The Week Ahead

FRIDAY 20

HOPE & FAITH
ABC 9 PM
Roger Clemens joins another team, playing with Kelly Ripa and Faith Ford in an episode about a ball autographed by the Rocket.

NETS AT RAPTORS
7 PM
The reenergized Nets, on a 10-game winning streak, try to keep Vince Carter earthbound.

SATURDAY 21

THE MILAN MIRACLE
ESPN CLASSIC 6 PM
Footage of the 1954 Indiana title game between Milan High and Muncie Central, which begat Hoosiers. At 7:30 the teams play (live) for the second time since '54.

AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER
The U.S.'s largest cross-country ski race (6,500 skiers, 32 miles) from Cable to Hayward, Wis.

SUNDAY 22

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
HBO 9:45 PM
Little hoops man Muggsy Bogues guest stars.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
George (Sparky) Anderson, 70. The Hall of Fame manager is a volunteer coach at Cal Lutheran and a passionate duffer. "I can't play a lick, but who I cares?" he says. "If it's not raining, I'm playing."

MONDAY 23