WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 17

* PRO BASKETBALL: Golden State at Clippers, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.

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

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UCLA at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.; Northern Illinois at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.; Dartmouth at Cal State Northridge, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park autumn meeting, thoroughbreds, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 7:15 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 18

* PRO HOCKEY: Chicago at Kings, Staples Center,

7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: DePaul at UCLA, 3 p.m.; Christian Heritage at UC San Diego, 5 p.m.; San Francisco State at UC Riverside, 6 p.m.; Vanguard at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.; Hope International at Claremont-Mudd, 7:30 p.m.; Loyola Marymount at Long Beach State, 7:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: San Francisco State at UC Riverside, 3:30 p.m.; UC Santa Cruz at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 5 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park autumn meeting, thoroughbreds, including $200,000 Hollywood Futurity, $150,000 Dahlia Handicap and $70,000 Corona Handicap; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post

6:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 19

* PRO HOCKEY: Manitoba at Ice Dogs, Long Beach Arena, 4 p.m.; Detroit at Ducks, Arrowhead Pond, 5 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Sonoma State at UC Riverside, 6 p.m.

* WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Baylor at USC, Sports Arena, 2 p.m.; Loyola Marymount at San Diego State, 2 p.m.; Sonoma State at UC Riverside, 3:30 p.m.; Beach Classic at Long Beach State--Ohio State vs. Georgia, 5:30 p.m.; Long Beach State vs. Tennessee Martin, 7:30 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park autumn meeting, thoroughbreds, including $200,000 Hollywood Starlet, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, 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, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053. To submit an event in the Calendar Live! section of http://video.nohib.com, send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.