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The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Pro basketball, NBA Draft (6 p.m., ESPN): Today is when we learn were Jackson State superstar Trey Johnson will begin his pro career.
The Best In Sports In The Next 7 Days
MLS soccer, Chivas USA at Los Angeles (10 p.m., ESPN2): The Goats and Galaxy battle for L.A. supremacy. It's not the Euro Cup, but at least you get to see …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Olympic men's basketball, U.S. vs. Greece (7 a.m., USA): The Redeem Team faces one of the teams that beat them in Athens.
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Doctor S sez: It's here, it's finally here—the second event in the PGA's FedEx Cup. Oh, yeah, and major college football begins, too.
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Junior college football, Hinds at Pearl River (7 p.m., Poplarville): It wasn't so long ago that these teams seemed to meet in the state title game every year. Both will …
Coping with a Busted Bracket
In the middle of the most exciting March Madness in recent memory, you tipped over your Abita Turbodog and nacho cheese. Your NCAA bracket, patiently researched and completed, is now …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Men's college basketball, NCAA Tournament (6 p.m., Ch. 12): The Sweet 16 begins with the East and West Regional semifinals
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
College football, Texas Southern at Jackson State (6:30 p.m., Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, ESPNU, 1300 AM/105. 9 FM): Both sets of Tigers are winless and hungry for a victory.
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Tiger Woods says he has a pain in the neck, at least until the divorce is final.
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
College basketball, NCAA Tournament (11 a.m., Ch. 12): The best part of the men's college basketball season begins. It doesn't matter who's playing, you know you will watch.
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Pro baseball, Montgomery at Mississippi in Southern League playoffs (7 p.m., Trustmark Park, Pearl, 930 AM): The Biscuits are hot; the M-Braves are not. Game two of the best-of-five series …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
College baseball, Mississippi State and Ole Miss in SEC Tournament (times, opponents TBA, Hoover, Ala., CSS/620 AM/97.3 FM): Since they played each other in the first round on Wednesday, one …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Golf, British Open (6 a.m., TNT): Will wee Padraig Herrington win a third-straight British Open? Or is Tiger Woods ready to pounce? The battle for the claret jug continues through …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Doctor S sez: They say that people who are intoxicated shouldn't watch 3-D TV. So much for watching sports.
Plucked Out
"The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" (W. W. Norton, $24.95) would be dreadful as fiction—a Disneyfied, feel-good failure. A 15-year-old black kid from a big family in the ghetto …
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THE SLATE: the best in sports in the next 7 days
Pro baseball, Amarillo at Jackson, 7 p.m. (1240 AM): The Senators tackle the Dillas before leaving for a two-series swing through Texas.
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Doctor S sez: What do you call a sunny day following two days of rain? Monday.
Outpacing Expectations
When this issue went to press, the Mississippi State basketball team was in New York, preparing to play in the NIT semifinals. All of the state's Big Four men's teams …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Pro basketball, San Antonio at Cleveland in NBA Finals (8 p.m., Ch. 16): Will this be the night the Spurs hoist their fourth NBA championship trophy?
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
College football, New Year's Day offers a massive buffet of tasty bowl matchups. Here are three of the best: South Carolina vs. Iowa in the Outback Bowl (10 a.m., ESPN); …
