WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 6

* PRO BASKETBALL: Milwaukee at Clippers,

Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.

* PRO BASEBALL: San Francisco at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: Phoenix at Mighty Ducks, Arrowhead Pond, 7:30 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, CART practice, 9:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: UC Riverside at UC Santa Barbara, 2 p.m.; Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal Poly Pomona, 2:30 p.m.; La Verne at Whittier, 3 p.m.; Occidental at Caltech, 3 p.m.; UC San Diego at Cal State L.A., 3 p.m.; Arizona State at USC, Dedeaux Field, 6 p.m.; Sacramento State at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 7 p.m.; Pacific at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.; UC San Diego at Cal State L.A., 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Occidental at Pomona-Pitzer, 3 p.m.; Arizona State at UCLA, 2 p.m.; Cal State Stanislaus at Cal State San Bernardino, doubleheader, 1:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: UCLA at UC San Diego, 7 p.m.; Pepperdine at Long Beach State, 7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: California at USC, 1:30 p.m.; Stanford at UCLA, 1:30 p.m.; Chapman at Whittier, 2 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Mills at Occidental, 2 p.m.; Cal Poly Pomona Memorial Tournament, all day (also Saturday, Sunday).

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita, thoroughbreds, featuring $75,000 Santa Lucia Handicap, first post 3 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarterhorses, first post 7:15 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 7

* PRO BASKETBALL: San Antonio at Clippers, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.; ABA, Chicago at Stars, Forum, 7:30 p.m.

* PRO BASEBALL: San Francisco at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.

* PRO FOOTBALL: XFL, San Francisco at Xtreme, Coliseum, 5 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Toyota pro/celebrity race, noon; CART qualifying, 1:45 p.m.; Toyota Atlantic race, 3:15 p.m.; NASCAR, Late Models, USAC Midgets, Super Stocks, Modified 4’s and American Race Trucks, Irwindale Speedway, 7 p.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: Speedway Spring Classic, Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Whittier at La Verne, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; Caltech at Occidental, doubleheader, 11 a.m.; Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Dominguez Hills, doubleheader, noon; Cal State L.A. at UC San Diego, doubleheader, noon; Vanguard at Westmont, doubleheader, noon; the Master’s at Biola, doubleheader, noon; Cal Baptist at Azusa Pacific, doubleheader, 1 p.m.; UC Riverside at UC Santa Barbara, 1 p.m.; Arizona State at USC, Dedeaux Field, 1 p.m.; Sacramento State at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 6 p.m.; Pacific at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Biola at Vanguard, noon; Concordia at Cal Baptist, noon; Point Loma Nazarene at Azusa Pacific, noon; Hope International at the Master’s, noon; Pomona-Pitzer at Occidental, doubleheader, noon; Cal State Fullerton at Long Beach State, doubleheader, 1 p.m.; Arizona at UCLA, 2 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: La Verne at USC, 7 p.m.; UC Irvine at UC San Diego, 7 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Cal Lutheran at Chapman, 9:30 a.m.; California at UCLA, noon; Stanford at USC, noon; Chapman at Caltech, 3:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Loyola Marymount at UC Santa Barbara, 10 a.m.; Cal State Northridge at Long Beach State, 11 a.m.; La Verne at Occidental, 9:30 a.m.; Fresno State at Pepperdine, 11 a.m. Westmont at Vanguard, 1 p.m.; Mills at Biola, 1 p.m.

* MEN’S, WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Big West Challenge Cup, Cal State Fullerton, 10:30 a.m.; Azusa Pacific Invitational, 9 a.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: San Diego State at USC, noon.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE GYMNASTICS: NCAA West Regional, Pauley Pavilion, 6 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita, thoroughbreds, featuring $750,000 Santa Anita Derby, $150,000 San Bernardino Handicap and $150,000 Arcadia Handicap, first post noon; Los Alamitos, quarterhorses, first post 6:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 8

* PRO BASEBALL: San Francisco at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 5 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: San Jose at Mighty Ducks, Arrowhead Pond, 5 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Indy Lights race, 10:15 a.m.; CART champ car race, 1 p.m.; Trans-Am race, 3:45 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: UC Riverside at UC Santa Barbara, 1 p.m.; Arizona State at USC, Dedeaux Field, 1 p.m.; Pacific at Cal State Fullerton, 1 p.m.; Sacramento State at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 6 p.m.

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Arizona at UCLA, 1 p.m.; Cal State Fullerton at Long Beach State, 1 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: Oxford at UC Irvine, 11 a.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine, noon.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: UC Irvine at USC, noon.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita, thoroughbreds, featuring $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap and $100,000 Zany Tactics Stakes, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarterhorses, first post 5:30 p.m.

About This Listing

On Fridays, The Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, please 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, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.