There is still a championship to be settled outside the world of the major sports, and that’s in the College World Series. UCLA took Game 1 of the best-of-three final against Mississippi State last night, and the Bruins can bring home the national title with a win tonight (8 PM ET, ESPN).
The city of Chicago is on championship alert tonight, as the Blackhawks take what can be the first of two chances to hoist the Stanley Cup. Game 6 of the Finals will be in Boston tonight at 8 PM ET on NBC, the focal point of Monday’s daily sports schedule.
The Blackhawks and Bruins are tied at two games apiece in a series as evenly played as the results suggest. Tonight’s Game 5 (8 PM ET, NBC) is the highlight of the daily sports schedule for the weekend.
Friday offers a chance to catch your breath as the championship pace of daily sports takes a break after last night’s exciting Game 7 of the NBA Finals in Miami. The Heat are in the books as champions, and the Stanley Cup Final doesn’t resume until Saturday when the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks play Game 5.
There’s only one game that matters in the daily sports docket for Thursday, and it’s the last Battle In Miami, as the Heat and the San Antonio Spurs meet in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, at 9 PM ET on ABC.
The legacy of LeBron James begins a two-part test tonight in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. If the Miami Heat lose tonight, and the San Antonio Spurs wrap up the NBA title in six games the blame in this series will be placed on LeBron’s shoulders. Unlike a lot of cases, where that blame is woefully misplaced and rooted in absurd expectations, there’s no denying that LeBron’s on-again, off-again play is the biggest reason his team has lost three of the first five games to the Spurs.
If the first two games of the Stanley Cup Finals have been any indication, get ready for a long Monday night. The Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins hook up for Game 3 of the Finals, and the first two have seen a combined four overtime sessions. The series is tied at a game apiece, and tonight’s battle in Boston will begin at 8 PM ET on NBC Sports Network.
The NBA Finals come back tonight, with Game 3 of the battle between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs being the lead item on Tuesday’s daily sports docket. The series shifts to San Antonio tonight and will be here for the next three games, as the Finals use a 2-3-2 schedule format that differs from the previous three rounds. Tip time is 9 PM ET on ABC.
There’s no championship action in the NBA or NHL tonight, so baseball will key the daily sports diet for Monday. It starts with a key game in the American League East, as the Boston Red Sox visit the Tampa Bay Rays (7 PM ET, ESPN). Boston has a game and a half lead in the division, while Tampa Bay is four out, and while calling the series “huge” would be a stretch, the Rays don’t want to get too far behind in a four-team race where it’s likely someone will always be playing well.