SURFING THE TUBE.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH TODAY How many Cuban National Team baseball players does it take to cause an international incident? As many as the Orioles can stash in their dugout to help get them out of the AL East basement. Baltimore Orioles vs. Cuban National Team, Fox Sports Net West 2, 10 p.m. (delayed). TUESDAY Felipe Alou, who snubbed the Dodgers in the offseason, manages an Expos team flopping around with a 7-16 record, 9-1/2 games back in the NL East. And no one in Montreal cares. What a sweet gig. Dodgers at Montreal, Fox Sports West 2, 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY The punch-drunk NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= regular season comes to a staggering finish with the Lakers guaranteed a playoff spot and the Clippers out of it. We needed a 50-game schedule to figure that out? Miami at New York, TBS, 5 p.m.; Seattle at Clippers, Channel 9, 7:30 p.m.; Portland at Lakers, Fox Sports West, 7:30 p.m. (Note: The NBA playoffs begin Saturday. 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. has a game at 2:30 p.m. and TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. has one at 6 p.m. Sunday, NBC has games at 9:30 a.m., noon and 2:30 p.m.) THURSDAY It's Gabe Kapler's opportunity to get some TV time for the family back home in Woodland Hills, but the guy the Angels really want to see is Tigers reliever Mel Rojas. The exiled Dodger gave up 11 earned runs (five in the fifth, six in the sixth) during a 1-2/3-inning stint against Seattle the other day - and managed to avoid taking the loss. That went to C.J. Nitkowski, who threw five pitches and issued a walk - which came around to put the Mariners ahead, thanks to Big Mel. Angels at Detroit, Fox Sports West, 4 p.m. FRIDAY Overexposed o·ver·ex·pose tr.v. o·ver·ex·posed, o·ver·ex·pos·ing, o·ver·ex·pos·es 1. To expose too long or too much: Don't overexpose the children to television. 2. Fox Sports News anchor/celebrity Keith Olbermann, fresh off a second-place finish on ``Jeopardy!,'' completes a week's run on ``Hollywood Squares'' surrounded by cast members from ``Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. It is one of the most critically acclaimed American sitcoms of its time. .'' We know that former ``Squares'' host Peter Marshall's son, Pete LaCock, used to play for the Chicago Cubs. But that's where the sports connection must end. ``Hollywood Squares,'' Channel 2, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY Why isn't Pauley Pavilion the permanent home for the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association volleyball finals? 'Cause 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 might get an extra home game each year? Not this time. In Thursday's semifinals, Long Beach State will face Indiana-Purdue of Ft. Wayne and Brigham Young will take on Penn State. NCAA men's volleyball finals, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2, 8 p.m. (delayed). (Also: ESPN2 has one semifinal live Thursday at 8:30 p.m. and the other on tape Friday at 9:30 p.m.) SUNDAY If she wants to watch the Dodgers or Lakers on her special day, then it's her choice. Mother knows best. Here's an idea: Suggest a brunch down at the local sports bar. Dodgers vs. Florida, Fox Sports West 2, 1:10 p.m. |
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