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SCOUTING REPORT Ravens run offense vs. Redskins run defense: All-Pro running back Jamal Lewis has been held under 100 yards three times in the first four games after being held under that mark only four times all of last season. But he could want to make a statement in his last game before his two-game suspension. Middle linebacker Antonio Pierce, who leads Washington with 40 tackles, represents the core of the NFL's top-ranked run defense. The Redskins have held every running back under 82 yards rushing and have given up a stingy 2.5 yards per carry.

Giant Food LLC, the area's largest supermarket chain, said yesterday that it would cut some of its 650 corporate administrative positions over the next few months. The announcement comes as Giant prepares to move much of its corporate operation to Massachusetts, where it will consolidate administrative and managerial functions with a sister company, Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. in Quincy, Mass. Many industry experts said layoffs were inevitable. Giant officials said they would not know until the end of next month or early summer how many people would lose their jobs.

LANDOVER -- This time, there would be no end-of-game theatrics for the Washington Redskins. After each of its first five games was decided by three points or fewer, Washington saw its run of close games come to an abrupt halt as the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers blistered the Redskins, 35-13, before 85,490 at FedEx Field yesterday. The defending Super Bowl champions spotted Washington (3-3) a 13-7 lead early in the third quarter before scoring 28 unanswered points to improve to 3-2. "They kicked our tails," Redskins coach Steve Spurrier said in his post-game news conference.

LANDOVER - President Bush spent yesterday morning at an African-American church in Maryland, honoring the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and seeking to repair his party's image with minority groups. Holding a microphone in front of the congregation of 500 at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Bush said it was "fitting that we honor this great American in a church, because out of the church comes the notion of equality and justice." "Even though progress has been made," Bush said, "there is more to do. There are still people in society who hurt.

Matchup:Redskins (6-9) vs. Dallas Cowboys (5-10) Site:FedEx Field, Landover When:Sunday, 1 p.m. TV/Radio:Chs. 45, 5/WNAV (1430 AM), WJFK (106.7 FM) Line:Redskins by 6 1/2

LANDOVER -- With a volley of thunderous explosions, the old Capital Centre outside Washington collapsed in a billowing cloud of dust early yesterday, ending 29 years of sports and entertainment history, and stranding millions of treasured personal moments in memory. The end came at 8:05 a.m., with the sequential detonation of 355 pounds of dynamite pressed into 500 key points of the structure by technicians from Controlled Demolition Inc. of Phoenix in Baltimore County. In seconds, the stairwells toppled, and 7 million pounds of tension -- cranked into the roof's supporting cables in 1972 -- were released.

LANDOVER -- Former President Bill Clinton returned to Maryland yesterday to rally support for Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's gubernatorial campaign, urging an adoring crowd not to be fooled by Republican rhetoric. "It will all turn now on who comes and who stays home," Clinton told more than 5,000 people at Jericho City of Praise, a large church adjacent to FedEx Field in Landover. "If half of you stay home, we'll be out of business Wednesday morning. You will pay the price, not the politicians."

Giant Food Inc. will decide within a month whether it will move a major food distribution operation out of Landover to a site either in Howard County or Stafford County, Va. A spokesman for the supermarket chain said yesterday that it is weighing incentives offered by both Maryland and Virginia, as well as operating costs associated with each location. Giant, which is owned by Dutch food giant Royal Ahold NV, said in a statement yesterday that its 45-year-old perishable-food distribution center in Landover could "no longer efficiently serve" its stores and customers.

LANDOVER -- Heading into this weekend's 2002 Nike Indoor Classic Track Meet, River Hill senior Shane Stroup was believed to have the Baltimore-area's best chance at taking home an individual national title in the one-mile run. But yesterday, the University of Florida-bound Stroup struggled at the start, could not recover and finished a disappointing 15th before a capacity crowd of 5,100 at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex. Running in the second and faster heat, Stroup was in last place from the beginning through the fourth lap. In the fifth lap he made his move to overtake two runners, but he fell back into last after the seventh lap and faded thereafter to finish in 4:30.