Trivia answer

From 1D: George Gervin, who was too cool on the court, was the "Iceman." Gervin, who was named to the NBA's 50th All-Anniversary team, averaged 25.1 points per game in 14 seasons in the ABA and NBA.

Playback

10 years ago (1996): OAKLAND, Calif. - Chili Davis went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs and North Dakota's Darin Erstad was 2-for-5 and scored twice as the California Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 9-4 to avoid a four-game sweep.

25 years ago (1981): CASPER, Wyo. - Three home runs were belted in a losing cause as the Mandan Chiefs fell 11-10 to Casper in an American Legion baseball game.

Scott Harr rapped a grand slam home run and Chuck Mischel clubbed two solo homers, but that wasn't enough for the Chiefs. They let a 9-7 lead slip away in the seventh when Casper scored two to force extra innings. Mandan went ahead 10-9 in the 11th when Mischel hit his second homer.

But Casper tied it again in the lower 11th and won it in the 12th.

50 years ago (1956): WILLISTON - The Minot Mallards downed the Williston Oilers 12-7 to drop the Oilers out of first place in the Man-Dak League. Manager Joe Piercey, who relieved Dirk Gibbons in the seventh, got credit for the win.

TV today

AUTO RACING

10:30 a.m.

SPEED - NASCAR, Nextel Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for USG Sheetrock 400, at Joliet, Ill.

11:30 a.m.

SPEED - NASCAR, Busch Series, pole qualifying for USG Durock 300, at Joliet, Ill.

3 p.m.

TNT - NASCAR, Busch Series, USG Durock 300, at Joliet, Ill.

7 p.m.

SPEED - NASCAR, Craftsman Truck Series, Built Ford Tough 225, at Sparta, Ky.

BOXING

8 p.m.

SHO - Champion Roman Karmazin (34-1-1) vs. Cory Spinks (34-3-0), for IBF junior middleweight championship; Steve Cunningham (19-0-0) vs. Guillermo Jones (33-3-2) for vacant IBF cruiserweight championship, at St. Louis

CYCLING

7:30 a.m.

OLN - Tour de France, stage 7, Saint-Gregoire to Rennes, France

7 p.m.(8 p.m. Pacific)

OLN - Tour de France, stage 7, Saint-Gregoire to Rennes, France (same-day tape)

GOLF

9 a.m.

TGC - European PGA Tour, European Open, third round, at Dublin, Ireland

1 p.m.

ABC - PGA Tour, Western Open, third round, at Lemont, Ill.

2 p.m.

CBS - LPGA, World Match Play Championship, third round, at Gladstone, N.J.

NBC - USGA, U.S. Senior Open Championship, third round, at Hutchinson, Kan.

HORSE RACING

6 p.m.

ESPN - NTRA, LIVE: Swaps Breeders' Cup Stakes and Hollywood Gold Cup, at Inglewood, Calif.; SAME-DAY TAPE: United Nations, at Oceanport, N.J.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Noon

FOX - Regional coverage, Boston at Chicago White Sox or Florida at N.Y. Mets

3 p.m.

FOX - Regional coverage, St. Louis at Houston or San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers

6 p.m.

TBS - Cincinnati at Atlanta

WGN - Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee

7 p.m.

FOXSN - Minnesota at Texas

SOCCER

1:55 p.m.

ESPN - FIFA, World Cup, third-place game, Portugal vs. Germany, at Stuttgart, Germany

4 p.m.

ESPN2 - MLS, Chivas USA at Houston

TENNIS

8 a.m.

NBC - Wimbledon Championships, women's championship, at London

WNBA

2 p.m.

ESPN2 - Phoenix at Connecticut

Radio today

MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL

7:05 p.m.

KXMR (710 AM) - Minnesota at Texas

Schedule

SATURDAY

Legion baseball: Bismarck B Classic

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