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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 DeskCHICAGO — Bronchial asthma killed All Elite Wrestling star Benjamin Satterley, the performer fans knew as Pac, the Cook County Medical Examiner announced Friday, classifying the death as natural. Satterley was 40. He was discovered unresponsive inside a parked vehicle in suburban Des Plaines on…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBUS, Ohio — College sports governing body the NCAA went to federal court Friday against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, challenging an executive order he signed earlier in the week that lets Ohio schools hand a fifth season to athletes from the 2022 high school class.…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Eagles went shopping in a division rival's practice squad Friday, signing quarterback Joe Milton III away from the Dallas Cowboys one day after ruling Jalen Hurts out of Sunday's home game against the Carolina Panthers. The team says the clot in his…
From the HERE City National DeskCLEVELAND — The Guardians and Rays will try again Saturday night after a soaking Friday rain in Cleveland washed out ALCS Game 4 at Progressive Field, the first postseason rainout in nearly four years. First pitch is now set for 8 p.m. ET Saturday. Game…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — Two veterans who have spent the season in league limbo are headed back to the field. The NFL said Friday it is pulling Green Bay running back Josh Jacobs and Denver pass rusher Jonathon Cooper from its Commissioner Exempt List, clearing both…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NBA has told its sportsbook partners to pull a list of wagers it sees as easy to manipulate, a crackdown that arrives days before the 2026-27 season tips off. A league memo sent to betting companies Friday bars parlays that stack…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Jena Bishop flipped the script on Liz Carmouche on Friday night at Wintrust Arena, taking a unanimous decision in their rematch to win the vacant PFL women’s flyweight championship. Every scorecard had the five-round main event 48-47 for Bishop, now 12-3, who claimed…
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…
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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