Coming up this week, the major sporting event is the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes. NBC Sports which has had a nice run of sporting events this month which started with the Kentucky Derby and will continue through mid-June’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, will air the race with its venerable crew led by blog hater Bob Costas, co-host Tom Hammond, Bob Neumeier, Mike Battaglia, Tom Durkin, Donna Brothers and others will be at Pimilco on Saturday. NBC’s coverage begins at 4:30 and apparently, there will not be a red carpet show so we will be spared of Billy Bush’s ugly mug.
In Major League Baseball, one interesting mid-week series will be the Yankees traveling to Tampa Bay to take on the Rays. This could be one of those series that could signify a change of power in the American League East. In the National League, it will be a rematch of the National League Championship Series as the Colorado Rockies who have been struggling in the early going, visit the Diamondbacks. Then interleague play starts during the weekend as the Mets and Yankees square off as do the Angels and Dodgers. Other interesting series include the Battle of Ohio as the Indians and Reds meet.
The NBA and NHL playoffs continue. By this time next week, we could have perhaps one or possibly both participants in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The PGA Tour heads to Georgia for the AT&T Classic. Golf Channel and CBS will have the coverage.
NASCAR does its annual All Star Race and Speed Channel will get its lone opportunity to air a race this Saturday night at 7.
And the Indianapolis 500 continues its qualifying for the race coming up on Memorial Day.
That’s the look at your week ahead.
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