X Games

1 p.m. and 9 p.m., ESPN

Here’s a sports enterprise that will never have a drug scandal. That’s because pot is not a performance enhancer.

Little League: 2006 World Championship Game

3 p.m., ESPN Classic

The title went south to Columbus, Ga. Did anyone notice that the U.S. started dominating this thing when somebody had the brilliant idea to check birth certificates?

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NASCAR: Nextel Cup Qualifying at Pocono

3:30 p.m., ESPN2

Take it from a racing fanatic: This is far and away the most boring track on the circuit when 43 cars are running in a pack. Now imagine one at a time.

FA Cup Final: Chelsea vs. Manchester United

5 p.m., Fox Soccer Channel

I know it happened two months ago, but heck, do you remember who won?

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NFL Quarterback Challenge

7 p.m., ESPN

Dog lover Michael Vick leads a skills competition in the Cayman Islands against B-listers Alex Smith, Tarvaris Jackson, Charlie Frye, Josh McCown and Jason Campbell. Yikes, it’s football’s version of “The Surreal Life.”

MLB: Red Sox at Mariners

10 p.m., NESN

The August West Coast trip used to mark the beginning of the end when I was a kid. Mom wouldn’t me stay up and watch, and Sox got killed by inferior opposition every night.

Women’s Tennis: Acura Classic

11 p.m., ESPN2

Only three weeks until the only tennis tournament that matters.

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