SURFING THE TUBE.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH TODAY If Jeremy Roenick is throwing checks in an All-Star Game, imagine what the Flyers star will be doing once the real season resumes tonight against the Kings. Five games from now, of course, we take another break for the Olympics. NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there : Philadelphia at Kings, Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY It's ``Half Man-Half Amazin' '' vs. that old guy trying to make a comeback. Advantage M.J. NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= : Toronto at Washington, TBS, 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY The Shaq-Miller rematch won't be nearly as intriguing as whether the Trojans can take the season series from the Bruins - with a third potential meeting in that lousy Pac-10 Tournament. College basketball: USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 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.; NBA: Chicago at Lakers, Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY Torrey Pines is Phil Mickelson's home away from home, so no wonder he's won the last two Buick Invitationals at the course in La Jolla. Next week, it's on to Riviera. So pay attention to who's hot. 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. Buick Invitational, USA Network, 4 p.m. (tape), with highlight show, Channel 2, 12:45 a.m. (USA also has second round Friday at 4 p.m., Channel 2 has the third and final rounds Saturday and Sunday at noon); College basketball: Illinois at Michigan, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , 4 p.m. FRIDAY National Weather Service forecasters expect a strong storm to move through northern Utah beginning today with temperatures in the low 20s when the Winter Olympics' opening ceremonies begin. Be thankful you're not spending $885 a ticket as are those who feel they need to be at Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium for the three-hour extravaganza. Winter Olympics: Opening ceremonies, ski jumping, Channel 4, 7:30 p.m. (tape) and 1:40 a.m. (tape). Tennis: Davis Cup: Slovakia vs. U.S., ESPN, 11 a.m. (ESPN2 has Saturday's doubles match at 1 p.m. and ESPN has Sunday's final singles matches at 11 a.m.); NHL: Kings at Phoenix, Fox Sports Net, ESPN2, 6 p.m. SATURDAY On the first full day of competition from Salt Lake City, the choices simply aren't that golden for the U.S. competitors. You try to figure out Nordic combined. Maybe you'll recognize the American figure skating pairs team of Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman, who have a short program to perform tonight in prime time. Winter Olympics: Cross-country skiing, speed skating, Channel 4, noon; pairs short program figure skating, Nordic combined, Channel 4, 7:30 p.m. (tape) and midnight (tape). 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. : Daytona 500 pole qualifying, Channel 4, 9 a.m.; NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Pro Bowl, Channel 7, 1:30 p.m.; College basketball: Villanova at UCLA, Channel 2, 1 p.m. SUNDAY How will Don Nelson implement ``Hack-A-Shaq'' when Shaq's on his team? By making him play all 48 minutes. NBA All-Star Game, Channel 4, 2:30 p.m. (Saturday, TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. has the rookie game at 1 p.m.); Winter Olympics: Snowboarding, speed skating, Channel 4, noon; Alpine skiing, luge, Nordic combined, Channel 4, 7:30 p.m. (tape) and midnight (tape). CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Salt Lake City wil come alive this weekend as the 200 Winter Olympics begin with the opening ceremonies Friday. Tom Smart/Associated Press Box: TV TODAY |
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