Thursday, March 26
Men's college basketball, NCAA regional semifinals (6 p.m., Ch. 12/930 AM): The semifinals are tonight and Friday; the finals are on Saturday and Sunday.
Friday, March 27
College baseball, Alabama State at Jackson State (6 p.m., Jackson): The Tigers open a weekend SWAC series against the Hornets. … Movies, "Capricorn One" (7 p.m., TCM) and "The Dirty Dozen" (9:15 p.m.): Turner Classic Movies offers a doubleheader of great action movies starring Pro Football Hall-of-Fame running backs. The first has O.J. Simpson as an astronaut on the run from a NASA conspiracy. In the second, Jim Brown does terrible things to beat the Nazis on the night before D-Day.
Saturday, March 28
College baseball, Ole Miss at LSU (3 p.m., Baton Rouge, La., 97.3 FM): Two of the SEC West's best collide in River City.
Sunday, March 29
College baseball, Mississippi State at Arkansas (1:05 p.m., Fayetteville, Ark., 620 AM): The Bulldogs conclude what could be an unpleasant weekend in the Ozarks.
Monday, March 30
Movie, "Heaven Can Wait" (7 p.m., TCM): Warren Beatty is a dead NFL quarterback who returns to Earth in another body in this excellent 1977 comedy. (Charles Grodin was never better.) This movie's age is showing, though. When it was made, the Rams were still playing in Los Angeles.
Tuesday, March 31
College baseball, Mississippi College at Belhaven (6 p.m., Smith-Wills Stadium, Jackson): The battle for the Maloney Trophy shifts back to Smith-Wills. … Jackson State at Ole Miss (6:30 p.m., Oxford, 97.3 FM): The Tigers face a stern test against the Rebels.
Wednesday, April 1
College baseball, Mississippi State at Louisiana-Monroe (6:30 p.m., Monroe, La., 620 AM): The Bulldogs play a midweek game a short drive away from the Jackson metro. Be sure to buy some lottery tickets while you're west of the Mississippi River.
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