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The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Thursday, July 23
International League baseball, Norfolk at Gwinnett (6 p.m., CSS): Do you ever wonder how some of your favorite former M-Braves are doing up at AAA Gwinnett? Here's your chance to find out.

Friday, July 24
PDL soccer, New Orleans vs. Bradenton in PDL playoffs (7 p.m., Freedom Ridge Park, Ridgeland): The Jesters and Academics meet in a first-round playoff contest. The winner gets another shot at the Brilla.

Saturday, July 25
PDL soccer, Mississippi vs. New Orleans or Bradenton (7 p.m., Millsaps, Jackson): The Brilla plays the first postseason game in team history. … Movie, "A Day at the Races" (3:15 a.m., Sunday, TCM): The Marx brothers make a shambles of the sport of kings, medicine and everything else they touch in this 1937 comedy. Paging Dr. Hackenbush …

Sunday, July 26
Cycling, Tour de France (6:30 a.m., Versus): The Tour de Dope concludes with its 21st stage, a ride through the streets of Paris. Barring a monumental upset, Lance Armstrong won't be taking home his eighth championship.

Monday, July 27
Southern League baseball, West Tenn at Mississippi (7:05 p.m., Pearl, 103.9 FM): The M-Braves open a series with the Diamond Jaxx from Bizarro Jackson (Tenn.)

Tuesday, July 28
Southern League baseball, West Tenn at Mississippi (7:05 p.m., Pearl, 103.9 FM): The M-Braves tangle with the Diamond Jaxx on Stewpot Awareness Night. Here's your chance to see some hardball and support Stewpot Community Services while doing it.

Wednesday, July 29
WPS soccer, Boston at Washington (7 p.m., CSS): This first-year league marks the return of women's professional soccer to the U.S. Tonight, the Breakers fight the Freedom.

The Slate is compiled by Doctor S in the groovy confines of Room 222 at the JFP Tower.

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