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THE 2010 GARLAND NISSAN CITY-AM GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS PLAY TODAY AT HOPKINSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB.
ANTHONY DEMPSEY IS THE DEFENDING CHAMPION, WITH THREE TIME CITY AM WINNER MITCHELL MOORE IN THE FIELD, ALONG WITH LAST YEAR’S RUNNER UP LOGAN LOFTUS.
THE JUNIOR DIVISION WILL HAVE A SOLID FIELD WITH DEFENDING CHAMP JORDAN GARY, ALONG WITH CONNOR AND DALLAS GATES, DAYTON JONES, T-J FERRY AND JONATHON GRABARA AMONG THOSE IN THE FIELD.
THERE ARE ALSO SENIOR AND SUPER SENIOR DIVISIONS. SOME 60 PLAYERS ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
COVERAGE BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 2:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND ONLINE AT WHOPAM.COM.
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO WRAPPED UP HIS TESTIMONY IN THE TRIAL OF KAREN SYPHER THURSDAY. PITINO TESTIFIED HE DID NOT TELL POLICE IMMEDIATELY ABOUT HIS SEXUAL TRYST WITH SYPHER IN 2003 BECAUSE HE HAD HOPED TO KEEP IT QUIET.
PITINO AGAIN THURSDAY DENIED RAPING SYPHER. SYPHER HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO EXTORTION AND OTHER CHARGES.
THE TENNESSEE TITANS OPEN TRAINING CAMP SATURDAY, HOWEVER SOME OF THEIR 2010 DRAFT PICKS REMAIN UNSIGNED. GENERAL MANAGER MIKE REINFELDT TELLS THE TENNESSEAN FIRST ROUND PICK DEFENSIVE END DERRICK MORGAN AND WIDE RECEIVER DAMIAN WILLIAMS—A 3RD ROUND SELECTION—HAD NOT SIGNED AS OF THURSDAY NIGHT. REINFELDT BELIEVES THE TWO WILL SIGN BEFORE THE START OF CAMP.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL COACH LANE KIFFIN SAYS THE LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST HIM BY THE TENNESSEE TITANS IS MORE ABOUT GEOGRAPHY THAN COACHING ETIQUETTE.
AN ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY OUT OF PAC-10 MEDIA DAY IN PASADENA HAS KIFFIN SAYING THE SUIT HAS TO DEAL WITH THE LOCATION OF THE TEAM FILING IT.
THE LAWSUIT FILED BY THE TITANS CLAIMS KIFFIN VIOLATED KENNEDY POLA’S CONTRACT BY MAKING CONTACT WITH HIM WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION. POLA—WHO HAD BEEN THE TITANS RUNNING BACKS COACH SINCE JANUARY—MOVED TO SOUTHERN CAL TO BECOME THE SCHOOL’S OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.
