Sports Headlines 6.28.11

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

WHAT WAS TERMED BY KENTUCKY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART AS A “MAGICAL” RUN HAS EARNED COACH JOHN CALIPARI A CONTRACT EXTENSION.

THE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED MONDAY CALIPARI HAS SIGNED A NEW EIGHT YEAR DEAL WHICH WILL PAY HIM A BASE SALARY OF 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS PER SEASON PLUS AN ADDITIONAL THREE POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN ENDORSEMENTS AND MEDIA OBLIGATIONS. CALIPARI COULD ALSO EARN SIX POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN RETENTION BONUSES IF HE STAYS THROUGH 2019.

CALIPARI LED KENTUCKY TO ITS FIRST FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE IN MORE THAN A DECADE LAST SEASON AND AN ELITE EIGHT APPEARANCE IN HIS FIRST SEASON. CALIPARI IS 64-12 IN HIS FIRST TWO SEASONS AT KENTUCKY, INCLUDING A 33-0 RECORD IN RUPP ARENA.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE WILL PLAY FOUR GAMES IN THE BAHAMAS IN AUGUST.

THE GAMES WILL TAKE PLACE AGAINST THREE BAHAMA TEAMS ALONG WITH AN INTRASQUAD GAME FROM AUGUST 10-13.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL—CITING A REPORT FROM W-V-L-T-TV KNOXVILLE SAYS FORMER TENNESSEE FOOTBALL PLAYER AARON DOUGLAS HAD MULTIPLE DRUGS IN HIS BODY WHEN HE WAS FOUND DEAD IN FLORIDA MAY 12^TH.

THE 21-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS—A FRESHMAN ALL AMERICAN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AT U-T IN 2009—TRANSFERRED TO ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE AFTER LANE KIFFIN LEFT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE HAD SIGNED WITH ALABAMA AND GONE THROUGH SPRING PRACTICE THIS YEAR AND WAS EXPECTED TO SEE PLAYING TIME THIS FALL.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS NASHVILLE METRO POLICE ARRESTED A WOMAN MONDAY WHO IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO EXTORT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM TENNESSEE TITANS RECEIVER DAMIAN WILLIAMS.

SHELLEY ANN DAVID OF ANTIOCH IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO MAKE A DEAL WITH WILLIAMS IN EXCHANGE FOR NOT TESTIFYING AGAINST WILLIAMS IN REGARDS TO A DOMESTIC ASSAULT COMPLAINT SHE MADE EARLIER THIS MONTH.

WILLIAMS WAS A ROOKIE FOR THE TITANS LAST SEASON, CATCHING 16 PASSES FOR 219 YARDS.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS AND ONE OF ITS MOST POPULAR PLAYERS WILL PART WAYS.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE TEAM WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO SIGN FREE AGENT FORWARD STEVE SULLIVAN. THE 36-YEAR-OLD SULLIVAN CAN SIGN WITH ANY TEAM BEGINNING FRIDAY.

SULLIVAN WAS ACQUIRED IN A TRADE FROM CHICAGO IN 2004. SULLIVAN HAS BATTLED INJURIES DURING HIS NASHVILLE DAYS AND MISSED THE ENTIRE 2007-08 SEASON WITH A CAREER THREATENING BACK INJURY.

SULLIVAN PLAYED 44 GAMES LAST SEASON AND WAS NAGGED BY CHRONIC GROIN ISSUES.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

RAIN FORCED POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRADEWATER PIRATES DOUBLEHEADER AT MARION MONDAY NIGHT. THE PIRATES PLAY AT THE OWENSBORO OILERS THIS EVENING.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WON THEIR FOURTH GAME IN A ROW, DEFEATING NEW ORLEANS 8-2 MONDAY NIGHT AT GREER STADIUM. THE SOUNDS CLOSE OUT THE SERIES WITH THE ZEPHYRS TONIGHT AT GREER STADIUM.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST AT GREAT LAKES 4-3, WITH GAME TWO OF THE SERIES THIS EVENING.

GOLF

THE TRI STATE PRO AM SERIES PLAYED MONDAY AT HOPKINSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB.

THE TEAM OF RONNIE YOUNG, DAVID GARRETT, WILLIARD BROWN AND GALE DOSSETT WON THE TEAM EVENT.

THE LOW PRO WAS DEE BROWN WITH 71, MITCHELL MOORE 75, BARRY PAYNE AND PHIL BADER TIED FOR THIRD WITH 76.

RONNIE YOUNG, LEE CRAWFORD AND TRAVIS BROWN TIED FOR LOW AMATEUR GROSS WITH 71, WHILE JIM KIMSEY WON LOW AMATEUR NET WITH 63.

THE NEXT TRI STATE PRO AM IS NEXT MONDAY JULY 4^TH AT WESTERN HILLS.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GOLFER DAYTON JONES FINISHED SECOND IN THE 17-18 DIVISION AT THE PEPSI TOUR STOP MONDAY AT SENECA GOLF COURSE IN LOUISVILLE. JONES SHOT 82.

JONES WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO QUALIFY FOR THE 43^RD BIG I TOURNAMENT THURSDAY AT THE WILDCAT CLUB IN LEXINGTON. THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN ITS 43^RD YEAR WILL BE HELD AUGUST 1-4 AT REUNION GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB IN MADISON MISSISSIPPI.

THE GO JUNIOR SERIES HELD AN EVENT MONDAY AT WESTERN HILLS GOLF COURSE.

HOPKINSVILLE’S JESSICA SHELTON FINISHED SECOND IN THE GIRLS 11-12 DIVISION WITH A 9 HOLE SCORE OF 53.

HOPKINSVILLE’S CAITLYN SHELTON WON THE SIX HOLE 9-10 DIVISION WITH A 47.

MADISONVILLE’S SETH STRADER WON THE BOYS 13-15 DIVISION WITH A 78, WITH HOPKINSVILLE’S AUSTIN KNIGHT WITH 95, HENDLEY TRAUGHBER 98, JAY CAMP 99 AND GRANT STAMPER 104.

HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER WON THE BOYS 16-18 DIVISION WITH A 79, WILLIE GIBSON WAS THIRD WITH 93, KYLER JONES FIFTH WITH 98.

Calipari receives contract extension from UK

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH JOHN CALIPARI HAS RECEIVED A TWO YEAR EXTENSION ON HIS CONTRACT TODAY.  THE NEW DEAL CALLS FOR CALIPARI TO MAKE UP TO FIVE POINT 75 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY BY THE 2018-19 SEASON.

CALIPARI RECEIVED AN EIGHT YEAR CONTRACT WORTH A TOTAL OF 36 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN UP TO 850-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES FOR NCAA AND SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT WINS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS.  THE NEW DEAL ALSO GIVES CALIPARI MONIES FOR UNIVERSITY BROADCASTING AND ENDORSEMENT AGREEMENTS.

CALIPARI LED KENTUCKY TO ITS FIRST FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE IN MORE THAN A DECADE THIS PAST SEASON.  THE NEW CONTRACT EXPIRES IN 2019.

Sports Headlines 6.27.11

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS SEARCHING FOR A NEW SOFTBALL COACH.

THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED SATURDAY EDDIE UNDERWOOD RESIGNED AS COACH LATE LAST WEEK. UNDERWOOD WAS HEAD COACH OF THE LADY TIGER PROGRAM TWICE—INCLUDING A 24-57 RUN THE LAST TWO SEASONS.

HOPKINSVILLE FINISHED WITH A 13-18 RECORD THIS PAST SEASON AND MADE ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT SINCE 2008.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

THE RIVALRY BETWEEN FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA HEATS UP AGAIN THIS EVENING AT THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA.

THE TEAMS PLAY THE FIRST OF A BEST TWO OUT OF THREE SERIES TO DETERMINE A 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPION.

THE GATORS BRING A 53-17 RECORD INTO TONIGHT’S GAME, WHILE THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPION GAMECOCKS ARE 53-14. SOUTH CAROLINA WON TWO OUT OF THREE GAMES PLAYED BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI WANTS GUARD DORON LAMB TO CARRY MORE PLAYMAKING RESPONSIBILITIES NEXT SEASON.

CALIPARI TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL LAMB IS A TERRIFIC TALENT AND CAN PLAY POINT GUARD AT TIMES FOR THE WILDCATS. LAMB ELECTED TO RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON AND NOT TEST THE WATERS OF THE NBA DRAFT.

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS REPORTS FORMER KENTUCKY GUARD BRANDON KNIGHT—SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF LAST WEEK’S N-B-A DRAFT—THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH OF FRIDAY NIGHT’S DETROIT TIGERS GAME AGAINST THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS.

AFTERWARDS, KNIGHT SAID THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH WAS A LOT OF FUN AND HE WAS GLAD HE DID NOT BOUNCE IT TO HOME PLATE.

THE MILWUAKEE BUCKS SAY THEY WERE IMPRESSED BY THE MATURITY OF FORMER TENNESSEE GUARD TOBIAS HARRIS.

A MILWUAKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL STORY IN TODAY’S TENNESSEAN SAYS THE BUCKS WERE IMPRESSED WITH HARRIS IN MAY WHEN THEY SPOKE WITH HIM AT A PRE DRAFT CAMP. HARRIS HAD WORKED OUT FOR THE BUCKS JUST LAST WEEK, A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE HE WAS ACQUIRED IN A THREE WAY TRADE WITH SACRAMENTO AND CHARLOTTE—THE TEAM WHO ORIGINALLY DRAFTED HARRIS.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES WERE SCHEDULED TO PLAY A DOUBLEHEADER AT MARION SUNDAY, HOWEVER THE GAMES WERE RAINED OUT. ONE OF THE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED THIS EVENING IN MARION, WITH THE OTHER TO BE MADE UP AT A LATER DATE.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS DEFEATED NEW ORLEANS 9-2 AT GREER STADIUM SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH GAME THREE OF THE SERIES THIS EVENING IN NASHVILLE.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST TO DAYTON 4-0 AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK. THE HOT RODS OPEN A SERIES AT GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING.

Sports Headlines 6.25.11

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS RETURNED FROM THE MIDWEST LEAGUE ALL STAR BREAK FRIDAY NIGHT AND OPENED THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON WITH A 5-2 WIN OVER THE DAYTON DRAGONS.  THE TEAMS PLAY GAME TWO OF THEIR SERIES TONIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS CONCLUDED A FIVE GAME SERIES WITH OMAHA WITH A 3-2 WIN FRIDAY NIGHT AT GREER STADIUM.  THE SOUNDS OPEN A SERIES WITH THE NEW ORLEANS ZEPHYRS TONIGHT IN NASHVILLE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

VANDERBILT'S RUN AT THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA CAME TO AN END AS THE COMMODORES LOST FRIDAY TO FLORIDA 6-4.   THE COMMODORES RALLIED TO TIE THE GAME AT FOUR IN THE TOP OF THE 8TH BEFORE THE GATORS PLATED TWO RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 8TH TO CLAIM THE VICTORY.

SOUTH CAROLINA DEFEATED VIRGINIA 3-2 IN 13 INNINGS. A VIRGINIA THROWING ERROR ON A SOUTH CAROLINA BUNT BROUGHT ACROSS THE WINNING RUN FOR THE GAMECOCKS, WHO WILL NOW FACE FLORIDA FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.  THE FIRST GAME IN THE BEST OF THREE SERIES WILL BE PLAYED MONDAY NIGHT IN OMAHA. 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE COACH CHARLIE STRONG ANNOUNCED FRIDAY CORNERBACK DARIUS ASHLEY HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM THE TEAM INDEFINITELY.  ASHLEY WAS ARRESTED ON HIS SECOND D-U-I CHARGE IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS LAST WEEKEND.  DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE FRIDAY, STRONG SAID ASHLEY HAD BEEN A MODEL STUDENT, CARRYING A THREE POINT OH GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND HAD NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE EXCEPT FOR THE TWO D-U-I'S ACCORDING TO THE COURIER JOURNAL.

STRONG ADDED THE UNIVERSITY WILL HELP ASHLEY GET INTO AN INTENSIVE REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND THAT ASHLEY WILL REMAIN ON SCHOLARSHIP.

GOLF

APRIL EMERSON WON HER SECOND KENTUCKY WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY WITH A THREE AND ONE WIN OVER LYDIA GUMM AT MILLER MEMORIAL GOLF COURSE IN MURRAY.  EMERSON--A JAMESTOWN NATIVE AND JUNIOR AT EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY--ALSO CLAIMED THE STATE AM TITLE IN 2009 IN A THREE HOLE PLAYOFF IRONICALLY AGAINST GUMM AT CHERRY BLOSSOM GOLF COURSE IN GEORGETOWN.

NASHVILLE'S BRANDT SNEDEKER FIRED A SEVEN UNDER 63 AT THE TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY, THIS WEEK'S PGA TOUR STOP IN CROMWELL CONNECTICUT.  SNEDEKER TRAILS LEADER PATRICK CANTLAY BY SIX STROKES.  THE AMATEUR FIRED A TEN UNDER PAR 60 ON FRIDAY TO TAKE A FOUR SHOT LEAD OVER WEBB SIMPSON. FORMER UK GOLFER J-B HOLMES FIRED A THREE UNDER 67 AND STANDS AT FIVE UNDER PAR AFTER TWO ROUNDS.  FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY WAS ONE OF A NUMBER OF PLAYERS WHO WERE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR SECOND ROUND  FRIDAY DUE TO DARKNESS.  PERRY WAS ONE UNDER ON HIS DAY, AND TWO UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT THROUGH SIX HOLES.  PERRY AND THE OTHERS WILL COMPLETE THEIR SECOND ROUND THIS MORNING, WITH THE CUT TO BE MADE FOLLOWING MORNING PLAY. 

Sports Headlines 6.24.11

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

A CAPACITY CROWD WATCHED THE TRADEWATER PIRATES SCORE FIVE OF THEIR EIGHT RUNS IN THE FIRST THREE INNINGS AS THE PIRATES DEFEATED THE OWENSBORO OILERS 8-5 AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL’S COLONEL FIELD.

THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS.

ELSEWHERE IN THE OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE: LEAGUE LEADER MARION FELL TO FULTON 9-3, WITH THOSE TEAMS TO PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT IN FULTON.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST AGAIN TO THE OMAHA STORMCHASERS 8-2. THE TEAMS WILL CONCLUDE THE SERIES THIS EVENING AT GREER STADIUM.

FOLLOWING THE MIDWEST LEAGUE ALL STAR BREAK, THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS RETURN TO ACTION THIS EVENING HOSTING THE DAYTON DRAGONS AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

THE SEMIFINALS OF THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA WILL HAVE A SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FLAVOR AS SOUTH CAROLINA MEETS VIRGINIA AND VANDERBILT TAKES ON FLORIDA THIS EVENING.

IF VANDERBILT AND VIRGINIA BOTH LOSE TODAY, THEY ARE ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT.

NBA DRAFT

FORMER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AND TENNESSE VOL SCOTTY HOPSON WAS NOT TAKEN AMONG THE 60 PLAYERS DRAFTED THURSDAY NIGHT. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS HOPSON WILL WORK WITH HIS ADVISOR TO SIGN A FREE AGENT NON GUARANTEED DEAL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

MEANWHILE, HOPSON’S FORMER TEAMMATE AT UT—TOBIAS HARRIS—WAS TAKEN AS THE 19^TH PICK BY THE CHARLOTTE BOBCATS. HOWEVER, A THREE WAY DEAL WITH THE SACARAMENTO KINGS AND MILWUAKEE BUCKS WILL SEND HARRIS TO THE BUCKS.

ENES KANTER—WHO DID NOT PLAY FOR A MINUTE FOR KENTUCKY LAST SEASON—WAS PICKED THIRD OVERALL BY THE UTAH JAZZ. KANTER SAID AFTER BEING PICKED HE WOULD DEDICATE HIS ROOKIE SEASON TO KENTUCKY FANS.

BRANDON KNIGHT WAS TAKEN EIGHTH BY THE DETROIT PISTONS. JOSH HARRELSON AND DEANDRE LIGGINS WERE BOTH TAKEN IN THE SECOND ROUND, HARRELSON GOING TO THE NEW YORK KNICKS AFTER BEING TRADED BY THE NEW ORLEANS HORNETS AND LIGGINS TO THE ORLANDO MAGIC.

O-V-C PLAYER OF THE YEAR KENNETH FARIED FROM MOREHEAD STATE WAS SELECTED 22^ND IN THE FIRST ROUND BY THE DENVER NUGGETS.

NFL

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE TITANS WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT’S COURT DATE HAS BEEN ADJOURNED UNTIL JULY 12^TH.

BRITT FACES DISORDERLY PERSONS CHARGES IN NEW JERSEY AFTER CHARGES WERE DOWNGRADED LAST WEEK. BRITT WAS INITIALLY CHARGED WITH SEVERAL OFFENSES AFTER HIS ARREST AT A CAR WASH IN APRIL, AFTER POLICE DETECTED BRITT WAS CARRYING A MARIJUANA CIGAR.

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AND NEW YORK JETS BACKUP QUARTERBACK ERIK AINGE ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT THURSDAY. AINGE TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT FOOT AND THROWING SHOULDER ARE FORCING HIM TO CALL IT A CAREER. AINGE SAT OUT ALL OF LAST SEASON AFTER BATTLING ADDICTIONS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS 2011-12 SCHEDULE CAME OUT THURSDAY. THE PREDS WILL OPEN THE SEASON OCTOBER 7^TH AT COLUMBUS, WITH THE HOME OPENER AGAINST PHOENIX SET FOR OCTOBER 13^TH.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS ELEVEN OF THE PREDATORS LAST 19 GAMES IN MARCH AND APRIL WILL BE PLAYED ON THE ROAD.

GOLF

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY TOOK HER THIRD CONSECUTIVE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION EVENT, WINNING THE FRANKLIN JUNIOR BY THREE STROKES THURSDAY IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE. TALLEY SHOT HER THIRD STRAIGHT 72 TO CLAIM THE VICTORY.