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The Arizona Republic C2 TI 1URSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2000 TODAY'S BROADCASTS Sister files suit against Reinsdorf IN THE NEWS If flyX vCipv 1. 1 Associated Press Marion Jones won three gold medals and two bronze medals in the Sydney Olympics. Jones is No. 1 female athlete EVENT TIME TV RADIO BASKETBALL Trail Blazers at Jazz 6 p.m. TNT Lakers at Suns 7 p.m.

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Florida 2 a.m. TD.FOXAZ COLLEGE FOOTBALL Humanitarian Bowl 11:30 a.m. ESPN2 Boise St. vs. UTEP Music City Bowl West 2 p.m.

ESPN Virginia vs. Mississippi PC.com Bowl Minnesota 5 p.m. TBS vs. North Carolina State lnsigbt.com Bowl Iowa St. 5:30 p.m.

ESPN vs. Pittsburgh GOLF Senior Match Play Challenge 11 a.m. T.ESPN HOCKEY Kings at Blues 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Oilers at Sharks 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 FRIDAY'S BROADCASTS EVENT TIME TV RADIO BOXING Friday Night Fights 7 p.m.

ESPN2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Women's Kansas 6:30 p.m. FOXAZ at Arizona Ohio at Arizona State 8:30 p.m. FOXAZ XTRA 910 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Liberty Bowl Colorado St. 11:30 a.m. ESPN vs.

Louisville Sun Bowl Wisconsin noon 5 KDUS 1060 vs. UCLA Peach Bowl Georgia Tech 3 p.m. ESPN vs. Louisiana State Holiday Bowl Oregon 6:30 p.m. ESPN vs.

Texas HOCKEY Coyotes at Wild 6 p.m. KDUS 1060, KDKB 93.3 FM WCHL Mustangs 8:30 p.m. KCTK 960 at Long Beach MOTORSPORTS Bumper to Bumper 250 noon SV 5-day sport planner Home Away Today Friday Saturday Sunday Monday can live with that." Her prediction, made two years before the Sydney Games, earned Jones a lot of publicity, something she will avoid for the 2004 Olympics. "I've vowed not to make a prediction such as the five golds, especially not four years prior to the next games," said the 24-year-old Jones. "But whatever I choose to do, I'll try and make it as extraordinary as possible." Jones' gold-medal performances in Sydney were extraordinary, considering she was mentally distracted by the IAAF's confirmation that her husband, C.J.

Hunter, the 1999 world shot put champion, had tested positive for the steroid nandrolone four times after the U.S. Olympic trials. The disclosure came after Jones' first event, the 100, meaning she had to compete in four events with that burden. "It was very unfortunate timing," she said. Jones' timing on the track was impeccable.

She won the 100 at 10.75 seconds, and her victory margin of 0.37 seconds was the second-largest in Olympic history, man or woman. She won the 200 at 21.84, and her victory margin of 0.43 seconds was the second-largest behind Wilma Rudolph's in 1960. Her 100 and 200 times were the fastest in the world this year. Jones helped the 1,600 relay team to victory at 3:22.62 with a powerful third leg of 49.4, the same as Australia's Cathy Freeman, the 400 gold medalist. No one else came close to running that fast.

Even more remarkable for Jones, she ran only one other individual 400 race during the year and had not run on a 1,600 relay since she was a sophomore at North Carolina. The 400 is a distance she dislikes. Toronto 7 p.m.' 1 The ailing sister of Chicago sports franchise owner Jerry Reinsdorf filed a $5 million breach-of-contract lawsuit Wednesday against her brother, claiming he cut her off financially. The Superior Court suit filed in. Los Angeles by Marvin Mitchelson said the managing partner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox gave Judith Reinsdorf $10,000 a month for her care for 16 years.

The 64-year-old Reinsdorf had promised their mother, Marion, that he would always support his sister financially "to maintain a substantial quality of life according to the family wealth," the suit claimed. Those payments stopped in 1998 because Judith Reinsdorf refused her brother's demand that she stop seeing their elderly mother, the suit said. Marlon Reinsdorf died in 1998. The lawsuit seeks $5 million for past, present and future support based on breach of contract and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Olympics After shutting Internet-based journalists out of Atlanta, Nagano and Sydney, the International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday that it will "recognize" selected Internet news organizations and allow their reporters to cover the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

But that doesn't mean you can score free Olympic passes by posting a few Bonnie Blair photos on your home page. The IOC will evaluate every site that applies for media credentials and reject those that don't reach a broad enough audience or produce original content. "I think the way they're going to go about it is the right way," said Mike Levy, founder and chief executive officer of Sportsline.com. Horse racing Hall of Fame horse trainer Allen Jerkens remained in critical condition Wednesday, four days after collapsing at Faulk runs with MVP Associated Press Marshall Faulk's record-setting ride for the St. Louis Rams earned him the NFL's Most Valuable Player Award in balloting conducted by the Associated Press and announced Wednesday.

Faulk, whose 26 touchdowns beat Emmitt Smith's league mark by one, carried the defending champion Rams into the playoffs with his late-season heroics. He scored 11 of those touchdowns in the last three weeks and had three four-TD games. The swift running back also had 220 yards rushing in last Sunday's victory at New Orleans that helped St. Louis squeeze into the postseason. Faulk finished with 1,359 yards and 18 touchdowns rushing, plus 81 receptions for 830 yards and eight TDs.

Faulk, 27 and in his seventh NFL season, received 24 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 sportswriters and broadcasters. He beat Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb (11), Tennessee running back Eddie George (8), Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon (5), Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning (1) and Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis (1). Giants Running back Tiki Barber vowed to be in New York's lineup on Jan. 7 for the NFC semifinal despite having a broken left arm and sprained He spent 15 months in Chicago as a national host at One-on-One Sports before exiting three months ago. "I'll be the same, opinionated, very politically incorrect and a guy not afraid to mix it up," he said.

Jacobs will be filling in todayjjand Friday as a co-host his home with severe stomach pains. The 71-year-old Jerkens was in the intensive care unit at Aventura (Fla.) Hospital, which is near Gulf-stream Park. Hospital officials would neither confirm nor deny a report in the Daily Racing Form that Jerkins had pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas. His family could not be reached for comment. Colleges Cawood Ledford, longtime announcer for Kentucky basketball and football games, is being treated for cancer.

Frances Ledford, his wife, said the 74-year-old broadcaster was undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment, and that doctors were pleased with his progress. Stetson basketball coach Murray Arnold retired, citing recent tests for a heart condition, diabetes and progressive kidney disease. Assistant Derek Waugh was promoted to acting head coach. Baseball The Detroit Tigers are either keeping ticket prices the same or lowering them for next season, depending on the section at Comerica Park. The price of the top box seats will remain at $60 in the ballpark's second season, the Tigers said Wednesday.

Several sections of what had been $60 Tiger Den tickets in sections 116-118 and 138-141 will be cut to $35 and renamed terrace seats. Figure skating Nailing a tricky combination of jumps that is his alone, Yevgeny Plushchenko won his third consecutive national title at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in Second place went to Aleksei Yagudin, the three-time world champion. Compiled from Republic news services. away voting NFL NOTES big toe on his right foot. "It's football, you play with injuries, you play when you are sick," said Barber, who wore a brace on his arm Wednesday.

"We don't take days off for little things." Broncos Coach Mike Shanahan is refusing to tip his hand, closing practices to the media and suggesting he might not settle on a starting quarterback until Friday. Brian Griese, who separated his throwing shoulder against Oakland on Nov. 13 and missed the next five games, returned to the lineup but reinjured his shoulder in the regular-season finale, a 38-9 win over San Francisco on Saturday. If Griese is not close to 100 percent, the Broncos will go with Gus Frerotte. Steelers Kevin Gilbride was fired as the offensive coordinator because coach Bill Cowher saw no progress in one of the league's worst passing offenses.

Dolphins Wide receiver Leslie Shepherd (knee), cornerback Ter-rance Shaw (knee) and fullback Rob Konrad (back) are listed as questionable for Saturday's playoff game against Indianapolis because of injuries. scene on XTRA's 1-3 p.m. show with Mike Jurecki. The station also recently announced that former Suns coach Danny Ainge, Cardinals play-by-play man Tom Dillon and Republic sports-writer Dan Bickley will be joining the lineup. a Associated Press NEW YORK Marion Jones gambled then won and lost.

I Boldly predicting she could become the first track and field athlete to win five gold I medals at a single Olympics, 'j Jones' drive for five left her with three golds and two I bronzes. The five medals repre-; Rented a first for a female track and field athlete at one Olympics, and for that bomplishment, Jones was fchosen Wednesday as the As-; sociated Press' Female Ath- lete of the Year. In balloting by sportswrit-l ers and broadcasters, Jones received 27 first-place votes and 111 points, beating tennis star Venus Williams, run-l ner-up with I62 firsts and I 1042 points. Golfer Karrie Webb was a distant third with 30 points. Points were I awarded on a 3-2-1 basis.

Last year's winner, the U.S. soccer team, didn't receive any votes this time, The confident Jones was -the 10th female track and field athlete to win the honor 1 since the award was inaugurated in 1931, and the first since the late Florence Grif-; fith Joyner in 1988. Jones' golds came in the 100 and 200 meters and the 1,600 relay, the bronzes in the long jump and 400 relay. Those bronzes could have been golds, Jones said. "That gold medal was there for the taking in the long jump," she said.

"And in the (400) relay, we had some injuries (Gail Devers and Jnger Miller). We didn't have our best horses. "I guess everybody wants to win the lottery. You just don't want to win the $2 ticket. I wanted to win them 'all, and I still think it's pos-rsible.

But I didn't, so I'm not going to dwell on that. "I didn't get everything I wanted, but I didn't give in. I 1 SPORTS New Jersey is no place for parade New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has offered a ticker-tape parade in the Can-t yon of Heroes if the Giants win the Super Bowl. "They may want to stay in the Meadowlands," he said. "I hope not.

We'll invite all the I New Jersey people and make it a big New York-New Jersey celebration." I A Giants spokesman had no Comment on the offer for a parade in lower Manhattan. I The Giants left New York in 1976 to play across the I Hudson in the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J., but they're still called the New York Giants. They have to win two playoff games to make it to the Super Bowl. The mayor has been trying I to lure the Jets, who also play i in the Meadowlands, back to New York by advocating for a stadium on the west side of Manhattan. Los Angeles Lakers OFF 7 p.m.

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Men's college basketball: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Mississippi State in Tucson, 4:15 p.m.; Lubbock Christian at Grand Canyon, 7 p.m. College football: lnsight.com Bowl Iowa State vs. Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m., at Bank OFF MCtaMMoaau! I ijt 1400 I I 1 i OFF OFF i Tickets: (480) 784-4444 St. Louis San Jose I 7 p.m.

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Horse racing: Turf Paradise, 12:30 p.m. Men's college basketball: Pepperdine vs. Charlotte, 6 p.m.; Transylvania at Grand Canyon, 6 p.m. Women's college basketball: Linfield at Grand Canyon, 2 p.m. the 1986 World Series.

The show's Nielsen ratings have decreased for six straight seasons. In 1994, the show averaged a 17.8 with announcers Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf and Frank Gifford. Nevertheless, the show ranked fifth among prime-time programs during the 2000 NFL season. And it remains a strong draw among male viewers; it was the top-rated prime-time program among men 25-54. The Titans' 31-0 victory over the Cowboys in the season finale on Monday drew an 11.0 national rating.

That was 9 percent higher than last season's final ABC game. ABC brought Miller into the booth this season in hopes of generating attention and keeping viewers tuned in even when the play on the field wasn't intriguing. 'MNF ratings drop to all-time low level TAKES Ed Koch, who was mayor when the Giants won the Su- per Bowl in 1987, refused to offer the team a ticker-tape parade because of its move to New Jersey. That year, and when the Giants won again in 1991, the team celebrated at the Meadowlands. TRIVIA TIME: The 43 points that Tracy McGrady scored for the Orlando Magic on Monday was not the best individual Christmas Day performance in NBA history.

Who holds that mark? THUS IS GOOD? Don't count Bernie Llncicome of the Rocky Mountain News as a fan of NFL parity. "The fact that the Giants have the home-field advantage throughout the playoffs exposes how shallow is the vessel that carries the qualifying teams for this Super Bowl," he wrote. "In fact, it might better be called the Super Saucer this year." TRIVIA ANSWER: Bernard King, who scored 60 points for the New York Knicks on Christmas Day in 1984. Compiled from Republic wire services. XTRA 910.

Jacobs will be doing a solo show Monday through Friday, from 7 to 11 p.m. He will start his Phoenix comeback with an abbreviated show next Thursday following the broadcast of the Arizona State-Stanford basketball game. Associated Press NEW YORK Neither Dennis Miller nor a series of good games could prevent ABC's Monday Night Football from drawing its lowest TV ratings in 31 seasons. ABC Sports' NFL broadcasts averaged a 12.7 national rating and 22 share, a drop of 7 percent from last season's previous record low of 13.723. While 11 of the 17 Monday games were decided by a touchdown or less, the program did have to compete with the Sydney Olympics on two nights and a pushed-back fall schedule.

The, low point came in Week 13, when a game between non-playoff teams Kansas City and New England generated a 9.9 rating the second-lowest ever. The only worse rating was for a telecast opposite (ame 7 of Jacobs returns to Valley's sports talk radio 11 I fit 11 By Jim Gintonio The Arizona Republic Bruce Jacobs, the former sports talk show host 'who alternately amused, irri- 1 1 1 itatea ana irusiraiea listeners during his six-year tenure in IJthe Valley, is returning to 'KGME-AMr now known as a.