State sports briefs

— BASEBALL Arkansas-Alabama opener on ESPNU

Arkansas’ series opener at Alabama will be televised on ESPNU as part of the 2013 Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week package, which was announced Wednesday by the SEC and ESPN.

To accommodate television, the series against the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Ala., will now take place from Thursday, April 4, to Saturday, April 6. Thursday night’s game will begin at 7 p.m., while Friday’s game will start at 6:35 p.m. The series wraps up Saturday with a 6:05 p.m. first pitch.

The selection marks the third consecutive year that the Razorbacks have been featured as part of the Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week package. Last season, Arkansas hosted Auburn in a Thursday night game.

Other television arrangements for the 2013 season will be announced at a later date.

Arkansas opens the 2013 season Feb. 15 against Western Illinois in Fayetteville.

Sports, Pages 27 on 11/08/2012

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