SURFING THE TUBE.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH TODAY The last time Auburn's football team made a trip to California, it needed five days and two Pullman passenger trains before it was able to meet up with then-powerhouse Santa Clara in 1936. Then the Tigers lost 12-0. School officials plan to use an airplane this time, with leather helmets optional. College football: Auburn at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , Channel 7, 5 p.m.; Tennis: U.S. Open men's and women's fourth round, Channel 2, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., USA Network, 4-8 p.m.; Baseball: Dodgers at Arizona, Channel 13, 5 p.m. (FSN (Full-Service Network) A communications network that provides shopping, movies on demand and access to databases and a variety of interactive services. 2 has Tuesday's game at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday's game at 3 p.m.) TUESDAY Either cough up $6.95 for the ``South Park'' pay-per-view special, or watch Elton Brand run circles around some third-world point-forward. FIBA FIBA Fédération Internationale de Basketball (International Basketball Federation) FIBA Florida International Bankers Association FIBA Fédération Internationale de Boxe Amateur FIBA Financial Institution Benefit Association, Inc. World Championships, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2, 6 p.m. (ESPN2 has Wednesday's U.S. game at 5 p.m.; TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. has Thursday's game at 6 p.m. and Channel 4 has Saturday's semifinal at 1:30 p.m. and Sunday's final at 1 p.m.); Tennis: U.S. Open men's fourth round and women's quarterfinals, USA Network, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. WEDNESDAY Before this night is over, someone finally will be crowned the true ``American Idol.'' As long as it's not that Cobi Jones-looking guy. Tennis: U.S. Open men's and women's quarterfinals, USA Network, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. THURSDAY Jon Bon Jovi This article or section has multiple issues: * It may need a complete rewrite to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. (pictured) ain't no Hank Williams Jr., but he'll get the starting assignment to officially kick off the 2002 NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga season with what's being called the ``world's largest tailgate party'' in New York's Times Square. A Bon Jovi jam-a-thon starts about five hours before the Giants-49ers play in Jersey, but the group will catch up with 'em as they're flown by helicopter to Giants Stadium to perform again at halftime. ``We're trying a potentially new model for the way the season is kicked off,'' an NFL spokesman said of the pregame bash. ``If all goes well, we'll see more kickoff events like this, although not always in New York.'' So, then, maybe in L.A.? NFL: San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, ESPN, 5:30 p.m.; Tennis: U.S. Open men's quarterfinals, USA Network, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. FRIDAY Lookin' for Anna Kournikova in the U.S. Open? You're only about 11 days late. Tennis: U.S. Open women's semifinals, Channel 2, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Baseball: Houston at Dodgers, Channel 13, 7 p.m. (Channel 13 has Sunday's game at 4 p.m.); Angels at Baltimore, Channel 9, 4 p.m. (Channel 9 has Saturday's game at 4 p.m.); College football: Hawaii at BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding , ESPN, 4 p.m. SATURDAY To draw attention away from the predicted Williams sisters' reunion at the U.S. Open women's finals, UCLA's football team is considering coming out of the Rose Bowl tunnel for its opener against Colorado State in tight Lycra catsuits. Don't knock it 'til you see it. Tennis: U.S. Open men's semifinals, Channel 2, 8 a.m., women's finals, Channel 2, 5:30 p.m.; College football: Purdue at Notre Dame, Channel 4, 10 a.m.; Alabama at Oklahoma, Channel 7, 12:30 p.m.; Stanford at Boston College, ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.; Fresno State at Oregon, Fox Sports Net, 12:30 p.m.; Miami at Florida, Channel 2, 2 p.m.; Colorado State 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, 7:15 p.m.; Boxing: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Clinton Woods, 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.; MLS: Galaxy at Chicago, Channel 9, 5:30 p.m. SUNDAY The Houston Texans, the expansion team that coulda been representing the greater Southern California area, make their NFL debut tonight. Any way we can have it blacked out? NFL: San Diego at Cincinnati, Channel 2, 10 a.m.; Minnesota at Chicago, Channel 11, 10 a.m.; St. Louis at Denver, Channel 11, 1:15 p.m.; Dallas at Houston, ESPN, 5:30 p.m.; Tennis: U.S. Open men's final, Channel 2, 1 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. Bell Canadian Open final round, ESPN, noon. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Rock icon John Bon Jovi will help the NFL kick off its season Thursday in New York with a concert in Times Square that's being billed as the ``world's largest tailgate party.'' Associated Press Box: TV TODAY |
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