Coming Sunday - a special that promises to be most upsetting."Greatest Sports Upsets," a one-hour show hosted by Tim McCarver at8:30 p.m. on HBO, will focus on 11 such contests.
Featured upsets include the 1960 Olympic team that captured thefirst U.S. hockey gold medal; Villanova's win over Georgetown in the1985 NCAA basketball championship; Cassius Clay's victory over SonnyListon, and the Boston Braves' triumph in the 1914 World Series.
BASEBALL: Chuck Swirsky's Cubs pre-game show on WGN (720-AM)this season will include late scores along with up-to-the-minutesports news. Swirsky wants the show to be "more like a baseballmagazine instead of just the usual player interviews and BS." LouBoudreau, Jim Frey and DeWayne Staats all will be involved. Tim Weigel and Mike Adamle will preview the Sox and Cubs tomorrow(Ch. 7, 6 p.m.) from their spring bases. Brent Musburger and Johnny Bench will team up on "Baseball Game ofthe Week," which returns to WBBM radio (780-AM) each Saturdayafternoon beginning April 11 with the Blue Jays-Red Sox game fromFenway Park. Mel Allen will host `Baseball 1987: A Look Ahead" tomorrow (Ch. 5,noon). Ryne Sandberg, Jim Rice, Wade Boggs, Eddie Murray and Gary Carterwill be among participants in an all-star softball game tomorrow (Ch.5, 1 p.m.). Dick Stockton will preview the '87 season tomorrow on CBS' "SportsSaturday" (Ch. 2, 3 p.m.).
TENNIS: Semifinals and finals of the Volvo Tennis/Chicagotournament at the UIC Pavilion can be seen on WMAQ (Ch. 5) tomorrowat 2 p.m. and Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
GOLF: Top LPGA players will compete in the Nabisco-Dinah ShoreOpen for the $500,000 purse that includes a record $80,000 top prize.ESPN will carry the second round today at 2 p.m.; NBC (Ch. 5) willtelevise the third and final rounds tomorrow (3:30 p.m.) and Sunday(3 p.m.).
BOXING: ABC's "Wide World of Sports" will feature the finals ofthe U.S. Amateur Championships tomorrow (Ch. 7, 3:30 p.m.). Donald Curry will square off against Carlos Santos in a 12-roundbout for the USBA junior middleweight championship (tomorrow, Ch. 2,3 p.m.). Monday's Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard fight will be previewedtomorrow (Ch. 2, 3:30 p.m.) and Sunday (ESPN, 9:30 p.m.).
HORSE RACING: ABC's "Wide World of Sports" will broadcast theFlorida Derby and Santa Anita Derby (tomorrow, Ch. 7, 3 p.m.).
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