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Doctor S

NBA basketball, San Antonio at Chicago (7 p.m., TNT): The Spurs are the NBA’s best team this season, but the Bulls are tough to beat at home.

Friday, Sept. 18
College baseball, Belhaven Invitational, McKendree at Belhaven (4 p.m., Smith-Wills Stadium, Jackson): The Blazers play in the first game of the two-day tournament.

Saturday, Feb. 19
Men’s college basketball, Ole Miss at Mississippi State (12:30 p.m., Starkville, Ch. 12, 97.3 FM, 105.9 FM): The Bulldogs and Rebels are fighting to keep their slim NCAA Tournament hopes alive. … Grambling at Jackson State (5:30 p.m., Jackson, 620 AM): The Tigers need to get on a roll heading into the SWAC Tournament. … High school basketball, MAIS Class AAA Tournament championship games, girls 2:15 p.m., boys 7:15 p.m. (Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Madison): These are the ultimate games … until next week’s Overall Tournament.

Sunday, Feb. 20
NBA basketball, NBA All-Star Game (6 p.m., TNT): The NBA’s best meet in the 60th edition of the All-Star Game. We’re still waiting to see some defense.

Monday, Feb. 21
NHL hockey, Washington at Pittsburgh (6:30 p.m., Versus): Things always get chippy when the Capitals and Penguins meet.

Tuesday, Feb. 22
Men’s college basketball, Ole Miss at South Carolina (6 p.m., Columbia, S.C., ESPNU, 97.3 FM): The Gamecocks proved against Georgia that they could cut a big lead. They can’t beat Georgia, but they can come back from a big deficit.

Wednesday, Feb. 23
Men’s college basketball, LSU at Mississippi State (8 p.m., Starkville, CSS, 105.9 FM): I would say this should be a breather for the Bulldogs, but remember what happened at Auburn.

The Slate is compiled by Doctor S, who’s still the meanest man in America. Toughen up and go to the JFP Sportsblog.

Thursday, Feb. 17
NBA basketball, San Antonio at Chicago (7 p.m., TNT): The Spurs are the NBA’s best team this season, but the Bulls are tough to beat at home.

Friday, Sept. 18
College baseball, Belhaven Invitational, McKendree at Belhaven (4 p.m., Smith-Wills Stadium, Jackson): The Blazers play in the first game of the two-day tournament.

Saturday, Feb. 19
Men’s college basketball, Ole Miss at Mississippi State (12:30 p.m., Starkville, Ch. 12, 97.3 FM, 105.9 FM): The Bulldogs and Rebels are fighting to keep their slim NCAA Tournament hopes alive. … Grambling at Jackson State (5:30 p.m., Jackson, 620 AM): The Tigers need to get on a roll heading into the SWAC Tournament. … High school basketball, MAIS Class AAA Tournament championship games, girls 2:15 p.m., boys 7:15 p.m. (Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Madison): These are the ultimate games … until next week’s Overall Tournament.

Sunday, Feb. 20
NBA basketball, NBA All-Star Game (6 p.m., TNT): The NBA’s best meet in the 60th edition of the All-Star Game. We’re still waiting to see some defense.

Monday, Feb. 21
NHL hockey, Washington at Pittsburgh (6:30 p.m., Versus): Things always get chippy when the Capitals and Penguins meet.

Tuesday, Feb. 22
Men’s college basketball, Ole Miss at South Carolina (6 p.m., Columbia, S.C., ESPNU, 97.3 FM): The Gamecocks proved against Georgia that they could cut a big lead. They can’t beat Georgia, but they can come back from a big deficit.

Wednesday, Feb. 23
Men’s college basketball, LSU at Mississippi State (8 p.m., Starkville, CSS, 105.9 FM): I would say this should be a breather for the Bulldogs, but remember what happened at Auburn.

The Slate is compiled by Doctor S, who’s still the meanest man in America. Toughen up and go to the JFP Sportsblog.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.