THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE TOMORROW MORNING IN BOWLING GREEN.

THE TEN A-M ANNOUNCEMENT WILL CONCERN A CONTRACT EXTENSION BETWEEN THE K-H-S-A-A AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL.

DETAILS OF A NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE K-H-S-A-A AND THE CORPORATE COMMUNITY IN BOWLING GREEN WILL ALSO BE ANNOUNCED.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY LADY COLONEL BASKETBALLER JASHERRICA BARKLEY HAS SIGNED TO PLAY COLLEGIATELY AT SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS JUNIOR COLLEGE.

THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED WEDNESDAY BARKLEY SIGNED DURING A CEREMONY TUESDAY. WHOP SPORTS WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE CEREMONY. BARKLEY LED CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO THE 2^ND REGION FINALS BEFORE THE LADY COLONELS LOST TO CRITTENDEN COUNTY. BARKLEY AVERAGED 12 POINTS A GAME DURING HER SENIOR YEAR.

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MURRAY STATE BEGAN FALL PRACTICE WEDNESDAY. COACH CHRIS HATCHER SAID IT WAS A TYPICAL FIRST DAY, BUT FELT LIKE THE TEAM COMPETED WELL. HATCHER SAYS THE GOAL IS TO BE READY FOR THE SEPTEMBER FIRST OPENER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.

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KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI USED THE SOCIAL MEDIA WEDNESDAY TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THERE WILL BE A SECOND GAME BETWEEN FORMER KENTUCKY PLAYERS AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TEAM HE IS COACHING IN THE TOURNAMENT OF THE AMERICAS.

THE GAME WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE K-F-C/YUM CENTER IN LOUISVILLE AUGUST 16^TH. THE TEAMS WILL PLAY THE NIGHT BEFORE AT RUPP ARENA IN LEXINGTON. CALIPARI SAYS TICKETS FOR THE LOUISVILLE GAME WILL GO ON SALE FRIDAY. THE LEXINGTON GAME IS A SELLOUT.

CALIPARI ALSO ANNOUNCED FORMER LOUISVILLE COACH DENNY CRUM WILL BE AN HONORARY COACH ALONG WITH FORMER U-K COACH JOE B. HALL.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS LEAVE MONDAY FOR THE BAHAMAS FOR EXHIBITION GAMES. TWO OF THE GAMES WILL BE INTRASQUAD GAMES, THE OTHERS AGAINST PROFESSIONAL TEAMS.

DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY, COACH RICK PITINO SAID FORMER BOWLING GREEN HIGH STANDOUT CHANE BEHANAN WOULD BE IN THE STARTING LINEUP IF THE REGULAR SEASON BEGAN TODAY. HOWEVER, PITINO ADDED THERE IS ROOM FOR BEHANAN TO IMPROVE.

MURRAY STATE IS IN CANADA FOR A SERIES OF EXHIBITION GAMES BEGINNING TOMORROW. COACH STEVE PROHM’S RACERS HAVE BEEN USING PRACTICES LEADING UP TO THE TRIP AS MOTIVATION FOR LEAVING SOME THINGS ON THE TABLE LAST SEASON, INCLUDING A LOSS TO TENNESSEE TECH IN THE O-V-C TOURNAMENT.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS AND CAPTAIN SHEA WEBER HAVE REACHED TERMS ON A NEW CONTRACT. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS AN ARBITRATOR HAS AWARED WEBER SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS SEASON, WHICH COULD BE A PRECURSOR FOR A POTENTIAL LONG TERM DEAL.

WEBER’S PAYOUT MAKES HIM THE HIGHEST PAID PREDATOR FOR THIS SEASON AND THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYER IN TEAM HISTORY.

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IT APPEARS THE FUTURE OF THE NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY IS SOMEWHAT UP IN THE AIR, BUT FOR THE SHORT TERM, THERE WILL BE NO RACING IN 2012.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS FINANCIALLY TROUBLED DOVER MOTOR SPORTS ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY IT WILL NOT SEEK TO HOST NASCAR SANCTIONED RACES NEXT YEAR.  THE SPEEDWAY OPENED IN 2001.

GOLF

ONLY TWO LOCAL GOLFERS MADE THE CUT FOR THE FINAL ROUND OF THE POWERBILT KENTUCKY OPEN TODAY AT PERSIMMON RIDGE GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE.

HOPKINSVILLE’S MITCHELL MOORE IS TIED FOR 21^ST AT 148, WHILE TYLER MITCHELL OF CADIZ IS TIED FOR 39^TH AT 150.

HOPKINSVILLE’S LOGAN LOFTUS MISSED THE CUT BY ONE STROKE AT 154, JONATHAN GRABARA SHOT 168 AND DARON MORRIS TURNED IN A 194 TOTAL.

BRANDON BROWN IS AT 136 AND HAS A SIX SHOT LEAD GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND.

PRINCETON'S EMMA TALLEY IS AT EVEN PAR THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF THE JUNIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP BEING PLAYED AT SYCAMORE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.  TALLEY FIRED A 74 WEDNESDAY AFTER AN OPENING ROUND 70 TUESDAY.  TALLEY IS SEVEN SHOTS BEHIND THE LEADER HEADING INTO TODAY'S THIRD ROUND.

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WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL COACH WILLIE TAGGART WAS IN TOWN TUESDAY TO SPEAK TO THE HOPKINSVILLE ROTARY CLUB. WKU OPENS THE SEASON SEPTEMBER FIRST AGAINST KENTUCKY AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE.  WKU OPENS THE HOME PORTION OF THE SEASON SEPTEMBER 10^TH HOSTING NAVY AND WILL OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY OCTOBER FIRST HOSTING ARKANSAS STATE. ALSO ON THE HILLTOPPERS SCHEDULE IS A NOVEMBER 12^TH GAME AT L-S-U.   HEAR COMMENTS FROM COACH TAGGART ON SPORTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS WAS BUSY ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL TUESDAY, PICKING UP TWO COMMITMENTS FOR THE 2012 CLASS.  THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE WILDCATS RECEIVED COMMITMENTS FROM JEFFERSONTOWN HIGH SCHOOL TIGHT END/DEFENSIVE END DANIEL ROSS AND OFFENSIVE TACKLE T-J JONES FROM MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE HAD ITS FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY TUESDAY. LOUISVILLE WAS PICKED TO FINISH 7^TH—DESPITE A 7-6 RECORD AND A BOWL APPEARANCE LAST SEASON. WEST VIRGINIA—FEATURING FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT KEITH TANDY—WAS PICKED TO WIN THE CONFERENCE.  COACH CHARLIE STRONG SAID HE’LL USE THE 7^TH PLACE PICK TO MOVTIVATE THE CARDINALS WHO REPORT TO CAMP TOMORROW. LOUISVILLE OPENS THE 2011 SEASON SEPTEMBER FIRST AGAINST MURRAY STATE.

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THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THERE WILL BE A SECOND EXHIBITION GAME BETWEEN THE KENTUCKY LEGENDS AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL TEAM WHICH JOHN CALIPARI IS COACHING IN THE TOURNAMENT OF THE AMERICAS.  ONE NIGHT AFTER THE TEAMS PLAY IN RUPP ARENA AUGUST 15^TH, THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AT THE K-F-C YUM CENTER IN LOUISVILLE. FORMER LOUISVILLE COACH DENNY CRUM HAS ALSO BEEN ASKED TO BE A HONORARY COACH FOR THE GAME.

FORMER TENNESSEE BASKETBALL COACH BRUCE PEARL IS INTERVIEWING FOR A COACHING POSITION IN THE N-B-A’S DEVELOPMENTAL LEAGUE. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS PEARL IS INTERVIEWING THURSDAY WITH THE TEXAS LEGENDS. PEARL WAS FIRED AT U-T MARCH 21^ST AFTER LYING TO NC-AA INVESTIGATORS CONCERING RECRUITING PRACTICES.

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AS TENNESSEE TITANS RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON CONTINUES HIS HOLDOUT FOR MORE MONEY, IT’S GIVING JAVON RINGER A CHANCE TO GET SOME WORK AT RUNNING BACK.  TITANS COACH MIKE MUNCHAK TELLS THE TENNESSEAN RINGER FITS PERFECTLY INTO THEIR OFFENSE. MUNCHAK ADDS RINGER HITS HOLES QUICKLY AND IS GREAT ON PROTECTIONS. FOR NOW, RINGER AND THE OTHER RUNNING BACKS ARE GETTING A LOT OF WORK UNTIL JOHNSON RETURNS.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS AND TEAM CAPTAIN SHEA WEBER ARE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS APART ON A NEW DEAL.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE TEAM OFFERED FOUR POINT 75 MILLION DOLLARS, WHILE WEBER’S AGENT OFFERED EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR ONE SEASON.  AN ARBITRATOR WILL MAKE A RULING IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, LIKELY GIVING A FIGURE CLOSER TO WHAT WEBER WANTS. WEBER IS THE THIRD PLAYER IN PREDS HISTORY TO GO THROUGH ARBITRATION.

GOLF

THE POWERBILT KENTUCKY OPEN BEGAN TUESDAY AT PERSIMMON RIDGE GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE.

HOPKINSVILLE’S MITCHELL MOORE IS TIED FOR 31^ST WITH A 74, TYLER MITCHELL OF CADIZ IS TIED FOR 44^TH WITH 75, LOGAN LOFTUS IS TIED FOR 55^TH WITH 76, JONATHAN GRABARA FIRED 84, DARON MORRIS 94.    BLAKE WATTS OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA IS THE LEADER WITH A 65.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH’S DAYTON JONES FIRED A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 163 AT THE CRAIG RUDOLPH MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT WHICH CONCLUDED TUESDAY AT CLARKSVILLE COUNTRY CLUB.

THE WINNER WAS CLARKSVILLE JUNIOR HUNTER RICHARDSON WHO FIRED A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 142 ACCORDING TO THE LEAF CHRONICLE.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED TUESDAY THERE WILL BE NEW SITES FOR THE STATE SOCCER AND WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THE SOCCER SEMIFINALS AND FINALS WILL BE PLAYED IN EARLY NOVEMBER AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON. THE MATCHES ARE MOVING THERE FROM GEORGETOWN COLLEGE IN PART BECAUSE DUNBAR HAS A NEW FIELD TURF SURFACE.

THE STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL MOVE TO THE ALLTECH ARENA AT THE KENTUCKY HORSE PARK IN FEBRUARY.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL’S NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR WILL BE WEARING A COUPLE OF HATS. FOOTBALL COACH STEVE LOVELACE SAYS HE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE TRADITION OF SUCCESS AT C-C-H-S. LOVELACE WAS INTRODUCED AT A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY AND WILL REPLACE KERRY STOVALL WHO RESIGNED EARLIER THIS SUMMER.

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THE 2011 REGULAR SEASON IS JUST 17 DAYS AWAY AND BLUEGRASS PREPS.COM HAS RELEASED ITS PRE SEASON POLLS.

CLASS A: BEECHWOOD IS PICKED FIRST, WITH RUSSELLVILLE 7^TH.

CLASS 2A: NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC IS NUMBER ONE, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 4^TH.

CLASS 3A: LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST, PADUCAH TILGHMAN THIRD AND FORT CAMPBELL 8^TH.

CLASS 4A: HIGHLANDS IS PICKED TO WIN, WITH LONE OAK THIRD, FRANKLIN SIMPSON 8^TH AND MADISONVILLE 10^TH.

CLASS 5A: BOWLING GREEN IS NUMBER ONE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 5^TH AND WARREN CENTRAL 6^TH.

CLASS 6A: TRINITY IS PICKED FIRST, HENDERSON COUNTY 9^TH.

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HOPKINSVILLE HIGH OPENED ITS SEASON MONDAY AT THE DAVIESS COUNTY INVITATIONAL. THE TIGERS FINISHED SEVENTH WITH A 340 TOTAL, WITH MEADE COUNTY WINNING WITH A 322 SCORE. THE TIGERS WERE WITHOUT DAYTON JONES WHO HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT. DYLAN HENDERSON LED THE TIGERS WITH A 79.

WHILE WE’RE ON GOLF, THE POWERBILT KENTUCKY OPEN BEGINS TODAY AT PERSIMMON RIDGE GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE. AMATEURS LOGAN LOFTUS, JONATHAN GRABARA, DARON MORRIS AND TYLER MITCHELL OF CADIZ, ALONG WITH PROFESSIONAL MITCHELL MOORE ARE THE LOCAL PLAYERS IN THE FIELD.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS E-S-P-N HAS ASKED VANDERBILT TO OPEN THE 2012 SEASON WITH SOUTH CAROLINA IN A WHAT WOULD LIKELY BE A THURSDAY NIGHT CONTEST IN NASHVILLE. VANDY IS SLATED TO OPEN THE SEASON NEXT YEAR WITH PRESBYTERIAN, HOWEVER VICE CHANCELLOR DAVID WILLIAMS SAYS THE CHANGE WILL BE MADE WITH PRESBYTERIAN FILLING ANOTHER SLOT IN THE 2012 SCHEDULE OR PLAY THE SEASON OPENER IN A FUTURE YEAR.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COACH DEREK DOOLEY SAYS LINEBACKER AUSTIN JOHNSON’S PUNISHMENT FOR HIS ARREST LAST MONTH IS BEING HANDLED INTERNALLY. JOHNSON WAS ARRESTED JULY 24^TH OUTSIDE A KNOXVILLE BAR AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO START A FIGHT AND ALSO HIT CARS. JOHNSON WILL PRACTICE WITH THE VOLS WHEN THEY OPEN FALL CAMP TODAY.

WHILE WE’RE ON VOLS FOOTBALL, FRESHMAN TAILBACK DEVRIN YOUNG HAS FRACTURED HIS RIGHT COLLARBONE. A VOLS SPOKESMAN SAID LATE MONDAY NIGHT IT’S NOT KNOWN HOW YOUNG SUFFERED THE INJURY OR HOW LONG HE WILL BE OUT OF ACTION.  YOUNG IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CONTENTION FOR A PUNT RETURNER’S ROLE THIS SEASON.

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FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL STANDOUT DEMARCUS COUSINS SAYS HE MISSES PLAYING FOR THE WILDCATS. THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER SAYS THE SACRAMENTO KINGS BIG MAN MADE THE COMMENT MONDAY DURING A SKILLS CAMP AT U-K. COUSINS SAYS HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING IN RUPP ARENA AUGUST 15^TH IN AN EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TEAM COACHED BY JOHN CALIPARI.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS AND TEAM CAPTAIN SHEA WEBER ARE HEADED TO AN ARBITRATION HEARING. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS WEBER’S AGENT AND TEAM OFFICIALS MET IN TORONTO MONDAY BUT NO WORD ON WHETHER A DEAL WAS STRUCK. THE ARBITRATION HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE THIS MORNING.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST TO ROUND ROCK 9-4 MONDAY NIGHT, WITH THE SERIES FINALE THIS EVENING AT GREER STADIUM.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS DEFEATED DAYTON 8-6 AND WILL BEGIN A SERIES WITH FORT WAYNE TONIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAS NAMED ITS NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR.  HE WILL WEAR A COUPLE OF HATS, AS FOOTBALL COACH STEVE LOVELACE WILL TAKE OVER THE POSITION.  LOVELACE REPLACES KERRY STOVALL WHO RESIGNED FROM THE POSITION RECENTLY.  LOVELACE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN HIS FIFTH SEASON AS THE COLONELS FOOTBALL COACH, LEADING THE COLONELS TO TWO CLASS FIVE A RUNNER UP TITLES, INCLUDING LAST SEASON.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE A NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AT ONE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A REPORT ON THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH LATER TODAY ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

GOLF

THE 2011 GARLAND NISSAN CITY AM CONCLUDED YESTERDAY AT WESTERN HILLS. 2009 CHAMPION ANTHONY DEMPSEY WAS THE WINNER, WITH A THREE DAY TOTAL OF 207 INCLUDING A 73 SUNDAY.

DEMPSEY WAS AN 11 SHOT WINNER OVER LEE CRAWFORD AND BRIAN LANDRUM WHO EACH CARDED 218, WITH LOGAN LOFTUS AND J-P BLANE FINISHING TIED FOR 4^TH WITH A 219 SCORE.

IN THE OPEN DIVISION FIRST FLIGHT, TADD SWITZER WAS THE WINNER WITH 236, TRAVIS BROWN WAS SECOND WITH 240, WITH DUSTIN KILGORE AND JUSTIN LONG TYING FOR THIRD WITH 245.

T-J FERRY WON THE JUNIOR DIVISION WITH A 224 TOTAL. JACK GARDNER WAS SECOND WITH 226 AND JONATHON GRABARA WAS THIRD WITH 227.

DAVID HARGROVE WON THE SENIOR DIVISION, KELLY ROBERTS THE SUPER SENIOR DIVISION AND DEBBIE COOPER WON THE LADIES DIVISION.

SEVERAL AREA GOLFERS ARE HEADED TO PERSIMMON RIDGE GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE FOR PRACTICE ROUNDS FOR THE POWERBILT KENTUCKY OPEN WHICH BEGINS TUESDAY. THEY ARE: LOGAN LOFTUS, DARON MORRIS, JONATHAN GRABARA, MITCHELL MOORE AND TYLER MITCHELL OF CADIZ.

PADUCAH'S RUSS COCHRAN FINISHED AT THREE UNDER PAR 281 AT THE U-S SENIOR OPEN AT THE INVERNESS CLUB IN TOLEDO, OHIO SUNDAY.  OLIN BROWNE WAS THE WINNER AT 15 UNDER PAR.

FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY FINISHED AT TWO UNDER PAR, TIED FOR 39TH AT THE GREENBRIER CLASSIC, WON IN A PLAYOFF BY P-G-A TOUR ROOKIE SCOTT STALLINGS.

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KENTUCKY’S DARIUS MILLER AND VANDERBILTS JOHN JENKINS ARE AMONG 14 PLAYERS REMAINING FOR 12 SPOTS ON THE U-S TEAM FOR THE WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES TEAM.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS U-S COACH MATT PAINTER OF PURDUE, WILL CUT THE SQUAD DOWN BEFORE AUGUST 8^TH WHEN THE TEAM LEAVES FOR THE WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES IN CHINA.

DUKE UNIVERSITY IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI VIOLATED NCAA RULES BY OFFERING A HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER FROM CLARKSVILLE A SCHOLARSHIP BEFORE COMPLETING PLAY IN AN A-A-U TOURNAMENT.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS NORTHEAST PLAYER ALEX POYTHRESS SAID HE WAS OFFERED THE SCHOLARSHIP AT THE A-A-U 17 AND UNDER TOURNAMENT IN ORLANDO LAST WEEK.

NCAA RULES STATE THAT COACHES CANNOT CONTACT RECRUITS BEFORE THEY FINISH PLAYING IN TOURNAMENTS. A DUKE SPOKESMAN SAYS THE SCHOOL IS GATHERING FACTS.

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A STORY IN SUNDAY’S LEAF CHRONICLE INDICATES IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, GROUNDBREAKING ON A NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM AT AUSTIN PEAY COULD TAKE PLACE BY FALL 2013 OR SUMMER 2014.

THE UNIVERSITY IS SET TO MOVE ON THE 11 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. IT WOULD BEGIN WITH DEMOLITION OF THE HOME SIDE OF THE STADIUM AND REBUILDING IT, THEN ADD A BRICK FAÇADE ON THE VISITORS SIDE TO MIMIC THE HOME SIDE.

THE REDESIGNED STADIUM WOULD HAVE A CLUB LEVEL AND SKYBOXES. IT WOULD ALSO HAVE NEW OFFICES AND DRESSING ROOMS FOR FOOTBALL AND OTHER OUTDOOR SPORTS.

THE CURRENT GOVERNORS STADIUM HAS BEEN IN USE SINCE 1946.

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SEVERAL TENNESSEE TITANS SAY THEY SUPPORT RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON IN HIS HOLDOUT FOR MORE MONEY THIS SEASON.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS SEVERAL PLAYERS—INCLUDING GUARD JAKE SCOTT, THE TEAM’S N-F-L-P-A REP—SAY THEY WOULD HOLD OUT FOR MORE MONEY IF THEY WERE IN HIS SHOES.

JOHNSON STAYED OUT OF CAMP LAST YEAR UNTIL HE GOT A RAISE AND THIS YEAR IS TO MAKE 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS. JOHNSON HAS SAID HE WANTS A BLOCKBUSTER CONTRACT. THE TITANS HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT WORK ON JOHNSON’S CONTRACT UNTIL HE REPORTS TO CAMP.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST TO THE ROUND ROCK EXPRESS 8-4 SUNDAY AT GREER STADIUM. THE SERIES CONTINUES THIS EVENING.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS BEAT THE DAYTON DRAGONS 3-1 WITH THE SERIES CONTINUING TONIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.