CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE A NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AT ONE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A REPORT ON THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH LATER TODAY ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

GOLF

THE 2011 GARLAND NISSAN CITY AM CONCLUDED YESTERDAY AT WESTERN HILLS. 2009 CHAMPION ANTHONY DEMPSEY WAS THE WINNER, WITH A THREE DAY TOTAL OF 207 INCLUDING A 73 SUNDAY.

DEMPSEY WAS AN 11 SHOT WINNER OVER LEE CRAWFORD AND BRIAN LANDRUM WHO EACH CARDED 218, WITH LOGAN LOFTUS AND J-P BLANE FINISHING TIED FOR 4^TH WITH A 219 SCORE.

IN THE OPEN DIVISION FIRST FLIGHT, TADD SWITZER WAS THE WINNER WITH 236, TRAVIS BROWN WAS SECOND WITH 240, WITH DUSTIN KILGORE AND JUSTIN LONG TYING FOR THIRD WITH 245.

T-J FERRY WON THE JUNIOR DIVISION WITH A 224 TOTAL. JACK GARDNER WAS SECOND WITH 226 AND JONATHON GRABARA WAS THIRD WITH 227.

DAVID HARGROVE WON THE SENIOR DIVISION, KELLY ROBERTS THE SUPER SENIOR DIVISION AND DEBBIE COOPER WON THE LADIES DIVISION.

SEVERAL AREA GOLFERS ARE HEADED TO PERSIMMON RIDGE GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE FOR PRACTICE ROUNDS FOR THE POWERBILT KENTUCKY OPEN WHICH BEGINS TUESDAY. THEY ARE: LOGAN LOFTUS, DARON MORRIS, JONATHAN GRABARA, MITCHELL MOORE AND TYLER MITCHELL OF CADIZ.

PADUCAH'S RUSS COCHRAN FINISHED AT THREE UNDER PAR 281 AT THE U-S SENIOR OPEN AT THE INVERNESS CLUB IN TOLEDO, OHIO SUNDAY.  OLIN BROWNE WAS THE WINNER AT 15 UNDER PAR.

FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY FINISHED AT TWO UNDER PAR, TIED FOR 39TH AT THE GREENBRIER CLASSIC, WON IN A PLAYOFF BY P-G-A TOUR ROOKIE SCOTT STALLINGS.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY’S DARIUS MILLER AND VANDERBILTS JOHN JENKINS ARE AMONG 14 PLAYERS REMAINING FOR 12 SPOTS ON THE U-S TEAM FOR THE WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES TEAM.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS U-S COACH MATT PAINTER OF PURDUE, WILL CUT THE SQUAD DOWN BEFORE AUGUST 8^TH WHEN THE TEAM LEAVES FOR THE WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES IN CHINA.

DUKE UNIVERSITY IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI VIOLATED NCAA RULES BY OFFERING A HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER FROM CLARKSVILLE A SCHOLARSHIP BEFORE COMPLETING PLAY IN AN A-A-U TOURNAMENT.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS NORTHEAST PLAYER ALEX POYTHRESS SAID HE WAS OFFERED THE SCHOLARSHIP AT THE A-A-U 17 AND UNDER TOURNAMENT IN ORLANDO LAST WEEK.

NCAA RULES STATE THAT COACHES CANNOT CONTACT RECRUITS BEFORE THEY FINISH PLAYING IN TOURNAMENTS. A DUKE SPOKESMAN SAYS THE SCHOOL IS GATHERING FACTS.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

A STORY IN SUNDAY’S LEAF CHRONICLE INDICATES IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, GROUNDBREAKING ON A NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM AT AUSTIN PEAY COULD TAKE PLACE BY FALL 2013 OR SUMMER 2014.

THE UNIVERSITY IS SET TO MOVE ON THE 11 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. IT WOULD BEGIN WITH DEMOLITION OF THE HOME SIDE OF THE STADIUM AND REBUILDING IT, THEN ADD A BRICK FAÇADE ON THE VISITORS SIDE TO MIMIC THE HOME SIDE.

THE REDESIGNED STADIUM WOULD HAVE A CLUB LEVEL AND SKYBOXES. IT WOULD ALSO HAVE NEW OFFICES AND DRESSING ROOMS FOR FOOTBALL AND OTHER OUTDOOR SPORTS.

THE CURRENT GOVERNORS STADIUM HAS BEEN IN USE SINCE 1946.

NFL

SEVERAL TENNESSEE TITANS SAY THEY SUPPORT RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON IN HIS HOLDOUT FOR MORE MONEY THIS SEASON.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS SEVERAL PLAYERS—INCLUDING GUARD JAKE SCOTT, THE TEAM’S N-F-L-P-A REP—SAY THEY WOULD HOLD OUT FOR MORE MONEY IF THEY WERE IN HIS SHOES.

JOHNSON STAYED OUT OF CAMP LAST YEAR UNTIL HE GOT A RAISE AND THIS YEAR IS TO MAKE 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS. JOHNSON HAS SAID HE WANTS A BLOCKBUSTER CONTRACT. THE TITANS HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT WORK ON JOHNSON’S CONTRACT UNTIL HE REPORTS TO CAMP.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST TO THE ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 8-4 SUNDAY AT GREER STADIUM. THE SERIES CONTINUES THIS EVENING.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS BEAT THE DAYTON DRAGONS 3-1 WITH THE SERIES CONTINUING TONIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.