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Think 2. "The Godfather II." "A Bicycle Built for Two." "It Takes Two." 2 Nice 2 Be 4gotten (check your old yearbook). Newschannel 2. Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.Now, rethink 2. ESPN, the network that has given us college basketball at midnight, pompous sportswriters bickering over your Sunday brunch and Fred Edelstein in a double-breasted suit, is launching a new channel Nov. 2, ESPN2.The new cable service is aimed at a younger demographic than ESPN, which attracts mostly men between 25 and 54. ESPN2 will seek to capture more of the 18-34 audience of men and women.

Maryland has announced its men's basketball schedule for the upcoming season, which includes home-and-home series against both Duke and North Carolina. The Terps will play an 18-game ACC schedule for the first time, including home-and-home series with Boston College, Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. The Terps face Clemson and N.C. State at home and Georgia Tech and Miami on the road. This is the last year before Pittsburgh and Syracuse start showing up on the conference schedule.

Since it signed on 2 1/2 years ago, ESPN2 has been playing the frisky teen-ager to its corporate big brother ESPN's more mature college senior.But, with this week's announcement of new blocks of news programming and an ever widening subscriber base, there are signs that the "Deuce" is indeed growing up.The network has announced that by the end of this week, it will be available in more than 30 million homes nationwide -- making it the first of the cable...

TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS MLB Washington@Cubs MASN 1 Boston@Detroit 45, 5 4 Minnesota@Orioles MASN 7 Yankees@Rays MLB 7 White Sox@Texas WGN-A 8 Washington@Cubs (T) MASN 11:30 C. base. Boston College@Virginia Tech CSN Noon M. bask. NCAA: Loyola vs. Ohio State (T) CBSSN 10 a.m. NBA Orlando@Philadelphia ESPN 8 Denver@Golden State ESPN 10:30 PGA Masters: third round 13, 9 3:30 C. hockey NCAA tourn.

First roundWestern Conference(Best of seven)Colorado vs. Edmonton(Edmonton wins series, 4-3)Game 1--Edmonton 3, Colorado 2Game 2--Colorado 5, Edmonton 2Game 3--Colorado 5, Edmonton 4, OTGame 4--Colorado 3, Edmonton 1Game 5--Edmonton 3, Colorado 1Game 6--Edmonton 2, Colorado 0Game 7--Edmonton 4, Colorado 0Conference semifinals(Best of seven)Eastern ConferenceOttawa vs. WashingtonThursday -- At Washington, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)Saturday -- At Washington, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)Monday -- At Ottawa, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

Conference finals 7 p.m. [ESPN, ESPN2] Now, we all know you're supposed to dance with the one who brung ya, but first ya, uh, you have to get to the Big Dance. Four of the Big Dancers will be identified tonight, starting at 7 with the Colonial Athletic Association final on ESPN and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Association final on ESPN2. At about 9, ESPN has the West Coast championship game and ESPN2 carries the Southern final.

SATURDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS M. bask. Louisville@Kentucky 13, 9 Noon Virginia Tech@Oklahoma State ESPN2 Noon Austin Peay State@Morehead State ESPNU Noon St. John's@Connecticut MASN Noon Iowa@Wisconsin BIGTEN 1 Samford@Maryland CSN 2 Providence@Georgetown ESPN2 2 Yale@Florida ...

Baseball 2:15 p.m.Houston at CubsESPN 3:30 p.m.White Sox at OaklandWGN 7 p.m.Orioles at YankeesCSN 1090 AM 7 p.m.St. Louis at PittsburghESPN 10 p.m.Boston at AnaheimESPN2 1:30 a.m.O's at Yankees (T)CSN 3 a.m.St. Louis at Pittsburgh (T)ESPN 3 a.m.Boston at Ana. (T)ESPN2 Cycling NoonTour de RomandieOLN Horse racing 11 a.m.Belmont drawCSN College tennis: Men's NCAAs 3 p.m.Championship (T)ESPN2 Pro tennis: French Open 8 a.m.Quarterfinals (T)ESPN2 12:30 p.m.Quarterfinals (T)

Tomorrow Division I semifinals Syracuse vs. Johns Hopkins, 11:30 a.m. TV: ESPN2 Maryland vs. Virginia, approximately 2:30 p.m. TV: ESPN2 Sunday Division II final N.Y. Tech vs. Limestone, 3 p.m. Division III final Middlebury vs. Salisbury, noon Monday Division I final Semifinal winners, 11 a.m. TV: ESPN All games at M&T Bank Stadium

Rays@Orioles 3 P.M. [CH. 13, MASN] And you have lots more baseball than the Orioles' opener. Keep your remote handy: Toronto Blue Jays-New York Yankees at 1 p.m. on ESPN, Milwaukee Brewers-Chicago Cubs at 2 p.m. on ESPN2 and WGN, Washington Nationals-Philadelphia Phillies at 3 p.m. on MASN2, San Francisco Giants-Los Angeles Dodgers at 4 p.m. on ESPN, Los Angeles Angels-Minnesota Twins at 7 p.m. on ESPN2, Houston Astros-San Diego Padres at 10 p.m. on...

Conference finals 7 p.m. [ESPN, ESPN2] Now, we all know you're supposed to dance with the one who brung ya, but first ya, uh, you have to get to the Big Dance. Four of the Big Dancers will be identified tonight, starting at 7 with the Colonial Athletic Association final on ESPN and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Association final on ESPN2. At about 9, ESPN has the West Coast championship game and ESPN2 carries the Southern final.

Contemplating the sports media landscape while recalling that Bruce Springsteen's "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" was written before the days of Versus and Fox Soccer Channel: So maybe if my column ran in the back of The Sun sports section I'd get a big salary? Rick Reilly, whose back-page column has long been a staple of Sports Illustrated, is leaving the magazine for ESPN, it was announced earlier this week. He will write for ESPN The Magazine and espn.com and appear on various ESPN programs, starting in June.

3 THINGS TO WATCH No lack of offense Cornell averages 14.14 goals per game, tops in Division I, and has five players with at least 30 points, led by Eric Pittard (32 goals, 29 assists) and David Mitchell (43, nine). Duke ranks third in scoring (12.8 goals), primarily because no one has the ability to dodge, shoot and pass like Matt Danowski (42 goals, 49 assists) and no one finishes as well as Zack Greer (63 goals). Meanwhile, in goal ... As high-powered as both offenses are, the senior goalies could have the final say. Cornell's Matt McMonagle and Duke's Dan Loftus combined for 28 saves in Cornell's 7-6 victory in March in Durham, N.C., and they each have been ranked among the top three in save percentage for much of the season.

When it comes to the Ravens, drafting in the bottom of the first round has been worth the wait. From Ray Lewis to Todd Heap to Ed Reed, the Ravens have watched future Pro Bowl players repeatedly slide down to them. With the 29th overall pick today, the Ravens expect another top prospect to drop - but they just have to be careful where this one lands. All of the Ravens' presumed targets are 300-pound offensive linemen: Southern California center Ryan Kalil, Texas guard-tackle Justin Blalock and Central Michigan offensive tackle Joe Staley.

Baseball -- Yankees-Red Sox. You just can't get enough. Well, actually, most Orioles fans probably have already had their fill. Regardless, ESPN has three games from their series starting today (1 p.m., ESPN), then Sunday (8 p.m., ESPN) and Monday (1 p.m., ESPN2). Fox (WBFF/Channel 45) has Saturday's 1:20 p.m. game. Basketball -- It's OK, you can cheer for a Mike Krzyzewski team this time. He's coaching the U.S. team in the world championships - tonight (actually tomorrow morning) at 1 a.m. against Puerto Rico and Sunday at 6:30 a.m. against China, both on ESPN2.