Posted: 9:06 AM NASHVILLE – Former Eastern Kentucky University left-hander Christian Friedrich was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-South Region first team, Vanderbilt head coach and NCAA Division I chairman Tim Corbin announced on Thursday. Friedrich and Jacksonville State outfielder Clay Whittemore were the only two OVC players selected to the team.

Updated: 12:09 AM It took ten tries, but Lexington finally beat the Greensboro Grasshoppers. Brandon Barnes homered while extending his team-high 11 game hitting streak to lead the Legends to a 3-1 win. Carlos Ladeuth picked up the win with four shutout innings in relief of Anthony Bello.

Updated: 8:12 AM ... Bridgmohan's mount, Vinstar, was euthanized after the fall, which occurred as the horses were approaching the finish line. Naughty Fu Peg also was euthanized after being eased in the fourth race, reports the C-J.

Posted: 4:12 PM JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Incoming Mississippi State athletic director Greg Byrne has recruited another new hire away from Kentucky. Scott Stricklin has been named a new associate athletic director at Mississippi State. He will replace Byrne, who officially took over in Starkville last Friday.

Posted: 1:03 PM RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University senior Jacob Korir has been named an outdoor track and field All-American in the 10,000 meters by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Korir competed in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships last week in Des Moines, finishing fourth with a time of 28:49.92. It is his second track and field All-American honor.

Posted: 9:27 PM Lexington Catholic announced today the addition of two new coaches to its athletic programs:

Posted: 6:14 PM NEW YORK (AP) - Big Brown is on his way back to the races, his next start set for the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Aug. 3.

Posted: 5:21 PM By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Tayshaun Prince earned a spot on the USA Basketball team for the Beijing Games, a person in the NBA told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Updated: 11:12 PM The Kentucky High School Athletic Association today ruled that Chad Jackson has been ineligible in his bid to transfer from Rose Hill Academy to Scott Co.

Posted: 7:37 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Big Brown's trainer appears to be a late scratch for Thursday's House hearing on the safety of thoroughbred racing, removing the most anticipated witness from Congress' latest look at sports and steroids.

Posted: 4:11 PM The Bengals and Georgetown (Ky.) College have agreed on a one-year extension of the team’s contract to hold training camp at the college’s East Campus Athletic Complex. The agreement now runs through 2009.

Posted: 4:08 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Brian Green, who has spent the previous four years as the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at UCLA, has been named the new assistant coach at Kentucky, UK head coach Gary Henderson announced on Wednesday.

Posted: 10:41 PM Former Rose Hill star and UK recruit Dakotah Euton has been ruled ineligible to play basketball at Scott County High School, this according to documents sent to the school by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.

Posted: 1:03 PM Former UK guard Derrick Jasper is transferring to UNLV. That’s according to a published report in today’s Las Vegas Sun.

Posted: 12:14 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A safety panel created after filly Eight Belles' fatal run in the Kentucky Derby is calling for a steroid ban and other reforms for the sport.

Posted: 9:34 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky, -- Kentucky Mr. Basketball Darius Miller scored 13 points, and sparked a second-half spurt, to lead his team to a 95-78 win Sunday over the Indiana All-Stars and end an eight-game losing skid in the annual summer series.

Posted: 11:56 PM SPARTA, Ky. (AP) - Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history Saturday night, cruising to victory in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway.

Updated: 11:16 PM Louisville PRP scored two runs in the first inning and added two more in the sixth as the Panthers beat Lawrence County, 4 - 1, to claim the state baseball title.

Posted: 4:42 PM SPARTA, Ky. (AP) - Despite the pleas of Kentucky Speedway's prospective new buyer, a NASCAR official says there will be no Sprint Cup race at the track next year. NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Saturday the 2009 Sprint Cup series schedule won't include a stop at the 1.5-mile tri-oval.

Updated: 7:56 AM ...The officials, who were not immediately identified, were sent home from Kentucky Speedway on Friday evening, a person familiar with the NASCAR investigation told the AP.

Posted: 10:43 PM The Indiana boys all-stars held on to win a thriller in Indianapolis, 83-82. The Kentucky boys now have lost 8 straight.

Updated: 9:54 PM The Kentucky girls' all-star team snapped a five-game losing streak to their Indiana counterparts on Friday night. The girls from the Bluegrass State won 76-59.

Posted: 7:56 PM Friday's game at the State Baseball Tournament were rained out. The games will be played on Saturday at Applebee's Park.

Posted: 7:37 PM DES MOINES, Iowa – University of Kentucky track and field thrower Rashaud Scott won the men’s discus National Title with a throw of 199-8 to become the first Wildcat crowned an NCAA National Champion since former Olympian sprinter Tim Harden won the 55 meter dash for the Blue and White in 1996.

Posted: 5:52 PM CINCINNATI (AP) - Former Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has been suspended by the NFL pending the outcome of his trial later this month, his agent said Friday.