HS Soccer: The KHSAA Boys State Tournament begins today with eight boys matches. Action includes 1st region winner McCracken County visiting 4th region champ Bowling Green.
In girls action, 1st region champion Marshall County lost last night 1-0 to 5th region winner Elizabethtown.
HS Volleyball: 4th District action saw Christian Fellowship down Murray High three sets to none and Marshall County was a three sets to none winner over Calloway County. Christian Fellowship and Marshall County meet in the championship match at Calloway County tonight at 6.
College Basketball: Kentucky is ranked fourth and Tennessee is 11th in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll unveiled Monday. North Carolina is first with Gonzaga second, Houston third with Baylor and Kansas tied for fifth. Duke is seventh with UCLA, Creighton and Arkansas rounding out the top 10
Murray State basketball’s annual Racermania event for the men’s and women’s teams will be Thursday night at the CFSB Center. The event begins at 7 with doors opening at 6:15. All fans are invited and admission is free.
College Football: The University of Tennessee is asking the public to help replace destroyed goalposts after fans stormed the field following the team’s upset win over Alabama in Knoxville over the weekend. The Southeastern Conference fined the team 100-thousand-dollars, which cited a violation of the league’s “access to competition area” policy.
School officials sent out a request for fans to help pay to replace them, writing “It turns out that in order to play next week’s game, we need goalposts on our field.” The team hosts Tennessee-Martin on Saturday
NFL: The Tennessee Titans and the City of Nashville have reached an agreement to build a new stadium. The domed facility will be the new home of the Titans and is targeted for completion for the 2026 season. The two-point-one-billion-dollar stadium would be constructed on land east of Nissan Stadium which is currently a parking lot.
About 840-million-dollars would come from the Titans, 740-million from revenue bonds issued by the Metro Sports Authority and 500-million from the state. The only tax increase will be a one-percent tax on local hotel rooms to help pay for the stadium tab.
