GAMES ON! THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT.Byline: KAREN CROUSE SYDNEY, Australia - Let the 27th Summer Games This article is about the Epyx video game series. For the international multi-sport event, see Summer Olympic Games. Summer Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. begin! But first, a full disclosure: Like Helen Hunt Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy-, Golden Globe- and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps most widely known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You. , I'm mad about the Olympics. I can completely understand why the distinguished actress made the procurement of tickets to events at the Sydney Games a condition for her signing on in 1998 for one more season of the sitcom ``Mad About You'' (The show aired on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , remember, the official network of the 2000 Summer Games). The Olympics are as good as it gets in sports. Where else can you see 10 years of training come down to 10 seconds on the track? Jason Kidd Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23 1973, in San Francisco, California) is an American All-Star professional basketball player in the NBA. After earlier tours with the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns, he is currently the New Jersey Nets starting point guard and captain. in the stands rooting for Lenny Krayzelburg Lenny Krayzelburg (Hebrew and Yiddish לעני קרײַזלבורג, Russian Ленни Крайзельбург) is an ? North and South Koreans marching behind a single (albeit neutral) flag? Opening ceremonies singer Olivia Newton John and Olympic torch-bearer Greg Norman Noun 1. Greg Norman - Australian golfer (born in 1955) Gregory John Norman, Norman playing second fiddle second fiddle n. Informal 1. A secondary role. 2. One who plays a secondary role. second fiddle Noun Informal a person who has a secondary status Noun to an echidna echidna, in zoology echidna (ĭkĭd`nə) or spiny anteater, primitive animal of the order Monotremata, the egg-laying mammals. , a platypus platypus (plăt`əpəs), semiaquatic egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Tasmania and E Australia. Also called duckbill, or duckbilled platypus, it belongs to the order Monotremata (see monotreme), the most primitive group and a kookaburra kookaburra (k  k`əbûr'ə), common name for a squat, long-tailed Australian kingfisher, Dacelo navaguinae. ? I'm addicted to the Olympics because you don't have to be a sports junkie junkie Popular health A popular term for a person, usually an IV narcotic abusing addict, whose life is disorganized vis-á-vis family and societal structure, whose existence revolves around obtaining–often through theft, prostitution or other illicit to get high off them. The first time the Star Spangled span·gle n. 1. A small, often circular piece of sparkling metal or plastic sewn especially on garments for decoration. 2. A small sparkling object, drop, or spot: spangles of sunlight. Banner is cued is when it usually hits me, or when I see an athlete who has overcome untold hardships take his or her place among the world's best. It's a rush I can't get from any other sporting event. The Olympics are the World Cup, the Final Four, the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. and the Academy Awards all rolled into one Adj. 1. rolled into one - made up of several components combined into a single entity combined - made or joined or united into one heart-stopping, chest-thumping, flag-waving, tear-shedding, dream-weaving drama. They are harder to hate than a puppy and harder to kill than puppy love. Lord knows we've done our darnedest darned·est or darnd·est n. The most possible: I did my darnedest to finish on time. to make the Olympics seem undesirable. We've been shameless meddlers, making the Games bigger and more unwieldy. We've turned the Summer edition into a 17-day infomercial for the official sponsors. We've bribed greedy bluebloods to bring the Games to our backyards. We've looked the other way while a good many of our Olympians have become amateur pharmacists and professional athletes. No matter how much we muddle things, though, the human spirit somehow keeps kicking human nature's butt. Every four years the athletes sweep in and rescue the Summer Games. This year they'll do it in 11,000 ways. Understand: The next fortnight does not belong to Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria (born October 13, 1967 in Limonar, Matanzas Province) is a Cuban former athlete who specialized in the high jump. He is 1.94 meters tall. He is arguably the best high jumper of all time. Sotomayor set an age 16 world record in 1984 of 2. and Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey (born May 10, 1960 in Hanover, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides. , who are competing here despite having failed drug tests for cocaine and steroids, respectively. These Games are not about the roughly three dozen athletes who failed pre-Olympics drug tests or any who may test dirty here. Now is the time to sit back and admire Cuban boxer Felix Savon, who reportedly turned down $10 million from promoter Don King to fight Mike Tyson Noun 1. Mike Tyson - United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966) Michael Gerald Tyson, Tyson . He preferred to remain an amateur and represent his country because, as he explained, ``Money is not everything. There is no more beautiful family than the country where you are born and that's why I'll never stop loving my flag.'' Now is the time to be inspired by British rower Steve Redgrave This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * Its tone or style may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. and U.S. swimmer Gary Hall Gary Hall can refer to several people:
Now is the time to be moved to tears by Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. kayaker Cliff Meidl, who'll carry the U.S. flag in today's opening ceremonies 14 years after he nearly was electrocuted when the jackhammer he was operating hit underground wires. Now is the time to be humbled by 10-meter air pistol shooter Manijeh Kazemi, who has overcome constricting con·strict v. con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts v.tr. 1. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing. 2. To squeeze or compress. 3. societal mores to become the only woman on the 2000 Iranian Olympic team. Or American rower Missy Ryan, who is crafting a comeback after donating a kidney to her brother less than a month after winning a silver medal in the 1996 Olympics in the pairs. Now is the time to take immense pleasure in the prospect of two of the Valley's own, sprinter Marion Jones Marion Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is an American former athlete in track and field. She was the winner of five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, which she later relinquished after and swimmer Krayzelburg, becoming the breakout stars of these Games (Krayzelburg has Kidd in his corner; the U.S. basketball team's proficient playmaker play·mak·er n. A player in a sport with goals, such as a guard in basketball, who initiates offensive plays. play has said he'll try to make it to the pool to cheer on the backstroker). Now is the time to marvel at Aleksandr Karelin, a Greco-Roman wrestler who has won three consecutive gold medals in the heavyweight division and has not lost any match in 14 years and who relaxes by writing poetry, reading Dostoevsky and attending the ballet. Now is the time to smile at the cheekiness of Aussie archer Scott Hunter-Russell, who has vowed to run naked through Archery Park or moon fans on the victory podium if he wins a medal. Now is the time to stock up on Kleenex and give idealism a chance. I wasn't surprised in the least to see Sydneysiders weeping as the Olympic torch relay passed through their streets in the final kilometers of its journey to the Olympic Stadium The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. Traditionally, the opening and closing ceremonies and the track & field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. , site of the opening ceremonies. There's a time and place for such a display of ``saccharine sac·cha·rine adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of sugar or saccharin; sweet. sentimentality,'' as one local columnist called it. It's every two years, during the Summer or Winter Olympics. G'DAY! Did you know the Olympics are about peace,love and undergarments? It's true. For every country like the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , which throws enough clothing at each of its Olympians to fill a Manhattan walk-up, there are many more too poor to provide their athletes with shoes. Take the four Olympians from East Timor East Timor (tē`môr) or Timor-Leste (–lĕsht), Tetum Timor Lorosae, republic, officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (2002 est. pop. . Indonesian militia seized the island nation last year after East Timor voters declared their independence. United Nations peacekeepers had to be summoned and East Timor remains under U.N. administration. The International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 is allowing the East Timor athletes to compete under the Olympic flag. To say the four are at a competitive disadvantage is an understatement; marathoner Aguida Amaral was running barefoot before an IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= member sent her shoes in June. Carl Lewis stopped by the Athletes' Village today to deliver Nike apparel and a pep talk to the athletes. Next to the beaming faces of the East Timorese athletes, Lewis' nine Olympic gold Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega consoles, Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, and Sega's handheld, Game Gear. medals would have looked very dull indeed. Catch ya' later. Karen Crouse SYDNEY OLYMPICS CALENDAR DAY 1 Friday Sept. 15 The opening ceremonies take place on Friday evening in Sydney, which will be in the early hours of our Friday morning due to the 18 hour time difference. There will be medals awarded in the women's triathlon. TV: NBC: 7:30 p.m.-midnight. DAY 2 Saturday, Sept. 16 The U.S. women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team begins play with a game against South Korea, while the baseball team meets Japan. In soccer, the men play Cameroon and the women have a tough match against China. Led by former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX standout Lisa Fernandez Lisa Fernandez (born February 22, 1971, in New York City) is a renowned softball pitcher of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent who established an Olympic record in softball with 25 strikeouts as a member of the United States Women Olympic Softball Team. , who arguably is the best softball pitcher in the World, the U.S. takes on Canada. In the pool, medals will be handed out in four events, including the men's 400 freestyle relay with Valencia's Anthony Ervin Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981 in Burbank, California) to a white mother and a black father, is an American swimmer who won the gold medal in the Men’s 50m Freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing with the same winning time as Gary Hall Jr. participating. TV: NBC: 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (swimming preliminaries); 7 p.m.-midnight (gymnastics, swimming finals, women's triathlon and weightlifting men's flyweight fly·weight n. 1. a. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 112 pounds (50.4 kilograms), between junior flyweight and junior bantamweight. b. A boxer competing in this weight division. final); 12:30 a.m.-2 a.m. (U.S. volleyball). MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company : 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (swimming); CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. : 4 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing). DAY 3 Sunday, Sept. 17 Led by Alonzo Mourning Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. (born February 8 1970, in Chesapeake, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Miami Heat. He is also known simply as "Zo". Playing at center, he is tall, and weighs 261 lb (0 kg). and Vince Carter <noinclude></noinclude> Vincent Lamar "Vince" Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American All-Star basketball player in the NBA. He currently is a starting shooting guard for the New Jersey Nets. He is considered one of the best scoring guards in the game today. , the men's basketball team begins play against China. Palmdale's Jamie Dantzcher and the women's gymnastics team begins competition, while there will be four gold medals awarded in swimming, including Jenny Thompson Jennifer ("Jenny") Beth Thompson (born February 26, 1973) is a former swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight golds, while representing the United States of America in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics. and Dara Torres of the U.S. trying to beat Dutch sensation Inge de Bruin in the 100 butterly. TV: NBC: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (U.S. men's basketball, swimming, men's beach volleyball, whitewater canoeing and cycling); 7 p.m.-midnight (swimming finals, women's gymnastics, men's triathlon and weightlifting final). MSNBC: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (U.S. women's soccer, U.S. women's softball from Saturday and U.S. baseball from Saturday). CNBC: 4 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing and U.S. women's water polo from Saturday). DAY 4 Monday, Sept. 18 Studio City's Lenny Krayzelburg begins his quest for three gold medals as he swims in the 100 backstroke, one of four medal events on tap. The U.S. baseball team takes on South Africa and the softball squad meets Japan. In gymnastics, the men's team final will be held. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (swimming, U.S. women's water polo); 7 p.m.- midnight (men's gymnastics, swimming finals, men's and women's rowing and equestrian); 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (U.S. women's volleyball and whitewater canoeing final). MSNBC: (U.S. women's basketball from Sunday, rowing and U.S. softball from Sunday). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing and women's weightlifting finals). DAY 5 Tuesday, Sept. 19 Even though it will be about 16 hours old by the time NBC gets to broadcasting it, the women's gymnastics team finals with Jamie Dantzcher participating will worth watching. The men's soccer team takes on Kuwait. In the pool, four more gold medals will be awarded and men's and women's tennis singles will get under way featuring Venus Williams and Monica Seles. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (swimming, rowing and equestrian); 7 p.m.-midnight (women's gymnastics, swimming finals and U.S. men's volleyball); 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (U.S. men's basketball from Monday). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (U.S. softball from Monday, U.S. men's soccer, women's archery and women's water polo from Monday). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing, tennis and cycling). DAY 6 Wednesday, Sept. 20 The U.S. baseball team is in action against South Korea, while the softball team meets China. Four more swimming medals will be awarded, while singles and doubles action continues in tennis. The highlight of the day will be the men's individual all-around finals will take place in gymnastics, as American Blaine Wilson, who finished fourth at last year's world championships, is considered one of the favorites for a medal. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (swimming and rowing); 7 p.m.-midnight (swimming finals, men's gymnastics and U.S. women's basketball from Tuesday); 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (U.S. women's volleyball and cycling). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (U.S. women's soccer from Tuesday, U.S. softball, archery and tennis). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing, weightlifiting and U.S. women's water polo). DAY 7 Thursday, Sept. 21 Although the game actually begins late on Wednesday, the U.S. men's basketball team's game against Lithuania won't be broadcast until the final segment of NBC's coverage today. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , see Friday's Daily News for results. Meanwhile, Jamie Dantzcher competes in the women's gymnastics all-around final and Lenny Krayzelburg and Jenny Thompson are both swimming for gold medals. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (swimming and beach volleyball); 7 p.m.-midnight (women's gymnastics, swimming finals and equestrian); 12:35-2:05 a.m.: U.S. men's basketball from Wednesday and U.S. men's volleyball). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (U.S. softball from Wednesday, rowing, cycling and tennis). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (Boxing). DAY 8 Friday, Sept. 22 Track and field is in full swing as Thousand Oaks' Marion Jones competes in the first two rounds of the 100 meters and Maurice Greene is in action in the men's 100. In baseball, it's the U.S. vs. Italy. Seven gold medals will be handed out in rowing and the women's trampoline trampoline Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline. final takes place. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (track and field and swimming); 7 p.m.-midnight (swimming finals, women's platform diving, track and field and gymnastics); 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (U.S. women's volleyball and weightlifting). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (U.S. softball from Thursday), rowing, weightlifting and beach volleyball). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing and U.S. women's basketball from Thursday). DAY 9 Saturday, Sept. 23 This is a big, can't miss day. Marion Jones goes for the first of her possible five gold medals as she competes in the women's 100 final. Maurice Greene should be in the men's 100 final. Also on the track, the javelin final and women's marathon take place. You can hardly forget the men's singles final in badmitton (we said it was a big day). Meanwhile, the U.S. baseball team meets its stiffest competition in Cuba and the men's basketball team plays New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Seven more rowing finals take place, men's soccer is in the quarterfinal stage and the women's water polo gold medal will be awarded. TV: NBC: Noon-6 p.m. (U.S. men's basketball, track and field, rowing, gymnastics, diving, beach volleyball and swimming); 7 p.m.-midnight (track and field finals, swimming finals, cycling, diving and gymnastics); 12:30 a.m.-2 a.m. (U.S. volleyball). MSNBC: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (U.S. baseball, women's gold medal water polo match, soccer, U.S. softball, U.S. men's basketball). CNBC: 4 p.m.-9 p.m. (U.S. men's basketball). DAY 10 Sunday, Sept. 24 The softball semifnals take place, however, the only mystery should be which team makes it to the gold medal game only to lose to the U.S. In tennis, the men's doubles and and women's singles semifinals take place. On the track, Michael Johnson will participate in the men's 400 meter semifinals, and gold medals will be awarded in the women's triple jump, men's high jump and men's hammer throw. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (women's diving, women's marathon from Saturday, women's soccer semifinals, rowing finals and duet synchronized swimming finals); 7 p.m.-midnight (men's and women's gymnastics, women's diving, rowing and track and field); 12:30 a.m.-2 (cycling, weightlifting). MSNBC 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (U.S. baseball, U.S. women's basketball, beach volleyball and U.S. women's volleyball). CNBC 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (tennis, boxing, women's soccer semifinals). DAY 11 Monday, Sept. 25 Valencia's Mark Crear competes in the 110 meter hurdle semifinals and finals, in the hopes of bringing home a gold medal. Also in track and field, medals will be awarded in the women's pole vault, men's discus, men's triple jump, men's and women's 400, women's 800, women's 5,000 and men's 10,000. In baseball, the semifinals will take place. Medals will be awarded in men's beach volleyball. In gymnastics, the men's and women's exhibition will be held. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (track and field and beach volleyball); 7 p.m.- midnight (men's and women's gymnastics from Sunday; track and field and men's diving); 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (track and field and U.S. men's volleyball). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (softball semifinals from Sunday, equestrian, tennis, U.S. men's water polo and track and field). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (U.S. men's basketball from Sunday and weightlifting). DAY 12 Tuesday, Sept. 26 Crystal Bustos of Canyon Country and five former UCLA standouts, including Dot Richardson, lead the U.S. team into the gold medal game. The bronze medal will be awarded in baseball, and despite sending minor league baseball
TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (Softball gold medal game); 7 p.m.-midnight (gymnastics exhibition from Monday, men's diving, cycling, weightlifting and synchronized swimming). 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (U.S. men's water polo and women's volleyball). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (tennis; men's soccer semifinals, men's beach volleyball final from Monday, baseball and softball gold medal game). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing quarterfinals and men's soccer semifinals). DAY 13 Wednesday, Sept. 27 This is a heavy track and field day with gold medals being awarded in nine events. Marion Jones will not only be competing in the women's 200, but she also has qualifying in the long jump. The gold medal baseball game takes place, and if the U.S. somehow wins, you will be able to hear Tommy Lasorda broadcasting the results from Australia without the aid of NBC. The men's singles in tennis and women's doubles finals will also be held. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (track and field); 7 p.m.-midnight (track and field, cycling, women's diving and wrestling); 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (women's basketball quarterfinals and men's volleyball quarterfinals). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (tennis women's singles gold medal final from Tuesday, gold medal baseball game and U.S. men's water polo). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing and tennis men's doubles gold medal final). DAY 14 Thursday, Sept. 28 Marion Jones goes for gold in the 200, but Van Nuys resident Inger Miller, the 1999 World champ, would like nothing more than to surprise Jones and win the event. While Jones is going for five golds, Miller has a chance at three, with the 100 and 400 relay being her other events. About the only other highlights on this day are the men's soccer bronze medal match and the women's volleyball semifinals. Of course, because NBC is showing everything delayed, the network will be airing the women's gold medal soccer match 32 hours old. So, you can take Thursday's newspaper and read about who won, then watch it for the first time on TV. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (diving); 7 p.m.-midnight (track and field, women's diving, equestrian, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics); 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (men's basketball quarterfinals and track and field). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (women's soccer gold medal match from Wednesday, tennis men's singles gold medal match from Wednesday and rhythmic gymnastics). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing semifinals and tennis women's doubles gold medal match from Wednesday). DAY 15 Friday, Sept. 29 Four track and field finals are held, including the women's long jump with Marion Jones and the men's 1,500 meter final. L.A. Sparks standout Lisa Leslie and the women's basketball team play in the semifinals, as do the men's basketball squad. The biggest shock of the Olympics would be if either of these two teams failed to advance to the championship. The women's volleyball and men's soccer gold medal matches will be played, as will the men's soccer bronze medal match. TV: NBC: 10 a.m.-noon (diving, track and field and rhythmic gymnastics); 7 p.m.-midnight (track and field finals, men's basketball semifinals, diving and synchronized swimming); 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (women's basketball semifinals and men's water polo quarterfinals). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (men's soccer from Thursday and canoeing). CNBC: 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (boxing semifinals and women's gold medal field hockey match). DAY 16 Saturday, Sept. 30 It should be a golden day for the basketball teams as Kevin Garnett and the rest of this year's Dream Team play for the gold medal in men's basketball, while the women also play for the gold. Six weight divisions will be decided in boxing, while nine finals will be decided in track and field. North Hollywood's Regina Jacobs will be going for gold in the women's 1,500. The men's volleyball gold will decided, as will many weight classifications in freestyle wrestling. TV: NBC: Noon-6 p.m. (women's basketball gold medal game; rhythmic gymnastics, women's gold medal volleyball match from Friday, canoeing finals and cycling. 7 p.m.-midnight (diving, track and field finals, men's gold medal basketball game, cycling); 12:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m. (freestyle wrestling finals). MSNBC: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (men's gold medal soccer match from Friday and men's water polo semifinals). CNBC: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (boxing finals and men's water polo semifinals). Day 17 Sunday, Oct. 1 Former UCLA standouts Dan Hackett and Sean Kern hope to lead the U.S. to the men's water polo gold medal. The rest of the boxing finals and the men's marathon will be held prior to the closing ceremonies. TV: NBC: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (boxing finals, equestrian, rhythmic gymnastics, men's gold medal volleyball match from Saturday and wrestling); 7:30 p.m.-midnight (men's marathon, closing ceremonies). MSNBC: 8 a.m.-11 a.m. (men's water polo gold medal match and canoeing). CAPTION(S): 15 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Anthony Ervin (2 -- color) Alonzo Mourning (3 -- color) Lenny Krayzelburg (4 -- color) Jamie Dantzcher (5 -- color) Blaine Wilson (6 -- color) Jenny Thompson (7 -- color) Maurice Greene (8 -- color) Marion Jones (9 -- color) Michael Johnson (10 -- color) Mark Crear (11 -- color) Crystal Bustos (12 -- color) Tommy Lasorda (13 -- color) Marion Jones (14 -- color) Kevin Garnett (15 -- color) Sean Kern Box: (1) G'Day! (see text) (2) Sydney Olympic Calendar (see text) |
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