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SportsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee and Kentucky played a full 90 minutes of SEC women’s soccer on Sunday afternoon in Knoxville without either side scoring, and the match at Regal Soccer Stadium ended in a 0-0 draw in front of 1,910 fans. The Lady Vols carried…
SportsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The celebration on the Neyland Stadium turf in Knoxville after Tennessee knocked off Alabama on Saturday is going to cost the university half a million dollars. The Southeastern Conference announced that Tennessee broke the league's access to competition area policy when fans…
From the HERE City State DeskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Fresh off a home win over Alabama, No. 11 Tennessee turned its attention Monday to a road game at South Carolina, and coach Josh Heupel made clear he is not reading much into the Gamecocks record. The Vols (6-1, 3-1 SEC) beat…
From the HERE City State DeskNASHVILLE, Tenn. — One win into the season, Titans coach Robert Saleh spent Monday pointing at what still has to get better, starting with an offense he called hit or miss. Tennessee rallied from a 13-0 halftime hole to beat Indianapolis 26-20 on Sunday, scoring…
From the HERE City State DeskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee basketball gets a top-10 test before the games count, taking on No. 2 Duke in an exhibition Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Tipoff for the matchup with the eighth-ranked Vols is set for 7 p.m. Eastern,…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Baseball will crown a first-time champion this fall. The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays open the World Series on Friday night at American Family Field, the first meeting of two franchises without a title since Philadelphia beat Kansas City in 1980, and…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies let go of a first-round pick from just a year ago on Monday, waiving guard Walter Clayton Jr. along with wing Micah Peavy as they trimmed down to their opening night roster. The cuts brought Memphis to the league limit…
From the HERE City National DeskNISHINOMIYA, Japan — The Hanshin Tigers said Monday they will let reigning Central League MVP Teruaki Sato pursue a move to Major League Baseball through the posting system this offseason, adding one of the most potent bats on the international market to an already crowded…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama headlined a short list of 2023 draftees who locked in long-term money before the NBA's rookie-scale extension deadline passed at 6 p.m. Eastern on Monday. Only seven players from that first round agreed to new deals, the smallest group since…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The defending champion New York Knicks will collect their rings and watch a banner go up at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night before opening the NBA season against a Philadelphia 76ers roster that now includes LeBron James and Jaylen Brown. The…
From the HERE City National DeskEL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers released guard Dalton Knecht on Monday to get down to the 15-man limit for the regular season, a move that leaves Bronny James as the only remaining player from the team's 2024 draft class. Los Angeles had…
From the HERE City National DeskORLANDO, Fla. — The College Football Playoff's move toward a 24-team bracket has the rest of the postseason bracing for fallout, with bowl leaders warning that a sizable share of the games outside the playoff may not survive. Roughly 35 bowls currently sit outside the…
Business
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pepsi plans to shut down its bottling plant in Knoxville, a move that will cost 112 people their jobs, according to a layoff notice the company filed under the federal WARN Act. The plant sits at 2708 Federal Rd., on the South Knoxville side of the Tennessee…
From the HERE City State Desk
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…
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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…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The elected prosecutors of Tennessee have lined up behind Amendment 1, the bail measure voters will see on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. The Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference, which represents the district attorneys general of all 32 judicial districts in the state, announced its endorsement…
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A transgender woman in Knox County has filed suit against Gov. Bill Lee and state Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Jeff Long, opening a new front in the fight over a Tennessee law that bars people from changing the sex listed on their driver licenses. The plaintiff,…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — Money for political ads in this year’s midterm elections has blown past $10 billion, a record for a non-presidential year, and the total is on track to climb to about $11.6 billion by the Nov. 3 vote, according to the tracking firm AdImpact. The previous midterm high was…
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Employees inside TikTok spent years pressing company leaders about dangers the app posed to children, from minors appearing in paid sexual livestreams to teens slipping past age limits, and many of them came away frustrated with the response, according to sworn depositions filed in federal court in…
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