What to See and Do Around Southern California

Friday 6

SPECTATOR SPORTS

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Arizona State at UCLA, 7 p.m.; Oregon State at USC, 7 p.m.; Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at Long Beach State, 7 p.m.; UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.

* NBA BASKETBALL: San Antonio at Lakers, Great Western Forum, 7:30 p.m.

* NHL HOCKEY: San Jose at Ducks, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, 7:30 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Thoroughbreds, Santa Anita, first post 1 p.m.; harness racing, Los Alamitos, 6:20 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: New Mexico State at Long Beach State, 7 p.m.

* TENNIS: State Farm Evert Cup, Grand Champions Resort, Indian Wells, 10 a.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Brigham Young at UCLA, 7 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: San Diego State at Long Beach State, 4 p.m.

Saturday 7

SPECTATOR SPORTS

* AUTO RACING: SCRA sprint cars, Imperial Fairgrounds, El Centro, 6 p.m.; Modifieds, lightning sprints, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Gonzaga at Pepperdine, DH, 11 a.m.; Oregon State at USC, 1 p.m.; Arizona State at UCLA, 4 p.m.; Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at Long Beach State, 7 p.m.; UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Arizona at UCLA, 1 p.m.; Arizona State at USC, 5 p.m.

* NHL HOCKEY: Detroit at Kings, Great Western Forum, noon

* HORSE RACING: Thoroughbreds, Santa Anita, featuring $150,000 Arcadia Handicap, $150,000 San Carlos Handicap and $1-million Santa Anita Handicap, first post noon; harness racing, Los Alamitos,

6:20 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Cal State Northridge at Long Beach State, 1 p.m.; New Mexico State at Cal State Fullerton, 4 p.m.

* TENNIS: State Farm Evert Cup, Grand Champions Resort, Indian Wells, 10 a.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: UCLA at USC, noon; Portland at Loyola Marymount,

9:30 a.m.

* COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Long Beach State-Cal State Los Angeles-UC Santa Barbara at UCLA, 11:30 a.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Brigham Young at UCLA, 7 p.m.; Loyola of Chicago at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: Long Beach State at USC, noon

PARTICIPATION SPORTS

* SOFTBALL: The Steve Collins Memorial Softball Tournament will be held today and tomorrow at Luckie Park in Twentynine Palms. Details: (760) 830-2396 or (760) 368-3015.

Sunday 8

SPECTATOR SPORTS

* AUTO RACING: IRRA stock cars, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond,

1:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Oregon State at USC, noon; Brigham Young at UCLA, 1 p.m.; Gonzaga at Pepperdine, 1 p.m.; Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at Long Beach State, 1 p.m.; UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton, 1 p.m.

* NBA BASKETBALL: Detroit at Lakers, Great Western Forum, noon

* ABL BASKETBALL: Columbus vs. StingRays, Game 1 ABL Finals, Pond of Anaheim, 3:30 p.m.

* NHL HOCKEY: Carolina at Ducks, Pond of Anaheim, 7:30 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Thoroughbreds, Santa Anita, featuring $300,000 Santa Margarita Handicap, first post 12:30 p.m.; harness racing, Los Alamitos, 6:20 p.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: AFM road races, Buttonwillow Raceway Park, 9 a.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: New Mexico State at Loyola Marymount, DH, 11 a.m.; Cal State Northridge at Cal State Fullerton, 1 p.m.

* TENNIS: State Farm Evert Cup, Grand Champions Resort, Indian Wells, 10 a.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Portland at UC Irvine, 11 a.m.

* COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD: San Diego State-Cal State Fullerton-Cal State Bakersfield-UC Irvine-Cal Poly Pomona at USC, 11:30 a.m.

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About This Listing

On Fridays, The Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, send a fax with the date, location and time of competition to (213) 237-7876 or write to Sports Weekend, Sports Department, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA, 90053. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.