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Millions of television viewers will be tuning in this weekend to catch the X Games. ESPN and ABC plan to provide 14 hours of live coverage of the action sports tournament with competitions in skateboarding, motocross, BMX, surfing and rally car racing. Southlanders, however, have another option: seeing it live.

More than 150 action sport athletes will compete in the X Games at Staples Center downtown and the Home Depot Center in Carson. X Fest, in Carson, will feature live concerts, a sponsor village, interactive skate and BMX parks, demos and a vendors fair. The concert lineup includes Unwritten Law, No Use for a Name, Dumbluck, Bad Religion, Nine Black Alps, Buck-O-Nine, Blackalicious and others.

X Games, Staples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., L.A. 3 to 8 p.m. Today, 4 to 9:30 p.m. Friday. $15 to $20. (213) 742-7340. Home Depot Center, 18400 Avalon Blvd., Carson. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Today, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. $5 to $20. (310) 630-2020. www.expn.comor www.ticketmaster.com.