Updated: 9:19 AM HAPPY OSBORNE WILL NOT BE LEAVING GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

Posted: 8:07 AM The Olympic torch arrived for its only North American stop amid heavy security Tuesday, one day after its visit to Paris descended into chaos and activists here scaled the Golden Gate Bridge to protest China's human rights record.

Posted: 7:55 AM Mario Chalmers, meet Lorenzo Charles and Keith Smart. The Kansas guard made one of the biggest shots in NCAA history Monday night, a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to force overtime and lead the Jayhawks to the national championship with a 75-68 victory over Memphis.

Updated: 3:06 PM Oklahoma State will pay Sean Sutton $2.7 million over 10 years as part of a settlement reached between the university and the former basketball coach who resigned under pressure last week.

Posted: 4:22 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- After belting four home runs to lead the No. 9 Kentucky baseball team to a 3-1 week – highlighted by a gritty series win over Mississippi State – the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper tabbed Wildcat centerfielder Collin Cowgill as its National Player of the Week, the publication announced on Monday morning.

Updated: 9:34 PM Marcus Nidiffer and Chris McClendon tallied three hits each, as the No. 10 Kentucky baseball team utilized seven runs over its final four innings, erasing a 6-2 Mississippi State lead, securing the series win with a 9-8 victory over the Bulldogs at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Updated: 5:05 PM Texas assistant coach Ken McDonald will take over as head coach at Western Kentucky. McDonald replaces Darrin Horn, who left last week to become the head coach at South Carolina. McDonald, 38, spent the last four years at Texas under Rick Barnes. He previously worked as an assistant at Western Kentucky under Dennis Felton from 1998-2003, helping the Hilltoppers make the NCAA tournament during his final three seasons with the program.

Posted: 10:16 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Kentucky football team had its first major scrimmage of spring practice, going for one hour and 20 minutes Saturday morning at Commonwealth Stadium.

Posted: 10:13 PM Lexington, Ky. (April 5, 2008)—Little Belle won the $500,000 Ashland Stakes Saturday at Keeneland, giving jockey Rajiv Maragh his first Grade 1 win and earning a probable trip to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) next month at Churchill Downs.

Posted: 6:30 PM Lexington, Ky. (April 4, 2008)—Boss Lafitte pulled a mild upset in the $150,000, Grade 3 Central Bank Transylvania Stakes Friday as Keeneland began its 16-day spring meeting.

Posted: 6:20 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Joe Alleva is leaving Duke to become LSU's athletic director.

Updated: 4:44 PM KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl was awarded the Adolph Rupp Cup, recognizing the coach of the year.

Updated: 6:06 PM Two years ago, overnight rains like the ones that pounded central Kentucky Friday morning might have forced Keeneland to cancel opening day.

Posted: 2:50 PM UK Deputy Athletics Director Rob Mullens is a finalist to replace outgoing LSU AD Skip Bertman.

Posted: 11:31 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky women’s basketball associate head coach Niya Butts has resigned in order to accept the head coaching position at Arizona, Coach Matthew Mitchell announced Thursday.

Posted: 9:32 AM Western Kentucky Athletic Director Wood Selig isn't wasting any time looking for someone to replace former basketball coach Darrin Horn. Selig said he's already spoken to several people high on the list to replace Horn, who left on Tuesday to become the head coach at South Carolina.

Posted: 9:29 AM It's the first week of April and that means the arrival of a Central Kentucky tradition.

Updated: 8:56 AM CINCINNATI -- Edwin Encarnacion redeemed himself after a costly error Wednesday with a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth that gave the Reds a 6-5 walk-off win over the Diamondbacks.

Updated: 8:52 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky freshman forward Patrick Patterson is recovering from surgery on his injured left ankle.

Updated: 8:51 AM Mason County forward Darius Miller was named Kentucky's "Mr. Basketball" in ceremonies this afternoon in Maysville.

Updated: 8:14 AM The Georgetown News-Graphic is reporting Georgetown College basketball head coach Happy Osborne will interview for the same position at Centenary College in Shreveport, La., at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Posted: 7:23 PM The 2008 John R. Wooden Award All-America team was announced today by Wooden Award Chairman Richard "Duke" Llewellyn at The Los Angeles Athletic Club. The five finalists for the Wooden Award will be invited to Los Angeles for the Wooden Award Gala, to be held April 11, 2008, at the Los Angeles Downtown Sheraton Hotel.

Updated: 8:12 AM KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl issued a statement to address rumors that he might consider another coaching job, saying the only school he's interested in talking about is Tennessee.

Updated: 7:14 PM 27 SportsFirst has learned that University Heights forward Scotty Hopson has given a verbal commitment to Bruce Pearl and Tennessee.

Posted: 6:28 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's new basketball coach Darrin Horn said Tuesday he intends to win the Southeastern Conference and make the Gamecocks a force nationally.