Friday, July 3, 2009

Weekend watchdog - July 4th edition

It's the 30th anniversary of Breakfast at Wimbledon, with NBC presenting the men's and women's finals live Saturday and Sunday morning.
On the women's side, you get the Williams sisters. For the fourth time for the Wimbledon title, so that promises to be plenty interesting tennis.
The men's semifinals are Friday (NBC coverage starts at noon), then it's get up at 9 a.m. to watch the champion crowned.
For the Fourth of July weekend, the Nationals host the Braves on MASN while the Orioles spend the weekend in L.A. against the Angels.
Fox's Saturday game has the Phillies and Mets, along with Tigers at Twins and Dodgers at Padres. Manny Ramirez returns to the Dodgers' lineup this weekend, so I bet a few more fans will get that game.
The Rays visit the Rangers for Sunday's ESPN game, after the Brewers face the Cubs in the afternoon on TBS.
NASCAR gets to run on 4th of July, although in the evening on TNT. For many years, it was the Firecracker 400 starting in the Monday to beat the thunderstorms in the heat of the day.
The PGA tour comes to Washington for the AT&T National, hosted by Tiger Woods (that's what the logo says). CBS has coverage Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and ComcastSportsnet Mid-Atlantic will have plenty of info from the course.
For those ready for some football, the NFL network will be running it's "America's Game" series starting Saturday morning. It's one hour each on the first 42 Super Bowl champs, plus five teams that missed out on the rings.

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