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From HERE MemphisMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder to FedExForum on Friday in NBA Cup group play with both clubs sitting at 6-2 in the young Western Conference standings. With Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace and Chet Holmgren sidelined, two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Carey Rich is listed for the 2026-27 season as Director of Player Personnel and Relations for South Carolina mens basketball in Columbia after an offseason promotion on coach Lamont Paris staff. University athletics materials say Rich enters his fifth full season with…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO, Texas — Victor Wembanyama turned in the biggest game of his career Wednesday night, piling up 52 points, 24 rebounds and eight blocked shots as the San Antonio Spurs survived a late Dallas rally and won 112-111 at Frost Bank Center. The deciding…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Golden State Valkyries fans turned out by the thousands along the city waterfront on Wednesday, cheering the newest champions of the WNBA during a two-hour victory parade down The Embarcadero. The route ran from the Ferry Building near Mission Street south…
From the HERE City National DeskCINCINNATI, Ohio — The Cincinnati Reds have a new pitching coach, and manager Terry Francona went back to his Cleveland roots to find him. The club announced Wednesday that it hired Joe Torres, who has been the No. 2 pitching coach for the Guardians since…
From the HERE City National DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — Down two quarterbacks, the Baltimore Ravens are closing in on a trade with the Arizona Cardinals for veteran passer Jacoby Brissett, with the deal expected to be wrapped up over the weekend. Neither club has announced the move, and the terms have…
From the HERE City National DeskSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Luka Doncic made sure arena security noticed a courtside spectator who hurled the ball at a referee Wednesday night, and the man was escorted out of Golden 1 Center as the Los Angeles Lakers went on to beat Sacramento 116-103. The incident…
From the HERE City National DeskCLEVELAND, Ohio — The hottest team in the Eastern Conference heads to Cleveland on Friday night. The Philadelphia 76ers, 8-1 and atop the East, take on the 4-4 Cavaliers in an NBA Cup group-stage game, with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. It is the…
From the HERE City National DeskSEATTLE, Wash. — With its new manager in place, the Seattle Mariners now have to build the staff around him. The club formally introduced Jason Kanzler on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park, and team leaders say roughly half of the major league coaching jobs are still…
From the HERE City National DeskCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Top-ranked Miami will head to Notre Dame this weekend without its most productive receiver. Malachi Toney hurt his ankle during practice Wednesday and is expected to have surgery for a high ankle sprain. There is hope inside the program that the…
From the HERE City National DeskSANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brandon Aiyuk, the San Francisco 49ers receiver who has spent months on the team's reserve/left squad list, has asked to be reinstated and intends to report to the club's training facility on Friday afternoon, a step that will force the club…
From the HERE City National DeskSANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain — FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono said in a statement released by his club on Wednesday that he is living through the hardest days of his life, two days after his collision with Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel ended in…
Education
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is pushing forward on two shorter bachelor's tracks for law enforcement and corrections workers after state higher-education officials said the plans meet Tennessee's focused-degree standards. Police Science and Corrections Science would live in UTC's criminal justice department and aim for an…
Education
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center has locked in three fresh Tennessee Department of Education awards totaling $19.6 million, the biggest TDOE package in the center's history, to widen statewide help for students with disabilities, their families and school teams. The deals fund intensive behavior support, family-school partnership work,…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lenders have lined up a major refinance in Nashville for Peabody Union, the riverfront mixed-use tower that now anchors a stretch of the South Bank district along the Cumberland River. A partnership of PGIM, Stiles Corp. and Hensler Development locked in $310 million of short-term debt from…
From Merger Monday
Private markets put two very different price tags on flying machines in the same news cycle. Shield AI raised money at a $28.8 billion valuation to buy radar maker Echodyne for $5.3 billion. Zipline raised $1.5 billion at $21.5 billion to push drone delivery from dozens of sites toward hundreds.…
From Merger Monday
Voters in Buncombe County, N.C., approved $70 million of new local bonds for affordable housing and open space, clearing the way for a municipal debt sale that county officials say will cost the median homeowner a few dozen dollars a year. Unofficial returns showed the $40 million housing question passing with…
Politics
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Democrat Justin J. Pearson conceded Wednesday in Tennessee's 9th Congressional District race, clearing the way for Republican state Sen. Brent Taylor after a margin of roughly 2,500 votes, about 1% of the total. The seat had been a longtime Democratic stronghold anchored in Shelby County before lawmakers…
Politics
COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Republican Charlie Hatcher, who left Gov. Bill Lee's cabinet as agriculture commissioner to run for Congress, captured Tennessee's 5th District on Tuesday over Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder and kept the redrawn seat in GOP hands. Unofficial tallies put Hatcher near 51.7% and Molder near 46.7% when the…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Governor-elect Marsha Blackburn put lowering the cost of living at the center of her early agenda Wednesday, joining Gov. Bill Lee at the State Capitol a day after she won Tennessee's closest governor's race in two decades. Blackburn finished with about 45.5% of the vote, roughly three…
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