College Softball
Texas A&M 4, South Carolina 3
Texas A&M 5, South Carolina 2 1ST SWEEP OF SEASON!
FRI-SAT-SUN: Texas A&M at Alabama, 6:30p, 2p, 1p
NBA
Spurs 114, Atlanta 95
Phoenix 98, Mavericks 92
Houston at Indiana
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament
Baylor 73, Arkansas 44
Texas 73, California 70 1st sweet 16 in 11 years
Duke 64, Mississippi State 56
Dayton 99, Kentucky 94
TUES: Oklahoma vs. Stanford, Ark.-Little Rock vs. Arizona State
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
Oklahoma 72, Dayton 66
Wichita State 78, Kansas 65
THURS: West Virginia vs. Kentucky, Wichita St vs. Notre Dame,
North Carolina vs. Wisconsin, Xavier vs. Arizona
FRI: UCLA vs. Gonzaga/Houston, Utah vs. Duke/Houston, Michigan St Vs. Oklahoma
NASCAR at FONTANA, CA: Brad Keselowski
PGA at Arnold Palmer Invitational: Matt Every
MLB – Pre-season (regular season starts April 6)
Astros 14, Pittsburgh 2
Seattle 8, Rangers 0
Atlanta at Houston, Cincinnati at Rangers
NIT Basketball Tournament
Louisiana Tech at Texas A&M, 6pm/Reed Arena
Kourtney Roberson’s last home game at Texas A&M after 142 games!
College Baseball
TUES: Texas A&M at UTSA, San Antonio 6:30pm
Texas A&M Baseball set a new SEC record with a 24-0 start on the new season before losing to Alabama 6-2 in the 2nd game of Saturday’s double-header…the old record was 23-0 by LSU in 2008…
Get ready for more Johnny Football…The Cleveland Browns are the frontrunner team to be featured on the HBO’ Hard Knocks pre-season “reality show”….with Brian Hoyer gone to the Texans and Manziel coming out of rehab, it could become interesting!
Rice women's basketball coach Greg Williams has retired after coaching at his alma mater for 10 seasons. Williams played for Rice in the late 1960s, earning All-Southwest Conference honors and the league's co-MVP award in 1969.
TV for Monday, March 23rd:
TALK SHOWS:
David Letterman has Ben Stiller (While We're Young) and singer Tove Lo.
Jimmy Fallon has January Jones (Mad Men), golfer Bubba Watson and musician Brandon Flowers.
Jimmy Kimmel has Chelsea Clinton, Adam Carolla and The Zac Brown Band.
Watch What Happens Live has Brandi Glanville (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills)
Ellen DeGeneres (repeat) has Selena Gomez, P!nk and Tyler Posey.
James Corden begins his run as host of the Late Late Show tonight on CBS.
The British comedian replaces Craig Ferguson, who left the late-night show in December after 10 years. Corden's first guests are Tom Hanks and Mila Kunis. Comedian Reggie Watts will serve as the show's bandleader.
PRIMETIME:
Dancing With the Stars "My Jam Monday" and the first elimination of the season. (ABC)
NCIS: Los Angeles When three FBI agents are killed in an explosion following a successful undercover sting operation, the team searches for the person behind the attack. (CBS)
The Voice The knockout round opens with top team members selecting their own songs to perform individually. (NBC)
The Following (two-hour episode) With his team breaking apart, Ryan enlists the help of a former enemy to defeat a greater one. (FOX)
MOVIES: At The Box Office
1. The Divergent Series: Insurgent – $54 million
2. Cinderella – $34.5 million
3. Run All Night – $5.1 million
4. The Gunman – $5 million
5. Kingsman: The Secret Service – $4.6 million
The Divergent Series: Insurgent opened at number-one with $54 million. The first film in the series opened with $54.6 million last year. (Premiere audio)
Last week's top movie, Cinderella, dropped to second with $34.5 million. The live-action fairy tale has made $122 million in 10 days.
Run All Night, starring Liam Neeson, dropped from second to third with $5.1 million.
The Sean Penn action flick The Gunman was shooting blanks. It debuted in fourth with only $5 million.
And Kingsman: The Secret Service fell from third to fifth with $4.6 million.
CELEBRITY NEWS
VERNE "MINI-ME" TROYER had a seizure on Saturday while he was signing autographs at the Heart of Texas Comic Con in Waco. He was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure, but he's fine.
A guy posted a story on Reddit about how he had a horrible day at the gym and people were laughing at him because he was messing up. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER saw it and responded to the guy, saying, quote, "You should be proud that you weren't afraid, not embarrassed that you failed . . . I'm proud of you . . . Keep moving forward."
JIM CARREY, KEANU REEVES, and JASON MOMOA are among the stars of a CANNIBAL movie called "The Bad Batch". It's actually described as a LOVE STORY that takes place in a Texas wasteland in a dystopian future. It's, quote, "like a psychedelic 'Road Warrior', inspired by films like 'El Topo', and 'Wild at Heart'.
A National Geographic documentary about the history of air travel is coming to theaters next month . . . narrated by HARRISON FORD….or as his friends call him, “Crash”
VAN HALEN will be perform on . . . "Ellen". They'll play live on the show Thursday, April 2nd, to promote the release of their new concert album, "Live: Tokyo Dome in Concert", which comes out on March 31st.
Starting June 1st, two new domain suffixes will be available to the public: .porn and .adult. So, TAYLOR SWIFT's people scooped up TaylorSwift.porn and TaylorSwift.adult before anyone else could.
COUNTRY NEWS
Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Florida Georgia Line, Eli Young Band, and Maddie & Tae will perform on the "Reba and Friends Outnumber Hunger" concert, which hopes to raise awareness about hunger in America. It's hosted by REBA MCENTIRE and it'll air April 17th on certain local TV stations . . . and then the next day, April 18th, on CMT.
Miranda Lambert has been performing the DIXIE CHICKS' hit "Cowboy Take Me Away" in concert with the women who join her on tour. Right now that's Danielle Bradbery and Carolyn Dawn Johnson.
A company named Certified Roses is coming out with a Miranda Lambert rose . . . but it won't be out until 2016. Miranda's MuttNation Foundation shared the news on their Facebook page.
TOBY KEITH and the ELI YOUNG BAND are performing at the first-ever Lost Highway Festival, which is a hybrid motorcycle show and concert. It's happening May 29th and the 30th in San Bernardino, California
If somebody asks which member of LADY ANTEBELLUM is the best cook . . . go with HILLARY SCOTT. .. based on her "Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole". Tons of people were asking for the recipe so she posted it on her Instagram.
ZAC BROWN has lost 20 pounds thanks to a new diet and exercise program. He says, quote, "I've changed a lot of my eating habits. I don't eat any animal products anymore, except fish." He also does an hour of cardio each day…see him on JIMMY KIMMEL tonight…
Eric Church and Blake Shelton are each fresh off record-breaking shows. Blake’s Houston Rodeo concert on Thursday attracted 75,000 folks, giving Blake three of the 20 biggest crowds in the rodeo’s history. Luke Bryan also drew 75,000 at Sunday’s final RodeoHouston performance…(Premiere audio)
Eric also set an attendance record at the Allstate Arena outside Chicago. Friday night’s show attracted 18,626 fans. Eric is also among the 2015 North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inductees.
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Both are up for the ACMs’ Male Vocalist of the Year. Blake co-hosts the event with Luke Bryan live from AT&T Stadium on April 19th on CBS…and you could be there as the winner of 98-3 KORA Grand Prize trip in the ACM Song Of The Day Contest
Cole Swindell’s “Ain’t Worth the Whiskey” is number-one on the Mediabase chart this week. It’s the third consecutive hit from his self-titled debut album following “Chillin’ It” and “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight.” As a songwriter, Cole’s previous number-ones include Luke Bryan’s “Roller Coaster” and Thomas Rhett's “Get Me Some of That.”
Zac Brown Band’s “Homegrown” follows at number-two, while Darius Rucker’s “Homegrown Honey” jumps to number-three. Chris Young’s “Lonely Eyes” and Sam Hunt’s “Take Your Time” round out the Top 5.
Kenny Chesney’s Big Revival tour launches this week in Nashville and already the trek has sold more than a million tickets. The number includes sold-out gigs at Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium and Minneapolis’s Target Field, plus Thursday’s opening night at Music City’s Bridgestone Arena.
Jason Aldean and Brittany Kerr Got Married on Saturday
JASON ALDEAN married BRITTANY KERR on Saturday in Mexico. He called it, quote,"The best day ever." She was a bit excited too, saying, quote, "I feel like the luckiest woman to have been able to marry my best friend."
There had been rumors they were going to elope, but that didn't happen. They invited friends and family.
"Duck Dynasty" star WILLIE ROBERTSON was there, as were Jason's daughters, 12-year-old Keeley, and 7-year-old Kendyl.
He told "Us Weekly", quote, "This is the best day ever . . . I've got my girl here, my friends, my family . . . it's the best day ever."
Brittany was pretty happy too, saying quote, "Today has been the best day of my life. I feel like the luckiest woman to have been able to marry my best friend."
There's no word about a honeymoon, but since they're already in Mexico maybe they're killing two birds with one stone. Jason's 38, Brittany's 27. This is his second marriage and her first.
