Friday, March 24, 2000

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What? No Chris Berman nickname for the Kingdome?

ESPN Classic will touch on just about everything else during a 16-hour Classic Kingdome Countdown marathon, starting tomorrow at 5 p.m. and ending with the a live one-hour implosion special Sunday at 8 a.m.

ESPN's SportsCenter will cut into ESPN Classic's coverage for a live broadcast of the detonation and collapse.

The lineup:

Saturday, March 25

5:30 p.m. -- 1984 Seahawks Yearbook: An NFL Films production of the Hawks' 12-4 season that featured Steve Largent, Kenny Easley and retirement of jersey No. 12 in honor of their fans, "The 12th Man."

6 p.m. -- Up Close with Brian Bosworth: Roy Firestone's 1991 sitdown with a certain Seahawks linebacker who sort of passed through briefly.

6:30 p.m. -- 1984 NCAA Basketball Championship Game: Patrick Ewing leads the Georgetown Hoyas over Akeem Olajuwon and the Houston Cougars.

8:30 p.m. -- 1989 NCAA Basketball Championship Game: Rumeal Robinson's two free throws with three seconds remaining in overtime carry the Michigan Wolverines, playing for an interim coach with no tourney experience, past the Seton Hall Pirates.

10:30 p.m. -- 1995 American League Semifinals, Game 5: Randy Johnson had just pitched the 11th inning in relief and Edgar Martinez laces a two-run double to left that scores Ken Griffey Jr. all the way from first to overtake the Yankees and send the Mariners to their only AL Championship Series.

Sunday, March 26

8 a.m. -- Implosion: Live coverage in a one-hour special anchored by Seattle native Kenny Mayne. The special will include Griffey Jr. reflecting on his career under the Dome; former SuperSonics Jack Sikma and Slick Watts and former Seahawks QB Dave Krieg; a retrospective on Largent and his Hall of Fame career; SportsCenter flashbacks of great Kingdome moments, including the Final Fours, The Rolling Stones and The Billy Graham Crusade; and local personalities Jay Buhner, Harold Reynolds, Dave Niehaus and others sharing their Kingdome memories.