The Week Ahead

FRIDAY 6

29TH ANNUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOVEL RACES
Can you dig it? In Angel Fire, N. Mex., daredevils ages six and up zoom down a 1,500-foot course, racing the clock on snow shovels (record speed: 79 mph).

MOVIE RELEASE: Miracle Story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team (page 70). Kurt Russell is coach Herb Brooks.

SATURDAY 7

NASCAR NEXTEL BUDWEISER SHOOTOUT
TNT 8 PM
At Daytona, a race featuring all of last year's pole winners gets the season in gear.

U.S. MEN'S MARATHON OLYMPIC TRIALS
In Birmingham: With former world-record holder Khalid Khannouchi injured, all three Athens spots are up for grabs.

SUNDAY 8

NEW ORLEANS VOODOO AT PHILADELPHIA SOUL
NBC 3 PM
Not psyched for the NFL Pro Bowl? Jon Bon Jovi has your answer: his arena-league team, the Soul.

NHL ALL-STAR GAME
ABC 3 PM
Ranger Mark Messier, nearly 43, plays opposite the Blue Jackets' Rick Nash, making his All-Star debut at 19.

MONDAY 9