RACERS WELCOME BETHEL TONIGHT
Murray State begins the season Saturday, and tonight they will tune up for the opener when they welcome Bethel to the RSEC for an exhibition game... The Wildcats are already 3-0 on the season. At yesterday's press conference, head coach Billy Kennedy of the Racers indicated that a pair of newcomers would be in the starting lineup tonight. Creighton transfer Issas Miles will start at the point and Ivan Aska will start inside. The game tips off at 7, and you can hear it beginning at 6:30 on 1340 WNBS and Froggy 103.7

DUKE WINS IN 2K CLASSIC; SIU PLAYS TONIGHT
The College basketball season is underway. Kyle Singler notched a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds as eighth-ranked Duke blitzed Presbyterian, 80-49, in the opening round of the Durham Regional at the 2K Sports College Classic at Cameron Indoor Stadium. SIU is also in that tournament, and they begin play tonight in Carbondale when they host Califorina of Pennsylvania. UMASS battles Arkansas-Monticello in the opener at SIU Arena.

LAKERS TO HOST BONFIRE THURSDAY
The CCHS Laker Football team will hold a community bonfire/pep rally Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Jack D. Rose Stadium. All Laker Fans are invited to attend this event to show support as our Lakers enter round 1 of the KHSAA play-offs against the Lakers of Russell County at 7:30.

YOU CAN MEET THE TIGERS SATURDAY
The Murray High Backboard Club will sponsor Tiger Night Saturday at 5pm at Murray High School. All Murray High and Murray Middle boys and girls basketball teams will be introduced along with the cheerleaders and dance teams. Admission is free for all participants, as well as children 6 and under, and $5 for everyone else. A Chili supper is included in the admission price. Tiger merchandise, raffle baskets, and other items will be available for purchase.

MSU VOLLEYBALL DUO HONORED AGAIN
For the second straight week, freshmen Kayleah Sauer and Jade Guo have been named the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player and Setter of the Week, respectively. Sauer recorded 5.38 digs per set as the Racers posted a pair of key wins last week to claim third place in the OVC standings. Guo posted over 12 assists per set for the second weekend in a row. She currently sits second in the OVC with 10.42 assists per set. MSU will finish up the regular season in Racer Arena this weekend. The Racers host Jacksonville State, Friday at 7 p.m. and current league-leader Tennessee Tech, Saturday at 2 p.m. The weekend will be a tribute to the MSU parents and seniors as the parents will be honored before the start of Friday’s match and the seniors prior to the battle with Tennessee Tech.

MOREHEAD DRAWS WAKE FOREST
The Morehead State soccer team will travel to Winston-Salem, N.C. to meet No. 3 seed Wake Forest in the Stanford region in the first round of the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament Friday. The winner will go on to play the winner of Georgia and James Madison on Sunday.

NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT

Monday's Results
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National Football League
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Kurt Warner threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns, including the go-ahead
score late in the fourth quarter, and Arizona's defense came up with a goal-
line stand at the end in a 29-24 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Warner
completed 32-of-42 passes and Steve Breaston had seven catches for 121 yards.
Anquan Boldin came through with seven catches for 92 yards and a pair of
scores, including the big four-yarder with under five minutes remaining as the
Cardinals logged their seventh straight home win going back to last year.
Arizona (6-3) won its second in a row and widened its lead to four games in
the NFC West, with Seattle, San Francisco and St. Louis all 2-7. Allen Rossum
returned the game's opening kickoff 104 yards for a touchdown for the 49ers
(2-7), who dropped their sixth in a row and remained winless under new head
coach Mike Singletary. Shaun Hill connected on 19-of-40 throws for 217 yards
with a pair of TDs and two interceptions for San Francisco, while Frank Gore
rushed 23 times for 99 yards, but wasn't used on the final rush of the night.
Instead, it was Michael Robinson who was stopped short of the end zone.


National Basketball Association
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Paul Pierce's turnaround jumper with 1:39 to play took a 360-degree trip
around the rim before dropping for the lead, and the Boston star forward added
two more buckets down the stretch, as the Celtics rallied to down Toronto,
94-87, at TD Banknorth Garden. The Celtics, who improved to 7-1 on the young
campaign, were carried by a vintage Pierce performance. The Kansas product
scored 25 points in the final 15 minutes, 27 in the second half, and tallied a
game-best 36 points while also pulling down nine rebounds.

Elsewhere in the NBA:
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Indiana Pacers 107, Oklahoma City Thunder 99
Portland Trail Blazers 106, Orlando Magic 99
Miami Heat 99, New Jersey Nets 94
Phoenix Suns 107, Memphis Grizzlies 102


National Hockey League
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Ales Hemsky tallied the lone shootout goal and the Edmonton Oilers defeated
the New York Rangers, 3-2, at Madison Square Garden. Erik Cole and Kyle
Brodziak scored in regulation for the Oilers, who finished a season-high
seven-game road trip with a 4-3-0 record. A second-round pick (31st overall)
by Edmonton in 2002, Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers made 40 saves in his third career
start. Chris Drury and Paul Mara had the goals for New York, which has lost
four of its last five contests. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots in the loss.

Elsewhere in the NHL:
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Washington Capitals 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

=== NFL ===


Green Bay Packers middle linebacker Nick Barnett will miss the remainder of
the season because of a torn knee ligament. Barnett was hurt early in the
third quarter of Sunday's game against Minnesota while trying to make a tackle
on Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. Packers head coach Mike McCarthy said
Monday that Barnett will need surgery. The sixth-year pro out of Oregon State
was Green Bay's leading tackler four times in his first five seasons.

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New Orleans Saints cornerback Mike McKenzie needs surgery to repair a
fractured right patella suffered during Sunday's 34-20 loss to the Atlanta
Falcons and will be placed on injured reserve. McKenzie was injured trying to
defend a pass intended for Atlanta's Michael Jenkins. He registered two
tackles in the game before being carted off the field. Through seven games
this season, the Memphis product registered 22 tackles and an interception in
his fifth year with the Saints.

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The New York Jets reportedly signed free agent cornerback Ty Law to a one-year
contract Monday. According to media reports, Law, who was previously with the
Jets, will be in uniform for Thursday night's matchup with the New England
Patriots. Law won three Super Bowls, all with New England, for which the 34-
year-old played for his first 10 seasons. Law grabbed a career-high 10
interceptions in 2005 while starting all 16 games for the Jets. He went on to
start all 16 games for Kansas City in both 2006 and 2007. The Michigan product
has 52 interceptions and seven touchdowns in 189 games over 13 seasons.


=== MLB ===

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria and Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany
Soto have been named the Jackie Robinson Award winners as the top rookies in
the American and National League, respectively, as voted on by members of the
Baseball Writers' Association of America. Longoria, Tampa Bay's first Rookie
of the Year Award winner, placed first on all 28 ballots cast and received a
perfect total of 140 points to become the AL's first unanimous selection since
Nomar Garciaparra in 1997. Soto, meanwhile, edged Cincinnati first baseman
Joey Votto by 82 points, placing first on 31 of 32 ballots cast by two writers
in each league city. He becomes the fifth Cub to win the award and the first
since Kerry Wood in 1998.

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The Baseball Writers Association of America will continue to dole out their
postseason awards on Tuesday, when the National League's Cy Young Award winner
will be announced. San Francisco righty Tim Lincecum figures to be the front
runner after an impressive second season that saw him win 18 games for the 72-
win Giants. He also led the majors in strikeouts with 265 and was second in
the NL with a 2.62 earned run average. Lincecum, the 10th overall pick by the
Giants in the 2006 draft, has already collected some hardware this offseason,
winning both the Players Choice and Sporting News NL pitcher-of-the-year
awards. Should Lincecum win on Tuesday, he would join lefty Mike McCormick
(1967) as the franchise's only Cy Young winners. Lincecum's main competition
will come from the 2006 winner of this award, Arizona righty Brandon Webb, who
was 22-7 with an 3.30 ERA. Webb won his first nine starts of the year, but
endured a stretch from May 21-June 22 that saw him win just two of seven
starts.

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The Colorado Rockies have apparently traded outfielder Matt Holliday to the
Oakland Athletics in exchange for reliever Huston Street, starting pitcher
Greg Smith and outfield prospect Carlos Gonzalez, according to a report on the
team's Web site. The trade was not announced on Monday as the clubs were
apparently still processing the deal. Holliday, a two-time All-Star, hit .321
last season - his fourth straight .300 campaign - but saw his power numbers
dip, as he hit 25 home runs with 88 RBI. It was the first time since 2005 that
he failed to top 30 HRs and 100 RBIs. He had been the runner-up to
Philadelphia's Jimmy Rollins for the NL MVP Award in 2007 when he set career-
highs, hitting .340 with 36 home runs and 137 RBI.


=== NHL ===

Forwards Glenn Anderson and Igor Larionov are being inducted into the
Hockey Hall of Fame. Anderson and Larionov are joined in this year's
class by Ed Chynoweth and Ray Scapinello. Chynoweth, who passed away last
April, was selected from the Builder category and Scapinello earned his
induction as part of the Referee/Linesman category. A member of the Edmonton
dynasty in the mid-to-late 1980s, Anderson spent 16 years in the NHL
(1980-96) and compiled 498 goals and 1,099 points over 1,129 games with the
Oilers, Maple Leafs, Rangers and Blues. Larionov enjoyed two distinct careers
during a 26-year hockey sojourn. The Russian center spent 11 seasons in his
homeland, including eight with the famed Red Army squad. Teamed with wingers
Sergei Makarov and Vladimir Krutov, the "KLM Line" helped the Soviet Union
take home Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988 along with a Canada Cup title in 1981.
Larionov made his NHL debut in 1989, and skated for 14 seasons in the league
for the Canucks, Sharks, Red Wings, Panthers and Devils. He won three
Stanley Cups as a member of the Wings (1997-98, 2002), racking up 169 goals
and 644 points in 921 contests overall.


=== NBA ===

Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Martin is expected to miss 7-to-10 days with a
sprained left ankle. Martin suffered the injury late in the third quarter of
Sunday's 115-98 win over the Golden State Warriors. An MRI taken Monday
confirmed the sprain. He's averaging 22.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and three
assists this season through seven games.