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PLAYING FIELD HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK AUTO RACING Sunday 8:00 a.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Now (Live) (SHOW) Inside NASCAR 10:30 a.m. (SPIKE) Horsepower TV More small block power with alcohol. 11:00 a.m. (SPIKE) Trucks! Starting the project with a 2000Toyota. 11:30 a.m. (MSC) Great Ameri- can Stock Car Series (SPIKE) MuscleCar Project Limelight receives an upgrad- ed stock suspension. 12:00 p.m. (ESPN) NASCAR Countdown (Live) (ESPN2) American Le Mans Series: Monterey. From Mon- terey, Calif. (Taped) 1:00 p.m. (ESPN) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup: Geico 400. From Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. (Live) 5:00 p.m. (MSC) LOKAR Car Show 5:30 p.m. (MSC) Motorhead Garage TV 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NHRA Drag Racing O'Reilly Auto Parts Nationals. From Concord, N.C. (Same-day Tape) 10:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Now (Live) Monday 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Now (Live) 4:00 p.m. (MSC) LOKAR Car Show 4:30 p.m. (MSC) Motorhead Garage TV 11:00 p.m. (MSC) The Car Show Tuesday 2:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Now (Live) Wednesday 2:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Now (Live) 9:00 p.m. (SHOW) Inside NAS- CAR 11:00 p.m. (SHOW) Inside NAS- CAR Thursday 2:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Now (Live) Friday 10:30 a.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup: Sylvania 300, Practice. From New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. (Live) 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Now (Live) 2:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup: Sylvania 300, Qualifying. From New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. (Live) Saturday 8:00 a.m. (SHOW) Inside NAS- CAR 9:00 a.m. (SPIKE) Trucks! Up- dating a work truck. 10:30 a.m. (SPIKE) Horsepower TV Engine building secrets, tips and shortcuts. 12:15 a.m. (ESPN2) NHRA Drag Racing AAA Texas Fall Na- tionals, Qualifying. From Dal- las. (Same-day Tape) BASEBALL Sunday 12:00 p.m. (TBS) MLB on TBS (Live) 12:30 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) (TBS) Tampa Bay Rays at Bos- ton Red Sox. From Fenway Park in Boston. (Live) (WGN-A) White Sox Warm-Up (Live) 1:00 p.m. (MSC) Cleveland Indi- ans at Minnesota Twins. From Target Field in Minneapolis. (Live) (WGN-A) Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals. From Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (Live) 4:00 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 4:30 p.m. (MSC) Boys in the Hall 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) Baseball Tonight (Live) 7:00 p.m. (ESPN) St. Louis Car- dinals at Philadelphia Phillies. From Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. (Live) Monday 7:30 a.m. (MSC) Twins Live 11:30 a.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 12:00 p.m. (MSC) Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees. From Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y. (Live) 3:00 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 5:30 p.m. (MSC) Boys in the Hall 6:30 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live 7:00 p.m. (MSC) Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees. From Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y. 10:00 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live 11:00 p.m. (ESPN2) Baseball Tonight (Live) Tuesday 7:30 a.m. (MSC) Twins Live 11:00 a.m. (MSC) 50 Greatest Twins 12:00 p.m. (WGN-A) Chicago White Sox at Cleveland In- dians. Game one of double- header. (Live) 6:30 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 7:00 p.m. (MSC) Seattle Mari- ners at Minnesota Twins. From Target Field in Minneapolis. (Live) 9:00 p.m. (ESPN) Baseball To- night (Live) 10:00 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 11:00 p.m. (ESPN) Baseball To- night (Live) Wednesday 12:00 p.m. (MSC) Seattle Mari- ners at Minnesota Twins. From Target Field in Minneapolis. 1:00 p.m. (WGN-A) Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs. From Wrigley Field in Chicago. (Live) 4:15 p.m. (WGN-A) Tenth In- ning (Live) 6:00 p.m. (ESPN) Teams TBA. (Live) 6:30 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 4 – SEPTEMBER 18 - 24, 2011 – BRAINERD, MN/DISPATCH (MSC) Boys in the Hall 11:30 p.m. (MSC) Baseball's Golden Age Friday 7:30 a.m. (MSC) Twins Live 5:30 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 6:00 p.m. (MSC) Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians. From Progressive Field in Cleveland. (Live) 9:00 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) Saturday 11:30 a.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 12:00 p.m.) This Week in Baseball News, highlights and a behind-the-scenes look at Major League Baseball. (MSC) Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians. Game one of a doubleheader. (Live) (WGN-A) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals. From Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (Live) 1:00 p.m. # _ MLB 2011: Down the Stretch 2:30 p.m. / This Week in Baseball News, highlights Game. From Zalgiris Kaunas, Lithuania. (Same-day Tape) Monday 5:00 p.m. (EWTN) Saints Alive 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA First Round, Game 3: Teams TBA. (If necessary). (Live) 9:00 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA First Round, Game 3: Teams TBA. (If necessary). (Live) 3:00 a.m. (EWTN) Saints Alive Tuesday 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA First Round, Game 3: Teams TBA. (If necessary). (Live) Wednesday 9:00 p.m. (EWTN) Saints Alive Thursday 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Play- off: Teams TBA. (Live) 8:00 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Play- off: Teams TBA. (Live) Saturday 3:30 p.m. (EWTN) Saints Alive 7:00 p.m. (MSC) Seattle Mari- ners at Minnesota Twins. From Target Field in Minneapolis. (Live) 10:00 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) Thursday 12:00 p.m. (MSC) Seattle Mari- ners at Minnesota Twins. From Target Field in Minneapolis. (Live) 7:30 a.m. (MSC) Twins Live 11:30 a.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 6:30 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live 7:00 p.m. (MSC) Seattle Mari- ners at Minnesota Twins. From Target Field in Minneapolis. 10:00 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live 11:00 p.m. (ESPN) Baseball To- night (Live) 3:00 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) 9:00 p.m. (ESPN) Teams TBA. (Live) and a behind-the-scenes look at Major League Baseball. 2:45 p.m. (WGN-A) Tenth In- ning (Live) 3:00 p.m. ) / Regional Coverage. Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees. 6:00 p.m. (MSC) Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians. Game two of a doubleheader. (Live) 9:00 p.m. (MSC) Twins Live (Live) BASKETBALL Sunday 9:30 a.m. (EWTN) Saints Alive 2:00 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA First Round, Game 2: Teams TBA. (Live) 4:00 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA First Round, Game 2: Teams TBA. (Live) 11:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Basketball 2011 Eurobasket, Gold-Medal BOXING Sunday 9:00 a.m. (HBO) 24/7 May- weather/Ortiz 8:00 p.m. (MSC) Mercito Gesta vs. Manny Perez. From Park- er, Ariz. (Taped) Monday 6:30 p.m. (HBO) 24/7 May- weather/Ortiz 10:30 p.m. (HBO) 24/7 May- weather/Ortiz Tuesday 8:30 p.m. (HBO) 24/7 May- weather/Ortiz Wednesday 9:00 a.m. (HBO) 24/7 May- weather/Ortiz 11:00 p.m. (HBO) 24/7 May- weather/Ortiz Thursday 5:00 p.m. (HBO) 24/7 May- weather/Ortiz FOOTBALL Sunday 6:30 a.m. (ESPN) NFL Matchup (ESPN2) College Football Scoreboard 7:00 a.m. (SHOW) Inside the NFL 2 x 3" ad Radco 10:00 a.m.+ Vikings Game- Plan Vikings radio Play-by- Play man Paul Allen gives viewers an inside look at what to expect in the upcoming game. (ESPN) Sunday NFL Count- down (Live) (MSC) Vikings Weekly 10:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Fantasy Football Now (Live) (MSC) Vikings Game Plan 11:00 a.m.# _ The NFL To- day Host James Brown; with Esiason, Marino, Sharpe and Cowher. (Live) ) / FOX NFL Sunday (Live) (MSC) Vikings Country With Jared Allen 12:00 p.m.# Kansas City Chiefs at Detroit Lions. From Ford Field in Detroit. (Live) ) / Regional Coverage. Seattle Seahawks at Pitts- burgh Steelers or Arizona Cardinals at Washington Redskins or Tampa Bay Buc- caneers at Minnesota Vikings or Chicago Bears at New Orleans Saints or Green Bay Packers at Carolina Panthers. (Live) 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2) NFL Match- up Rights movement affects col- lege athletics. Monday 1:00 p.m. (ESPN2) Palmer and Pollack Show (Live) 2:00 p.m. (ESPN) NFL Prime- Time Trey Wingo, Mike Ditka, Merril Hoge and Mark Schlereth. (Live) 3:00 p.m. (ESPN) NFL Live (Live) 5:00 p.m. (MSC) The After Party with Jay Glazer 6:00 p.m. (ESPN) Monday Night Countdown With host Chris Berman and analysts Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, Cris Cart- er, Chris Mortensen, Stuart Scott, Matt Millen and Steve Young. (Live) (MSC) The After Party with Jay Glazer 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) St. Louis Rams at New York Giants. From New Meadowlands Sta- dium in East Rutherford, N.J. (Live) 12:00 a.m. (ESPN) NFL Prime- Time Trey Wingo, Mike Ditka, Merril Hoge and Mark Schlereth. (ESPN2) NFL Films Presents 2:00 a.m. (ESPN) Stanford at Arizona. 3:00 a.m. (ESPN2) Utah at BYU. Tuesday 1:00 p.m. (ESPN) NFL Prime- Time Trey Wingo, Mike Ditka, Merril Hoge and Mark Schlereth. 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Live (Live) 3:00 p.m. (ESPN) NFL Live (Live) 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Live Wednesday 11:30 a.m. (MSC) Vikings Week- ly 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Films Presents 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Live (Live) 3:00 p.m. (ESPN) NFL Live (Live) 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Live (MSC) Gopher Football With Jerry Kill 8:00 p.m. (SHOW) Inside the NFL 10:00 p.m. (SHOW) Inside the NFL 10:30 p.m. (MSC) Gopher Foot- ball With Jerry Kill Thursday 3:00 p.m. # _ San Diego Chargers at New England Pa- triots. From Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. (Live) ) / The OT (Live) 3:30 p.m. ) FOX 9 Post- Game 4:00 p.m. ) FOX 9 Primetime Postgame 6:00 p.m. + Football Night in America Bob Costas and others recap the day's NFL highlights. (Live) 7:15 p.m. + Philadelphia Ea- gles at Atlanta Falcons. From the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Live) 10:30 p.m. (MSC) College Foot- ball Saturday Review 2:30 a.m. (ESPN) Teams To Be Announced. 5:00 a.m. (HBO) Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football The Civil 7:00 a.m. (MSC) Gopher Foot- ball With Jerry Kill 11:00 a.m. (MSC) Gopher Foot- ball With Jerry Kill 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Live (Live) 3:00 p.m. (ESPN) NFL Live (Live) 6:00 p.m. (ESPN) Audibles (Live) 7:00 p.m. (ESPN) North Caro- lina State at Cincinnati. (Live) 11:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Live 2:00 a.m. (ESPN) North Caro- lina State at Cincinnati. Friday 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Live (Live) 3:00 p.m. (ESPN) NFL Live (Live) (MSC) College Football Sat- urday Preview 3:30 p.m. (MSC) Gopher Foot- ball With Jerry Kill 4:00 p.m. (MSC) Vikings Week- ly

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