The Week In Television

SEPT. 26 - OCT. 2

SATURDAY 9/27
ESPN CLASSIC 2:30 PM
Classic Muhammad Ali
Five-and-a-half hours of Ali's best fights—George Foreman, Chuck Wepner, Ron Lyle—conclude with the Thrilla in Manila against Joe Frazier.

SATURDAY 9/27
NBC 5 PM
Vans WWA Wakeboard Nationals A one-hour highlight reel of heel-side 720s and toe-side 900s from the banks of Lake Berwind in Indianapolis. This is the first televised glimpse of an Aug. 24 event featuring X Games champions Dallas Friday and Danny Harf.

SUNDAY 9/28
NBC 2 PM
Winston Cup: EA Sports 500
Sweet Vroom, Alabama! Neil Young may hate it, but Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s gotta love Bama; he's going for his fifth consecutive win at Talladega Superspeedway.

SUNDAY 9/28
ABC 3:30 PM
Women's World Cup: U.S. vs. North Korea
Defending champ U.S. is heavily favored, but North Korea outscored opponents 50-3 during qualifying and has beaten China for the last three continental titles.

SUNDAY 9/28
FOX 4 PM
Cowboys at Jets
The Bill Parcells Reunion Tour continues with Dallas (1-1) coming off a bye week to face the struggling Jets (0-3), who were led by Parcells from 1997 to 2000.

DON'T MISS
SUNDAY 9/28
SPEED 1:30 PM
U.S. Grand Prix
Racing fans will be focused on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Five-time Formula One champ Michael Schumacher of Germany leads Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya by just three points, and this is the season's penultimate race.