UPN to broadcast 6 Philadelphia Soul games UPN 57 will broadcast six Philadelphia Soul games this season, beginning with Sunday's game at Dallas. Ari Wolfe and Darrin Kenney will be in the booth, and WIP 610-AM's Rhea Hughes will be the sideline reporter. Wolfe arrives via the AFL's Indiana Firebirds and Kenney, a graduate of Archbishop Wood, played in the league for 11 years. Seven more Soul games will be on NBC. The curiosity factor and dozens of beauty shots of owner Jon Bon Jovi helped last week's opener on WCAU earn a 5.8 rating/11 share, beating the NHL All-Star Game on WPVI, which had a 3.5 rating/7 share in Philadelphia. Nationally, the AFL games averaged a 2.5 rating/5 share. WMMR 93.3-FM's Vinnie the Crumb is the PA announcer for the home Soul games. Finally, the last few minutes of "Sports Final" on WCAU Sundays at 11:30 will be devoted to the Soul (WCAU is the NBC affiliate here). It's a girl! Congratulations to Comcast SportsNet anchor Leslie Gudel, who gave birth to a baby girl, Kendall Jacklyn Kemm, last Saturday. Kendall weighed in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 21 1/2 inches. Gudel, who wasn't due until the end of the month, hosted "Meet the Phillies" at the Wachovia Center the night before she went into labor. Though she missed her baby shower, which was scheduled for that Saturday, her husband, Jamie Kemm, attended in her place. Heavy hitters Baseball legends Willie Mays and Hank Aaron and current star Sammy Sosa will be guests on "Lou Tilley's Sports Connection" at 11 p.m. on CN8 this week. The lineup is Sosa on Tuesday, Mays on Wednesday and Aaron on Thursday. TNT will televise the NBA All-Star Game from the Staples Center in Los Angeles Sunday at 8 p.m. Marv Albert, Mike Fratello and Doug Collins will call the game. Maybe Randy Ayers can get an announcing job because that seems to be the destination for many fired coaches. Tom McGinnis is doing the radio broadcasts of the Sixers games solo again since Todd MacCulloch had surgery on his foot a couple of weeks ago. Daytona celebrities The marriage of entertainment and sports continues as Ben Affleck, Whoopi Goldberg and Lee Ann Rimes are among the celebrities who will be part of the Daytona 500 coverage Sunday on NBC. Fortunately, there's no halftime in an auto race. My apologies I received some e-mails that criticized a comment in last week's column: Since Dan Marino has decided not to join the Miami Dolphins front office, he'll remain with HBO's "Inside the NFL." (Maybe Tony Soprano gave him an offer he couldn't refuse.) Though my intent was to link Marino and Soprano because they are both on HBO shows, some readers felt I tried to link Marino to the mob. I apologize to those who were offended. Laura Nachman covers television and radio sports for the Courier Times. She can be reached at bradyresident@aol.com. February 13, 2004 7:09 AM