Sports Watcher for the Weekend of 6/28-29

All times PDT.

Saturday
9-12 PM: Tennis, Wimbledon, 3rd round action (NBC). The reason why the 3rd round gets this spot and the 4th round doesn't is because I actually have something to fill this spot tomorrow.

1-3:30 PM: Arena Football, Colorado @ Utah (ESPN). The playoffs are in full swing so the Arena League appears every week through ArenaBowl.

5-7 PM: IndyCar Racing, IndyCar 300 at Richmond (ESPN). Hey, NASCAR causes interference too often and this is the one sport I watch every time it's on. If you think NASCAR is just a bunch of cars going around in circles, maybe the real problem is it's too slow.

8-9 PM: US Olympic Trials, Track and Field (NBC). Same on both coasts so it interferes with the IndyCar on the East Coast.

9-2 AM: Boxing, Manny Pacquito v. David Diaz (PPV). Same on both coasts again, so it interferes with the IndyCar - just barely - on the East Coast.
Sunday
9-11 AM: MLS Soccer, Los Angeles @ DC United (ABC). "Soccer is so boring, it's just a bunch of passing a ball back and -- OMG IT'S BECKHAM OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!11!!11!111!1!!!!eleven!"

12-3 PM: LPGA Golf, US Women's Open, final round (NBC). It's the Annika Sorenstam farewell tour! Those other golfers expected to pick up the slack? Who cares about them? No one cares about the male golfers not named Tiger.

Honorable Mention: 11:30-1:30 PM: UEFA Soccer, Euro 2008, final (ABC). Because Dad will kill me if I don't mention this at least once. You could watch the soccer and switch to golf at 1:30, but then you only catch an hour and a half of golf. Wasn't Euro 2004 mostly on pay-per-view? Now the final is airing on broadcast television and the US doesn't even have a horse in the race anywhere! And last month the Champions League final was made into a fairly big deal on ESPN2!

(The really odd part? The only other game in the tournament on ABC was a quarterfinal last week. And ESPN2 showed one of the semifinals Thursday because of the US Women's Open, whereas all the non-ABC quarterfinals are on regular ESPN. Huh?)


5-8 PM: MLB Baseball, Chicago Cubs @ Chicago White Sox (ESPN). This is "ESPN Sunday Night Baseball presented by Taco Bell Part of AL/NL Showdown presented by State Farm". No further comment needed.

8-9 PM: US Olympic Trials, Swimming (NBC). Same on both coasts again, but ironically, that means the Track and Field trials the previous hour interferes with baseball on the West Coast but not on the East Coast!

One last thing... Sports Watcher just might continue past August. I'm starting to get into a bit more of a groove. Stay tuned.