SURFING THE TUBE.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH TODAY The Dodgers smacked around Giants starter Shawn Estes Aaron Shawn Estes (born February 18, 1973 in San Bernardino, California, USA) is a pitcher for the San Diego Padres. Estes had his best season as a professional in 1997, when he went 19-5 with a 3.18 ERA for the San Francisco Giants. last week, which is kind of unusual. Estes has allowed more than three earned runs only twice this season - both against the Dodgers. He enthusiastically returns for more punishment tonight. ``Right now I'm looking forward to it big time,'' said Estes, 7-2 with a 2.90 ERA after Tuesday's loss. ``I can't wait to get on the mound and try to beat them.'' Baseball: San Francisco at Dodgers, Channel 5, 7 p.m. (Channel 5 also has Tuesday's and Thursday's games at 7 p.m.) TUESDAY All new episodes start this week of ``Unsolved Mysteries'' on Lifetime. Tonight, Robert Stack checks into the disappearance of the Oakland Athletics. Baseball: Angels at Oakland, Channel 9, 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY Baseball and kickball kick·ball n. A children's game having rules similar to baseball but played with a large ball that is rolled toward homeplate instead of pitched and kicked instead of batted. , the American staple on the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. . Baseball: Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , 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 , 10 a.m.; Boston at Cleveland, ESPN2, 10 a.m.; N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, ESPN, 1 p.m.; Arizona at Houston, ESPN2, 1 p.m.; Philadelphia at Atlanta, ESPN, 4 p.m.; San Francisco at Dodgers, Fox Sports Net 2 and ESPN2, 6 p.m.; Soccer: Columbus at Galaxy, Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m. THURSDAY Season 2 of ``Big Brother'' begins, but it's the Williams sisters we're more concerned about. Is it Venus' turn to give Serena a chance to win it, or has dad preordained pre·or·dain tr.v. pre·or·dained, pre·or·dain·ing, pre·or·dains To appoint, decree, or ordain in advance; foreordain. pre the winner again? Wimbledon women's semifinals, Channel 4, 1 p.m., TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , 2 p.m. (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 the women's final Saturday at 9 a.m.) FRIDAY When he was the Mariners' director of Pacific Rim operations, Jim Colborn orchestrated the team's signing of Ichiro Suzuki from the Japanese League. It's the same Jim Colborn who's the Dodgers' pitching coach this season. Got any insight? Baseball: Seattle at Dodgers, Fox Sports Net 2, 7 p.m. (Channel 11 has Saturday's game at 1 p.m. and Channel 5 has Sunday's game at 1 p.m.) SATURDAY After Fox did a fancy job in the first half of the 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. season, the second-half ratings windfall goes to NBC, where the opening theme song will be Metallica's ``Fuel for Fire.'' Crank it up. NASCAR: Pepsi 400 from Daytona, Channel 4, 5 p.m. (TNT has pole qualifying Thursday at 5 p.m.) SUNDAY Probably about time for Pete Sampras to crank it up, too, and stop messing around if he's going to win his eighth Wimbledon. ``I keep saying the law of averages - sooner or later he has to lose - and there's a group of guys begging for it,'' says NBC's John McEnroe of Sampras' first week of tight wins. Adds TNT analyst Jim Courier: ``At some point in this tournament, Pete is going to have to step it up a notch. He's going to have to start thumping returns when it matters. You can't just hit the ball in the middle of the court and hope your opponent will make a mistake.'' Wimbledon men's final, Channel 4, 9 a.m. (NBC and TNT has men's semifinals Friday at noon and 5 p.m.) CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Pete Sampras did the tennis-ball-up-the-shorts gag for a ball boy during a win last week against Sargis Sargsian, but it's time for him to get serious. Adam Butler/Associated Press Box: TV TODAY |
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