Classic College Football: Washington at USC, 1988

1 p.m., ESPN Classic

Rodney Peete before he even heard of Rob Dibble, John Salley and Chris Rose. Comes across as a much happier man while beating the Huskies.

MLB: A’s at Red Sox

7 p.m., NESN

I think I strained an oblique doing a double-take when I saw Manny was in the lineup.

MLB: Braves at Phillies

7 p.m., ESPN

Anyone else get the feeling the Phils have just been stringing their fans along this long just so their playoff hopes can come to some calamitous end on Sunday?

Summer House

7 p.m., ESPN2

The premise — take a half-dozen incoming college football players, make them live together in a house for eight days with Chris Spielman as the house Dad, manufacture a bunch of “challenges” for them “to test their character and learn lessons,” film it, and put it on a third-rate network (this series is a staple of ESPNU). The NCAA doesn’t have a problem with this but they’ll put your program on probation if you loan one of these kids some money for a sandwich.

Women’s World Cup: Germany vs. Norway

8 p.m., ESPN2

I must be watching too much of Ken Burns’ “The War” because I’m expecting the American team to send reinforcements to Norway and end the brutal German occupation.