THE ZAPPER

John Walters

June 28, 1999

Hey, you! Sitting behind home plate with the cell phone in your hand. Waving at the camera. Asking the person on the other end of the call, "Am I on TV?" Yes, you are, and you look like a dork. Leave the calls to the umps, pal.... The X Games (beginning Sunday, 9 p.m., on ESPN and continuing through July 5 on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2) shift to a new location, San Francisco, and add a new sport, the self-explanatory Freestyle Moto-X. (Once again, tetherball fails to make the cut.)