<table> </table> <strong><span class="subhead">Tisdale back on the court</span></strong></p><p>Former NBA and Oklahoma star <strong>Wayman Tisdale </strong>will make his first musical appearance since having part of his right leg amputated when he performs at the All-College Classic basketball doubleheader Dec. 20 in Oklahoma City.</p><p>Tisdale, who has been fighting bone cancer, will play bass guitar at halftime of the Oklahoma-Virginia Commonwealth game. It is the 25th anniversary of his scoring 61 points, setting an All-College Classic record.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Comcast, NFL still at odds</span></strong></p><p>There will be no quick resolution to the NFL&#8217;s long-running battle to force Comcast to carry the NFL Network on its digital cable TV package. Currently the company carries the NFL Network on a special sports tier.</p><p>In an order released Thursday an administrative law judge at the FCC pushed back a 60-day timeline that had been set in October to rule on the dispute. He also reopened the question of whether Comcast had restrained the NFL Network&#8217;s ability to compete. FCC staff had found that it had.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Candace Parker gets ESPN shot</span></strong></p><p>WNBA rookie of the year <strong>Candace Parker </strong>will join what is a mostly athletic boys club who have been tapped to do &#8220;SportsCenter&#8221; promo shots. The 30-second spot is called &#8220;Dunk&#8221; and features her as an unassuming female who can dunk a basketball amid a bunch of male sports anchors who are wannabe dunkers.</p><p>&#8220;I just about jumped through the phone,&#8221; Parker said of her reaction when asked to do the promo. &#8220;I could hardly wait.&#8221;</p><p>There have been 325 promo spots since 1995. Of that only a handful have featured female athletes, including gymnasts <strong>Mary Lou Retton </strong>and <strong>Kerri Strug</strong>, basketball stars <strong>Sue Bird </strong>and <strong>Diana Taurasi</strong>, tennis pro <strong>Maria Sharapova </strong>and Hall of Fame coach <strong>Pat Summitt </strong>among them.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Former Packers cornerback dies</span></strong></p><p><strong>Bob Jeter</strong>, who played on Green Bay Packers teams that won the NFL championship in 1965 and the first two Super Bowls, died on Thursday. He was 71.</p><p>Jeter played for the Packers from 1963-70 and was with the Chicago Bears during 1971-73. He was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1985. He is the father of Wisconsin-Milwaukee basketball coach <strong>Rob Jeter</strong>.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Davis Cup pairings set</span></strong></p><p><strong>David Nalbandian </strong>of Argentina will face Spain&#8217;s <strong>David Ferrer </strong>in the opening match of the Davis Cup final today in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. The other singles match will feature No. 9 <strong>Juan Martin del Potro </strong>of Argentina against <strong>Feliciano Lopez</strong>. Saturday&#8217;s doubles match will have Jose <strong>Acasuso</strong> and <strong>Augustin Calleri</strong> of Argentina against Lopez and <strong>Fernando Versasco</strong>. Spain&#8217;s <strong>Rafael Nadal </strong>is not playing because of a knee injury.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Elsewhere</span></strong></p><p>&#8226;The Detroit Shock re-signed coach <strong>Bill Laimbeer </strong>for two more years. He coached Detroit to its third WNBA title in his seven years last season.</p><p>&#8226;A predawn fire killed 27 horses at a barn outside Henderson, Ky., including one horse that had won Sunday at Churchill Downs.