The Week In Television

AUG. 8-14

SATURDAY 8/9
FOX 4 PM
Phillies at Giants
It's a good bet that Giants' outfielder Barry Bonds will pad his league lead in homers and get closer to Willie Mays's career total of 660 in this series. Bonds has 56 career homers against Philadelphia, his second-highest total against any team, behind only the Padres (73).

SATURDAY 8/9
NBC 4:30 PM
AVP Manhattan Beach Open, Women's Final
"Sand and deliver" could be NBC's motto this weekend as it airs the first of six AVP tour finals it will show this summer. Defending tournament champions Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson try to hold off the sport's top team of Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs. The men's final airs on Sunday at 4:30 p.m.

SUNDAY 8/10
ESPN 2 PM
Tennis Masters Series- Canada Men's Finals
The dollar isn't the only thing American kicking butt in Canada these days. Top-ranked Andre Agassi has won this event three times, and last year Andy Roddick reached the final before losing to Argentina's Guillermo Canas.

THURSDAY 8/14
ESPN CLASSIC 9 PM
1980 NBA Finals, Game 6
No Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? No problem. Go retro as 20-year-old rookie point guard Magic Johnson starts at center for the Lakers and scores 42 points, dishes seven assists and grabs 15 rebounds to defeat the Sixers in one of the great Finals performances of all time. Abdul-Jabbar missed the game with a left ankle injury.

DON'T MISS

THURSDAY 8/14
FOX 8 PM
Raiders at 49ers
So what if this game doesn't count? The Battle of the Bay always provides good theater on the field—and in the stands—and the teams have played each other close each of the last two preseasons. The Raiders will be steaming after a 23-20 OT loss to the Niners last November.