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Kentucky (6-5) vs. Syracuse (6-5)When: Today, 4 p.m.Where: Adelphia Coliseum, Nashville, Tenn.TV: ESPNLine: Kentucky by 3Outlook: Most people didn't expect to find Kentucky in the postseason after QB Tim Couch left early for the NFL last year. But sophomore Dusty Bonner stepped in and led the team to its second straight bowl game. Kentucky dropped three of its last four, however. The season's highlight was a 31-20 win over Arkansas. Syracuse struggled through a rebuilding year after the departure of star QB Donovan McNabb.

BaseballMarlins: Designated P Gabe Gonzalez for assignment.Phillies: Assigned LHP Randy Wolf to Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre and LHP Kris Stevens to Double-A Reading.Pirates: Purchased the contract of INF Chance Sanford from Triple-A Nashville.Tigers: Placed INF Bill Ripken on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 26.BasketballABL: Signed F-C Chasity Melvin.New England: Blizzard coach K.C. Jones, 65, had angioplasty surgery to clear an artery that was about 70 percent blocked.CollegeChattanooga: Hired Wes Moore as women's basketball coach.

This week, the Ravens are expected to announce that their stadium has a name, PSINet Stadium.The Northern Virginia-based Internet service provider and the Ravens completed a deal on Friday that will make the company a "presenting sponsor," deeply involved in many aspects of the team's public face, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.The deal was reported in most of yesterday's editions of The Sun.Look for a new, jazzy Ravens World Wide Web site on the Internet and prominent lettering on the brick stadium.

SAN DIEGO -- It was the closest thing you'll ever see to the scene in "Major League," when the home crowd erupts as the Charlie Sheen character enters to the strains of "Wild Thing."Crowds of 65,000-plus rose in a deafening salute for San Diego closer Trevor Hoffman whenever AC/DC's "Hell's Bells" sounded on Qualcomm Stadium's public address system in the postseason.And the inspiration came from the 1989 Orioles.Padres vice president Charles Steinberg, formerly with the Orioles, said outfielder Steve Finley approached him earlier in the season and asked him to come up with a song for Hoffman.

EXTRA POINTS Moving up Colts' Edgerrin James passed Eric Dickerson for third place on the team's all-time rushing list. Giant mark Tiki Barber surpassed Frank Gifford for most all-purpose yards in Giants' history with 9,880. Bumpy road The Lions have lost 20 straight on the road. They haven't won outside of Michigan since Dec. 17, 2000. Sack attack The Buccaneers have at least one sack in 67 straight games, one shy of the NFL record set by Dallas from 1976 to 1980. Making their points The Titans reached the 30-point mark for the fifth straight game, matching a mark the franchise set in 1961 when it was the Houston Oilers.

Emerald Bowl Georgia Tech (7-4) vs. Utah (6-5) WHERE -- SBC Park, San Francisco TIME -- 4:30 p.m. TV -- ESPN KEY STATS -- Georgia Tech is 10th nationally in total defense at 296.4 yards per game. Utah is 12th nation ally in total offense at 466.0 yards per game. ABOUT GEORGIA TECH -- This is the ninth consecutive bowl appear ance for the Yellow Jackets. WR Cal vin Johnson may be the most talent ed player at his position in the na tion, but he suffers from having to play with inconsistent QB Reggie Ball, who can look like an All-Ameri can and a bad high school player on the same drive.

Poinsettia Bowl: Navy (8-4) vs. Utah (8-4) When: Tonight, 9 Site: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego TV, Radio: ESPN, 1090 AM Line: Utah by 7 1/2 When Navy has the ball If the Midshipmen want to improve to 7-6-1 in bowl games, the offense led by quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada and his backfield mates, Reggie Campbell, Zerbin Singleton, Adam Ballard and Eric Kettani, must be perfect. That has been the case all season. The new wrinkle tonight, in the first bowl game of the season, is that play-calling will be done by new offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper and the team, overall, will be led by Ken Niumatalolo.

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego State athletic director Rick Bay plans to file a grievance with the Qualcomm Stadium supervisors over the 11: 35 a.m. (PDT) kickoff for the season opener that attracted only 21,136 fans.According to Bay, the early start cost the Aztecs an estimated 10,000 spectators. Tickets were being offered to Navy personnel in the area for $5.Conflicts with Fox and ESPN baseball schedules did not allow the Padres to leave the Aztecs with a more attractive time."I've never been involved with anything like this," Bay said.

New York. San Diego. --Yankees. Padres.What's an Orioles fan to do -- cheer for rain delays?No, of course not. This is America. No true baseball fan can watch the World Series as it begins tonight without a rooting interest. We need an adopted team. So whom do you go with -- the Padres, gritty, shaved-headed champions of the National League, or the Yankees, gutty, big-headed champions of the American League? Let's analyze the match-ups:Best place to see animalsSan Diego: World-famous zooNew York: Right-field bleachersAdvantage: Yankees.