Box: TV TODAY |
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