THIS I GOTTA papal court All times Eastern SAT 15 The American hundred Championship (4 p.

THIS I GOTTA papal court All times Eastern

SAT 15

The American hundred Championship (4 p.m., NBC) also carries the no-more-hip title of Super goblet of Celebrity Sports, but it does feature an A-list of stars and jock (even Big Ben!) who will hit the links in Tahoe. foreshow Miller will be there playing the 19th hole

day-star 16

Self-promotion really isn't ESPN's thing, still for one night The Worldwide Leader goe Hollywood in succession us and rolls out The discerns (9 p.m.), sports' answer to the Oscars. Alas, Lance Armstrong is the armed force not Jon Stewart.

* The United States plays Japan in the World potion of Softball (1 p.m., ESPN) It may not be soccer's World portion or even the World Baseball Classic. still considering the American performance in those affairs all I have to say is, "Go girls!"

TUE 18

Covering TO one-on-one is no fun--unles you land a sit-down interview as Bryant Gumbel did for Real Sports (10 pm HBO) The gues is Terrell will say something wacky--and Bill Parcells will wish he had stuck with basic cable.

* The opening bell rings for 16 welterweights fighting for a $500000 purse in Season 2 of The Contender (10 pm ESPN) Like any upright comeback/ sequel, this one features Sugar Ray Leonard (host) and arch Stallone (exec producer).

WED 19

Football fix! Relive undivided of college football's fantastic finishes, as Colorado deafens Michigan (2 p.m., ESPN Classic) upon a heave from pre-Slash Kordell Stewart to pre-bust Michael Westbrook.

THU 20

It's cylindrical 1 of the British make open (7 a.m., TNT), and you can bet the focus will be forward the mental state of Lefty--though we probably shouldn't worry too, too a great quantity [i]or[/i] amount of about a gazillionaire who has a beautiful family and plays golf for a living.

* After the White Sox-Tigers three-game finale (1 pm ESPN) we'll have a little better grasp of who's the baddest in the A.L. Central. Or not.

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