High School Basketball: District tournament action begins this evening across the Commonwealth.

Girls: 8^th district action at Hopkinsville High has top seed University Heights meeting Fort Campbell at 6, followed by 2^nd seed Hopkinsville and Christian County. Coverage of both games begins with the Heritage Bank pre game show at 5:45 on Newstalk 95.3 FM/1230 AM and online at whopam.com.

5^th district at Trigg County has Trigg County playing Livingston Central at 6, followed by Lyon County and Crittenden County.

6^th district at Union County has the host Bravettes meeting Webster County. 13^th district has Logan County at Franklin Simpson.

Boys: 13^th district action at Franklin Simpson has Russellville meeting Logan County at 8 pm.

College Basketball:  Former Christian County standout Donovan Kates had 14 points in Manhattan’s 60-56 loss to Niagara. 12^th ranked Louisville defeated South Florida 59-41. Russ Smith led the Cardinals with 15 points.

Women’s scores: 12^th ranked Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt 83-64.

Tonight’s games: Women’s action includes 9^th ranked Kentucky taking on 11^th ranked Texas A&M. In the OVC: Murray State at SIU Edwardsville and Austin Peay meets Eastern Illinois.

Kentucky coach John Calipari has his weekly talk show at 5 this evening on Lite 98.7. Kentucky returns to action Wednesday night hosting Vanderbilt, with air time at 5:30 on Lite 98.7.

Louisville received a commitment for 2014 over the weekend. The Lexington Herald Leader reports 6-8 small forward Shaqquan Aaron chose Louisville over UCLA, Arizona and Washington. The Los Angeles native plays his high school basketball for Rainer Beach High in Seattle.

College Football: University of Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops is promising that all spring football practices will have an edge to them and says he likes physical practices. Stoops tells the Lexington Herald-Leader players will probably see the first team offense and first team defense face off in-season more than happens elsewhere.  The goal, Stoops says, is to set a faster tempo in practice so the team will get more out of the workouts.

The Courier Journal reports the University of Louisville has received a commitment from defensive end/outside linebacker Stacy Thomas of Miami, Florida. Thomas made his commitment after an official visit and becomes the 17^th recruit in the 2013 class.

College Baseball: Austin Peay took the rubber game of a three game series with Iowa 6-1. Murray State lost to Central Arkansas 6-5 in 12 innings, while Western Kentucky defeated Bowling Green State 4-3.

College Softball: Murray State lost a pair of games Sunday in the final day of the Bulldog Classic at Mississippi State. The Racers lost to Northwestern State 3-2 and Mississippi State 4-1. Former Christian County standout Casey Castille went 1-2 in the loss to Northwestern State and 1-3 in the loss to Mississippi State. Murray State is now 1-3 on the season.

NHL: The Nashville Predators have a matinee contest on this President’s Day against the Colorado Avalanche in Denver. Forward Patric Hornqvist is expected to return to the Predators lineup after missing 10 games due to a sprained knee. First puck at the Pepsi Center drops at 2 pm.

Golf: Danville native Josh Teater finished tied for sixth at the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust Open. Teater’s nine under par 275 was two strokes behind John Merrick who defeated Charlie Beljan in a playoff.

Bernhard Langer won the ACE Group Classic on the Champions Tour by a stroke over Jay Don Blake. Langer finished at 12 under par, with Franklin’s Kenny Perry tied for 10^th at six under par, while Paducah’s Russ Cochran finished tied for 20^th at three under par.