Baseball -- The Colorado Rockies (tel. 520/327-9467) pitch spring-training camp in March at Hi Corbett Field, 3400 E. Camino Campestre, in Reid Park (at South Country Club Rd. and E. 22nd St.). Tickets are $2 to $11. Both the Chicago White Sox and the Arizona Diamondbacks have their spring-training camps and exhibition games at Tucson Electric Park, 2500 E. Ajo Way (tel. 520/434-1111), on the south side of the city near the airport. Tickets range from $3 to $16.

Tucson Electric Park is also where you can watch the Tucson Sidewinders (tel. 520/434-1021), the AAA affiliate team of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The season runs April through August; tickets are $5 to $8.

Football -- The University of Arizona Wildcats (tel. 800/452-2287 or 520/621-2287; www.arizcats.com), a Pac-10 team, play at UA's Arizona Stadium.

Golf Tournaments -- The Chrysler Classic of Tucson (tel. 800/882-7660; www.tucsonopen.pgatour.com), Tucson's main PGA tournament, is held in mid-February at the Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa. Daily tickets are $15. In mid-March, women golfers compete for big prizes at the Welch's/Fry's LPGA Championship (tel. 520/791-5742; www.tucsonlpga.com), which is held at the Randolph Golf Course Complex. Daily tickets are about $10.

Horse/Greyhound Racing -- Rillito Park Race Track, 4502 N. First Ave. (tel. 520/293-5011), was the birthplace of both the photo finish and organized quarter-horse and Arabian racing. It has now been restored for quarter-horse and thoroughbred racing. The ponies run on weekends from early February to early March, and admission is $2 to $3.

Greyhounds race year-round at Tucson Greyhound Park, 2601 S. Third Ave. (tel. 520/884-7576; www.tucdogtrak.com). Grandstand admission is only $1.25. To reach the track, take Exit 261 off I-10.