The Yankees have a commanding 3-1 lead in the World Series and could wrap up their 27th title Monday night in Philadelphia (7:57 p.m. FOX). TNT and ESPN have NBA action starting Wednesday night, highlighted by Cleveland’s trip to New York on Friday (8 p.m. EPSN). Finally, college football on the ESPN networks along with MLS playoffs.

The World Series continues this weekend with games three and four in Philadelphia. Saturday night’s college football games on ABC and ESPN2 each feature matchups of top 25 teams, and for the Irish fans out there, Notre Dame plays in primetime this week when they host Washington State at 7:30 on NBC. It’s a good thing the primetime games are good, because it’s a bit of a snooze-fest in the afternoon on Saturday.
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USC at Oregon, Saturday at 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ABC). Both teams are 6-1. Oregon is 4-0 in …

A day late this week, but the big events start Tuesday night anyway, with the opening of the NBA season. The World Series kicks off Wednesday, so for a short period of time, we’ll have all four major sports going at the same time. Live it up while you can, sports fans!
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I’m torn this week. The World Series, with games one and two on Wednesday and Thursday (FOX 7:30 p.m.) is the obvious choice, but the NBA season kicks off with some great games, including Boston heading to Cleveland on …