SURFING THE TUBE.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH TODAY On tonight's episode of ``Everyone Loves Raymond,'' everyone's actually miffed miff n. 1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff. 2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff. tr.v. miffed, miff·ing, miffs To cause to become offended or annoyed. at the guy because he gets two tickets to the Super Bowl and invites a friend instead of one of his family members. (Forget the fact the game was Sunday, it's network synergy still working). Ray Romano, by the way, plays a sportswriter who never seems to do any work - a fairly accurate portrayal, unfortunately. But as a media member, shouldn't he have been at Sunday's game? Or at least part of CBS' telecast? Does he cover the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= at all? NBA: San Antonio at Clippers, Fox Sports Net 2, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY A book called ``Shaq Talks Back: The Uncensored Word on My Life and Winning in the NBA'' is supposed to come out from St. Martin's Press in April. Sounds about as timely as a tape-delayed Lakers road game. NBA: Lakers at Cleveland, Channel 9, 5:30 p.m. (tape delayed); NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there : Dallas at Kings, Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY At least this devastating defeat will be shown live. And to the rest of the country, too. NBA: Lakers at Minnesota, Channel 9, TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , 5 p.m. THURSDAY Bad planning: There's no TV coverage of the USC-Stanford contest. So if the Trojans somehow knock off the nation's No. 1 team, hope someone's smart enough to bring a camcorder. College basketball: 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 at Cal, Fox Sports Net 2, 7:30 p.m.; Arizona at Oregon, Fox Sports Net, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY Not to be confused with the XFL XFL Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada - Shawinigan / via Rail Service (Airport Code) XFL X-Treme Football League XFL Exit Flight Level XFL X Football League , the ESPN-created Winter X-Games takes place at a place called Mt. Snow, Vt. Which, for this competition, bodes well. Imagine if it was held at Mt. Slush, Vt. Winter X Games, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2, 6 p.m. (Continues Saturday on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. at 2 p.m. and ESPN2 at 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday it's on ABC at 10 a.m. and ESPN2 at 6 p.m.) SATURDAY Tiger Woods said that if ``my team had made the Super Bowl,'' he wouldn't have played in last week's Phoenix Open. His team? ``Raiders,'' he said. ``Diehard. Born and raised in L.A., man.'' But dude, they're in . . . never mind. He'll be in Monterey to defend his Pebble Beach title, but if he's lucky, he'll have time to slip over to Palo Alto and check out his alma mater against UCLA. Especially if he's playing behind Ray Romano - him again - as he goes searching for his shanked tee shot off the rocks. Golf: Pebble Beach AT&T, third round, Channel 2, noon. (CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. also has the final round Sunday at noon; USA Network has the first two rounds Thursday and Friday at 3 p.m. tape delayed, of which CBS has a highlight show both nights at 12:35 a.m.). College basketball: UCLA at Stanford, Channel 7, noon. SUNDAY Pro Bowl: Bad football. XFL: Bad idea. But the upside for Dodgers fans: They're tearing up the field at the Giants' Pac Bell Park for the sake of Vince McMahon's dream. XFL: Los Angeles at San Francisco, Channel 13, 1 p.m. (League debuts with game Saturday on Channel 4, 5 p.m.); NFL Pro Bowl, Channel 7, 2:30 p.m.; NHL All-Star Game, Channel 7, 11:30 a.m.; NBA: Sacramento at Lakers, Channel 4, 12:30 p.m. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: no caption (Shaquille O'Neal with Nestle's Crunch) Box: TV TODAY |
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