Xtreme Paintball

4:30 p.m., CSN

What? You’d rather watch “Ellen” or “Jim Rome is Burning?”

MLB: Red Sox vs. Indians

6 p.m., NESN

It speaks so highly of the Bruins when six-month-old baseball games and Hazel Mae are the only compelling reasons to watch this network all winter.

Madden Nation marathon

7:30 p.m., ESPN2

Four hours of watching 35-year-old men who still live in their mom’s basement playing a video game. I take back everything negative I ever thought or said about Tuesday night college football.

NBA: Trail Blazers at Spurs

8 p.m., TNT

Delicious opening night match-up featuring Tim Duncan against um against whatever stopgap stiff Portland found to fill in for Greg Oden this year.

Boxing: The Contender

10 p.m., ESPN

Semifinal match between Sam Soliman vs. Sakio Bika, which believe it or not would be a good fight if it weren’t hyper-edited for a reality show run by Sugar Ray Leonard.

NBA: Rockets at Lakers

10:30 p.m., TNT

To Kobe, or not to Kobe?

Patriots Football Weekly

11 p.m., NECN

Where Matt Light, Rosevelt Colvin and Vince Wilfork answer a flurry of softball questions for the benefit of a hear-no-evil fandom that eats it all up.