SURFING THE TUBE.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH TODAY What's the point of the Outdoor Life Network? All it does is make everyone feel guilty for sitting indoors watching TV when the point seems to be that we all should be, you know, out riding a bike or sprinting to avoid animals with sharp horns. Lance Armstrong is already into his pursuit for 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 title No. 5, and the annual ``Running of the Bulls'' takes place in Spain. Both overseas, obviously. Since the French hate us, and we do whatever necessary to avoid pain, maybe it's best just to watch these events from home. No passport necessary. Tour de France, Outdoor Life Network, 6 to 8:30 a.m. daily (replayed at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.); Running of the Bulls, Outdoor Life Network, 4 p.m. (delayed, daily through July 16); Baseball: Dodgers at San Diego, Channel 13, 7 p.m.; Atlanta at New York, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , 4 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 : Cleveland at Sparks, Fox Sports Net 2, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY Summer Sanders has morphed into a shocking new blonde version of her former self (with possibly some plastic surgery?) as she plays host on the new version of ESPN's ``Beg, Borrow & Deal,'' a 10-task, cross-country sports version of ``Road Rules'' that goes from Miami to Mt. Rushmore. Among the contestants hoping to use this exposure to further their media careers are Stacey Harman, a USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. theater grad named Miss Los Angeles in 2002, and celeb-in-training Kerri Kasem, the exotic-looking daughter of radio legend Casey Kasem. The producers who picked her must have been impressed with her long-distance dedication. ``Beg, Borrow & Deal,'' ESPN, 5 p.m. (re-airs on ESPN2 at 11 p.m.); Baseball: Dodgers at San Diego, Fox Sports Net 2, 7 p.m.; Kansas City at Angels, Channel 9, 7 p.m.; St. Louis at San Francisco, ESPN, 12:30 p.m.; Atlanta at New York, TBS, 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY Albert Pujols' flirtation with a .400 average, as well as the lead in the National League home run and RBI race, was only the sixth-biggest story during the first half of baseball's 2002 season, according to Sports Illustrated. Had he corked corked adj. 1. Sealed with or as if with a cork. 2. Tainted in flavor by an unsound cork: corked port. 3. Blackened by burnt cork. his bat or hit his 500th career longball, the National League's leading All-Star vote-getter might have made bigger headlines. The Dodgers definitely can help make Big Al's chances of a Triple Crown look easier than Funny Cide's pursuit. Baseball: Dodgers at St. Louis, Fox Sports Net 2, 5 p.m. (delayed); Kansas City at Angels, Fox Sports West, 7 p.m.; Boston at Toronto, ESPN2, 4 p.m.; Florida at Chicago, WGN, 11:10 a.m.; Atlanta at New York, ESPN, 9 a.m.; WNBA: Sparks at Washington, Oxygen, 5 p.m. THURSDAY They had a day-long festival last month at 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. with Sheryl Crow, the Goo Goo Dolls, Hootie & the Blowfish, Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn and Delbert McClinton called the Dale Earnhardt Tribute Concert, which raised money for his charity. It's what Dale would have wanted, said his son. So now it's been condensed into a two-hour show on Fox (8 p.m.), just about the time the Dodgers-Cards game is over with. Baseball: Dodgers at St. Louis, Fox Sports Net 2, 5 p.m.; Atlanta at Chicago, WGN, TBS, 11:10 a.m. FRIDAY The rematch of the teams in last year's American League Championships Series took only about three months to happen. Adam Kennedy is happy about it. Baseball: Minnesota at Angels, Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.; Dodgers at Colorado, Fox Sports Net 2, 7 p.m. SATURDAY The West has beaten the East all four years they've decided to have a WNBA All-Star Game, and Lisa Leslie has won the MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. award three times. If you're online at WNBA.com during the game, you can vote for the award. WNBA All-Star Game from New York, Channel 7, 1 p.m.; Baseball: Minnesota at Angels, Channel 11, 1 p.m.; Dodgers at Colorado, Channel 13, 5 p.m.; International Tennis Hall of Fame The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit tennis hall of fame and museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Mission "The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit institution dedicated to preserving the history of tennis, inspiring induction ceremonies, The Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.; ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships, semifinals, Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Boxing: Vernon Forrest vs. Ricardo Mayorga, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY Following the flawed philosophy behind ``Man Vs. Beast'' and ``Celebrity Boxing'' - that the crazier the event, the more people will watch - Fox has come up with another competition-related, lowest-common-denominator show called ``Banzai'' (debuts tonight, 8:30 p.m.), supposedly a spoof of Japanese game shows and already a cult classic in Britain. Among the contests you're asked to witness: A one-legged kicker takes soccer penalty shots against a one-armed goalie. That's one for the books. 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. : Tropicana 400 from Chicagoland Speedway, Channel 4, noon; Horse racing: Hollywood Gold Cup The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. It was run as a handicap race until 1997 when it was switched to weight-for-age conditions. and Swap Stakes from Hollywood Park, ESPN2, 5 p.m.; 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 Milwaukee Open, final round, Channel 7, 11 a.m.; U.S. Senior Players Championship, final round, Channel 2, 1 p.m.; CART Molson Indy Toronto, Channel 2, 9:30 a.m.; Baseball: Dodgers at Colorado, Channel 13, noon; Minnesota at Angels, Fox Sports West, 1 p.m.; Minor League Futures All-Star Game, ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.; Atlanta at Chicago, ESPN, 5 p.m.; Tennis: ATP Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships, final, Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m.; Cycling: Tour de France, Channel 2, noon (taped). CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: ALBERT PUJOLS St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. Box: TV TODAY |
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