HERMITAGE, Tenn. (AP) - High school football in Tennessee will have nine separate classifications starting in 2017. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's Board of Control voted Wednesday to have three classes of Division II football, up from two under…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Chattanooga Mocs have been tabbed the preseason favorites by the Southern Conference football coaches for the third consecutive season. The Mocs, who have won at least a share of the conference crown each of the last…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Lucas Harrell pitched six innings, Adonis Garcia homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Minnesota Twins 2-0 on Tuesday night in a matchup of the worst teams in the majors. This untimely meeting came nearly 25 years…
Ooltewah, TN-(WDEF) Ooltewah had one of the best defenses in our area last year, allowing just a shade over ten points a game. But in order for the Owls to dominate again this season, they have to replace nine starters…
When the Atlanta Falcons start training camp on Thursday, receiver and kick returner Devin Hester will not be around. Atlanta has announced they have cut the veteran playmaker. Hester holds the NFL record for most return touchdowns with a total…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is limiting the types of bags that fans can bring into athletic venues during the upcoming school year. School officials announced Monday that each person is permitted to bring only one clear plastic bag no…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. warned Monday his return to NASCAR could take longer than planned. NASCAR's most popular driver is scheduled to miss his third consecutive race this Sunday with concussion-like symptoms. On his weekly podcast, he…
Soddy Daisy, TN-(WDEF) Monday was the first day Tennessee high school football teams could put on the pads for the upcoming season. Soddy Daisy was eager for the physical contact, although the players and coaches knew it was going to…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's 2016-17 women's basketball nonconference schedule features home games with Baylor, Stanford and Notre Dame plus a trip to Texas. The school released its nonconference schedule Monday. Baylor, Stanford and Texas joined Tennessee in regional finals…
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL says it found no credible evidence that Peyton Manning was provided with HGH or other prohibited substances as alleged in a documentary by Al-Jazeera America last fall. The league said the quarterback and his…
OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) - Dustin Johnson started and finished the day tied with Luke List for the Canadian Open lead. The U.S. Open champion had to make up a lot of ground to do it. Johnson had a double bogey…
(usga.org) OOLTEWAH, Tenn. – Noah Goodwin, 16, of Corinth, Texas, and Min Woo Lee, 17, of Australia, each won quarterfinal and semifinal matches Friday to advance to Saturday’s 36-hole final match of the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at the…
Vols coach Butch Jones says the road to success is always under construction. Jones watched his team hit a few pot-holes last year, but now he hopes UT has the right tools and players to build a winner this fall.…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis and Pocono may not be the only stops on Jeff Gordon's comeback tour. The four-time Cup champion, who is coming out of retirement to fill in for the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. the next two weekends,…
DENVER (AP) - Carlos Gonzalez hit a three-run homer to break a scoreless tie in the sixth inning, Chad Bettis threw efficiently into the seventh and the Colorado Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 7-3 on Thursday night. Gonzalez lined a…
(usga.org) OOLTEWAH, Tenn. – Fred Lee, 16, of Australia, posted a 2-and-1 victory over top seed and stroke-play medalist Travis Vick, 16, of Houston, Texas Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at the…
OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) - Dustin Johnson made a 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th hole Thursday for a 6-under 66 and a share of the Canadian Open lead with former Baylor Red Raider Luke List. The U.S. Open champion…
Chattanooga-(WDEF) The Chattahooligans love to shout--None Shall Pass--with Gregor Hartley in net for the CFC. But they could really shout that about Chattanooga's entire defense this season. In their ten regular season league games, the CFC only allowed a total…
ATLANTA (AP) - Alabama athletic director Bill Battle says he has completed treatment for cancer. Battle said Thursday in a statement released through the university that he expects to return to work soon on a limited basis. He underwent a…
(usga.org) OOLTEWAH, Tenn. – Travis Vick, 16, of Houston, Texas, held off hard-charging Patrick Welch, 16, of Providence, R.I., 2 and 1, as the top seed and stroke-play medalist advanced Wednesday in the first round of match play in the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The NCAA has donated $50,000 to the Pat Summitt Foundation in memory of the late Tennessee coach. The foundation announced the donation Wednesday. The money will go toward the Summitt Foundation's goal of raising $2.5 million…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - When Notre Dame warms up for a football game, they do a little more than routine stretching.
CINCINNATI (AP) - Tucker Barnhart and Joey Votto hit two-run homers, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3 on Wednesday and win the season series between the NL's worst teams. Barnhart's homer completed a four-run rally…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss two more races as he recovers from concussion-like symptoms and retired NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon will replace him at Indianapolis and Pocono. The announcement came Wednesday from Hendrick Motorsports, which said Earnhardt…
CINCINNATI (AP) - Atlanta's bullpen blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning, but Ender Inciarte hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th that sent the Braves to a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night and evened…
(usga.org) OOLTEWAH, Tenn. – Travis Vick, 16, of Houston, Texas, shot an even-par 72 Tuesday to earn medalist honors in the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at the par-72, 7,326-yard The Honors Course. Vick, who fired a course-record 64 in…
Chattanooga-(WDEF) Cortney Braswell has been a well traveled high school assistant football coach. But now he's ready to settle down this fall, as he takes his first head coaching job at Central. Cortney Braswell admits he really can't play it…
Tiger Woods has pulled out of the PGA Championship, the first time in his career he will miss all four majors in a year. The PGA Championship announced the withdrawal of the 14-time major winner on its Twitter feed Tuesday.…
NEW YORK (AP) - The NCAA says the top overall seed in the men's NCAA Tournament will be able to pick its location to play for the first and second round and regional sites. The Division I Men's Basketball Committee…
(utsports.com) The official bracket for the 2016 Maui Jim Maui Invitational was released Tuesday, and Tennessee’s first opponent in the championship round is Wisconsin. The Volunteers and Badgers tipoff Monday, Nov. 21, at 2:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. Hawaii Time),…
Lookouts starting pitcher Stephen Gonsalves struck out nine batters to lead the Lookouts to a 3-1 win over the Mobile BayBears. The win puts the Lookouts in sole possession of first place in the North Division and gives them their…
CINCINNATI (AP) - Zack Cozart, Joey Votto and Eugenio Suarez all homered in the fourth inning as the Cincinnati Reds got the better of a matchup between the NL's two worst teams, beating the Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Monday night.…
(usga.org) OOLTEWAH, Tenn. – Travis Vick, 16, of Houston, Texas, set a course record with an 8-under-par 64 Monday to take a one-stroke lead on the first day of stroke play in the weather-delayed 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama coach Nick Saban has suspended guard Alphonse Taylor indefinitely from the team. Saban announced the decision Monday, a day after Taylor was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. He said in a…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Twins have fired general manager Terry Ryan. The Twins entered the day 33-58, 21 games out of first place in the American League Central Division. Only Atlanta has a worse record in the majors. Assistant…
The Mobile Baybears beat the Chattanooga Lookouts 20-2 on Friday night at AT&T Field. Mobile scored four runs in the 1st inning and never looked back. Rudy Flores hit a 3-run homer in the inning for the Baybears. Chattanooga cut…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Colorado Rockies scored four times in the third inning and pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn had a grand slam in the ninth inning in an 11-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. After averaging 2.7 runs…
Sad news for the Rhea County high school football community. Former running back and linebacker Jacob York has died after being struck by lightning in Alabama on Thursday. York was a bruising running back on the Golden Eagles 2014 squad…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs and Eric Berry failed to reach an agreement on a long-term deal, meaning the safety will play this season under the value of his franchise tag, worth $10.8 million. Chiefs general…
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) - Jimmie Johnson turned a lap of 133.971 mph and won his first pole of the season Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Johnson could use a boost after a five-race slump where he hasn't finished better…