Lots to look at, today. From the Kentucky Derby to Game 7 of the Celtics-Bulls series to Dodgers and Angels baseball, Hatton-Pacquiao boxing, NHL playoffs, a NASCAR race …

Well, lots of stuff.

I’m a sports fan. And I can watch a fairly wide range of stuff, if the mood strikes. But it’s unusual, verging on “never happens,” for me to spend most of a day in front of a TV.

So, the choices I made:

1. The latter stages of the Celtics and Bulls in that epic first-round series. I walked miles for it, actually. (Wasn’t that a cigarette slogan, back when? “I’d walk a mile for a Camel.”) Anyway, I felt like I needed some kind of exercise, so I walked for an hour down my mother’s house because I knew she would be watching — it was that compelling a series. Not only was I watching … my mother the generic (but not rabid) sports fan was watching. I called down to let her know I’d be over, and even before I could say “Celtics-Bulls” she said, “That game is coming on about now!”

It was a bit of a letdown in that 1) I always want Boston to lose and 2) Game 7 didn’t live up to the first six games of the series, five of which were pretty much riveting. There were eight minutes left in the third quarter when I caught up the game, and the Celts were up by nine, and from that moment till the end I never, ever for one second thought the Bulls would win — or even had a serious chance. As my mother the analyst noted, early fourth quarter, “the Bulls never get easy shots.” She was right. Chicago was pushed to the perimeter by the Boston defense while the Celts were always in the paint at the other end. If Boston can play defense like that the rest of the way, they have a chance to repeat. I don’t think they can, or will, but they have more of a shot than I thougbt — especially with Kevin Garnett apparently done.

2. The Dodgers. Unbeaten at home, playing the Padres. Rode my bike in the dark back to the place downtown, and watched the two teams struggle mightily, again, to score. Same as the night before. Man, does the Padres’ offense reek. Adrian Gonzalez and a bunch of guys who ought to be in Triple-A. Yes, including one of my faves all-time, David Eckstein. Dodgers won 2-1 in 10.

3. Galaxy soccer against New York. True story. Flipping back and forth from the Dodgers to the soccer because the Galaxy was up 1-0 by the time I checked in on them, and the club hadn’t won this season, and it’s really the only club team I pay any real attention to — and that includes England. The Galaxy won, but it was a bad match. The pace was sluggish, the only goal was a penalty by Landon Donovan and the talent level seemed severely depressed compared to the Champions League clubs I watched last week. Those guys played hard for 90-plus minutes. The Galaxy and New York seemed to coast a lot.  Just no sense of urgency that I could see.

4. Hatton and Pacquaio. I didn’t actually watch this, but I would have if I’d bought the fight. I like Ricky Hatton and his traveling horde of English fans. (“There’s only one Ricky Hatton …!”) But I didn’t spend the $49.99, or whatever it was, and it worked out because Pacquaio handled Hatton, winning by TKO in the second round.

What I didn’t watch.

1. Angels and Yankees. Couldn’t bring myself to watch ball at 10 a.m. Plus, Sabathia was throwing for the Yankees and some 30-year-old rookie for the Angels, so the game wasn’t going to be competitive. (The Angels and the rookie won. As Joaquin “One Tough Domincan” Andujar said back in the day: “Two words: You never know.”)

2. The Kentucky Derby. Used to be, I never missed this race. Like the Indy 500. But now I fairly often don’t bother with either one. The names are still big but the competition doesn’t much matter, and the name-recognition of the competitors is fading. Nobody really covers the horses anymore, so I had no idea who was running in the race, no sense of rooting for any of them, and I didn’t even think about it till it was over and I was reading about it on espn.com. Hey, I saw the tape. Some long shot ran away from the sloppy field in the stretch. Sure. Fine. Great. And there’s no way that horse wins the Triple Crown, and this sports desperately needs a horse that can grip the imagination of fans. Horse racing is dead as Elvis.

3. Chivas and San Jose. I watch the Galaxy. I never watch Chivas. Never. Goes back to their incarnation as the Major League Soccer twin of one of Mexico’s top clubs, wearing the same uniforms, and their commitment to Mexican players (which has since faded), and I didn’t like the whole idea. Even when they’re good, like they apparently are this season.

4. NHL hockey. Yeah, there was a game with Sidney Crosby and Alex (it is Alex, right?) Ovechkin going on, but hockey is another sport I tend not to look at unless the local team is playing, and that’s the Ducks and they had the day off.

5. Golf. Tiger and some guys. I never watch golf that isn’t a Slam event.

6. NASCAR. I might have watched this, had I cared enough to realize the race was Saturday night. But I didn’t care enough, and missed the whole thing. Didn’t know what I missed till I saw 45 seconds of it on SportsCenter.

Anyway, busy day. Too busy. No way to watch it all and get anything done. So it’s like triage. What you must see, what you might look at if it works out, and stuff you won’t bother with.