SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEES
ESPN, 12:00 p.m. ET
What’s a sports network to do, when live sports aren’t being played to be televised? One thing is to replay old sports matchups, and the other is to expand the definition of “sports.” Today, ESPN does both, by repeating seven hours’ worth of old Scripps National Spelling Bees. The alleged action begins at noon ET, with a replay of that nail-biter from 1997 (pictured). That’s followed by the national spelling bees from 2004 and, even more recently, from 2008. If you watch the first one, keep this in mind: Every young person you see spelling words on stage is now 23 years older – so imagine what kind of jobs they’re working at now.