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The Week In Television

MAY 23-29

FRIDAY 5/23 > TNT 9:30 PM > Spurs at Mavs, Game 3

Think this series will go seven? San Antonio and Dallas finished
with the same regular-season record (60-22), the same home record
(33-8), the same road record (27-14) and split their four
head-to-head games.

SATURDAY 5/24 > ABC 4 PM > Sparks at Sun

Connecticut's gambling that a front line of Rebecca Lobo, Nykesha
Sales and Taj McWilliams-Franklin can hang with Lisa Leslie and
the champs; the WNBA's gambling that playing in a casino complex
(Connecticut's Mohegan Sun) is good for business.

>> DON'T MISS
FRIDAY 5/23 > USA 4 PM

PGA Bank of America Colonial, Second Round
Will Vijay Singh's favorite golfer make the cut? Find out as
Annika Sorenstam, the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event
since Babe Zaharias shot 76 and 81 to make the 36-hole cut in the
1945 Los Angeles Open, finishes her second round.

SUNDAY 5/25 > ABC 11 AM > Indianapolis 500

Racing's Spider-man (Helio Castroneves) looks to weave through
the field in his quest for an unprecedented third consecutive
Indy 500 title.

MONDAY 5/26 > ESPN 1 PM > Red Sox at Yankees

A Bronx (fairy) Tale? New York pitcher Roger Clemens, who won 192
games in 13 seasons with Boston, is scheduled to make this
Memorial Day start against his former team in pursuit of win
number 300.

WEDNESDAY 5/28 > ESPN2 2:30 PM > Champions League Final: AC Milan
vs. Juventus

Bellissimo. This all-Italian final pits Juve's high-scoring
forward Alessandro Del Piero against AC Milan's splendid
Ukrainian striker, Andriy Shevchenko.

COLOR PHOTO: PAUL BUCK/AFP Annika Away!