No Mas Weekend TV Guide: 4/20 - 4/22

4/20
NBA's Greatest Games
ESPN Classic, 12 noon
To get you all primed for the first round, Classic takes you back to perhaps the most famous first-round playoff game in NBA history. Craig Ehlo, anyone?

WWE Smackdown
CW, 8 p.m.
Will MVP finally get the respect he deserves and capture Chris Benoit's U.S. title?

NBA's Greatest Games
ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.
You get more than your share of MJ going bubonic on Classic, but here, in their all-day round-one-of-the-playoffs smackdown, we finally get some Sir Charles insanity, as the Round Mound drops 56 in this Suns' win over the Warriors in '94.

Kendall Holt v. Mike Arnaoutis
Showtime, 11 p.m.
How much longer are we supposed to think that Kendall Holt is an up-and-coming welterweight. Meanwhile, Mighty Mike is coming off the first loss of his career, to the hard-punching Ricardo Torres who very nearly beat Miguel Cotto in September of 2005.


4/21
Pernell Whitaker v. Santos Cardona ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
P puts on an all-out exhibition against the very game Cardona. Virtuoso performance.

Ringside
ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
If you missed the Pernell Ringside a few weeks ago, here's another shot at it. Don't expect any of the Chavez or the Oscar fights. But it's still good. Lots of Dirt McGirt.

The Duel in the Pool
NBC, 2 p.m.
NBC broadcasts day one of the third annual U.S./Australia swimming showdown. Phelpsy, Crocker, Katie Hoff on the American side, and Grant Hackett for the Aussies. This whole event, sponsored by Mutual of Omaha, was created to make swimming a more high-profile sport in the States in non-Olympic years. It's working well.

Perfect Body
ABC Family, 2 p.m.
The description of this movie in TV Guide reads - "An Olympic gymnast develops an eating disorder." Dah... and?

Ringside
ESPN Classic, 5 p.m
A replay of the Sugar Ray Leonard ringside, with particular emphasis on the Duran and first Hearns fights. Not a lot of Hagler. Ray himself is in good form in the studio.

UFC 70
Spike, 9 p.m.
Live from Manchester, England - scheduled bouts include Mirko Cro Cop v. Gabriel Gonzaga, Michael Bisping v. Elvis Sinosic and Andrei Arlovski v. Fabricio Werdum.

British Open Highlights
Golf Channel, 11 p.m.
An hour recap of that most No Masian of British Opens - John Daly's win at St. Andrews in '95.

4/22
The Duel in the Pool
NBC, 4 p.m.
The Duel continues. Day 2 of the Duel. What duel, you ask? You've already forgotten? Check above.

Eight Men Out
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Look, champ. I know guys like that. I grew up with them. I was the fat kid they wouldn't let play. "Sit down, fat boy'. That's what they'd say "Sit down, maybe you'll learn something." Well, I learned something alright. Pretty soon, I owned the game, and those guys I grew up with come to me with their hats in their hands. Tell me, champ, all those years of puggin', how much money did you make?

De la Hoya/Mayweather 24-7
HBO, 10:30 p.m.
Of course I saw the first episode of this series, and cheesy as it was, I friggin loved it. You can Floyd throw crazy amounts of punches or what? And all that canned 50 Cent crap? Oh man. My only complaint was that there wasn't enough Daddy Floyd, and I read that they remedy that in episode 2.