The Boston Bruins will go for their second trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in the last three years tonight in front of a raucous crowd in the Garden. The cameras of the NBC Sports Network will be live at 8 PM ET for Game 4 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference Finals, with the Pittsburgh Penguins hoping for to keep alive and at least get the series back to the Steel City.
The NBA Finals start tonight, with Game 1 of the San Antonio-Miami series being the highlight of the Thursday daily sports schedule.
TV cameras will be honed in on the city of Boston tonight, as hockey and baseball coverage goes to the Hub for the two highlights of the Wednesday daily sports schedule.
There’s an array of good action on TV tonight, but there’s no question what the daily sports highlight is—the Battle In South Beach, as the Indiana Pacers visit the Miami Heat for Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Finals. Tip time is 8:30 PM ET on TNT, with the pregame show of Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley starting a half-hour earlier.
The first weekend of June has the conference finals possibly ending in the NBA and just beginning in the NHL. Baseball’s most storied rivalry takes center stage, and there are quality matchups among contenders elsewhere on the diamond. Here’s a look at what fans have on TV for daily sports on Saturday & Sunday
Sometimes the attraction of the daily sports schedule lies in its quantity—a Saturday afternoon of college football or basketball being a good example. And sometimes it’s about the quality of one big game. For example, a Game 7 where a heavy favorite has been pushed the limit by a team that might be an
Major league baseball is in the midst of a run of interleague rivalry games that began yesterday, and ESPN has a bi-coastal doubleheader tonight, starting with Mets-Yankees at 7 PM ET, and then showing Angels-Dodgers at 10 PM ET.
The Eastern Conference Finals are set in the NHL playoffs, while the Western Conference has Game 6s ahead in both of its second-round series. Here’s the rundown on how Pittsburgh and Boston advanced, how Chicago survived and what’s ahead…
America has a three-day holiday weekend ahead, and while I assume most people are going to take the opportunity to get outside—I’ve got a couple local amateur baseball games to go to—there’s still a menu of TV action to go along with the festivities. Here’s the Memorial Day weekend rundown on daily sports…
The Friday night schedule for TV daily sports looks an awful lot like Wednesday’s—it’s a day to focus on the stars, with LeBron James and Sidney Crosby getting the attention, and the Yankees playing a big AL East game.
After a wild night in the NBA playoffs on Wednesday, the daily sports focus shifts to a heavy NHL night on Thursday. The hockey playoffs will feature a nationally televised tripleheader, with the prospect of one team advancing to the conference finals, and both last year’s champs and this year’s favorite facing big games.
The NBA playoffs resume tonight, with Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals being the focal point of the daily sports diet for Tuesday. Memphis visits San Antonio in a game that tips at 9 PM ET on ESPN, and I would presume that means you get the entertaining pregame set of Michael Wilbon and Magic Johnson, with Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons along for the ride.