In a mostly quiet month of July, Sunday’s daily sports docket presents a nice array of options from the sports fan, from baseball throughout the day—both past and present—to racing to a little something to stir the juices for college football.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves have developed a nice little rivalry in the National League over the last couple seasons. At least it’s become a rivalry if you’re a sports fan in Atlanta.
A day-night doubleheader in major league baseball is the cornerstone of daily sports action on TV for Thursday, and the AL East race is at the heart of it.
If you’re into basketball history, at least some of the better games of the modern era, then today’s the day I hope you have ESPN Classic as a part of your cable/satellite package and that you see this post in time to set the DVR before going to work. The programmers must be in a Boston Garden kind of mood, because we’ll see three memorable games on the old parquet floor.
The weekend in daily sports is about golf and the Red Sox-Yankees, as the British Open and baseball’s great AL East rivalry will be at the forefront of television coverage through Saturday and Sunday.
Baseball is back today, and one of the game’s historic rivalries—though admittedly one the networks have hyped to excess over the last eight years—will be on center stage in the daily sports world. It’s the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox meeting in Fenway Park tonight at 8 PM ET.
We’re still a day away from having regular season baseball back, as MLB extended the All-Star break to Friday as of last season. So if you want baseball today, you’ll have to settle for the minor leagues and for a movie. Actually the movie in question is big league, as MLB Network shows Bull Durham at 8 PM ET. It’s a sign of how dry the prime-time schedule is that the Kevin Costner/Susan Sarandon film is really the highlight of Thursday’s daily sports schedule.
Live events go dark for a couple days, as major league baseball action doesn’t resume until Friday. The showcase event of the daily sports docket for Wednesday is the presentation of the annual ESPY awards. ESPN will start coverage at 7 PM ET, with a two-hour buildup, and then the award show itself begins at 9 PM ET.
The stars come out in New York tonight, as baseball’s All-Star Game takes center stage in the world of daily sports. You can start the festivities at 7:30 PM ET with a half-hour “Red Carpet Show” on MLB Network and then game coverage itself begins at 8 PM ET on Fox, with the Joe Buck-Tim McCarver broadcast team handling duties.
The All-Star break is here for major league baseball, and if it’s Monday of All-Star Week that means it’s time to swing for the fences. The Home Run Derby (8 PM ET, ESPN) is tonight from Citi Field in New York.
The Chicago Cubs might not be having the best of seasons, but Wrigley Field always draws both a crowd and the TV cameras, and it’s one of the National League’s great rivalries—Cardinals-Cubbies—that will highlight daily sports throughout this weekend.
Matchups between contenders in both the American League and National League key up Friday’s daily sports agenda. MLB Network has split coverage action at 7 PM ET, and regardless of which side of the split you’re on, you will get a good game. The choices are Rangers-Tigers or Reds-Braves, as teams begin their final weekend series before the All-Star break.
The best programming tonight outside the lines comes in football and it’s on the NFL Network.