The Week In Television

APRIL 25-MAY 1

SATURDAY 4/26
HBO 9:30 PM
James Toney (65-4-2) vs. Vassiliy Jirov (31-0-0)
Toney, 34, is 10-0 since ending a 21-month layoff in March 1999. Now he's trying to take the 29-year-old Jirov's IBF cruiserweight belt

SUNDAY 4/27
FOX 2:30 PM
Auto Club 500
Jeff Gordon, who grew up in Vallejo, Calif., leads NASCAR's annual invasion of Southern California. Gordon has Two wins and four Top five finishes in the six races held at the California Speedway since it joined the Winston Cup circuit in 1997.

SUNDAY 4/27
ESPN CLASSIC 8 PM
Everybody's All-American
Dennis Quaid is college football star Gavin (the Grey Ghost) Grey and Jessica Lange is his beauty-queen wife in this adaptation of Frank Deford's novel. We follow Grey from his glory days in the '50s into middle age, as he confronts life without cheers.

SUNDAY 4/27
ESPN2 NOON
U.S. Women's National Soccer Team vs. Nigeria
Phenom Heather O'Reilly, 18, joins Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain and Julie Foudy in Washington, D.C., as the champs prepare for September's Women's World Cup.

MONDAY 4/28
ESPN2 10 PM
Phillies at Dodgers
Philadelphia hasn't beaten the Dodgers in a season series since '95, but catcher Mike Lieberthal loves playing them. The II home runs he has hit against Los Angeles are the most he has hit off any team.

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SUNDAY 4/27
ABC 3 PM
Timberwolves at Lakers, Game 4
Kevin Garnett (far right) tries to lead Minnesota to its first-ever playoff series victory. But proud papa Shaquille O'Neal, whose wife, Shaunie, gave birth to their third child last Saturday, and the defending champs are hot.