MSU'S WILLIAMS IS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Murray State's Nathan Williams had 19 tackles Saturday in the Racers 51-21 win over Tennessee Tech to earn OVC Defensive Player of the Week honors. He now has 105 tackles on the season, making him the only player at all levels of college football with 100 tackles this season. His 15 tackles per game average is also tops nationally. You can hear more about Williams tonight at 6 on Hey Coach with Matt Griffin live from the Big Apple Cafe and broadcast exclusively on Froggy 103.7...UT Martin's Brandyn Young is the OVC Offensive Player of the week after he rushed for 213 yards and scored 4 touchdowns in the Skyhawks win over Eastern Illinois Thursday night.

RACERS BATTLE TO TIE
The Murray State Racers extended a soccer program record with their seventh consecutive game without a loss in a 0-0 tie Sunday at Alabama A&M in Huntsville. MSU is 8-4-2 overall. The first place Racers have a big weekend trip coming up in the Ohio Valley Conference when they play at Morehead State Friday and Eastern Kentucky Sunday...Also, UT Martin edged Jacksonville State 1-0.

District tournament play begins today for high school soccer and volleyball.

SOCCER: Second District at Marshall County
BOYS: Mayfield vs. Calloway County, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS: Calloway County vs. Mayfield, 7:30 p.m.

SOCCER: First District at Lone Oak
GIRLS: St. Mary vs. Reidland, 6 p.m.
BOYS: St. Mary vs. Hickman County, 4:30 p.m.; Lone Oak vs. Reidland, 7:30 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL: Fourth District at Marshall County
Marshall County vs. Calloway County, 6 p.m
Christian Fellowship vs. Murray, 7:30 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL: Second District at Paducah Tilghman
Lone Oak vs. Reidland, 6 p.m.; Paducah Tilghman vs. Heath, 7 p.m.

MARSHALL IS RUNNER UP IN BOWLING GREEN
Saturday in Bowling Green, St. Xavier shot the second best score in state tournament history and won the boys state golf championship by 3 strokes over Marshall County, who shot 10 strokes better than their championship score last year. David Payne of St. Xavier won the individual title after besting Marshall County's Travis Thompson on the first playoff hole. Calloway County freshman Hunter Garrison shot an 84 Friday and missed the cut for Saturday.

UK LANDS BIG CAT
Kentucky received a verbal commitment from a blue chip recruit yesterday. 6'10" center Daniel Orton says his trip to Big Blue Madness convinced him that Kentucky was the place for him. Rivals.com rates Orton at No. 22 nationally. Rivals analyst Jerry Meyer noted Orton as a "really big presence" at 6-foot-10 and about 260 pounds.

DODGERS NOTCH NLCS WIN
Blake DeWitt's three-run triple capped a five-run first inning against Jamie Moyer as the Dodgers dumped the Phillies 7-2 in Game Three of the NLCS in Los Angeles.  LA trails the best-of-seven series 2-1.  LA's Derek Lowe opposes the Phillies' Joe Blanton tonight in game 4 of the NLCS...The ALCS shifts to Fenway Park in Boston for this afternoon's Game Three with Matt Garza facing Jon Lester in a series that is tied 1-1. Our coverage of both games begins at 3 on 1340 WNBS

RAMS GET FIRST WIN
Josh Brown nailed a 49-yard field goal as time expired as the St. Louis Rams shocked the Washington Redskins 19-17 at FedEx Field for their first win of the season...The Titans were off, but will be back in action Sunday at Kansas City. In other NFL action (home teams in CAPS):

NEW ORLEANS 34 Oakland 3
INDIANAPOLIS 31 Baltimore 3
NY JETS 26 Cincinnati 14
TAMPA BAY 27 Carolina 3
MINNESOTA 12 Detroit 10
ATLANTA 22 Chicago 20
HOUSTON 29 Miami 28
Jacksonville 24 DENVER 17
Philadelphia 40 SAN FRANCISCO 26
ARIZONA 30 Dallas 24
Green Bay 27 SEATTLE 17
SAN DIEGO 30 New England 10

=== GOLF ===

Five-time major champion Seve Ballesteros confirmed Sunday that he has been
diagnosed with a brain tumor. Ballesteros, a three-time winner of the British
Open, collapsed at a Madrid airport on Monday. Further tests through the week
diagnosed the tumor. Doctors will perform a biopsy on Tuesday to determine
whether the tumor is benign or malignant. After that procedure, doctors will
be able to determine how to proceed. Ballesteros is the all-time wins leader
on the European Tour with 50. He has totaled 87 career wins worldwide. He also
has accumulated a 20-12-5 record in eight Ryder Cup appearances. The Spaniard
has appeared in just five events between 2005 and 2008, including none this
year, while battling a variety of injuries. Ballesteros last made the cut in a
major championship at the 1995 British Open, where he tied for 39th.

=== TENNIS ===
Jelena Jankovic of Serbia rolled to a straight-set victory over Russia's Vera
Zvonareva in Sunday's final of the Kremlin Cup, strengthening her position as
world No. 1 with her third WTA title in as many weeks. The top-seeded Jankovic
downed Zvonareva with relative ease 6-2, 6-4, needing an hour and 21 minutes
to become the first woman since Nicole Vaidisova in 2005 to win three times in
three weeks. Jankovic also won in Beijing and at Stuttgart prior to the
Kremlin Cup victory.