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Kentucky Derby: Pre-race coverage begins at 3 p.m. on KFOR-4. If you want to skip the hype, post time is 5:04 p.m.
Tom Hammond and
Bob Costas will co-host
NBC's coverage.
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NBA playoffs: Three Game 6 matchups are set tonight with
Boston at
Atlanta at 7 p.m. and
Houston at
Utah at 9:30 p.m. on
ESPN and
Cleveland at
Washington at 6 tonight on
ESPN2.
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Auto racing: Kyle Busch, who has won twice in nine
Sprint Cup races this season, tries to continue his hot start in the
Dan Lowry 400 at 6 p.m. Saturday on KOKH-25. The
Nationwide Series' Lipton Tea 250 will air at 6 tonight on the
Speed Channel and
ESPN Classic.
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Baseball: The
St. Louis Cardinals host the arch-rival
Chicago Cubs for a three-game series: 7 tonight, WGN, Cox 7; 2:30 p.m. Saturday, KOKH-25; 7 p.m. Sunday,
ESPN.
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Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya will fight live on
HBO's boxing series for the first time since 2001, facing
Steve Forbes at 9 p.m. Saturday from
Carson, Calif. Forbes (33-5, 9 KOs) is coming off a split-decision victory over highly touted
Francisco Bojado in October.