Updated: 9:11 AM The Lexington Herald-Leader reported on its website Tuesday that UK guard Alex Legion will not return. Legion first asked for a transfer the day before Kentucky's game with North Carolina, then said he wanted to return.

Updated: 5:29 PM Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith finalized a contract Tuesday that will pay him $1.75 million annually. The seven-year contract - the largest for a university employee - was signed about nine months after the former Kentucky coach was hired to rebuild a Gophers program that lost a record 22 games last season.

Updated: 11:45 AM Speaking on his weekly radio show Monday night UK coach Billy Gillispie indicated that point guard Derrick Jasper could return to action soon, possibly as early as Saturday's game with U-A-B. Jasper has been sidelined all season rehabbing from microfracture knee surgery.

Updated: 10:24 AM The Breeders' Cup got bigger for the second straight year. Three races were added to thoroughbred racing's world championships in 2008, increasing the two-day event to 14 races worth $25.5 million in prize money. The next Breeders' Cup will be at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Oct. 24-25.

Posted: 11:10 PM RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - Forward Courtney Lee scored 23 points and Western Kentucky went on a 16-7 run before halftime to defeat Eastern Kentucky 77-60 on Saturday night at McBrayer Arena.

Posted: 11:07 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Lexington Catholic shut down record-setting Lone Oak quarterback Corey Robinson, with the Knights defeating the Purple Flash 49-7 in KHSAA Class AAAA state championship game on Saturday at Papa John's Cardinal Statium.

Posted: 11:04 PM With Indiana's starting guards sitting out and his parents watching from behind the Indiana bench, Jordan Crawford delivered a masterpiece. The freshman scored 20 points in his first career start and led the 15th-ranked Hoosiers to a 70-51 rout over border rival Kentucky.

Posted: 6:22 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Ryan Amelung ("AM-eh-lung") returned a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns to lead Beechwood to the one-A state title, 38-35, over Lexington Christian.

Posted: 6:18 PM BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Joe and Jordan Crawford used to play basketball for family bragging rights. Now the reward could include Top 25 rankings and national respect.

Posted: 6:54 PM BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU head football coach Les Miles signed a contract extension Thursday to keep him at the university through 2012 and end speculation that Miles might leave for a job at the University of Michigan.

Updated: 11:17 AM University of Kentucky tight end Jacob Tamme has been named the Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year in a vote of the league coaches, the SEC Office announced Wednesday.

Updated: 2:59 PM RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Wake Forest football coach Jim Grobe will return next season to the Demon Deacons, rebuffing an apparent attempt to lure him to Arkansas to replace Houston Nutt, a person close to the program said Thursday.

Updated: 5:18 PM One day after Kentucky announced freshman Alex Legion had told coach Billy Gillispie he wanted to transfer, Legion's mother says her son and Gillispie have apparently worked out their problems.

Updated: 11:17 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Five Wildcats – tight end Jacob Tamme, linebacker Wesley Woodyard, quarterback André Woodson, defensive end Jeremy Jarmon, and offensive tackle Garry Williams – were named to the All-Southeastern Conference squad selected by league coaches.

Posted: 4:53 PM The Lexington Horsemen, set to open their innaugural season in Arena 2, will have open tryouts this weekend.

Posted: 12:54 PM CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Tommy Bowden is staying at Clemson to coach football. Amid reports he was talking with Arkansas about that school's coaching vacancy, Bowden has come to terms on a new contract with the Tigers.

Updated: 1:23 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky freshman guard Alex Legion informed head coach Billy Gillispie Monday night of his desire to transfer.

Updated: 12:00 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky freshman guard Alex Legion informed head coach Billy Gillispie Monday night of his desire to transfer.

Posted: 9:21 PM Nashville, Tenn. - Representatives of the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl announced today the University of Kentucky will represent the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the tenth annual Bowl and face off against the Atlantic Coast Conference’s (ACC) Florida State University. Kick-off will be Monday, Dec. 31, 2007 at 3 p.m. CST at LP Field in Nashville. The game will be televised live on ESPN.

Posted: 9:34 PM ATLANTA (AP) - Les Miles and LSU can now focus on their future together, starting with a trip to the Superdome. Assured by Miles he would stay as their coach, the fifth-ranked Tigers shifted their full attention to No. 14 Tennessee. The result was a 21-14 victory Saturday in the Southeastern Conference championship game - and still a slight chance to play for the national title.

Updated: 12:16 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Every time Tyler Hansbrough caught the ball in the post, Kentucky's players swarmed around him, swatting at the ball.

Posted: 11:17 PM Central Kentucky High School Hoops Scores

Updated: 4:54 PM Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Posted: 3:58 PM CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Top-ranked North Carolina might be without point guard Ty Lawson for a second straight game when the Tar Heels travel to Kentucky on Saturday.

Updated: 11:10 PM After a three-year absence, Kentucky women’s basketball renews its rivalry with instate foe Western Kentucky University when the Wildcats meet the Lady Toppers Friday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. ET in Rupp Arena. The game will be broadcast live on the Big Blue Sports Network (radio/TV) and FSN South (TV).