High School Football: Henderson County High School has announced Tony Lewis will be its new football coach. Lewis comes to Henderson County from Evansville Reitz, where he has been the head coach for the last five years. Lewis has a career record of 100-32 and won an Indiana state championship in 2009.  Lewis replaces Clay Clevenger, who resigned in January to become the head coach at his alma mater, Danville High School.

College Basketball: ESPN reports Rutgers has fired Mike Rice as its men’s basketball coach after a videotape showed Rice verbally and physically abusing players in practices.

The videotape was shown on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” program Tuesday. The tape was first given to Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti in November, who suspended Rice for three games and fined him $50,000. A statement from the school today said new information and a review of “previously discovered issues” led to Rice’s termination.

Louisville coach Rick Pitino says there will be a new backcourt rotation for this weekend’s Final Four in Atlanta. The Cards are without Kevin Ware, who broke his leg in Sunday’s win over Duke. Pitino says he’s mulling shifting small forwards Wayne Blackshear and Luke Hancock to the back court for defensive situations in Saturday’s national semifinal against Wichita State.

The 35^th edition of the McDonald’s All American game takes place this evening at the United Center in Chicago. The game features the top senior high school basketball prospects from across the US and Canada. Kentucky signee Julius Randle is on the East team, while future teammates Aaron and Andrew Harrison are among four Kentucky signees on the West team.

Game times for the Women’s Final Four in New Orleans have been announced. Louisville will meet California in the first National Semifinal at 5:30 Hopkinsville time Sunday, with Notre Dame and Connecticut to play in the nightcap. The championship game is set for Tuesday April 9^th at 7:30 pm. You can hear coverage of the semifinal games Sunday beginning at 5 pm on News/Talk WHOP.

College Baseball: Austin Peay looks for its second win in as many days as it travels to Western Kentucky. First pitch at Nick Denes Field in Bowling Green is at 6 pm.

MLB: Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ryan Ludwick is undergoing surgery today to repair a dislocated  right shoulder sustained against the LA Angels on Opening Day. The Reds say an MRI taken Tuesday revealed torn cartilage in Ludwick's right shoulder  The team has not provided a timetable on how long Ludwick will be out of action. Ludwick suffered the injury while diving head-first into third base during the third inning of Monday's opener.

The Reds and Angels play game two of their series this evening at Great American Ballpark, with pre game coverage at 5:40 on News/Talk WHOP. Other National League action this evening includes Atlanta hosting Philadelphia, Chicago at Pittsburgh and St. Louis at Arizona.

High School Baseball-Tuesday’s scores: Christian County slid by St. Mary 1-0, with St. Mary edging Hopkinsville 3-2, Fort Campbell swept Carlisle County 19-9 and 6-5, Caldwell County over Reidland 7-5, Ballard Memorial defeated Crittenden County 4-2.

High School Softball-Tuesday’s scores: Christian County over Fort Campbell 20-0 in three innings, McLean County defeated Hopkinsville 5-2, Todd Central split a twin bill with Jo Byrns, losing 3-2 and winning 6-4.

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Women’s NCAA: Louisville has earned its second trip to the Final Four after a convincing 86-78 win over Tennessee in the Oklahoma City region final. Louisville is now 28-8 on the season and will face California in a National Semifinal in New Orleans Sunday evening.

The Norfolk region final went to Notre Dame who defeated Duke 87-76. The Fighting Irish will face Connecticut in the other National Semifinal Sunday evening.

NIT: Baylor defeated BYU 76-70 in the first semifinal game, with Iowa defeating Maryland 71-60 in the other semifinal. Baylor meets Iowa in the championship game tomorrow night, with pre game coverage beginning at 7:45 on News/Talk WHOP.

Kentucky coach John Calipari announced Tuesday that Clarksville’s Alex Poythress will return for his sophomore season with the Wildcats. Calipari says he was pleased that Poythress would return, saying the coaching staff had only scratched the surface with him.

Poythress released his own statement saying this season did not end like the team wanted it to and he wanted to come back and do what the players wanted to do and win a national championship. Poythress also said he wanted to develop more as a player.

After 16 years, Dave Loos is giving up the dual role as athletic director and men’s basketball coach at Austin Peay. Loos announced yesterday he was giving up the athletic director’s role, one which he had since being named as an interim AD in 1997. Loos will remain the basketball coach for the Governors, a job he has had since 1990. Loos will stay on as AD until a successor is found.

OVL Baseball: The Madisonville Messenger reported Tuesday the Madisonville-Tradewater Pirates have finalized their roster for the upcoming season. Two members of the Pirates are from Hopkinsville, with Hopkinsville High graduates Clayton Smithson and Jarod Perry both playing for the team this summer. Perry plays for Kaskaskia College in Illinois, while Smithson plays for Jackson State Community College in Tennessee.

Pirates manager-owner Steve Fowler also says the Pirates will play two neutral site games in Greenville this season, to gauge interest on bringing a franchise to Muhlenberg County. The games will take place June 30^th against Marion and July 10^th against Owensboro. The team will also play a July 3^rd game against DuBois County at Riverside Park in Dawson Springs, which was the Pirates home until last season.

College Baseball: Austin Peay rallied to beat Lipscomb 6-4. The Governors return to action this evening at Western Kentucky. Murray State lost at Southern Illinois 7-2.

NHL: The Nashville Predators picked up a 3-1 win over Colorado, with game two of the three game home stand tomorrow night against Columbus. First puck drops at 7 in Bridgestone Arena.

MLB: The Cincinnati Reds are back in action this evening hosting the LA Angels, with pre game coverage beginning at 5:40 on News/Talk WHOP.

Austin Peay State University will begin searching for a new athletics director. Longtime AD and men’s basketball coach Dave Loos announced this morning he is relinquishing his role as AD and will remain on board as men’s basketball coach. Loos said at a news conference it had been an honor and privilege to represent Austin Peay and said he did the best job he possibly could. Loos will stay as athletics director until a new person is hired sometime later this spring or summer.

College Football: Austin Peay practices in full gear for the first time later this afternoon. New coach Kirby Cannon says what has impressed him about the Governors thus far is their enthusiasm and a willingness to work. Cannon says one thing that has impressed him early on is the play of both offensive and defensive lines. The workout takes place in Governors Stadium.

OVL Baseball: The Madisonville Messenger reports the Madisonville-Tradewater Pirates have finalized their roster for the upcoming season. Two members of the Pirates are from Hopkinsville, with Hopkinsville High graduates Clayton Smithson and Jarod Perry both playing for the team this summer. Perry plays for Kaskaskia College in Illinois, while Smithson plays for Jackson State Community College in Tennessee.

Pirates manager-owner Steve Fowler also says the Pirates will play two neutral site games in Greenville this season, to gauge interest on bringing a franchise to Muhlenberg County. The games will take place June 30^th against Marion and July 10^th against Owensboro. The team will also play a July 3^rd game against DuBois County at Riverside Park in Dawson Springs, which was the Pirates home until last season.

College Baseball:   Today’s games have Murray State at Southern Illinois and Austin Peay hosting Lipscomb.

MLB: The Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves have the day off, however the St. Louis Cardinals play later this evening at Arizona.

High School Baseball-Monday scores: Logan County nipped Caldwell County 1-0, Apollo defeated Hopkins Central 14-4 in 5 innings, Union County over Oldham County 5-3.

Today’s games: Christian County meets St. Mary, Hopkinsville also hosts St. Mary, Fort Campbell hosts Carlisle County in a doubleheader, Logan County welcomes Rossview, TN, Caldwell County at Reidland, Madisonville is at Lyman, FL.

High School Softball-Monday scores: Union County defeated Christian County 5-3.

Today’s games: Christian County travels to Fort Campbell, Hopkinsville hosts McLean County in a doubleheader, Todd Central plays a doubleheader at Jo Byrns, TN, Logan County goes to Butler County.

Western Kentucky University is the newest member of Conference USA. WKU’s Board of Regents passed a request made by President Gary Ransdell Monday to move from the Sun Belt Conference to C-USA. The Hilltopper athletic program will officially join C-USA on July 1, 2014.

Austin Peay will hold a news conference today to announce that Dave Loos is stepping down as the school’s athletics director. According to a news release, Loos will stay on as the men’s basketball coach. Loos has served in both positions since 1997.

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Women’s NCAA: Thanks to a 26-3 run over the last nine minutes of the first half, Connecticut rolled over Kentucky 83-53 in the Bridgeport region final and earned a trip to the Women’s Final Four in New Orleans. Kentucky finishes the season with a 30-6 record.

California earned its first Final Four trip with a 65-62 overtime win over Georgia in the Spokane region final.

Louisville and Tennessee play tonight in the Oklahoma City final, with Duke and Notre Dame to face off in the Norfolk region final.

The NIT moves to Madison Square Garden in New York with semi final action this evening as BYU facing off against Baylor, while Iowa meets Maryland. Coverage of both games begins at 5:45 on News/Talk WHOP.

Kentucky coach John Calipari announced Monday Archie Goodwin is leaving after his rookie season to test the NBA draft waters, while Willie Cauley-Stein and Kyle Wiltjer will both return to the Wildcats next season.

Goodwin was Kentucky’s leading scorer this past season at 14 points per game. He becomes the second player in as many days to leave the UK program, with Ryan Harrow announcing Sunday he is transferring to Georgia State.

Louisville’s Kevin Ware is expected to be released from an Indianapolis hospital today, two days after being treated for a broken leg suffered in Sunday’s win over Duke in the Midwest Region finals. Coach Rick Pitino says Ware will make the trip with the team to Atlanta for this weekend’s Final Four.

Former Kentucky and Minnesota coach Tubby Smith has accepted the head coaching position at Texas Tech. A news conference is scheduled for this afternoon to make the hiring official. Smith was fired after six seasons at Minnesota last week. He inherits a Red Raider program that went 11-20 under interim coach Chris Walker, who replaced the man who replaced Smith at Kentucky in Billy Gillispie.

NHL: The Nashville Predators lost a 3-2 shootout in Chicago last night. The Preds begin a three game homestand with the Colorado Avalanche at 7 this evening in Bridgestone Arena.

NFL: The Tennessee Titans added a couple of veterans to their fold Monday. Free agent wide receiver Kevin Walter inked a one year deal. He has spent the last seven seasons with the Houston Texans.

The Titans also signed free agent offensive lineman Chris Spencer. Spencer has played last season with the Chicago Bears. He began his career with the Seattle Seahawks.

Western Kentucky University is the newest member of Conference USA.  The school's Board of Regents voted in favor of President Gary Ransdell's request to leave the Sun Belt Conference and join C-USA in July, 2014.

In making the announcement, Dr. Ransdell said the move to Conference USA provides WKU stability in its athletic program.  WKU will join Sun Belt members Middle Tennessee, Florida Atlantic, Florida International and North Texas who are moving to C-USA later this year.  Moving to Conference USA renews athletic rivalries with Charlotte and Alabama-Birmingham, who were both in the Sun Belt when WKU joined the league in 1982.

Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky was also on hand for today's announcement and said the league welcomes WKU.  Banowsky says the university's tradition and athletic program is truly remarkable.