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Jon Rahm eager to play again after foot infection kept him out of the U.S. Open
COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. (AP) — Jon Rahm is ready to stop watching TV and get back to playing golf. The Spaniard withdrew from LIV Golf's last event six holes into the second round in Houston, then pulled out of the U.S. Open last week two days before his tee time because of an...
Vols' run at 'unbreakable' HR mark impresses Bertman, whose teams were faces of 1990s 'gorilla ball'
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Until he saw messages flying back and forth on the 1990s-era LSU players' group text thread late this season, Skip Bertman didn't realize the Tennessee team of 2024 was making a serious run at the Holy Grail of the college baseball record book. Bertman's 1997...
Editorial Roundup: Tennessee
Kingsport Times-News. June 13, 2024. Editorial: State laws cannot contradict the Constitution Tennesseans expect members of their state government to always act within the framework set forth in the Constitution of the United States to which they swear their oath of...
Dalton Knecht hones game over 3-school basketball journey, now a projected lottery pick in NBA draft
DENVER (AP) — Dalton Knecht has always packed one thing with him throughout his cross-country, multi-school basketball journey — a chip on his shoulder. Feeling overlooked has powered the guard from Colorado along his stops at Northeastern Junior College (Colorado), Northern...
Tennessee beats Florida State 7-2 to become first No. 1 national seed since 2009 to reach CWS finals
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tennessee fell flat in its two previous College World Series appearances and in between there was the crushing loss in NCAA super regionals as the No. 1 national seed. All that has led to this year's Volunteers putting themselves in position to play for the...
Connor Hults halts North Carolina comeback bid to help Seminoles advance with 9-5 win at CWS
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Connor Hults felt a whole lot better walking off the mound at the end of the game Tuesday than he did three days earlier. Hults pitched 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief to thwart North Carolina's comeback bid, and Jaxson West and Max Williams hit back-to-back...
Officials release autopsy of Missouri student Riley Strain
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student whose body was recovered from a river after going missing in Tennessee’s capital for nearly two weeks, died from accidental drowning and intoxication, according to a newly released autopsy report. News outlets...
PGA Tour has final signature event as LPGA goes to Sahalee for 3rd major
PGA TOUR TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Cromwell, Connecticut. Course: TPC River Highlands. Yardage: 6,852. Par: 70. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $3.6 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel);...
A trial date has been set for a man charged in the kidnapping, killing of a Memphis school teacher
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Monday set a trial date for a man charged in the kidnapping and killing of a school teacher while she was on an early morning run in Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee set Cleotha Abston's trial on first-degree murder, especially...
Biden's Title IX law expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students is dealt another setback
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration's effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students hit another roadblock Monday, when a federal judge in Kentucky temporarily blocked the new Title IX rule in six additional states. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves referred to the...
