Sports Watcher for the Weekend of 6/14-15

All times PDT.

Saturday
8:50-11 AM: UEFA Soccer, Euro 2008, Sweden v. Spain (ESPN2). Because my dad will kill me if I don't mention this quickly.

1-3 PM: College track and field, national championship (CBS). I find it strange that not all NCAA Championships are on TV somewhere. The real surprise was finding out that the golf championships are not nationally televised. CBS College Sports televises the women's water polo final but not the golf final? Let's get with the program! (I wonder if this has anything to do with golf not being an Olympic sport?)

4-7 PM: College baseball, College World Series, Georgia v. Miami (ESPN). I recently saw a discussion on "Around the Horn" wondering why the MLB draft isn't as big as the NFL and NBA draft. Two factors I didn't hear in that discussion: going straight from high school to the pros is WAY more popular in baseball than it ever was in the NBA, which depresses the popularity (and quality) of college baseball. And second, THE MLB DRAFT OCCURS BEFORE THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES PROPER HAS EVEN STARTED! That makes it more of a crap shoot, no?

Sunday
11-2:30 PM: NASCAR Racing, LifeLock 400 (TNT). Ah, what's two and a half hours off of US Open coverage? It's been a while since I mentioned the stock cars.

12-6 PM: PGA Golf, US Open, final round (NBC). It's golf in primetime! Wait, it's not the Masters? I don't care if it's still a major, I'm only watching the Masters! Wait, it's got Tiger in it? I don't care that when he leads a major, he wins so easily it's boring; count me in! Casual golf fans might be the most fickle in sports.

6-8:30 PM: NBA Basketball, Boston @ LA Lakers (ABC). Story of the Finals: Team A leaps out to a big lead. Team B comes roaring back. One team wins. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Apologies for the lateness of today's strip

The Internet connection I usually use is not working properly. I will probably move the post time back a few hours at a time until we're back to normal, and from now on I will do everything in my power to get the strip out in a timely manner if the problem is a bad Internet connection.