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TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY OF PRACTICE ROUNDS FOR THE 2010 GARLAND NISSAN CITY-AM GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW.  FRIDAY’S PLAY WILL BE AT HOPKINSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, SATURDAY AT WESTERN HILLS AND FINAL ROUND PLAY WILL BE HELD AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL.

YOU CAN FOLLOW THE TOURNAMENT THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND WITH REPORTS ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND ONLINE AT WHOPAM.COM.

IT LOOKS AS IF THE THIRD TIME WILL BE THE CHARM FOR DONTE RUMPH.  THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WHO FIRST SIGNED WITH KENTUCKY IN 2008 IS DEFINTELY A QUALIFIER.

COACH JOKER PHILLIPS MADE THE COMMENT DURING THE GOVERNOR’S CUP LUNCHEON HELD YESTERDAY IN LOUISVILLE.  PHILLIPS SAID HE LEARNED RUMPH HAD QUALIFIED ACADEMICALLY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.  RUMPH HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO SEASONS AT FORT UNION MILITARY ACADEMY. 

PHILLIPS ADDED U-K IS STILL AWAITING WORD ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF THREE SIGNEES AND ARE ALSO STILL NOT SURE ON THE ACADEMIC STATUS OF REDSHIRT DEFENSIVE TACKLE MISTER COBBLE FROM LOUISVILLE CENTRAL.

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE CORNERBACK JOHNNY PATRICK HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO A LESSER CHARGE OF HARASSMENT WITH PHYSICAL CONTACT.  PATRICK HAD FACED A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE FROM AN INCIDENT LATE LAST MONTH WITH A FEMALE ACQUAINTANCE.

BY ENTERING HIS PLEA, HE WILL ENTER A SPECIAL PROGRAM AND BE SUBJECT TO COUNSELING.  PATRICK WAS ARRESTED JUNE 27^TH AFTER HE AND A WOMAN ENGAGED INTO AN ARGUMENT WHICH TURNED INTO A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION.

LOUISVILLE COACH CHARLIE STRONG TOLD THE COURIER JOURNAL WEDNESDAY HE HAS NOT MADE A DECISION ON PATRICK’S PUNISHMENT OR HIS STATUS WITH THE TEAM.

LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO WILL BE BACK ON THE STAND TODAY IN THE TRIAL INVOLVING KAREN SYPHER, WHO TRIED TO EXTORT MONEY FROM PITINO.  PITINO TESTIFIED WEDNESDAY SYPHER WAS THE AGRESSOR WHEN THE TWO HAD A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER IN 2003.  PITINO IS TO BE QUESTIONED BY SYPHER’S ATTORNEYS.

THE TENNESSEEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE TITANS QUARTERBACK VINCE YOUNG WILL NOT BE SUSPENDED BY THE N-F-L FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A STRIP CLUB ALTERCATION IN DALLAS JUNE 13^TH.  THE LEAGUE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT POSSIBLY AS SOON AS TODAY.  TITANS NOR N-F-L OFFICIALS WERE AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON WEDNESDAY.

MEANWHILE, THE TITANS HAVE HIRED FROM WITHIN TO REPLACE RUNNING BACKS COACH KENNEDY POLA.  CRAIG JOHNSON—WHO HAS BEEN THE TITANS QUARTERBACKS COACH SINCE 2002—WILL MOVE INTO THE POSITION AND WILL ALSO RECEIVE THE TITLE OF ASSISTANT HEAD COACH.