Tributes to Bears legend

Site-seeing with Jan Perry

From ''Sweetness'' to sadness. The end of the millennium has taken some of the biggest, best and brightest from the world of sports - many of them way too soon.

http://payton34.com. This is Walter Payton's own site. It still carries a personal message from the Chicago Bears legend thanking people for their prayers and support. Click on the Fan header to see how much the world thought of the man called ''Sweetness,'' who died Monday at 45.

http://www.nfl.com/bears. The Bears' official site offers a number of stories about Payton's death - all gathered under a headline reading, ''The Ultimate Loss.''

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/stewart crash991028.html. This is an excellent ABC News account of last week's tragic loss of golfing great Payne Stewart.

http://www.pgatour.com. Once on site, click to read about Stuart Appleby's unusual tribute to Stewart.

http://www.cart.com/mainframeset.fhtml. On Sunday, CART driver Greg Moore was killed in a crash in the Marlboro 500. Read about the crash as well as tributes to the young, 24, and gifted racer.

http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014133.html. Here's t he story of Wilt ''the Stilt'' Chamberlain, the basketball giant who died last month. Read about the man who scored 100 points on the court (and with, he claimed, 20,000 women off court.)

Jan Perry's column runs Wednesday and Friday in The Post. She can be reached at SiteSeer2K@aol.com.