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SportsNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville SC can wrap up the 2026 Supporters Shield on Saturday night in San Jose, needing as little as a draw — and help elsewhere — to claim Major League Soccer’s regular-season crown while four fixtures remain. Kickoff against the Earthquakes is…
SportsNASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Predators nearly stole a point late Thursday, then watched it slip away in a shootout as the San Jose Sharks left Bridgestone Arena with a 3-2 win. Steven Stamkos jammed home the equalizer with less than a second on the…
From the HERE City State DeskBOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The Middle Tennessee State University volleyball team took its first Conference USA sweep of the season Friday, losing in three sets at Western Kentucky inside E.A. Diddle Arena. The Hilltoppers won 25-23, 25-13 and 25-22. Middle Tennessee came in at 14-5…
From the HERE City State DeskNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt football brings a three-game losing streak into Saturday's SEC home date with Arkansas, a 6 p.m. Central kickoff that coach Clark Lea has framed as a test of the Commodores' urgency more than their talent edge. The Commodores opened 3-0 before…
From the HERE City State DeskSAUCIER, Miss. — The University of Tennessee men's golf team, ranked No. 9 nationally, wraps its fall college schedule this weekend at Fallen Oak, a 54-hole invitational on the Tom Fazio layout deep in De Soto National Forest. Play runs Oct. 17-19 at Fallen Oak…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Kristaps Porzingis remains unavailable for Golden State with no return date after missing camp and the entire exhibition slate, then resurfacing at the team building this week. Club officials said Wednesday the 7-foot-3 big man is still dealing with the same undisclosed…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — League referees are putting flopping at the top of the 2026-27 enforcement list, and a preseason whistle on Knicks guard Jalen Brunson showed how quickly the standard can bite. During a Madison Square Garden exhibition on Oct. 12 against Minnesota, Brunson took…
From the HERE City National DeskBETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene University announced Thursday the death of Crimson Storm safety Tyler Ulrich, a week after he left an away game on a stretcher, and scrubbed this weekend trip to Southwestern Oklahoma State. Ulrich was 21. He went down Saturday in Arkadelphia,…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — Milwaukee finished off Los Angeles, the two-time reigning World Series champs, on Thursday night, taking National League Championship Series Game 4 by a 6-4 score at Dodger Stadium and completing a four-game sweep that sends the franchise back to the Fall Classic…
From the HERE City National DeskDENVER — Wil Lutz drilled a 53-yard kick in overtime Thursday night, and the Denver Broncos escaped with a 17-14 result against Seattle at Mile High Stadium after JaQuan McMillian picked off Sam Darnold on the first sudden-death drive. Seattle opened overtime and faced third-and-7…
From the HERE City National DeskMINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota coach Niko Medved spent more than seven minutes after the Thursday exhibition ripping the NCAA for how it rolled out a five-seasons-in-five-years eligibility model, saying the timing and legal fallout have left hundreds of players and coaches in limbo. Medved said he…
Education
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Families in Tennessee's statewide Education Freedom Scholarship program are moving through a mid-October funding step and a late-month marketplace launch as the 2026-27 school year advances. The Department of Education lists a projected Quarter 2 funding event on Oct. 15 that would send another 20 percent of…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee closed out the summer with its jobless rate parked at 3.4%, the September reading from the state labor department shows, the third month in a row at that mark and tied for the lowest level the state has posted this year, while employers kept adding jobs.…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's tougher hemp law is shrinking the retail stores and suppliers it regulates, and state tax collections from hemp products are coming in at a small fraction of what budget writers expected. The numbers from the Department of Finance and Administration are stark. July, the first month…
From the HERE City National Desk
BANGKOK — The International Monetary Fund says the world economy has held up better than expected against war, an energy shock and trade fights, but it is warning finance ministers gathered in Bangkok this week that the cushions behind that resilience are wearing thin. In its latest World Economic Outlook,…
Crime
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Police say no charges are on the books for now after a Wednesday evening road rage shooting tied to Atlas Drive in South Nashville, and the District Attorney's Office will decide what comes next. Around 6:50 p.m., a 63-year-old man dialed 911 to report that a white…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A losing bidder asked Davidson County Chancery Court on Thursday to review how the Tennessee Department of Transportation awarded the statewide I-24 Choice Lanes toll cont
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Independent gubernatorial candidate David Hatley put another $5 million of his own money into the race in September, lifting his own cash infusions to $12 million with the Nov. 3 statewide election less than three weeks away, according to the latest campaign finance reports. Those filings, due…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The fight over Constitutional Amendment 1 is shifting from the crimes listed on the ballot to the bill counties could face if more defendants sit in jail before trial. The amendment would let courts refuse bail when someone is charged with a capital crime, a terrorism count,…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — State senators want hard numbers on whether Tennessee has room for a prison population that is growing as tougher sentencing laws take hold, and they asked the Department of Correction to return in January with them. At a recent meeting of the Senate corrections subcommittee, the department…
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