Summer Olympics 2000 Viewing Guide

The heat is on: US track star Marion Jones will be busy Wednesday with the 200m quarterfinals and a qualifying run at the long jump.

Winner of two golds in the 100m dash in Olympics past, Gail Devers hopes this time to medal in the 100m hurdles event. The semifinal and final are both Wednesday.

Who's up at net? US tennis champ Venus Williams plays Elena Dementieva of Russia for the gold in women's singles.

The US beat South Korea, 3-2, for a berth in the gold-medal baseball game against Cuba.

Two-time winner of the Tour de France Lance Armstrong will pedal in the men's cycling road race.

Wednesday, Sept. 27

NBC (7 p.m.-midnight):

Track and Field - women's 200m quarterfinal and long jump qualifying; women's 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles, discus throw; men's 800m, 400m hurdles

Cycling (men) - road race

Diving (women) - springboard

(12:41-2:11 a.m.):

Basketball (women) - quarterfinal

CNBC (5-9 p.m.):

Tennis (men) - doubles gold-medal match

Tennis (women) - singles gold-medal match

Baseball - gold-medal game

Thursday, Sept. 28

Track and Field - women's 200m, shot put, 20km walk; men's 200m, long jump; decathlon conclusion

Tennis (women) - doubles gold-medal match

MSNBC (10 a.m.-5 p.m.):

Soccer (women) - gold-medal match

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