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Sportscaster Jeanne Zelasko is back in the Fox studio, anchoring the network's Saturday baseball coverage after a string of off-season misfortune. It actually began in August, though, when her father, Stanley, died of a heart attack at 71 in his home in Escondido. The shock of losing her father, Zelasko said, led to another shock -- learning in December that she had thyroid cancer. She recounted what she sees as a strange turn of events.

Danyelle Sargent made a mistake, one she recognized almost as soon as the words left her mouth. She asked new San Francisco 49ers Coach Mike Singletary: "I hear that your mentor Bill Walsh was one of the first phone calls you made when you found out you had the job. What does it mean to you to be the head coach of the 49ers?" The big problem with that question, of course, is that legendary coach Bill Walsh died more than a year ago. Singletary became 49ers coach last week.

As is the case with most major sporting events these days, there will be more than the traditional television coverage of today's All-Star game. At 2 p.m., there will be a two-hour webcast of batting practice, available for free via Foxsports.com and MLB.com. Fox's Chris Rose and MLB.com's Harold Reynolds will serve as co-hosts. At 4 p.m.

No matter that Florida breezed past Ohio State, 41-14, in last year's Bowl Championship Series title game. The number that mattered to Fox Sports and its national advertisers and bowl sponsors was 27.7 million -- the viewers who tuned in and gave Fox its strongest Monday night showing in years.

The Angels pulled the plug on Fox Sports Net on Wednesday, putting their fans in jeopardy of losing television coverage of opening day and virtually every road game this season. Six weeks after Arte Moreno called a 10-year, $500-million contract extension with FSN "a done deal," the Angel owner terminated negotiations with the cable company. Instead of the proposed 150-game television package, the Angel coverage reverted to the 50 games required under the existing FSN West contract.

Three months after removing Chris Rose as the host of "Best Damn Sports Show Period," Fox Sports Net announced Tuesday that Rose was coming back, effective March 21. FSN also confirmed that Tom Arnold would no longer be a regular on the show. Arnold, under a new one-year contract, will appear periodically during major sports events. John Salley will remain on the show and be joined by a new ensemble. Among the candidates are former Dodger Todd Zeile.

MIGHTY DUCKS: 3 GAMES Wednesday vs. Kings, 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net 2 -- Bulletin board material, anyone? So far, the only thing beyond mild platitudes came from Duck Coach Mike Babcock, who declined to talk about injuries recently, saying: "That team down the road talks about injuries all the time." Friday vs. Vancouver, 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net 2 -- After not facing the Canucks through the first three months, the Ducks will play them twice in eight days and again on Feb. 14. Sunday vs.

KINGS: 3 GAMES Wednesday, at Mighty Ducks, 7:30 p.m. PST, Fox Sports Net 2 -- The Kings finally play the other local team in the 40th game of the season. They better get used to it: Ducks-Kings play four more times before the end of February. Thursday, Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. PST, Fox Sports Net -- The halfway point of the season for the Kings won't be easy. The Canucks have the second-most points in the Western Conference and a couple of guys named Bertuzzi and Naslund. Saturday, Columbus, 7:30 p.