MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES LOST FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AS MANY GAMES MONDAY NIGHT, FALLING TO THE FULTON RAILROADERS 10-5. OWENSBORO AND MARION WERE POSTPONED BECAUSE OF FIELD CONDITIONS.

THE OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE HAS AN OFF DAY TODAY, WITH ACTION RESUMING WEDNESDAY.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS DEFEATED MEMPHIS 5-4 AT GREER STADIUM. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY IN NASHVILLE THIS EVENING.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST TO GREAT LAKES FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT GAME BY THE SCORE OF 8-6. THE TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

NFL

FORMER TENNESSEE VOLS LINEBACKER NICK REVEIZ SAYS HIS DREAM OF PLAYING IN THE N-F-L HASN’T CHANGED, BUT FOR NOW IT’S ON HOLD.

REVEIZ TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL HE PLANS TO WAIT OUT A CHANCE TO PLAY AS LONG AS NECESSARY. REVEIZ WAS NOT SELECTED IN APRIL’S N-F-L DRAFT AND CANNOT TALK TO ANY TEAM BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT LOCKOUT.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH JOHN CALIPARI SAYS FORMER WILDCATS WILL BE ALLOWED TO WORK OUT AT U-K’S FACILITIES DURING THE N-B-A LOCKOUT. CALIPARI CONFIRMED VIA TWITTER HE WAS OPEN TO FORMER PLAYERS COMING BACK TO LEXINGTON WHILE THE WORK STOPPAGE CONTINUES. COACH CAL SAYS HE WANTS THEM TO KNOW IT’S “ALL ABOUT FAMILY HERE AT U-K.”

THREE INCOMING FRESHMEN ON VANDERBILT’S SQUAD MAY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING PLAYING TIME IN THEIR ROOKIE YEAR, BUT THE TENNESSEAN SAYS DAI-JON PARKER HOPES TO GET THE CHANCE TO PLAY BECAUSE OF HIS DEFENSE.

THE COMMODORES RETURN FIVE STARTERS AND THREE KEY RESERVES FROM LAST YEAR’S TEAM WHO LOST TO RICHMOND IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE NC-AA TOURNAMENT.

GOLF

IT’S DAY TWO OF PRACTICE ROUNDS FOR THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN WHICH BEGINS THURSDAY AT THE BRODMOOR IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY WILL TEE OFF AT 9:06 HOPKINSVILLE TIME IN HER OPENING ROUND THURSDAY.

THE KENTUCKY JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP WILL GET UNDERWAY TOMORROW AT LINDSEY GOLF COURSE AT FORT KNOX. HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GOLFER DAYTON JONES, U-H-A’S CAMERON ALLEN, CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH’S T-J FERRY AND DAVIS PARDUE OF AUBURN WILL COMPETE IN THE BOYS 17-18 DIVISION.

U-H-A’S ANNA MOORE WILL COMPETE IN THE GIRLS KENTUCKY JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH BEGINS WEDNESDAY AT MAYWOOD GOLF CLUB IN BARDSTOWN.

NASCAR

ORGANIZERS ARE HOPING FOR A RECORD SETTING EVENT AS NASCAR ROARS INTO KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY IN GALLATIN COUNTY THIS WEEK. MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND FANS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE QUAKER STATE 400 ON SATURDAY. KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY WILL ALSO HOST A TRUCK EVENT THURSDAY AND A NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE FRIDAY.