The Week Ahead

FRIDAY 30

HORNETS AT 76ERS
ESPN 7 PM
A shootout between Allen Iverson, (26.9 ppg) and Baron Davis (23.4 ppg).

SWIMMING WORLD CUP
In East Meadow, N.Y., Jenny Thompson, with more medals than , any U.S. female Olympian (10 in three Games), takes a break , from Columbia medical school for a dip in the pool.

SATURDAY 31

BOSTON INDOOR GAMES
ESPN 26 PM
Ethiopian distance master Haile Gebrselassie runs his first U.S. race since winning the '96 Olympic 10,000 meters.

MEN'S FINALS, AUSTRALIAN OPEN
ESPN 10 PM
Is winning in Oz a good thing? Andre Agassi has taken the last three he has entered, but in a those years he failed to win another major.

SUNDAY 1

SUPER BOWL XXXVIII PANTHERS VS. PATRIOTS
CBS 6 PM
Edwards versus Kerry? Now the Carolina-Massachusetts rivalry gets serious.

SUPER BOWL XXXVIII COMMERCIALS
NFL NETWORK 11 PM
Replays the game's best ads—without a noncommercial break.

MONDAY 2