TITANS STILL CHATTING WITH ALBERT
The Titans have worked with Albert Haynesworth this offseason on negotiating a long-term deal for the 2007 All-Pro defensive tackle. The team placed the franchise tag on Haynesworth in February, which gave the Titans until an NFL-mandated July 15th deadline to sign him to a long-term deal. reagrdless of negotiations, Haynesworth is under contract with Tennessee at least one more season.

EUTON RULED INELIGIBLE AT SCOTT COUNTY
Dakotah Euton, considered one of the top high school in Kentucky, has been ruled ineligible for his junior season by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Euton, who committed to the University of Kentucky one year ago today, played last season at Rose Hill Christian. But his father, Clay Euton, an engineer, relocated the family to the Lexington area after his employer, Woolpert Inc., closed its Ashland office. Euton has enrolled at Scott County High School, along with former Rose Hill player Chad Jackson, another highly touted junior. Ohio Basketball Club coach Kyle Tackett said Euton learned yesterday that he was ineligible, according to Bylaw 6 (transfer rules) of the KHSAA. Jackson was ruled eligible. Euton plans to appeal the decision.

COX IS MR. BASEBALL
Zack Cox of state champion Pleasure Ridge Park, was named Mr. Baseball, four of hie teammates made first- or second-team All-State and PRP head coach Bill Miller was named Coach of the Year. Cox, a third baseman and pitcher, was 10-0 with a 0.97 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 67 innings. He also batted .457 with seven homers and 46 RBIs. He was drafted in the 20th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers but signed with Arkansas.

SENATOR DOES NOT WANT FEDS MAKING HORSE RACING RULES         
State Senator Daymon Thayer says Kentucky not, the federal government should set the rules for the horse industry. Tomorrow, a congressional subcommittee is holding hearings on horse racing, spurred in part by the death of Eight Belles at the Kentucky Derby. Senator Thayer tells WVLK Radio that states can govern racing in their states. Thayer says he expects for example that anabolic steroid use will be banned at Kentucky race tracks by next derby day.         

CREAN INKS DEAL
IU coach Tom Crean has signed a marketing representation deal with Louisville-based Blue Entertainment Sports Television. BEST also represents college coaches such as Andy Kennedy (Mississippi basketball), Herb Sendek (Arizona State basketball) and Steve Kragthorpe (Louisville football).

CARDS
Mike Aviles hit solo homer in the top of the eighth to lift the Royals to a 2-1 win over the Cardinals in the first of a three-game set at Busch Stadium.  David DeJesus had two hits and an RBI for Kansas City, which has won three in-a-row and four of its last five.  Kyle Davies threw seven innings of five-hit, one-run ball to improve to 3-and-0 with the win.  Joakim Soria pitched a perfect ninth for his 16th save.  Cesar Izturis scored St. Louis' only run on a double play in the third inning.  Joel Pineiro allowed one run in seven frames in a no-decision.  Ron Villone suffered the loss. Game two of the series is on the air tonight at 6:32 on 1340 WNBS.

NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT

National Basketball Association
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Boston's big three started the season with high hopes  and finished  with  the
Celtics'   17th  championship  in  their  storied  franchise  history  with  a
record-setting performance. Kevin  Garnett  scored 26 points  and  pulled down
14  rebounds, as  the  Celtics  pounded the  Los  Angeles  Lakers, 131-92,  in
Game  6 of  the  NBA Finals.  Ray  Allen overcame  an eye  injury  and tied  a
Finals  record  by hitting seven shots  from beyond the  arc, on the way to 26
points,  and  Paul Pierce,  the  third  in the  monumental  trio,  hit for  17
points  and  dished  out  10  assists. Rajon  Rondo  had  a  solid  all-around
performance  to cap  his second  season in  the league  with 21  points, seven
rebounds  and eight  assists. He  also had  six of  Boston's Finals-record  18
steals,  as Boston  wrapped up  its  first NBA  title  since 1986  and did  it
in  probably  the  most  memorable  rivalry  in  league  history.  Boston  has
played  the  Lakers in  the Finals  11 times, winning  nine of those matchups.
Garnett and Allen joined Pierce prior to the season and immediately there were
huge  expectations. The trio, who until this year had never played in a Finals
contest,  had  a signature moment,  coming out of  the game together with 4:01
left.  With the  capacity crowd  at TD  Banknorth Garden  chanting "17!,  17!"
in  the  concluding minutes, Celtics head  coach Doc Rivers hugged his players
and was then  the recipient of  a celebratory bath of punch dumped over him by
Pierce,  who  was then named the  Finals MVP. Allen,  who left the game in the
opening  quarter after  being  poked in  his  left eye,  but  returned in  the
second, finished the Finals with a record in three-pointers  made  with 22. He
was  8-of-12 from  the field, including 7-of-9 from three-point range Tuesday.
The performance from Allen was incredible from the standpoint that he traveled
overnight to Boston after remaining in Los Angeles an extra day to be with his
toddler  son,  who was diagnosed  with diabetes. The  Celtics, who had just 24
wins all of last season, completed the greatest turnaround  in  league history
with  66  victories this  year and capped  it with one  of the most dominating
performances  in Finals  history. Only  Chicago's 42-  point win  (96-54) over
Utah  in 1998  was a larger  margin of victory in the Finals. Kobe  Bryant had
22  points  for the Lakers,  who staved off  elimination with a 103-98 victory
Sunday  night, only  to fly across the  country and get blown out to cap their
first  Finals appearance  since 2004.  They were  trying to  become the  first
team  in Finals  history  to rally  from  a 3-1  deficit to  become champions.


                             Major League Baseball
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Jon  Lester tossed  seven sparkling innings, and the Boston Red Sox downed the
Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0, in the middle of a three-game interleague matchup.
Lester  (6-3) fanned  five  and walked  one, scattering  six  hits over  seven
scoreless frames for Boston. Coco Crisp homered for the Red Sox, who rebounded
from a loss in the opener of the series and have won five of seven.

Elsewhere in Interleague play:
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Baltimore Orioles 6, Houston Astros 5
New York Yankees 8, San Diego Padres 0
Tampa Bay Rays 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Texas Rangers 7, Atlanta Braves 5
Milwaukee Brewers 7, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Minnesota Twins 2, Washington Nationals 1
Chicago White Sox 16, Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Kansas City Royals 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Colorado Rockies 10, Cleveland Indians 2
Oakland Athletics 15, Arizona Diamondbacks 1
LA Angels of Anaheim 6, New York Mets 1
Seattle Mariners 5, Florida Mariners 4
Detroit Tigers 5, San Francisco Giants 1

                                National League
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Chad  Billingsley threw six-plus solid innings, and Jeff Kent finished 3-for-4
with a run batted in, as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged Cincinnati, 3-1, in the
opener  of  a three-game set.  Billingsley (5-7) gave up  just one run on five
hits  with  three walks, and  struck out  nine. The performance was especially
timely,  as  Tuesday was  not a  good day for  the Dodgers' starting rotation.
Brad  Penny  was placed on the  15-day disabled list, while Hiroki Kuroda went
back  to  Los Angeles  and will miss  his start on  Wednesday, both because of
right  shoulder  soreness. Russell  Martin and  Juan Pierre  each added an RBI
double for the Dodgers, who snapped a five-game losing streak. 


                                  === MLB ===

After  weeks  of speculation, the New  York Mets fired manager Willie Randolph
following  Monday's  game against the  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Randolph
was in his fourth season with the Mets and posted a record of 302-253, but the
club was coming off a historic collapse last September -- blowing a seven-game
lead  with 17 to  play -- and sits 6 1/2 games behind first-place Philadelphia
in  the NL East this season with a mark of 34-36. Bench coach Jerry Manuel has
been named the interim manager. Manuel, a part of Randolph's staff for each of
the  four seasons, skippered the Chicago White Sox to a record of 500-471 from
1998-2003.  The  Mets also fired  pitching coach  Rick Peterson and first base
coach  Tom  Nieto, adding  Ken Oberkfell,  Dan Warthen and  Luis Aguayo to the
major league coaching staff.

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The  Los Angeles Dodgers placed pitcher Brad Penny on the 15-day disabled list
Tuesday  with tendinitis  and  inflammation  of the  bursa  sac  in his  right
shoulder.  After  experiencing discomfort  prior to his  start in Detroit last
Saturday,  Penny flew back  to Los Angeles where an MRI on Monday revealed the
injuries but no structural damage. He had allowed seven runs on seven hits and
two  walks in just 3 2/3 innings, his shortest outing of the season, in a 12-7
loss to the Tigers. Prior to the setback, Penny was 5-9 with a 5.88 earned-run
average  in 15 starts  this season after going 16-4 with a 3.03 ERA and making
the National League All-Star team in 2007.

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The  Boston Red  Sox  placed  starting pitcher  Bartolo  Colon  on the  15-day
disabled  list on Tuesday  due to stiffness in his back, an injury he suffered
while swinging and missing during an at-bat on Monday. Colon allowed four runs
on  six hits, including three home runs, in Boston's 8-2 loss. The righthander
also  struck  out four and walked  two, falling to  4-2 with a 4.09 earned run
average in six starts this season.


                                  === NFL ===

Cincinnati  Bengals wide  receiver Chad Johnson will have arthroscopic surgery
on  his  ankle, according to a  published report. Johnson was limited during a
mandatory  minicamp  last week, and his  agent Drew Rosenhaus said at the time
the  receiver  had an ankle  problem that  could require surgery. A Cincinnati
newspaper  reports  that although  Johnson  will  have  the procedure,  he  is
expected to be ready for the start of training camp, which opens July 27. It's
been  a roller coaster offseason for Johnson, who pushed to be traded from the
Bengals.  However,  he reported  in  time  for  minicamp, although  he  didn't
participate  fully in the opening two practices last Thursday. A five-time Pro
Bowl  selection,  Johnson had 93 receptions  for a career-high 1,440 yards and
eight touchdowns last season when the Bengals finished with a 7-9 record.

                                      ===

The  Dallas Cowboys  started their  three-day mandatory  mini-camp on  Tuesday
without  star  wideout Terrell  Owens,  who  missed  practice with  what  team
officials  termed as a personal matter. Owens signed a three-year, $27 million
contract  extension earlier this month before news broke that he was placed in
the  NFL's  "reasonable cause" testing program  after missing a drug test. The
veteran  wide receiver attributed the missed test, and subsequent missed calls
by  the  league office to  Owens, to a  mix-up of phone numbers. Nevertheless,
Owens will be subject to as many as 24 random tests in the next calendar year.
The  mercurial star was at Valley Ranch for a physical on Monday, and attended
a team meeting on Tuesday before leaving.