UPDATE:   UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FOOTBALL PLAYER RANDALL COBB HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL FOREGO HIS SENIOR YEAR TO PLAY IN THE NFL.  COBB WAS NAMED A FIRST TEAM ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL AMERICA IN THE 2010 SEASON.   THE JUNIOR FROM ALCOA, TENNESSEE CAUGHT 84 PASSES FOR 1,017 YARDS AND SEVEN TOUCHDOWNS.  COBB FINISHED WITH 13 TOUCHDOWNS AND ALMOST 2,400 ALL PURPOSE YARDS THIS SEASON.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS BOYS AND GIRLS WILL PLAY A MAKEUP DOUBLEHEADER WITH HOPKINS CENTRAL THIS EVENING.  THE BOYS GAME WILL TIP OFF AT 6:30, WITH THE GIRLS TO FOLLOW.  COVERAGE OF THE BOYS GAME BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

OTHER GAMES THIS EVENING

BOYS:   CALDWEL COUNTY HOSTS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN, DAWSON SPRINGS TRAVELS TO MCLEAN COUNTY.

GIRLS:  FORT CAMPBELL PLAYS AT CLARKSVILLE ACADEMY, CALDWELL COUNTY GOES TO UNION COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS AT MCLEAN COUNTY, DAVIESS COUNTY AT OWENSBORO AND APOLLO HOSTS OWENSBORO CATHOLIC.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS LOSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BIG EAST PLAY, AS SEVENTH RATED VILLANOVA BEAT THE CARDS 88-74.

VANDERBILT PICKED UP ITS FIRST S-E-C WIN 73-66 OVER GEORGIA.

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S LADY TOPPERS FELL SHORT AT SOUTH ALABAMA 62-60.  ARNIKA BROWN HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 10 POINTS AND 14 REBOUNDS.

TONIGHT’S GAMES:  MURRAY STATE’S TEAMS ARE ON THE ROAD AT JACKSONVILLE STATE, WITH THE WOMEN’S GAME TIPPING OFF AT 5:15, WITH THE MEN’S GAME TO FOLLOW.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MIKE HAMILTON SAID WEDNESDAY THE NC-AA’S ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE VOLS BASEBALL, BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL PROGRAMS COULD STRETCH INTO AUGUST.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL SAYS THE SCHOOL DOES NOT ANTICIPATE MORE VIOLATIONS THAN HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AND THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO RETAIN BASKETBALL COACH BRUCE PEARL.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS PUT THEIR SIX GAME WINNING STREAK ON THE LINE TONIGHT AT THE FLORIDA PANTHERS.  GAME TIME IS 6:30.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS PREDS DEFENSEMAN JARED SMITHSON HAS BEEN GIVEN A TWO YEAR CONTRACT EXTENTION.  SMITHSON—WHO HAS PLAYED IN ALL 42 GAMES THIS SEASON—WILL RECEIVE ONE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.