sports this week
2:30 a.m.
KVEW The James Brown Show (0:30)
ESPN2 SportsCenter Special (0:30)
3:30 a.m.
KNDU The American Athlete (0:30)
CNBC EPL Soccer (0:30)
ESPN2 Hey Rookie, Welcome to the
NFL (0:30)
GOLF Morning Drive (Live) (1:00)
4:30 a.m.
GOLF EPGA Golf Final Round Trophee
Hassan II. (Live) (4:30)
5:05 a.m.
ESPN2 F1 Auto Racing Azerbaijan
Grand Prix. (Live) (1:55)
5:30 a.m.
DISC Jimmy Houston Outdoors (0:30)
ROOT In Depth With Graham Bens-
inger (0:30)
SUNDAY
6:00 a.m.
CNBC EPL Soccer (2:00)
7:30 a.m.
DISC Into the Blue (0:30)
9:00 a.m.
ESPN2 NCAA Baseball Kentucky at
Florida. (Live) (3:00)
SHOW Boxing Robert Easter Jr. vs.
Rances Barthelemy Showtime Champion-
ship. (3:30)
9:30 a.m.
UNI MFL Fútbol Toluca at UNAM. (Live)
(2:30)
10:00 a.m.
KEPR KOIN PBR Bull Riding Bucking
Battle. (1:00)
KVEW KATU NBA Basketball Playoffs.
(Live) (2:30)
ESPN NCAA Softball Women’s Florida
at Auburn. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Zurich Clas-
sic of New Orleans. (Live) (1:45)
ROOT MLR Rugby Seattle at Toronto.
(Live) (2:00)
11:00 a.m.
KFFX KTVP NASCAR Auto Racing
Monster Energy Cup Series Geico 500.
(Live) (4:00)
KEPR KOIN Polo US Open Champion-
ship. (1:00)
Noon
KEPR KOIN PGA Golf Final Round Zu-
rich Classic of New Orleans. (Live) (3:00)
KNDU KGW NHL Hockey Stanley Cup
Playoffs. (Live) (3:00)
ESPN Hey Rookie, Welcome to the
NFL (0:30)
ESPN2 NCAA Softball Women’s Geor-
gia at South Carolina. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Final Round
Legends of Golf. (Live) (3:00)
12:30 p.m.
KVEW KATU NBA Basketball Playoffs.
(Live) (2:30)
ESPN MLS Soccer Los Angeles FC at
Seattle. (Live) (2:00)
1:00 p.m.
ROOT MLB Baseball Texas at Seattle.
(Live) (3:00)
2:00 p.m.
ESPN2 Sport Climbing Sport and Speed
Open National Championship. (1:00)
3:00 p.m.
KTVP The Best of Greatest Sports
Legends (1:00)
GOLF LPGA Golf Final Round L.A. Open.
(Live) (3:00)
4:00 p.m.
KTVP Sports Gone Wild (1:00)
ESPN MLB Baseball Cleveland at
Houston. (Live) (3:00)
5:30 p.m.
ROOT MLR Rugby Seattle at Toronto.
(2:00)
7:00 p.m.
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 Professional
Championship. (2:00)
8:00 p.m.
ROOT MLB Baseball Texas at Seattle.
(3:00)
9:00 p.m.
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Zurich Clas-
sic of New Orleans. (4:00)
11:00 p.m.
ESPN2 MLB Baseball Cleveland at
Houston. (2:00)
11:30 p.m.
ROOT MLS Soccer Portland at Toronto.
(2:00)
1:00 a.m.
ESPN2 NBA Basketball Playoffs. (2:00)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Final Round
Legends of Golf. (2:00)
2:00 a.m.
ROOT MLR Rugby Seattle at Toronto.
(2:00)
4:00 a.m.
GOLF Morning Drive (Live) (2:00)
5:00 a.m.
ESPN Get Up! (Live) (2:00)
MONDAY
6:00 a.m.
KTNW Classical Stretch: The Esmonde
Technique (0:30)
OPB Classical Stretch: The Esmonde
Technique (0:30)
8:00 a.m.
GOLF PGA Golf Final Round Zurich Clas-
sic of New Orleans. (3:30)
Noon
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Professional
Championship. (Live) (3:00)
2:00 p.m.
KTNW Classical Stretch: The Esmonde
Technique (0:30)
2:30 p.m.
ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 Highly Questionable (0:30)
3:00 p.m.
ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
3:30 p.m.
ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
4:00 p.m.
ESPN MLB Baseball Oakland at Boston.
(Live) (3:00)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
GOLF Como Concepts (0:30)
ROOT MLR Rugby Seattle at Toronto.
(2:00)
4:30 p.m.
GOLF Playing Lessons (0:30)
5:00 p.m.
ESPN2 UFC UFC Preliminaries (2:00)
GOLF Feherty (1:00)
TNT NBA Basketball Playoffs. (Live)
(2:30)
6:00 p.m.
GOLF Feherty (1:00)
ROOT In the Spotlight (0:30)
6:30 p.m.
ROOT Mariners All Access (0:30)
7:00 p.m.
ESPN2 UFC UFC 223 Khabib Nurma-
gomedov vs. Al Iaquinta (3:00)
GOLF Feherty (1:00)
ROOT Mariners All Access (0:30)
7:30 p.m.
ROOT Mariners All Access (0:30)
TNT NBA Basketball Playoffs. (Live)
(2:30)
8:00 p.m.
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
ROOT NCAA Lacrosse Women’s Cham-
pionship ACC Tournament. (2:00)
10:00 p.m.
ESPN2 UFC Main Event (1:00)
GOLF Feherty (1:00)
ROOT DFL Soccer M’Gladbach at
Stuttgart. (2:00)
TNT Inside the NBA (Live) (1:00)
11:00 p.m.
ESPN2 Now or Never (0:30)
FOOD TBD (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Professional
Championship. (2:00)
TNT NBA Basketball Playoffs. (2:30)
11:30 p.m.
ESPN2 UFC Fight Flashback (0:30)
Midnight
ESPN MLB Baseball Oakland at Boston.
(2:00)
ROOT In Depth With Graham Bens-
inger (0:30)
12:30 a.m.
ROOT Fight Sports MMA (1:00)
1:30 a.m.
ROOT Fight Sports: World Champion-
ship Kickboxing (1:00)
2:00 a.m.
ESPN2 UFC Ultimate Knockouts (0:30)
FOOD TBD (1:00)
GOLF Golf Highlights (1:00)
2:30 a.m.
ESPN2 UFC Ultimate Knockouts (0:30)
ROOT Motocross X-Fighters. (1:30)
3:00 a.m.
ESPN2 Golic and Wingo (Live) (2:00)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
4:00 a.m.
GOLF Morning Drive (Live) (2:00)
ROOT Crashed Ice (1:00)
5:00 a.m.
ESPN Get Up! (Live) (2:00)
ROOT Cliff Diving (1:00)
TUESDAY
6:00 a.m.
KTNW Classical Stretch: The Esmonde
Technique (0:30)
OPB Sit and Be Fit (0:30)
GOLF Morning Drive (2:00)
6:30 a.m.
KTNW Wai Lana Yoga (0:30)
7:00 a.m.
ESPN First Take (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 Get Up! (2:00)
8:00 a.m.
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Final Round
Legends of Golf. (2:00)
9:00 a.m.
ESPN2 First Take (2:00)
ROOT The Rich Eisen Show (Live)
(3:00)
10:00 a.m.
ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
GOLF Como Concepts (0:30)
10:30 a.m.
ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:30)
GOLF Playing Lessons (0:30)
11:00 a.m.
ESPN2 Jalen & Jacoby (1:00)
GOLF School of Golf (0:30)
TNT UEFA BR Football Matchday (Live)
(1:00)
UNI Fútbol Central (0:30)
11:30 a.m.
KTNW Sit and Be Fit (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live)
(0:30)
UNI UEFA Fútbol Semifinal, partido de
ida Liga de Campeones. (Live) (2:30)
Noon
ESPN NBA: The Jump (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Professional
Championship. (Live) (3:00)
TNT UEFA Soccer Semifinal Leg 1
Champions League. (Live) (2:00)
1:00 p.m.
ESPN High Noon (0:30)
ESPN2 NBA: The Jump (1:00)
ROOT The Dan Patrick Show (3:00)
1:30 p.m.
ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
2:00 p.m.
KTNW Classical Stretch: The Esmonde
Technique (0:30)
ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 High Noon (0:30)
TNT UEFA BR Football Post-Match
(Live) (0:30)
2:30 p.m.
ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 Highly Questionable (0:30)
3:00 p.m.
ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
3:30 p.m.
ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
4:00 p.m.
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:30)
GOLF School of Golf (0:30)
ROOT NCAA Lacrosse Women’s Cham-
pionship ACC Tournament. (2:00)
4:15 p.m.
HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
(1:05)
4:30 p.m.
GOLF Golf Advisor Round Trip (0:30)
5:00 p.m.
TNT NBA Basketball Playoffs. (Live)
(2:30)
5:30 p.m.
ESPN2 Hey Rookie, Welcome to the
NFL (0:30)
6:00 p.m.
ESPN 30 for 30 (2:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter Special (2:00)
ROOT Mariners All Access (0:30)
6:30 p.m.
ROOT Mariners Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
7:00 p.m.
ROOT MLB Baseball Chi. Cubs at
Seattle. (Live) (3:00)
7:30 p.m.
TNT NBA Basketball Playoffs. (Live)
(2:30)
8:00 p.m.
ESPN2 Hey Rookie, Welcome to the
NFL (0:30)
USA WWE Super Smackdown (2:00)
8:30 p.m.
ESPN2 Hey Rookie, Welcome to the
NFL (0:30)
9:00 p.m.
ESPN2 Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show
(1:00)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
10:00 p.m.
ESPN2 UFC Unleashed (1:00)
GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)
ROOT Mariners Post-game (Live) (0:30)
TNT Inside the NBA (Live) (1:00)
10:30 p.m.
GOLF PGA TOUR Champions Learning
Center (0:30)
ROOT MLB Baseball Chi. Cubs at
Seattle. (3:00)
11:00 p.m.
ESPN2 Now or Never (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Professional
Championship. (2:00)
11:30 p.m.
ESPN2 SportsCenter Special (2:00)
1:30 a.m.
ESPN2 Hey Rookie, Welcome to the
NFL (0:30)
ROOT Mariners Post-game (0:30)
2:00 a.m.
ESPN2 Hey Rookie, Welcome to the
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GOLF Inside the PGA Tour (0:30)
ROOT Arenacross (1:00)
2:30 a.m.
ESPN2 Hey Rookie, Welcome to the
NFL (0:30)
GOLF Golfing World (0:30)
3:00 a.m.
ESPN2 Golic and Wingo (Live) (2:00)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
ROOT Undeniable (1:00)
4:00 a.m.
GOLF Morning Drive (Live) (3:00)
ROOT Focused (0:30)
4:30 a.m.
ROOT WPT Poker (1:00)
5:00 a.m.
ESPN Get Up! (Live) (2:00)
5:30 a.m.
ROOT Poker Night in America (0:30)
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Eyes on the increased prize: Churchill Downs set for 145th Kentucky Derby
By Ryan Guebert
TV Media
T
he 145th running of the Kentucky
Derby is set for Saturday, May 4, at
Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Tune in to NBC for live coverage of the
event that has been deemed “the most
exciting two minutes in sports.”
The Kentucky Derby is the first of three
races that make up the thoroughbred
horse racing Triple Crown. Last year, jock-
ey Mike Smith rode Justify to a Kentucky
Derby win — his first since 2005. The
pair went on to win the Preakness Stakes
and Belmont Stakes, making them the
13th Triple Crown winners. Before Justify,
American Pharoah and jockey Victor Es-
pinoza were the last pair to win the Triple
Crown in 2015.
This year’s Kentucky Derby marks the
first time in history that the race has had
a Japanese-bred horse in the field. Master
Fencer earned the invitation to Churchill
Downs after accumulating 19 points on
the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, a
series of races intended to provide a place
in the Kentucky Derby to the top finisher.
The first Japan Road to the Kentucky
Derby was held in 2017, but this is the
first year that a qualifier has accepted the
prestigious offer.
If the honor of running in the historic
event wasn’t incentive enough for riders,
the purse prize certainly is. This year’s
purse was increased from $2 million to
$3 million, with the winner earning $1.86
million. The Kentucky Derby attracts the
largest attendance in North America,
which creates an unparalleled atmo-
sphere for riders and spectators alike.
Despite the incessant rain at last year’s
race, almost 158,000 people were in at-
tendance, making it the eighth-largest
gathering in Kentucky Derby history.
Find out who will take the 145th Ken-
tucky Derby and become the early topic
of discussion regarding a potential run for
the Triple Crown. Catch all of the action at
Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4, with
live coverage on NBC.
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