Game Days

FEBRUARY 10: 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Men's ice hockey MSNBC 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Curling UNIVERSAL HD 6 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Men's ice hockey 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Men's ice hockey 20 Monday: The rivalry between the United States and Canada in women's ice hockey is expected to continue in the gold-medal game. The United States won the inaugural Olympic women's tournament over Canada in 1998; Canada gained revenge in 2002. NBC 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Women's ice hockey, bobsled 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Figure skating, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, ski jumping USA 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Curling CNBC 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Curling MSNBC 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Women's ice hockey UNIVERSAL HD 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Women's ice hockey 21 Tuesday: Women's figure skating begins with the short program.

How about a game of marbles? Perhaps a joust? Or a relaxing afternoon of watching some turtles race to the finish line? The Steppingstone Museum's annual Children's Games Day on Sunday will also include an ice cream-eating contest, frog-jumping contests, sack races, bean-bag tosses, Mr. Potato Head crafts, storytelling, face-painting, sand-art and even lawn -mower races. The Perry Hall Mibsters will be on hand to demonstrate the art of marble-shooting. And the Amateur Jousting Club of Maryland will conduct jousting competitions and present a Robin Hood skit.

If you can't make it to the big game, do the next best thing -- join The Baltimore Sun and b free daily at Hightopps Backstage Grille . Each party will include giveaways, a chance to win Hightopps gift certificates and other prizes, drink and food specials (including 25-cent wings and 50-cent tacos) and a "Ravens Insider" mixed drink. The Baltimore Sun's Kevin Van Valkenburg and Chris Korman will participate in live online chats from the events. Join us for the following Game Day Parties: Nov. 7 vs. Miami (12 p.m.-4 p.m.)

MIAMI -- The two-week break is over. The players and coaches are ready. The game plans are set. All that's left is . . . the commercials?Seriously, it's Super Bowl XXIX, with the San Francisco 49ers going for their fifth title against the San Diego Chargers, making their first appearance in the NFL's title game.The 49ers are heavy favorites, led by superstars Steve Young at quarterback, Jerry Rice at wide receiver and Deion Sanders at cornerback.The Chargers, looking to break the AFC's 10-year Super Bowl drought, have a relatively unknown cast, with quarterback Stan Humphries and linebacker Junior Seau the team leaders.

TURNAROUND Bills WR Eric Moulds had 10 catches and no TDs in his first four games this year. Yesterday, after the Bills switched QBs and started Kelly Holcomb, Moulds had seven catches and his first touchdown in a win over Miami. WELL-PROTECTED The Colts went deep into their 18th quarter of the season before allowing the first sack of QB Peyton Manning. Blitzing from the corner, 49ers LB Andre Carter beat Jake Scott to get the season's first takedown of Manning. GROUNDED BY JETS Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden found out why he's got to give rookie RB Carnell Williams a breather once in a while after the Williams-less Bucs couldn't sustain a running game in a 14-12 loss to the Jets.

B&O Brasserie is amping up its Ravens love with playoff week specials. The bar will be serving 50-cent National Bohemians and the Hail Mary, a purple cocktail concocted by Head Bartender Brendan Dorr. Thomas Dunklin is bringing bar snacks like candied bacon deviled eggs, pork belly sliders and Gulf shrimp corn dogs. The specials are in effect all day long on Purple Friday (Jan. 4) and game-day Sunday. Midtown BBQ & Brew is promoting a free halftime buffet for Sunday's game along with beer and shooter specials.

If you don't plan ahead to see a game at Camden Yards this season, or you want to watch the Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees play there, then expect to pay more than you did in 2009. For the first time, the Orioles are charging a game-day ticketing fee of between $1 and $5, depending on the original price of the seat, for every home game this year - if that ticket is purchased after 12:01 a.m. on game day. In other words, walk up to the window to buy tickets on game day and you'll pay extra.

BRISTOL, Conn. -- Which of the NFL pre-game show casts has been together the longest?Go to the head of the class if you picked the gang at ESPN's "NFL GameDay," the program that coordinating producer Bob Rauscher describes as "the pre-game show without a game."Starting with the nucleus of host Chris Berman and analyst Tom Jackson -- finishing up their eighth season together -- and adding Joe Theismann, Chris Mortensen and newcomer Phil Simms, to go along with a solid core of field reporters and production crew, you get a solid show each week.

A bus from a bar with a bunch of guys. That's what hard-core football fan Anna Lybrook went looking for just as the Ravens season opened. It's what Anna likes, see. It's what she used to do when the Colts were here. So, after conducting an extensive consumer survey of Baltimore establishments providing this service on game day, Anna The Fanna has declared Claddagh Pub, in fashionable Canton -- remember when Canton didn't have an adjective attached? -- the best."The trip costs $10, including beer on the bus," Anna The Fanna says.