2002 'NEXT:' FEARLESS PREDICTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR

What will absolutely, definitely, positively happen after 2002?

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Yea, we've made better calls than this.

1. NEXT MILDLY EMBARRASSING PERFORMANCE IN AN ORIGINAL COORS SPOT: Mark McGwire

2. NEXT NFL GENIUS: Steve Mariucci

3. NEXT NFL EX-GENIUS: Mike Holmgren

4. NEXT NFL TREND: O-linemen under 300 pounds

5. NEXT NFL STUDIO ANALYST: Matt Millen

6. NEXT GOON: Kevin Sawyer

7. NEXT OLYMPIC HOCKEY GOLD: Canada

8. NEXT HOCKEY CRAZE: Ice Girls

9. NEXT VINCE CARTER: Jason Richardson

10. NEXT ONE-TWO PUNCH: Pau Gasol/Shane Battier

11. NEXT D-LEAGUE CALL-UP: Fred House, North Charleston

12. NEXT COLLECTIBLE: Expos memorabilia

13. NEXT ANNA: Maria Sharapova (but she's got game)

14. NEXT BIG SMOKE SCREEN: NBA uniform crackdown

15. NEXT BIG RIVALRY: Rams vs. Saints

16. NEXT ISAIAH RIDER: Terry Glenn

17. NEXT STADIUM SONG: "Get the Party Started"

18. NEXT DAN MARINO: Peyton Manning

19. NEXT GUY TO 74 HRS: Sammy Sosa (but Juan Gone will get 77, of course)

20. NEXT ROAD TEAM: Charlotte Hornets

21. NEXT HOT CLUB: Miami's Pink Pony

22. NEXT FASHION TREND: Platinum FUBU Ali gear

23. NEXT EQUIPMENT: Twintip skis (because sometimes, you need to ski backward)

24. NEXT LANCE ARMSTRONG: Levi Leipheimer

25. NEXT TRIPLE CROWN WINNER: A-Rod (deal with it)

26. NEXT WORLD SERIES CHAMP: Twins (presuming they're still around)

27. NEXT CY YOUNG: Matt Morris

28. NEXT GLORY GAME: England vs. Argentina, June 7, Sapporo, Japan

29. NEXT FITNESS TREND: Home hyperbaric chambers

30. NEXT COMEBACK KID: Rick Ankiel

31. NEXT OF KIN: Gerald Riggs Jr., Greg Pruitt Jr., Dajuan Wagner, Sean Burroughs

32. NEXT TO LAST: Michael Olowokandi

33. NEXT TO NONE: Marshall Faulk (yeah, still)

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