SURFING THE TUBE.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH TODAY En route to winning the Stanley Cup Stanley Cup: see hockey, ice. Stanley Cup Trophy awarded annually to the winning team of the National Hockey League championship. Named for its donor, the Canadian governor-general Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston a year ago, Detroit dropped the first two games of the opening series at home against Vancouver before pulling it together to win four in a row and move ahead. ``Just because we did it last year doesn't mean we're going to do it this year,'' said the Red Wings' Brendan Shanahan. That's just what the die-hard Disney Ducks want to hear. NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there playoffs: Detroit at Mighty Ducks Game 3, Fox Sports Net, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2, 7:30 p.m.; Philadelphia at Toronto Game 3, ESPN, 4 p.m.; Colorado at Minnesota Game 3, ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.; Baseball: Angels at Texas, Channel 9, 5 p.m.; Houston at San Francisco, ESPN, 7 p.m.; NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= : Clippers at Golden State, Fox Sports Net 2, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY During their recent four-game series in San Diego where they lost three and had to pull out a 13-inning victory in the finale to avoid a sweep, the Dodgers hit a collective .151 and left 30 runners on base. And the Padres are doing it without Trevor Hoffman. Baseball: San Diego at Dodgers, Fox Sports Net 2, 7 p.m.; Angels at Texas, Channel 9, 5 p.m.; NBA: Denver at Lakers, Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m.; NHL playoffs: New Jersey at Boston Game 4, ESPN, 4 p.m.; Tampa Bay at Washington Game 4, ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.; Dallas at Edmonton Game 4, ESPN2, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Now they're talking about Michael Jordan coming back to play one more season with the newest Charlotte expansion franchise. Which would mean his final game with the Washington Wizards tonight is only a retirement false alarm. The regular season finally reaches the end of the line, and if MJ's playing days end with it, then ESPN will be there to capture it. NBA: Washington at Philadelphia, ESPN, 4 p.m.; Lakers at Golden State, Channel 9, 7:30 p.m.; Portland at Clippers, Fox Sports Net, 10 p.m. (delayed); Utah at Sacramento, ESPN, 7 p.m.; Baseball: San Diego at Dodgers, Fox Sports Net 2, 7 p.m.; St. Louis at Milwaukee, ESPN, 11 a.m.; NHL playoffs: Detroit at Mighty Ducks Game 4, Fox Sports Net, ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.; Colorado at Minnesota Game 4, ESPN2, 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 : 2003 draft, ESPN2, 11:30 a.m. THURSDAY The Masters controversy behind 'em, the PGA's best scoot scoot v. scoot·ed, scoot·ing, scoots v.intr. To go suddenly and speedily; hurry. v.tr. Upper Southern U.S. over to South Carolina's Hilton Head Island Hilton Head Island An island off the southern coast of South Carolina in the Sea Islands of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular tourist resort. The town of Hilton Head Island, on the northeast coast, has a population of 35,200. for The Heritage. Say, isn't that the place where there's a tourism boycott because the fools won't stop flying the Confederate flag? 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. : The Heritage first round, USA Network, 1 p.m.; Baseball: San Diego at Dodgers, Fox Sports Net 2, 7 p.m.; Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 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.; NHL playoffs: Boston at New Jersey Game 5, ESPN, 4 p.m.; Edmonton at Dallas Game 5, ESPN2, 4:30 p.m. FRIDAY The Giants could find All-Star closer Rob Nen back in their 'pen by tonight. As if it matters. Baseball: San Francisco at Dodgers, Channel 13, 7 p.m.; Seattle at Angels, Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.; Philadelphia at Atlanta, TBS, 4:30 p.m.; NHL playoffs: Washington at Tampa Bay Game 5, ESPN, 4 p.m.; St. Louis at Vancouver Game 5, ESPN2, 6 p.m.; Arena Football: Buffalo at Avengers, Fox Sports Net 2, 7:30 p.m.; PGA: The Heritage second round, USA Network, 1 p.m. SATURDAY Will Sacramento prove it not only deserves to be the capital of California but the basketball capital of the NBA? Will Dallas play some defense? Will anyone remember San Antonio? These and other innocuous questions await as the league's 2003 postseason tips off. NBA playoffs first-round series Game 1, ESPN at 9:30 a.m. and noon; TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; NHL playoffs: Mighty Ducks at Detroit Game 5, Channel 7, noon; Conference quarterfinal Game 6, ESPN, 5 p.m.; PGA: The Heritage third round, Channel 2, noon; Baseball: San Francisco at Dodgers, Channel 13, 7 p.m.; Seattle at Angels, Fox Sports Net, 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, 11 a.m.; Philadelphia at Atlanta, TBS, 4 p.m.; Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, WGN, 4 p.m.; Soccer: Galaxy at NY/NJ NY/NJ New York/New Jersey MetroStars, Channel 9, 4:30 p.m.; Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victoriano Sosa, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , 7 p.m. SUNDAY If the NBA understands marketing - and wants to avoid egg on its face Easter Sunday - the Lakers can expect to start their hunt for a fourth consecutive title this afternoon. NBA playoffs first-round series Game 1, ESPN at 9:30 a.m., Channel 7 at 12:30 p.m. and TNT at 5 p.m.; Golf: PGA The Heritage final round, Channel 2, noon; Baseball: Seattle at Angels, Fox Sports Net, 1 p.m.; Philadelphia at Atlanta, TBS, 10 a.m.; Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, WGN, 10:30 a.m.; Texas at Oakland, ESPN, 5 p.m.; NHL playoffs: Detroit at Mighty Ducks Game 6, Channel 9, 7 p.m.; Conference quarterfinal Game 6, ESPN at noon and ESPN2, 4 p.m.; Arena Football: Colorado at Tampa Bay, Channel 4, noon; Tennis: Bausch & Lomb women's final, ESPN2, 10 a.m. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Detroit's Luc Robitaille, left, was able to score a goal Saturday, but will the former King and his Wing mates be able to come up with some magic tonight in Anaheim? Paul Warner/Associated Press Box: TV TODAY |
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