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SportsMOUNT OLIVE, N.C. — King University's women's volleyball team ended October with a 3-0 road loss to Mount Olive on Saturday at Kornegay Arena, leaving the Bristol school 11-16, including 6-13 against Conference Carolinas opponents. The Trojans won the sets 25-17, 25-20 and 27-25. King's…
From HERE NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Steven Stamkos beat his old team twice on Saturday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, scoring the tying power-play goal late in regulation and then the lone shootout goal as the Predators edged the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4. The victory snapped a…
From the HERE City State DeskJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Tennessee Tech came from 10 points down Saturday and won 24-17 at East Tennessee State's William B. Greene Jr. Stadium, a result that pulled the Golden Eagles into a share of the Southern Conference lead. The deciding drive covered 90 yards…
From the HERE City State DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies are the only team in the NBA without a loss after a 136-105 home rout of the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. At 6-0, Memphis has matched the 2014-15 club for the best opening in franchise history. Houston had…
From the HERE City National DeskTAMPA, Fla. — The top-ranked team in men's college basketball does not get an easy warmup. Florida, No. 1 in the preseason Top 25, tips off Monday at 6 p.m. against in-state rival Miami, ranked 14th, in a neutral-site Tampa showcase billed as the Orion180…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN JOSE, Calif. — New Mexico survived three turnovers and kept San Jose State out of the end zone on offense all afternoon, winning 21-16 on Saturday to stay unbeaten in Mountain West play. Scottre Humphrey ran in two first-half touchdowns, the first a 1-yard…
From the HERE City National DeskLIVERPOOL, England — Defending Premier League champion Arsenal can climb to first place Sunday if it leaves Anfield without a loss, while Liverpool needs a win to get back ahead of Chelsea. Kickoff is 4:30 p.m. local time, or 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Arsenal sits second,…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Golden State Valkyries needed only two seasons to reach the top of the WNBA. Golden State beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 at Chase Center on Saturday night in the first Game 7 the WNBA Finals have ever produced, taking the…
From the HERE City National DeskINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Running back Jonathan Taylor is now on the table in Indianapolis, as the 2-5 Colts have signaled they will listen to offers for their star ball carrier before the Nov. 10 trade deadline. Several clubs have already called, and the discussions were…
From the HERE City National DeskCARSON, Calif. — The LA Galaxy put together their most productive attack of the season on Saturday, beating Austin FC 4-1 at Dignity Health Sports Park in their last regular-season home match and staying alive in the Western Conference playoff race. Joao Klauss started the…
From the HERE City National DeskSEATTLE, Wash. — Running back Zach Charbonnet will play his first game of the 2026 season when the Seattle Seahawks host the Chicago Bears on Monday night, coach Mike Macdonald said, about nine and a half months after Charbonnet tore his ACL in the playoffs.…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES, Calif. — USC took down second-ranked Ohio State 30-18 on a wet Saturday night at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a result that dents the Buckeyes' national title path and gives coach Lincoln Riley the signature win of his time with the Trojans.…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A state review panel is asking Tennessee leaders to change how public schools find their low-income students, a shift that would send about $233 million more a year through the state school funding formula. The TISA Review Committee, whose members include senior state education officials and district…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's 13 community colleges will split a $7.6 million federal grant to build the kind of quick-turnaround career certificates that students can now pay for with Pell Grants. The U.S. Department of Labor is paying it out over four years through a community college training grant program.…
Events
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Builders of every age will get another chance to fill Bristol Motor Speedway with plastic bricks next winter. Organizers said this week that the Bristol Brick Convention will be back at the track for a second year, with the 2027 show set for Saturday and Sunday, Feb.…
Events
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Bristol Ballet Co. will dance The Nutcracker three times at Paramount Bristol in December, keeping alive a holiday run the company has staged every year since 1965. The first downtown show starts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11. Two more follow the next day, one at…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FBI on Saturday pinned the largest cryptocurrency theft on record on North Korea, saying a state-backed hacking unit it calls TraderTraitor drained more than $6 billion in digital assets from the Binance exchange on or about Oct. 29. In its statement, the bureau said agents had…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hemp retailers, wholesalers and suppliers across Tennessee got a bogus message Saturday that appeared to come from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission and announced that the state had dropped its limits on hemp-derived products. None of it was true. Within hours the commission sent licensees its own…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The first of three constitutional questions on Tennessee ballots Tuesday asks voters whether judges should get wider power to keep people charged with the most serious violent crimes in jail until trial. As the Tennessee Constitution reads now, every defendant has a right to bail unless the…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has not collected a property tax at the state level since 1949, and Amendment 2 on Tuesday's ballot asks voters to make sure it never can without their say. The proposal adds language to Article II, Section 28 of the state Constitution stating that the General…
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