SPORTS NEWS
College Baseball
Texas A&M 11, UTSA 1
Rice 4, Sam Houston State 0
FRI-SAT-SUN: Missouri at Texas A&M
High School Softball
College Station 3, Bryan 0
High School Softball
A&M Consolidated 4, College Station 1
Bryan 9, Caney Creek 1
NBA
Mavericks 101, Spurs 94
Houston at New Orleans, Oklahoma City at San Antonio
MLB – Pre-season (regular season starts April 6)
Astros 4, Mets 3
Rangers 15, Angels 8
Houston at Philadelphia, Rangers at Cincinnati
NIT Basketball Tournament
LA Tech at Temple, Murray State at Old Dominion
WNIT Basketball Tournament
Eastern Michigan vs. Southern Miss
High School Soccer Playoffs
THURS: Elgin at A&M consolidated girls, 6pm
THURS: Temple at College Station girls, 7pm
THURS: A&M Consolidated boys at Temple, 7pm
FRI: Bryan girls vs. Waco High at Waco ISD stadium, 5pm
FRI: College Station boys vs. Pflugerville Connally, 7pm in Giddings
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
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
College Softball
FRI-SAT-SUN: Texas A&M at Alabama, 6:30p, 2p, 1p
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament
FRI: Iowa vs. Baylor, 6:30pm/ESPN 2
"Entertainment Weekly" called MEGHAN LINSEY's performance on Monday's "Voice" "vocally perfect" on ARETHA FRANKLIN's classic "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". By the way, the QUEEN OF SOUL is 73 today…Happy Birthday, Aretha!
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VIN DIESEL thinks "Furious 7" will take home the Best Picture Oscar. He says, quote, "Universal is going to have the biggest movie in history with this movie. It will probably win Best Picture at the Oscars, unless the Oscars don't want to be relevant ever." He adds, quote, "This WILL win Best Picture."
"Fifty Shades of Grey" is coming out on Blu-ray on May 8th . . . and it'll include both the theatrical version and a new UNRATED version, with "a never-before-seen alternate ending," and almost two hours of bonus features.
Fox is bringing back "The X-Files" for a limited run, six-episode series. There's no airdate yet. And yes, DAVID DUCHOVNY and GILLIAN ANDERSON will be back as Mulder and Scully. Series creator Chris Carter is returning, too.
"Empire" was the most-watched show of the week with 17.6 million viewers and "Dancing with the Stars" returned with 14.2 million. Meanwhile, the season premiere of "Undateable" had 6.4 million viewers . . . "One Big Happy" debuted with 5.5 million . . . and "iZombie" premiered with 2.3 million.
VAN HALEN will tour North America from July 5th through October 2nd. KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD is opening. They'll also be on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Monday and Tuesday, and on "Ellen" the following Thursday….here are the Texas dates for VAN HALEN:
Sept. 21, Austin, TX, Austin360 Amphitheater
Sept. 23, Dallas, TX, Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sept. 25, Houston, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
It is so bad you will probably see it TWICE…the soon-to-be classic horror flick "Zombeavers", complete with an official MUSIC VIDEO. You can watch it now on YOUTUBE.
DAVID CROSBY's 911 call after he hit a man with his car hit the web yesterday. He tells the operator that they need an ambulance immediately, and that he didn't see the guy because the sun was in his eyes.
Longtime country (slash) novelty singer RAY STEVENS has a new song called "Taylor Swift is Stalkin' Me".
WILL FERRELL got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday.
Facebook has a new feature called "On This Day" . . . it shows your posts and photos from the same date in previous years. You can check it out at facebook.com/onthisday. And don't worry, they've set up a special filter to so you won't see PAINFUL memories like your exes.
COUNTRY NEWS
The bachelor party for TYLER HUBBARD's summer wedding is being handled by his bandmate BRIAN KELLEY, who's getting the groomsmen together for dirt bikes, whiskey, cigars, and a lot of fires. TYLER will be marrying his fiancée Hayley Stommel sometime this summer.
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Even though he's a solo artist, ERIC CHURCH really believes it takes a great team to create good music. He talked about it last week during an event in Nashville. Eric is one of several artists being inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Other honorees include Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes, the Manhattans singer Gerald Auston, and R&B artist Chuck Jackson.
BLAKE SHELTON talks about his "moobs" and LUKE BRYAN kicks one through the uprights in another promo for next month's ACMs. Need more? Three words: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
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BRANTLEY GILBERT is looking forward to learning from KENNY CHESNEY as one of the openers on his Big Revival tour. The KENNY CHESNEY BIG REVIVAL TOUR starts tomorrow in Nashville…and rolls in to Texas May 12th in Hidalgo, May 16th at AT&T Stadium, May 21st at Austin 360 amphitheatre, and May 22nd at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston…
