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From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Dawn Staley's South Carolina women's basketball team will begin the 2026-27 season as the top-ranked team in the country, after a national media panel placed the Gamecocks first in the preseason national Top 25 poll released Tuesday, giving Columbia SC fans a…
From the HERE City State DeskLEXINGTON, Ky. — Vanderbilt heads to Kroger Field on Saturday night needing a turnaround, and the Commodores could hardly have picked a tougher spot to look for one. They face No. 12 Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. Central, 7:30 p.m. Eastern, with the game on SEC…
From the HERE City State DeskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two of the top teams in the country meet Wednesday night at Food City Center, where ninth-ranked Tennessee volleyball takes on No. 4 Kentucky. The match starts at 7 p.m. Eastern with television coverage on SEC Network. The Lady Vols come home…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NFL said Tuesday it has no issue with how the Philadelphia Eagles cared for quarterback Jalen Hurts before and after his blood clot diagnosis, and the team will face no discipline. Hours later, the NFL Players Association said it knew of…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The New York Knicks raised their first championship banner since 1973 on Tuesday night, then watched a retooled Philadelphia 76ers team leave Madison Square Garden with a 106-100 win in the season opener for both clubs. Tyrese Maxey paced Philadelphia with a…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is preparing to play the rest of the season without starting quarterback Julian Sayin, who is out indefinitely after hurting his throwing arm in Saturday’s win over Indiana. Coach Ryan Day said Tuesday the program will not set a timeline…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Brandon Woodruff took a real step toward a World Series comeback on Tuesday, throwing 23 pitches of live batting practice at American Family Field to several of the Brewers regular hitters. His fastball sat at 90 to 92 mph in his first session…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NFL is tightening security for Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints game outside Paris, league officials said Tuesday, after rioting swept French cities over the weekend. Peter O’Reilly, the league executive who oversees international events, said at the fall owners…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado College senior Charlie Flint has been chosen as the top women’s runner in the SCAC for the past week, the third time she has earned the conference honor this fall. The award follows her victory Saturday at the Augustana Interregional…
From the HERE City National DeskWILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Top-ranked Emory closed with the best team round of the final day to win the women’s NCAA Division III Fall Preview on Tuesday, finishing 36 holes on the River Course at Kingsmill Resort at 18-over-par 594. The Eagles began the day in…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Kate Chambon’s first college meet earned her a conference award, as the Colorado College freshman was chosen as the top women’s swimmer in the SCAC for the past week. Chambon, who is from Grenoble, France, took the 100-yard backstroke in 59.52…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO — Oklahoma City opened its season Tuesday night by beating the team that ended its last one. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points and the Thunder led nearly wire to wire in a 116-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center,…
Education
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee families using state Education Freedom Scholarships can keep them after a three-judge court panel threw out the lawsuit that challenged the private-school voucher program, in a final order filed Monday in Davidson County Chancery Court. The panel held that the state constitution requires a system of…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The General Jackson, the four-deck paddlewheel showboat that has carried dinner-and-show crowds along the Cumberland River in Nashville since 1985, is being retired. Opry Entertainment Group said the decision came after a lengthy review turned up maintenance problems that have kept disrupting the boat's schedule. The boat…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee private, nonprofit colleges and universities account for more than $22 billion in economic activity a year, according to a statewide study now being broken out campus by campus. The Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association, which speaks for 34 private schools, paid for the study, and…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Roughly $212.2 million in federal farm support is headed to Tennessee growers, ranchers and landowners, the state office of the USDA Farm Service Agency announced Monday. The money comes from two pots. Most of it flows through Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage, the commodity programs…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — People who rent homes or storefronts in Nashville would start getting letters about proposed rezonings near them under a Metro Council bill that cleared its first reading this week. Today, Metro is only required to notify owners of land inside a 1,000-foot ring around a site up…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two recent looks at how Tennesseans view President Donald Trump point in different directions as early voting continues ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Tracking from the online pollster Civiqs, last updated Oct. 19, has the president slightly underwater in the state. In mid-October, 44% of residents…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Close to 400,000 Tennesseans have already cast ballots in the Nov. 3 general election, and state election officials are reminding everyone still headed to an early voting site to look over their choices carefully before pressing the final button. Through the fifth day of early voting on…
Health
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of Tennessee's largest HIV service providers has taken the state Department of Health to court over new rules that would require immigration status checks for people who rely on Ryan White, the federal HIV/AIDS care program. Nashville CARES filed the lawsuit Monday in Davidson County Chancery…
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