The week when sports would not let America look away.
What to Read This Weekend |
 | | In a news conference on Tuesday, Steve Kerr, Golden State's head coach, waved off basketball questions to plead for gun control legislation. "When are we going to do something?" he asked.Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press |
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Before the big N.B.A. game Tuesday night, there was no talk of basketball, only frustration, rage and pain. |
On Thursday, sports slid into the background once again, as was appropriate, replaced by heartbreaking facts, courtesy of two Major League Baseball teams, and calls to do something to end the carnage. |
Something is wrong in America. We can't figure out how to stop aggression and death, our columnist Kurt Streeter writes. |
Read the full article here. |
What to Watch This Weekend |
 | | Liverpool will take on Real Madrid in the Champions League final. Julian Finney/Getty Images |
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The club soccer season comes to its conclusion with the Champions League final from the Stade de France outside Paris. Six-time winner Liverpool takes on 13-time winner Real Madrid (Saturday, 2:30 p.m., CBS, Univision). |
Two iconic races take place in one glorious doubleheader. It starts with the world of Euro celebrity and money descending on Monte Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix (Sunday, 8:55 a.m., ESPN). Racing fans will then turn their eyes back home to Indiana for the tradition-laden Indy 500 (Sunday, 12:30 p.m., NBC). |
It's the biggest day of the richest event in cricket: Expect Bollywood stars and fireworks at the Indian Premier League final (Sunday, 8:30 a.m., ESPN+). |
Even as the N.H.L. playoffs continue, American hockey is fighting for a rare achievement. The national team has not won a stand-alone world championship since 1933, but it has advanced to this year's semifinals. (U.S. vs. Finland, Saturday 7:20 a.m., NHL Network; final, Sunday, 1:20 p.m., NHL Network) |
N.C.A.A. Division I lacrosse wraps up this weekend as well (women's final, Sunday, noon, ESPN; men's final, 1 p.m., ESPN). |
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