There are a few sports-oriented offerings on television this summer:

• The second season of the boxing reality show “The Contender,” featuring a couple of Philly area contenders debuts July 18 on ESPN. Aaron Torres, 26, who grew up in Philadelphia, has a record of 14-2, with six knockouts. Michael “No Joke” (great nickname) Stewart, 28, who trains in New Castle, Del., has a record of 38-4-2, with 22 knockouts. Sugar Ray Leonard will return as host, but Sylvester Stallone will have a reduced role on the show this season because he was filming “Rocky VI.”
  
  
• An Alabama high school football team gets the MTV treatment in “Two-A-Days,” later this summer. It can be described as a combination of “The Real World” and “Friday Night Lights.”
  
  
• Personal trainer Jackie Warner is the star of “Work Out” on Bravo. This is as close to a sports show as you are going to get on Bravo.

Run 4 Your Life

6ABC sports director Gary Papa, who has prostate cancer, is the spokesperson for the “Run 4 Your Life” Father's Day race/walk starting in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art at 8 a.m. Sunday.

Proceeds will benefit prostate cancer research. Go to www.run4yourlife.org.

Breath of polluted air

Parents who live near power plants may want to rethink sending their kids outside to play sports after watching the report “The Air We Breathe” on HBO's “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” Tuesday at 10 p.m.

The piece shows how the pollution from the plants causes an increase in asthma in children.

'Final' first

For May sweeps, NBC10's “Sports Final” won the battle of the local Sunday night sports shows with a 3.3 rating/8 share. Fox29's “Sports Sunday” had a 2.8 rating/4 share, and CBS3's “Sports Zone” had a 2.5 rating/6 share. 6ABC only does its Sunday night show during football season. Each ratings point equals about 29,000 households.

Dad about you

During the third inning of Sunday's Phillies-Devil Rays game on UPN 57, announcer Harry Kalas will be joined by his three sons, Todd, Brad and Kane for Father's Day. Todd is a member of the Devil Rays broadcasting team.

Also, Happy Father's Day to Philadelphia television sports directors NBC10's Vai Sikahema, the father of three sons and a daughter; 6ABC's Gary Papa, the father of two sons; and CBS3's Beasley Reece, the father of two sons.

Bug juice included

The fifth annual “Scholastic Play-by-Play Sports Broadcasting Camp” begins Monday at Villanova University. The camp, which began here, is now in six other cities around the country. Another session will take place at Villanova in August. Go to www.playbyplaycamps.com.

Local flavor

Neshaminy High's Tom McEowen and Chris Daino will play in the “Big 33 Football Classic” featuring the all-stars of Pennsylvania vs. Ohio at 7 p.m. Saturday on CN8.