HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

GOLF

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PLAYED AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL, WITH THE BLAZERS WINNING BY A STROKE 156 TO 157.

U-H-A WAS LED BY TADD SWITZER WHO FIRED 36, CAMERON ALLEN HAD 38. CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS LED BY T-J FERRY AND JONATHAN GRABARA WHO BOTH SHOT 38, TRAVIS BROWN WITH 39.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE AND DAVIESS COUNTY ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY A MATCH TODAY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL.

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY IS HEADED ACROSS THE POND TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED MONDAY TALLEY WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE U-S TEAM AT THE PING JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP SEPTEMBER 20-21 AT KNIGHTSBROOK HOTEL AND SPA GOLF CLUB IN TRIM, IRELAND.

TALLEY PLAYED ON THE VICTORIOUS U-S TEAM THAT WON THE JUNIOR RYDER CUP LAST YEAR IN GLENEAGLES, SCOTLAND. THE CALDWELL COUNTY HIGH SENIOR HAS HAD A BUSY SUMMER PLAYING IN THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN AND JUST FINISHING PLAY LAST WEEK AT THE JUNIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP.

VOLLEYBALL

TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED U-H-A TWO GAMES TO ONE, HENDERSON COUNTY SHUT OUT HOPKINS CENTRAL TWO GAMES TO NONE.

TODAY’S GAMES: TODD CENTRAL AT WEST CREEK, TENNESSEE, RUSSELLVILLE AT WARREN CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY AT WEBSTER COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT MARSHALL COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY AT MCLEAN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY AT BOWLING GREEN.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED GAME TIMES MONDAY FOR THE RUSSELL ATHLETICS/COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL TO BE PLAYED FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR AT HOUCHENS-L-T SMITH STADIUM AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY IN BOWLING GREEN.

ACTION BEGINS FRIDAY DECEMBER 2^ND AT 11 A-M WITH THE CLASS A TITLE GAME, FOLLOWED BY THE TWO A GAME AT THREE P-M AND THE SIX-A GAME AT SEVEN P-M.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 3^RD GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT 11 A-M, THREE P-M AND SEVEN P-M WITH THE CLASS THREE A GAME FIRST, FOLLOWED BY FOUR A AND FIVE A.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE WRAPPED ITS CANADIAN TOUR WITH ITS THIRD STRAIGHT WIN MONDAY NIGHT. THE RACERS DEFEATED THE A-B-A ALL STARS 79-72. ED DANIEL LED FOUR RACERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES WITH 15 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS, ISAIAH CANNAN AND IVAN ASKA EACH HAD 11 POINTS AND ZAY JACKSON ADDED 10.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RUNNING BACK BOBBY RAINEY IS ONE OF 50 PLAYERS ON THE WATCH LIST FOR THE PAUL HORNUNG AWARD, GIVEN BY THE LOUISVILLE SPORTS COMMISSION TO THE MOST VERSATILE PLAYER IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.  IT’S THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR RAINEY HAS MADE THE LIST. RAINEY RUSHED FOR 16-HUNDRED 49 YARDS AND HAD 230 YARDS IN RECEPTIONS LAST SEASON FOR WKU.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED MONDAY WKU WILL BE WITHOUT ITS PROBABLE BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR THE SEASON OPENER AGAINST KENTUCKY SEPTEMBER FIRST IN NASHVILLE.  COACH WILLIE TAGGART TOLD REPORTERS JUNIOR DEFENSIVE TACKLE JAMARCUS ALLEN WILL MISS THE GAME FOR VIOLATION OF TEAM RULES. ALLEN IS PRACTICING WITH THE HILLTOPPERS IN FALL CAMP.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SAFETY JANZEN JACKSON SAYS HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO RETURNING TO THE GRIDIRON THIS SEASON. HOWEVER, JACKSON WOULD NOT DIVULGE TO THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL WHY PERSONAL PROBLEMS CAUSED HIM TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASSES FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER. JACKSON SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO REJOIN THE TEAM FOR THE FALL, BUT EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE TEAM.

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TENNESSEE TITANS DEFENSIVE BACK CORTLAND FINNEGAN APOLOGIZED MONDAY FOR LEAVING TRAINING CAMP OVER THE WEEKEND. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS FINNEGAN CONFESSED HE DID NOT LEAVE CAMP FOR PERSONAL REASONS, RATHER FAILURE TO RECEIVE A NEW LONG TERM CONTRACT.

FINNEGAN IS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT AND WILL MAKE THREE POINT 79 MILLION DOLLARS THIS SEASON.   COACH MIKE MUNCHAK ACCEPTED FINNEGAN’S APOLOGY, BUT WOULD FINE THE SIXTH YEAR PLAYER FOR LEAVING CAMP. UNDER THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, THE FINE COULD BE 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

MEANWHILE, TITANS WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT SAW HIS FIRST ACTION OF TRAINING CAMP MONDAY. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS BRITT HAS BEEN BATTLING A SORE HAMSTRING, WHICH HE FIRST INJURED LAST SEASON.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS HAVE ADDED DEFENSEMAN JACK HILLEN. HILLEN SPENT HIS FIRST THREE PROFESSIONAL SEASONS WITH THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE ONE YEAR, TWO WAY CONTRACT WILL PAY HILLEN 650-THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THE N-H-L LEVEL, 150-THOUSAND AT THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE LEVEL.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOLS PLAYED IN THE MADISONVILLE-NORTH HOPKINS INVITATIONAL SATURDAY AT LAKESHORE COUNTRY CLUB. AFTER A FOUR HOUR RAIN DELAY, HOST MADISONVILLE WON THE EVENT AT 325, FOLLOWED BY HOPKINS CENTRAL WHO DEFEATED U-H-A IN A SCORECARD PLAYOFF. BOTH TEAMS SHOT 327. HOPKINSVILLE WAS FOURTH AT 331, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 7^TH AT 334.

U-H-A’S TADD SWITZER TIED FOR THIRD LOW INDIVIDUAL AT 74, HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER AND DAYTON JONES TIED FOR 5^TH AT 75, WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S T-J FERRY AND U-H-A’S CAMERON ALLEN TYING FOR 6^TH AT 76.

TODAY’S MATCH: HOPKINSVILLE, DAVIESS COUNTY AND MUHLENBERG COUNTY TRAVEL TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS OPENS ITS SEASON AT TRIGG COUNTY. HOPKINS CENTRAL ALSO OPENS ITS SEASON TODAY AT HENDERSON COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN KENTUCKY IN THE 2013 CLASS HAS REOPENED HIS RECRUITMENT. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AFTER COMMITTING TO PURDUE, BULLITT EAST STANDOUT DEREK WILLIS IS RE-OPENING THE RECRUITING PROCESS  WILLIS’ FATHER SAYS HIS SON STILL LIKES PURDUE, BUT WANTS TO SEE WHAT OTHER SCHOOLS MIGHT RECRUIT HIM. THE YOUNGER WILLIS LED THE CHARGERS TO THE BOYS SWEET 16 LAST SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE WON ITS SECOND GAME IN CANADA SUNDAY, DEFEATING A-GAME HOOPS 76-60. THE RACERS WERE LED IN SCORING BY LATREZE MUSHATT WITH 15 POINTS, DONTE POOLE ADDED 11, WITH ED DANIEL ADDING 11 POINTS AND TEN REBOUNDS.  THE RACERS CONCLUDE THE CANADIAN TOUR THIS EVENING AGAINST THE CANADIAN A-B-A ALL STARS.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FOOTBALL RECRUIT GLENN FAULKNER HAS RECEIVED ACADEMIC CLEARANCE TO PLAY FOR THE WILDCATS THIS FALL.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS FAULKNER WAS RECENTLY RULED ELIGIBLE BY THE NC-AA CLEARINGHOUSE. FAULKNER—FROM EAST ST. LOUIS—WAS THE TOP PROSPECT IN ILLINOIS BY RIVALS.COM. FAULKNER IS EXPECTED TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT AT FREE SAFETY.

AUSTIN PEAY BEGINS FALL PRACTICE TODAY, AFTER MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME SUNDAY FOR A TEAM MEAL ACCORDING TO THE LEAF CHRONICLE. COACH RICK CHRISTOPHEL SAYS ALL EYES WILL NOW BEGIN GETTING READY FOR THE GOVERNORS SEASON OPENER AT CINCINNATI SEPTEMBER THIRD.

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THERE WAS DRAMA THIS WEEKEND AT TENNESSEE TITANS TRAINING CAMP. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS SAFETY CORTLAND FINNEGAN’S ABSENCE SATURDAY WAS APPROVED BY THE TEAM. FINNEGAN WENT ON TWITTER SUNDAY TO SAY HE LEFT FOR A PERSONAL MATTER KNOWN TO TEAM OFFICIALS, NOT A CONTRACT DISPUTE. HE ALSO BLAMED THE MEDIA FOR BLOWING THE STORY OUT OF PROPORTION.

HOWEVER, TEAM OFFICIALS SAY FINNEGAN’S ABSENCE WASN’T KNOWN BY NEITHER COACH MIKE MUNCHAK NOR GENERAL MANAGER MIKE REINFELDT.

REINFELDT SAYS HE PLANS TO REPORT FINNEGAN’S ABSENCE TO THE N-F-L AND IS OPERATING UNDER THE BELIEF FINNEGAN BOLTED BECAUSE TALKS FOR A NEW LONG TERM CONTRACT BROKE DOWN LAST WEEK.

PGA/CHAMPIONS TOUR

NASHVILLE’S BRANDT SNEDEKER FINISHED TIED FOR 33^RD AT 280 AT THE W-G-C-BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL IN AKRON, OHIO. ADAM SCOTT WAS A FOUR STROKE WINNER AT THE P-G-A TOUR EVENT.

ON THE CHAMPIONS TOUR, FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY FINISHED SECOND AT THE 3-M CHAMPIONSHIP OUTSIDE MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY. PERRY FIRED 202, ONE STROKE BEHIND WINNER JAY HAAS. PADUCAH’S RUSS COCHRAN FINISHED TIED FOR 64^TH AT 216.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST ITS “MEET THE TIGERS” NIGHT FOR ALL FALL SPORTS THIS EVENING.   THE EVENT TAKES PLACE AT SIX AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH.

TRIGG COUNTY NAMED A NEW FOOTBALL COACH FRIDAY. COLBY LEWIS—WHO HAD BEEN AN ASSISTANT UNDER FORMER TRIGG HEAD COACHES CURTIS HIGGINS AND SHANNON BURCHAM—WILL TAKE OVER THE WILDCAT PROGRAM. THE SEARCH FOR AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT TRIGG COUNTY IS CONTINUING, WITH INTERVIEWS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY HAS HIRED A NEW SOFTBALL COACH. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED FRIDAY KEITH O’ DANIEL HAS BEEN NAMED TO REPLACE FORMER COACH TERRY HUDSON.

THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED FRIDAY THE COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WILL BE PLAYED IN BOWLING GREEN THROUGH 2014. THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ALSO HAVE A NEW TITLE SPONSOR IN RUSSELL ATHLETICS. THE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT HOUCHENS-L.T. SMITH STADIUM ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

 THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HAD ITS FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY FRIDAY IN LEXINGTON. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS COACH JOKER PHILLIPS INDICATED SEVERAL FRESHMEN WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY EARLY IN THE SEASON. THE WILDCATS BEGIN FALL WORKOUTS TODAY.

 THE WOMAN CONVICTED OF TRYING TO EXTORT LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO HAS FILED AN APPEAL. THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS ATTORNEYS FOR KAREN SYPHER FILED A BRIEF WITH THE U-S 6^TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS THURSDAY NIGHT. SYPHER CLAIMS A BROAD CONSPIRACY INVOLVING PITINO, THE FEDERAL JUDGE WHO HEARD THE CASE AND SYPHER’S FORMER ATTORNEY TO ENSURE SHE WOULD BE FOUND GUILTY. SYPHER IS CURRENTLY SERVING A SEVEN YEAR PRISON TERM.

 PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY SHOT A FINAL ROUND 76 FOR A FOUR DAY TOTAL OF 295 FOR A 7^TH PLACE FINISH IN THE GIRLS DIVISION AT THE JUNIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH CONCLUDED FRIDAY AT SYCAMORE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

TRIGG COUNTY HAS NAMED COLBY LEWIS AS THE NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.  LEWIS HAD SERVED AS ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH AND OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR UNDER FORMER TRIGG COUNTY COACH SHANNON BURCHAM WHO WAS RECENTLY NAMED PRINCIPAL AT TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

TRIGG COUNTY OPENS ITS SEASON AUGUST 19TH HOSTING RUSSELLVILLE AT PERDUE FIELD IN CADIZ.  COMMENTS FROM COACH LEWIS WILL BE HEARD LATER TODAY ON THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING AT TEN A-M TO NAME A NEW FOOTBALL COACH. WE’LL HAVE A FULL REPORT LATER TODAY DURING THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST ITS “MEET THE COLONELS” NIGHT FOR FOOTBALL THIS EVENING. FESTIVITIES BEGIN AT SIX AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH A SCRIMMAGE SET FOR SEVEN P-M.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST ITS “MEET THE TIGERS” NIGHT WHICH WILL NOT ONLY INCLUDE FOOTBALL, BUT OTHER FALL SPORTS SATURDAY EVENING AT SIX AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

CHRISTIAN COUNTY MET HOPKINS CENTRAL THURSDAY AT MADISONVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. THE COLONELS WON THE MATCH 159-165. CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS LED BY T-J FERRY AND DREW PARMINTIER WHO EACH SHOT 38. HOPKINS CENTRAL WAS LED BY KALE TAYLOR WHO FIRED A 40.  THE COLONELS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE MADISONVILLE NORTH HOPKINS INVITATIONAL SATURDAY AT LAKESHORE COUNTRY CLUB.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ALSO WAS IN ACTION THURSDAY, DEFEATING CRITTENDEN COUNTY 158-188. CAMERON ALLEN AND JOHN STEVENSON WERE MEDALISTS FOR THE BLAZERS AS BOTH SCORED 36.

KENTUCKY OPEN/JUNIOR PGA

BRANDON BROWN FIRED A 13 UNDER PAR 203 IN WINNING THE POWERBILT KENTUCKY OPEN THURSDAY. RUSSELLVILLE’S PAUL SANSOM TIED FOR 44^TH WITH A 226 SCORE, HOPKINSVILLE’S MITCHELL MOORE TIED FOR 54^TH WITH A 228 SCORE, TYLER MITCHELL OF CADIZ TIED FOR 58^TH WITH A 229.

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY IS IN FIFTH PLACE HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE 36^TH GIRLS JUNIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.  TALLEY FIRED A 75 THURSDAY, WHICH PUTS HER AT THREE OVER PAR.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE OPENED FALL PRACTICE THURSDAY.  THE CARDS WERE “EARLY BIRDS” ACCORDING TO THE COURIER JOURNAL. COACH CHARLIE STRONG HAD THE VETERANS PRACTICE EARLY IN THE DAY, WITH THE FRESHMEN JOINING IN THE AFTERNOON.

KENTUCKY AND WESTERN KENTUCKY BOTH OPEN FALL PRACTICE TODAY. THE TWO TEAMS WILL PLAY EACH OTHER IN THE SEASON OPENING GAME AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE SEPTEMBER FIRST.

VANDERBILT ALSO BEGINS FALL PRACTICE TODAY UNDER NEW COACH JAMES FRANKLIN. ONE THING THE COMMODORES ARE HOPEFUL OF ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEAN IS TO HAVE A HEALTHY BACKFIELD THIS SEASON. THE COMMODORES OPEN THE SEASON AGAINST ELON SEPTEMBER 3^RD IN NASHVILLE.

FORMER LOUISVILLE HEAD COACH STEVE KRAGTHORPE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE. KRAGTHORPE—WHO WAS NAMED OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT L-S-U IN JANUARY—WILL BE RELINQUISHING THOSE DUTIES, BUT WILL REMAIN AS QUARTERBACK COACH.

KRAGTHORPE RESIGNED LAST SUMMER AS RECEIVERS COACH AT TEXAS A AND M TO CARE FOR HIS WIFE WHO WAS BATTLING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND HEART PROBLEMS.  KRAGTHORPE WAS LOUISVILLE'S HEAD COACH FOR THREE SEASONS AND AMASSED A 15-21 RECORD.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND ALCOHOL INTOXICATION CHARGES WERE DISMISSED THURSDAY AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LINEBACKER AUSTIN JOHNSON. JOHNSON WAS ARRESTED JULY 24^TH OUTSIDE OF A KNOXVILLE BAR AFTER ATTEMPTING TO START A FIGHT AND HITTING SEVERAL CARS.

HOWEVER, THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS JOHNSON HAD TO PAY COURT COSTS. JOHNSON IS ALSO GOING THROUGH WHAT IS TERMED AS “INTERNAL” PUNISHMENT BY COACH DEREK DOOLEY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY’S DARIUS MILLER AND VANDERBILT’S JOHN JENKINS WILL BE PART OF THE 12 MAN UNITED STATES TEAM THAT WILL PLAY IN THE WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES. THE WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES BEGIN IN CHINA AUGUST 13^TH.

THE MAUI INVITATIONAL WILL HAVE A NEW LOOK THIS YEAR, WITH GAMES ON THE MAINLAND WHICH INVOLVE FOUR TEAMS FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE WILL FACE NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO, BELMONT TRAVELS TO DUKE, MIDDLE TENNESSEE GOES TO UCLA ON NOVEMBER 11^TH AND MEMPHIS HOSTS BELMONT NOVEMBER 15^TH.

REGIONAL GAMES WILL THEN BE PLAYED AT THE MURPHY CENTER IN MURFREESBORO NOVEMBER 19 WITH MIDDLE TENNESSEE MEETING NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO AND BELMONT MEETING TOWSON, WITH THE CONSOLOATION AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ON NOVEMBER 20.

TENNESSEE AND MEMPHIS WILL JOIN DUKE, MICHIGAN, UCLA, GEORGETOWN, KANSAS AND CHAMINADE IN MAUI. THE VOLS PLAY DUKE AND MEMPHIS PLAYS MICHIGAN NOVEMBER 21ST WITH THE WINNERS TO MEET THE FOLLOWING DAY.

FORMER TENNESSEE COACH BRUCE PEARL WAS OFFERED A POSITION THURSDAY WITH THE TEXAS LEGENDS OF THE N-B-A DEVELOPMENTAL LEAGUE. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS PEARL WAS REPORTEDLY MADE AN OFFER IN THE 500-THOUSAND DOLLAR RANGE.

THE PROPOSED PACKAGE ALSO ALLOWS PEARL TO PURSUE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. THERE’S BEEN SPECULATION PEARL WILL ENTER THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY.

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NEWLY SIGNED QUARTERBACK MATT HASSELBECK WORKED OUT WITH THE TENNESSEE TITANS FOR THE FIRST TIME THURSDAY.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS COACH MIKE MUNCHAK THOUGHT HASSELBECK WAS A YOUNG ROOKIE AND LIT A FIRE UNDER THE TEAM. HASSELBECK AND 11 OTHERS PRACTICED FOR THE FIRST TIME THURSDAY WITH THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAING AGREEMENT IN PLACE.