SHARONVILLE (FOX19) - Bob Huggins has been gone from UC for years now, but he's hardly been gone from Cincinnati.

The latest case in point: Huggins will be the guest speaker at the 5th annual Cincinnati Sports Professionals Network (CSPN) Awards Banquet May 9 at the Sharonville Convention Center.

The event pays tribute to athletes, sports professionals, businesses and events for their accomplishments in 2010.

Tickets, which include dinner and the program, cost $75 per person or $700 for a table of 10. Student tickets are also available for $35. FOR VIP, which includes a private reception with Coach Huggins & all award recipients before the event are $100/person or $900/table of 10.

MASON, OH (FOX19) - Tickets for the 2011 Western & Southern Open go on sale to the general public starting Tuesday March 1, at 9:00 a.m.

The event takes place August 13-21, 2011 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.  For the first time ever, the venue will host top-tier men's and women's tournaments simultaneously during the same week.

The new combined format joins Rome, Madrid, Miami and Indian Wells (near Palm Springs, CA) as the only other cities in the world hosting the same caliber events for both sexes at the same time.  “For the first time the entire world of tennis will be focused on Cincinnati for one week,” said tournament CEO Elaine Bruening.

This marks the 113th year since the tournament debuted in Cincinnati. The world's top professional tennis players will compete for the richest purse in the event's history, totaling $5.2 million.

The Ohio Department of Natrual Resources is offering hunters a chance to rent duck blinds for the upcoming waterfowl huinting season.  Here’s a release from ODNR:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 14, 2010

Ohio State Parks Duck Blind Lottery set for August 21

COLUMBUS, OH – More than 370 permits are available to hunters wishing to hunt ducks and geese from a blind at an Ohio State Park lake this waterfowl hunting season.