Posted: 6:23 PM Just days before their second-straight appearance in the Music City Bowl, the football Wildcats picked up another verbal commitment.

Posted: 7:59 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Robert Vaden let it go, turned as the ball made its way through the net and began pounding his chest. Another big shot for the UAB guard, another tough loss for reeling Kentucky.

Updated: 8:45 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Bobcats' search for a big man ended Friday when they acquired center Nazr Mohammed from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for center Primoz Brezec and forward Walter Herrmann.

Posted: 7:00 PM KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee sophomore Duke Crews is sidelined with an unspecified heart condition. Crews will have more tests until doctors determine he's healthy enough to practice and play, the team said Friday.

Posted: 6:32 PM Cornerback Trevard Lindley and defensive end Jeremy Jarmon have been selected for the Sophomore All-America team chosen by CollegeFootballNews.com. Lindley is on the third team while Jarmon is an honorable-mention choice.

Updated: 6:34 PM Community leaders in Ashland today unveiled signs marking the "Brandon Webb Highway" in honor of Webb - the Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher who is the first Kentuckian to win a Cy Young Award.

Updated: 11:11 PM UK will open the Freedom Hall doors on Friday, giving Wildcat fans an opportunity to watch the team practice in preparation for Saturday’s game against UAB.

Updated: 6:19 PM Mitch Barnhart has signed a five-year contract extension that will likely keep him as Kentucky's athletics director at least through 2012. The agreement, which President Lee Todd Jr. announced Thursday to the University of Kentucky's Athletic Association board, calls for an annual base salary of $475,000. His previous contract was last renewed in 2005 and set to expire in 2009.

Updated: 1:34 PM In a report in today's Detroit News guard Alex Legion named four schools he could possibly transfer to. Legion said he was considering Illinois, Michigan, Notre dame and Arkansas. The statements in the paper marked the first time Legion has spoken publicly since UK announced on December 3 that the freshman wanted to transfer.

Updated: 1:39 PM RICHMOND, Ky. – Phil Hendrickson, a member of the Eastern Kentucky University men’s golf team, has won the 2007 Kentucky Golf Association’s Player of the Year Award, the organization recently announced. The award is given to the individual amassing the most points based on performance in various state and national events.

Posted: 10:15 AM AUBURN - Tony Franklin, who served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the past two seasons at Troy, has been named offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Auburn, announced head coach Tommy Tuberville Wednesday. Franklin, who also spent four years at the University of Kentucky, helped both programs achieve a high level of offensive success.

Posted: 4:39 PM By ROCKY STANLEY - The Independent ASHLAND — Chad Jackson and Dakotah Euton showed Tuesday night why they are two of the best high school sophomores anywhere. Rose Hill Christian’s pair of prolific 10th-graders combined for all 28 of their team’s points in the second half to hold off Morgan County 63-60 in Charles Stewart Gymnasium.

Updated: 11:54 AM Arkansas' patience was rewarded by a coach who wanted out of the NFL after less than a season. Bobby Petrino was introduced as the Razorbacks' new coach Tuesday night, hours after he abruptly resigned from the Atlanta Falcons. The move gave Arkansas a big-name catch to replace Houston Nutt, who left the Hogs two weeks ago and was hired by Mississippi.

Posted: 8:31 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky women’s basketball team has signed the nation’s top power forward in the junior college rankings, Jackie Sanders, to a national letter-of-intent Coach Matthew Mitchell has announced. Sanders, a native of Birmingham, Ala., is currently a sophomore at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City Beach, Fla.

Updated: 6:41 PM Bobby Petrino resigned as Atlanta Falcons coach Tuesday, a person close to the team told The Associated Press. ESPN reported on its website he's close to a deal to become the new coach at Arkansas.

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.