Updated: 9:26 PM After nine years as the host of ESPN's Cold Pizza and First Take, former WYMT sports reporter Jay Crawford will be leaving the program and will be the new anchor of SportsCenter.

Posted: 4:35 PM BARBOURVILLE, Ky. -- Union College Interim Director of Athletics Tim Curry recently announced that Ashton Strode has been tabbed to take over the Lady Bulldog softball program. Strode is the ninth coach in the history of the UC program.

Posted: 3:56 PM Entering his 30th season as head coach of the Kentucky men’s tennis program, Dennis Emery had a feeling the 2011-12 season would be a special one. With senior stars Eric Quigley and Alex Musialek leading the way, something inside the wise veteran gave him a good feeling. He was right.

Posted: 3:37 PM UVa-Wise rising senior Marcus Bratton has been named a Pre-Season First Team All-American kick returner by the Beyond Sports Network. The Roanoke, Virginia native is coming off his best season in a Cavalier uniform. In 2011, Bratton earned All-American accolades by BSN while also being named to the All Mid-South East squad.

Posted: 3:09 PM He helped bring the school its first-ever men's basketball national championship in 2001, became a popular member of the community in three seasons in Pikeville and cemented himself as a talented, up-and-coming basketball coach.

Posted: 3:00 PM Ranked No. 20 in the final Baseball America poll, Kentucky has finished the year by equaling its highest end-of-season ranking in school annals, matching the No. 20 ranking from the 2006 season. UK was also ranked No. 19 in the final USA Today/ESPN Coaches top-25 poll, released on Tuesday.

Posted: 2:52 PM The University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball team as well as head coach John Calipari and national player of the year Anthony Davis have been selected as an ESPY nominee in the category/categories of: Best Team, Best Coach (Calipari), Breakthrough (Davis), Best Male College (Davis).

Posted: 6:56 PM WEST LIBERTY, Ky. -- As soon as Joker Phillips learned of the tornadoes that ravaged West Liberty, Ky., in March, he wanted to help.

Updated: 6:12 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - College football will finally have a playoff. Come 2014, the BCS is dead.

Posted: 6:07 PM PIKEVILLE, Ky. – A Johnson County native has signed a scholarship with the University of Pikeville.

Posted: 6:06 PM MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State seniors-to-be Donte Sawyer and Zach Lewis have been tabbed as Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-Americans by Beyond Sports College Network. Sawyer is a second-team wide receiver, while Lewis is an honorable-mention quarterback.

Posted: 10:15 PM Former M.C. Napier standout basketball player Kristie Combs visited Hazard High School Monday for the Second Annual Kristie Combs Hall of Fame Basketball Camp.

Posted: 6:43 PM The University of Pikeville softball team worked last weekend’s Jennie Finch Softball Camp, which was held for the first time in Pikeville.

Posted: 4:44 PM Eastern Kentucky University senior shortstop Richie Rodriguez continues to rake in postseason awards, as he was recently named to the 2012 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-South Region first team.

Posted: 6:59 PM BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - About four weeks ago Union College announced Kevin Burton as its new men's basketball coach and he hasn't wasted any time recruiting local talent. Barbourville's Tanner Broughton managed to live out his dream of making it to the next level as he signed to play for the Bulldogs next season.

Posted: 3:46 PM ATLANTA – When Michael Waltrip climbs in the No. 55 Toyota at Kentucky Speedway’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race, he and his Aaron’s Dream Machine will sport University of Kentucky colors to honor his – and probably most of the local fans’ -– favorite college basketball team.

Posted: 12:26 AM MIAMI (AP) - LeBron James is a world champion, and the Miami Heat have climbed to the top of NBA.

Updated: 10:30 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Former Kentucky star right-hander Alex Meyer has been named to the 14th annual MLB Futures Game roster, set for July 8 at 5 p.m. ET at the Kansas City Royals’ Kauffman Stadium as part of MLB All-Star Game festivities, it was announced on Thursday afternoon.

Posted: 5:08 PM Of the eight golfers with ties to the Eastern Kentucky University men’s golf team in the field for the 101st Kentucky Golf Association State Amateur Championship four made the cut and played in Thursday’s final round.

Posted: 3:07 PM MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Sean Williamson, who was most recently on the strength and conditioning staff at the University of Kentucky, has been named the head strength and conditioning coach at Morehead State.

Posted: 2:00 PM HARROGATE, TN -- Tawny Tucci has signed on to play basketball for the Lady Railsplitters next season, Lincoln Memorial University head women's basketball coach Roger Hodge announced Wednesday mornining. The addition of Tucci brings the Lady Railsplitters recruiting total to eight at this juncture as the signings of Jasmine Kelly, Elliotte Roberts, Haley Nelson, Britney Guy, Kortnay Cox, Stevie Yazzie and Kalasia Green were announced in the previous weeks.

Posted: 1:59 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Head coach Matthew Mitchell is pleased to announce the addition of 6-foot-2 power forward Jelleah (Ja-LAY-uh) Sidney to the University of Kentucky women’s basketball team.

Posted: 7:40 AM WESTWEGO, La. (AP) - Anthony Davis is in New Orleans for a meet-and-greet with the team that is expected to make him the NBA's top overall draft pick next week.

Posted: 3:19 PM Current professional coach, Eastern Kentucky native, and former head coach of the East Kentucky Miners Kevin Keathley will be bringing his Pro Basketball Youth Camp to the Pikeville YMCA of Eastern Kentucky.

Updated: 6:32 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The University of Kentucky Athletics Department announced a K Fund and ticket increase for the 2012-13 men’s basketball season at a meeting of the University Athletics Committee of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees on Tuesday.