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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 HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina football is spending its bye week in Columbia with a clearer six-win math problem after last weekend's road statement against ranked Florida. The Gamecocks are 3-3 overall and 1-3 in the SEC with six games left. Analytics models now give…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's offense under coordinator Kendal Briles is producing at a clip the Gamecocks have rarely seen in their SEC era, even while the team sits 3-3 overall and 1-3 in league play heading into the bye in Columbia. Six games in,…
From the HERE City State DeskBRENTWOOD, Tenn. — After ending a long NCAA Tournament wait last spring, Tennessee State enters the 2026-27 season as the team to beat in the Ohio Valley Conference, according to the league's preseason poll released Thursday. Head coaches and communications directors around the league gave…
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. — The Tennessee Department of Education under Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds is taking the first administrative steps so the Volunteer State can join the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit when that program starts in 2027. Officials say Tennessee is already among roughly 30 states that filed an advanced election…
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…
Business
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Advanced nuclear developer Kairos Power has locked in a $643 million financing package that company executives say will underwrite construction of a demonstration reactor in Tennessee and related manufacturing work. The stack mixes $368 million from private investors with $275 million in Energy Department backing, according…
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…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Early voting is under way in Nashville, with Davidson County residents able to cast ballots through Oct. 29 at any of 15 county sites ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. The statewide early window opened Oct. 14 and lasts about two weeks, wrapping up five days…
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…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal authorities stopped a suspicious package that had been mailed to the Tennessee Division of Elections before it could arrive, Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced Thursday, the second day of early voting for the Nov. 3 general election. Hargett said the package was intercepted in transit…
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