THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL HOW FAST IS YOUR REMOTE CONTROL TRIGGER FINGER?Byline: TOM HOFFARTH You just know it's going to rain today. Maybe not the cat-and-dog variety, but enough to where Fritz Coleman is lugging around the single-seater kayak in the backseat of his car just in case there's a need to cross Coldwater Canyon Blvd. By the way, did you take a look at today's sports TV listings? Now does staying inside look better? It does, especially if you've got a plan. We offer this method of navigating through the TV Guide grid, to make sure you don't miss a minute of what's important: 7:30 a.m.: Channel 4's live coverage of the U.S.-Sweden men's Olympic ice Olympic Ice was a daily television program that was broadcast at 6 p.m. ET on the USA Network during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. It focused on figure skating events held at the Palavela Arena. hockey game starts. The Swedish Bikini Team The Swedish Bikini Team was a group of American female models who appeared in an advertising campaign for Old Milwaukee beer. These commercials ran for several months in 1991 in the United States, playing with American stereotypes of Scandinavian women being blonde and having big takes its place at center ice. While Mats Sundin becomes distracted, Craig Conroy wins the opening faceoff, Chris Drury takes it up the ice and feeds Bill Guerin for a goal seven seconds in. The Swedish girls are now cheering for the Americans. 7:45 a.m.: The U.S. women's curling team is about to put the hammer on a needed victory over Switzerland on USA Network. The Johnson sisters hug. Twice. On live TV. 8:01 a.m.: Gomez to Chelios. U.S. up, 2-0. 8:14 a.m.: Modano to Tkachuk. U.S. up, 5-0. 8:22 a.m.: Weight to Chelios. U.S. up, 7-0. 10:45 a.m.: The green flag drops on the Daytona 500 on Channel 4. In Turn 3, Robbie Gordon takes out Jeff Gordon. 10:47 a.m. Kurt Busch takes out Kyle Busch. 11:01 a.m.: Terry Labonte takes Bobby Labonte out to lunch. 11:07 a.m.: The U.S. kicks off in a World Cup soccer tune-up match against Guatamala on ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2. A scoreless tie ensues. 12:30 p.m.: The Nissan Open final-round coverage begins on Channel 7 despite a downpour. 1:30 p.m.: Canada wraps up a 3-2 win over Finland in its men's Olympic hockey match on CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. . Janet Gretzky looks disappointed. She had the under. 2:30 p.m.: In a U.S. men's curling event on MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company , skip Pete Fensen decides to heave the stone as hard as humanly possible. He takes out the entire Great Britain squad, leaving the 7-10 split. The Americans are declared winners by forfeit. 2:45 p.m.: The final turn at the Daytona 500, it's Elliott Sadler, Bill Elliott and Hermie Sadler side-by-side. Confused 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. announcers announce it's Adam Sandler by a fender over Billy Madison. 3 p.m.: On USA Network's Olympic Ice show, Johnny Weir considers entering the women's figure skating event, but first asks Dick Button: ``What would Brian Botaino do?'' 4:30 p.m.: On the 18th green, as the rain begins to fall harder, Fred Couples lines up a putt to avoid a six-way tie at Riviera. A cell phone goes off in the gallery. Couples smiles, then sinks the putt. As well as the cell phone, in a nearby puddle. 5 p.m.: 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 tips off against USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. in basketball on FSN (Full-Service Network) A communications network that provides shopping, movies on demand and access to databases and a variety of interactive services. West in the rivalry's final game at the Sports Arena. 5:02 p.m.: A power outage at the Sports Arena sends both teams back to their locker rooms. 5:30 p.m.: The NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= All-Star game in Houston tips off on TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. . 6:45 p.m.: Opening introductions are over at the NBA All-Star game. Shaq and Kobe meet at halfcourt for a long, memorable embrace. 7:02 p.m.: Kobe shoots. Misses. 7:03 p.m.: Kobe shoots. Misses. 7:04 p.m.: Dick Cheney shoots. The crowd scatters. 7:05 p.m.: Kobe drives the lane. Teammate Elton Brand blocks his shot. 7:43 p.m.: UCLA's Jordan Farmar hits what appears to be a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left. After looking at a replay, the officials decide Farmar's foot was on the 3-point line, despite the fact the line peeled off the Sports Arena court earlier in the second half. Game goes into OT. 8:10 p.m.: Fire marshals order all fans out of the Sports Arena as the roof collapses from the rain. In the yet-to-be-completed Galen Center, UCLA finishes off an 82-80 victory over USC. 8:45 p.m.: Houston's Yao Ming is selected NBA All-Star 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. after the West defeats the East, 217-216. Ming, who only scores six points in 13 minutes before fouling out, thanks all the Chinese media members who voted for him. 10:45 p.m.: After a long wait, NBC's primetime Olympics coverage finally gets to the two-man bobsled final. The Swedish Bikini Team arrives. All is good. CAPTION(S): 5 photos, box Photo: (1) Why go outside when you can catch women's curling, featuring Jamie, left, and Cassie Johnson? John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images (2) SHAUN WHITE (3) MICHELLE KWAN (4) BODE MILLER (5) - Actress and PETA Quadrillion (10 to the 15th power). See space/time. member Pamela Anderson, announcing she will boycott attending the Kentucky Derby, which just signed the parent company of Kentucky Fried Chicken as a corporate sponsor. Box: SUNDAY PUNCH BY TOM HOFFARTH |
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