The Week In Television

JULY 11-24

SATURDAY 7/12
HBO 10:30 PM
Vernon Forrest vs. Ricardo Mayorga
After outboxing previously unbeaten Sugar Shane Mosely twice last year, Forrest (35-1) was stopped in the third round by the rugged Mayorga (25-3-1) last January. This rematch is for Mayorga's WBA and WBC welterweight belts.

SUNDAY 7/13
ESPN 4 PM
Women's Soccer U.S. vs. Brazil
Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain and Cindy Parlow have no worries about making the World Cup team, but other players are eager to impress. This possible preview of October's final is the last match before coach April Heinrichs picks her roster.

MONDAY 7/14
COURT TV 8 PM
The System: Crying Foul
This look at the court battle over Barry Bonds's 73rd-home-run ball includes discussion of a whaling law that says the first ship to harpoon a creature gets it.

WEDNESDAY 7/16
FOX SPORTS NET 8 PM
Mike Tyson: Beyond the Glory
Rapper and actor Ice-T narrates, and Robin Givens gives her first sit-down interview about ex-hubby Mike in more than 15 years.

THURSDAY 7/24
ESPN 3:30 PM
Diamondbacks at Giants
Arizona's hot, and Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling will be healthy for this one.

DON'T MISS
THURSDAY 7/17
ESPN2 10 PM
MLL All-Star Game
The six-team Major League Lacrosse has the world's best players. Former college stars Casey Powell ( Syracuse) and A.J. Haugen (Johns Hopkins) and, of course, 37-year-old middie Gary Gait—the Babe Ruth of lax—display their stickhandling wizardry.