Former Mocs tight end Fasayl Shafaat has been picked to be on the next installment of the CBS hit reality show 'Big Brother'. Shafaat will be one of 20 house guests when the show starts up again on June 27th, which…
Ringgold high school baseball stand-out Andre Tarver has been picked to play in the Under Armor All-American game, which will take place on July 20th at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The game features forty of the top high school players in…
Calhoun, GA-(WDEF-TV) The Braves Charlie Culberson has nine career homeruns, but four have been walk-off winners. In his first season with Atlanta this year, he had two walk-off winners in one week. Culberson of course played high school baseball at Calhoun,…
ATLANTA (AP) - Anibal Sanchez allowed only four hits in seven scoreless innings, Ender Inciarte homered and scored two runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Thursday night. Ozzie Albies added a run-scoring double for…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) The Mocs basketball team won only ten games last season, and head coach Lamont Paris thought he was going to return a tremendous nucleus for his second season. Then close to half the players decided to leave the team. That…
(press release) The High School Football season kicks off once again at Finley Stadium with this years Jamboree, the largest of its kind in Tennessee with 20 high school football teams. Our 2018 event includes teams from Chattanooga, Cleveland, Hixson,…
College athletes will no longer need permission from their coach or school to transfer and receive financial aid from another school. The NCAA Division I Council approved the change Wednesday. It takes effect Oct. 15. The long-awaited transfer reform ended…
ATLANTA (AP) - Mike Soroka did not allow a hit until the seventh inning, Freddie Freeman homered and drove in both runs, and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 2-0 on Wednesday. Soroka, the youngest pitcher in the…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) The Chattahooligans love to chant the city's 4-2-3 area code at CFC games. Ironically, Chattanooga's record looks like an area code. 3-0-3. The CFC have three ties. Kind of strange in the soccer regular season that you settle for so…
ATLANTA (AP) - Ozzie Albies hit a grand slam and Freddie Freeman homered during a six-run sixth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the reeling New York Mets 8-2 on Tuesday night. Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz pitched five scoreless innings,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee left tackle Taylor Lewan is skipping the Titans' mandatory minicamp while his agents negotiate a new contract for the two-time Pro Bowl lineman. Titans general manager Jon Robinson said in a statement Tuesday just before…
Jason Day has learned that life in a motor home can be rewarding on the PGA Tour. He also has learned it can be messy when Bubba Watson is around. Day is staying in what he calls "the bus" in…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Falcons are being forced to open their mandatory minicamp without Julio Jones, one of their most important playmakers. Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff says the team was informed Monday that Jones will not be present…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Minor league baseball used to be no frills entertainment. It was played in old ballparks with limited concessions and no luxury suites. But how times have changed. The minors are no longer considered second class entertainment. Lookouts manager Tommy Watkins…
(lookouts.com) The Chattanooga Lookouts fell to the Mobile BayBears by a score of 11-5 at AT&T Field. The team still holds a one game lead over the Jackson Generals. Mobile's bats started off hot and did not cool down all…
Ooltewah softball coach John Massey has announced he is stepping down after five seasons of coaching the Lady Owls. During his run at Ooltewah, Massey posted 180 victories, and he led the Lady Owls to the state tournament in Murfreesboro…
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. (WDEF) -- Former Gordon Lee pitcher Robert Broom was drafted Tuesday in the tenth round of the MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians. Broom is coming off his junior season at Mercer University. Broom is a right-handed side-arm pitcher.…
Heritage pitcher Cole Wilcox has elected to attend the University of Georgia instead of continuing his baseball career in the minors. Wilcox signed with Georgia last November. The big right-hander was hoping to go in the first round of the major…
(lookouts.com) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Today, the Southern League announced the 2018 North Division All-Star Team. The initial roster features seven Chattanooga Lookouts players including LaMonte Wade, Zander Wiel, Omar Bencomo, Ryne Harper, Randy LeBlanc, Williams Ramirez and Todd Van Steensel.…
Officials at Alabama and Kentucky say that Hall of Fame former administrator and basketball coach C.M. Newton has died. He was 88. The schools announced his death Monday night. Newton was a member of Kentucky's 1951 NCAA championship squad during…
Meigs County pitcher Ashley Rogers has been named the state's Gatorade softball player of the year for the second year-in-a-row. Rogers helped lead the Lady Tigers to their third consecutive state championship. Next season Rogers will be pitching for the Lady…
Long time Walker Valley boys basketball coach Bob Williams is leaving the Mustangs. He has accepted the head coaching job for the girls basketball team at Northwest Whitfield, where he will replace Greg Brown. Williams has coached the Walker Valley…
The Mobile BayBears scored four runs in the top of the ninth innings to hand the Lookouts the 6-4 loss. Chattanooga now holds a one game lead over the Jackson Generals in the North Division. Mobile had the early command…
(Braves press release) ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves tonight selected right-handed pitcher Carter Stewart of Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida with the eighth overall pick in the 2018 First-Year Player Draft. Stewart, 18, went 6-4 with 128 strikeouts,…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn has given basketball coach Bruce Pearl a five-year contract extension. Pearl led the Tigers to a share of their first Southeastern Conference regular season title since 1999 last season despite having two top players ineligible.…
ATLANTA (AP) - Mike Foltynewicz pitched a two-hitter for his first career complete game, Dansby Swanson broke the game open with a three-run homer in the seventh and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 4-0 on Friday night. Foltynewicz…
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - Ten years ago Katie Burrows was content coaching high school basketball. Friday she was replacing a legendary college coach. Burrows was introduced as the Mocs new women's head basketball coach, replacing Hall of Famer Jim Foster.…
The Southeastern Conference has relaxed a rule regarding intra-league transfers, clearing the way for former Mississippi receiver Van Jefferson to play at Florida this fall. The powerhouse league passed legislation Friday during its meetings in Destin, Florida, that allows players…
ATLANTA (AP) - Sean Newcomb pitched seven strong innings for his sixth straight win, leading the Atlanta Braves back into first place with a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night. In the start of a four-game series…
DUBLIN, Ohio – Norman Xiong of Oregon, Florida Southern's John VanDerLaan, Josh Gibson of Hope, Dalton State's SM Lee, and Midland College's Callum Bruce have been named the 2018 recipients of the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award…
Cleveland, TN-(WDEF-TV) Bradley Central basketball star Rhyne Howard will play in the local Tennessee-Georgia All-Star game Friday at 6pm at Notre Dame, and then later this summer, she'll play for a national All-Star team. Howard was picked to play for the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After opening the season against West Virginia at 3:30 p.m. on CBS in the Belk College Kickoff in Charlotte, N.C., the Tennessee football team will return home to host ETSU and UTEP in a pair of afternoon games…
ATLANTA (AP) - Brandon Nimmo and Adrian Gonzalez each drove in two runs, Jason Vargas pitched five scoreless innings and the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Wednesday night. It was a much-needed reprieve for the Mets,…
Titans players and coaches likely did a double-take during OTA's on Wednesday. During the music rotation to start practice, the Michigan fight song played. That caught Titans head coach Mike Vrabel off guard since he went to Ohio State. Vrabel knew he…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee's season opener versus West Virginia on Sept. 1 in the 2018 Belk College Kickoff at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. has been slated for a 3:30 p.m. ET kick and will be broadcast nationally…
ATLANTA (AP) - Johan Camargo homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning after the Atlanta Braves rallied from a pair of four-run deficits Tuesday night, stunning New York 7-6 and capping a miserable day for the…
he Titans ended a nine year playoff drought last year, and as the team gets back together for OTA's, the players are confident the good times will continue. When you make the playoffs and see a bunch of the same…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Admiral Schofield is pulling his name out of the NBA draft and returning to Tennessee for his senior season. Schofield shared his decision on social media Tuesday , saying he is focused and hungry to once…
Vols linebacker Darrin Kirkland Junior announced last week that he was leaving Tennessee. But it appears Kirkland has had a change of heart. Media reports indicate Kirland has met with head coach Jeremy Pruitt and will likely return to the…
(USA Basketball) After three days of trials that began with 35 hopefuls on May 26 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the 12-member roster today was named for the 2018 USA Basketball Women’s U18 National…