MCI Center Actually, you're not missing much if you don't check it out, but now that the Redskins have moved out of RFK Stadium and there's no baseball in town, this is the best D.C. has to offer. The arena sits in the heart of downtown and features a Washington Hall of Fame with some cool virtual reality exhibits. (They tried to set up a one-on-one game with Rod Strickland, but Virtual Rod kept showing up late.) But I can't say I'd blame you for not having a hankering to see the Wizards play. M.J. doesn't even go their games, and he has an ownership stake in the darn club. 2. Congressional Country Club, Bethesda. A pleasure to play, but you've got to know someone. 3. RFK Stadium. Still has more ambiance empty than most of today's NFL stadiums when games are going on. 4. McDonough Arena, Georgetown University. Best to visit in the summertime when you may catch a pickup game featuring 'Zo posting up Patrick. 5. Falls Road Golf Course, Potomac. A nod to the weekend hacker -- wide open and cheap.

Vietnam War Memorial There's way more than five that could be listed here -- D.C. is one of the premier sightseeing cities in the nation -- but if I have to pick a best, I'll go with the Vietnam War Memorial. The wall is stunning in its simplicity, and it's impossible not to be moved as you walk by the names etched in the black marble, your reflection looking back at you. The wall is shaped like a V, and if you stand at the nook, you can see the Washington Monument mirrored on one side and the Lincoln Memorial on the other. If you spot a familiar name, you can rub a pencil over a piece of paper to trace it. You'll also want to read the many letters that relatives, friends and comrades place on the ground at the foot of the wall. 2. The Mall. Go in the spring when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. 3. Air and Space Museum 4. Holocaust Memorial Museum 5. The White House

	The Caucus Room, 9th St., N.W. Located near the MCI arena, which is the new hot 'hood in town, this steakhouse is where the D.C. power crowd moved when Duke Zeibert's closed a few years back. If you see Larry King, tell him he should lay off the butter. 2. D.C. Coast, K Street N.W. 3. Butterfield Nine, 14th St. N.W. 4. Cities, 18th St., N.W. 5. The Rock Sports Bar and Restaurant, 6th Street N.W.

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium Anyone who has ever watched a Skins game at RFK has to shudder when walking through the gates of this cookie-cutter eyesore with the big FedEx logo on the 50-yard line. That is, if you can withstand the traffic, find a parking space and afford a seat, which is unlikely. Economics dictated that the team make the move to this stadium, but at this point you're better off watching the games on TV. 2. Georgetown. The neighborhood, not the university. 3. Hard Rock Café; Planet Hollywood 4. Jefferson Memorial 5. Library of Congress

70-Chip It's often been said that Washington, D.C. is not a sports town, it's a Redskins town. Though this play, during which John Riggins broke through the arms of Dolphins cornerback Don McNeal en route to the go-ahead score in Super Bowl XVII in 1983, technically occurred in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., it still ranks as D.C.'s most memorable sports moment. When Riggins was asked later about the congratulatory phone call he received that night from President Ronald Reagan, he replied, aptly, "For tonight, Ron may be President, but I'm King." Long live the King. 2. Washington Bullets win NBA championship, 1978 3. Dexter Manley knocks Cowboys QB Danny White out of the NFC Championship Game, 1982 4. Smiling Georgetown coach John Thompson embraces guard Fred Brown after Brown accidentally threw a pass to North Carolina's James Worthy in closing seconds of NCAA championship game, 1982 5. In the greatest confluence of sports and politics ever, Riggins, at a black-tie dinner attended by the D.C. power elite, says to U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, "Sandy baby, loosen up."