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SportsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee turned a lopsided matchup into a blowout Tuesday night in Knoxville, beating New Haven 83-40 at Food City Center in front of 10,343 fans to move to 3-0 on the season. The Lady Volunteers pressured the Chargers all night, forcing 26…
From HERE College StationCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M is back at Kyle Field in College Station on Saturday, Nov. 14, to host No. 9 Tennessee in an Operation Blackout matchup that kicks off at 2 p.m. Central Time, with live television coverage. The Aggies enter the week…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina will close its regular-season home schedule under the lights. The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that the 21st-ranked Gamecocks and second-ranked Georgia meet Saturday, Nov. 21, in Columbia, with the opening kick set for 7:30 p.m. Georgia athletics confirmed the same…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina sophomore edge rusher Anthony Addison collected SEC Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week honors on Monday for his role in the Gamecocks' 17-9 home victory over Texas A&M at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. Alabama defensive end Devan Thompkins shares the weekly…
From HERE ColumbiaCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The top-ranked South Carolina women from Columbia blew open a border matchup with No. 12 North Carolina in the middle quarters Sunday night and won 84-39 at the Ally Tipoff inside the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. The Tar Heels hung around early,…
From HERE ColumbiaHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Daniel Lang scored in the 65th minute Sunday night, and the 24th-ranked South Carolina men's soccer team from Columbia held on to beat UCF 2-1 in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinals in Huntington. The sixth-seeded Gamecocks, now 11-5-2 on the season,…
From the HERE City State DeskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee volleyball said goodbye to its seniors Sunday with a straight-sets win, beating Alabama 25-17, 25-17, 25-18 at Food City Center. Before the first serve the program honored four seniors: Sydney Jaynes, Nia Hall, McKenzie Plante and Caroline Kerr. Plante sat out…
From the HERE City State DeskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee football is back among the top 10 teams in the country. One night after a 34-6 rout of Kentucky at Neyland Stadium, the Volunteers climbed to No. 9 in both major weekly polls released Sunday. The jump was seven spots in…
From HERE Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University expects classes to meet on their usual schedule Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn., even as most of its computer systems and applications stay locked down after a cybersecurity incident hit the campus Monday afternoon. The trouble surfaced Monday, when the school told students, faculty and staff…
From the HERE City State Desk
SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. — About 760 Tennessee property owners are now on the proposed path of a new interstate natural gas line, as Kinder Morgan moves ahead with early survey work for a project it calls the Southeast Connector. Inside Tennessee the route covers roughly 150 miles. It would begin…
From Merger Monday
On Tuesday the U.S. government paid 5% to borrow for 10 years. On the same day a five-year-old AI company asked public investors to value it at as much as $1.4 trillion. Both things can be true, and the gap between them says a lot about where capital is going. Start…
From Merger Monday
Akamai Technologies Inc. borrowed $2.2 billion at 1% by selling investors a piece of its stock’s upside, the latest technology company to tap the convertible-bond market to pay for computing capacity. The Cambridge, Mass., content-delivery and security company priced $1.1 billion of convertible senior notes due 2028 and $1.1 billion due…
Politics
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Lauren Rider, who spent eight years on Knoxville City Council, said Monday she will run for mayor in 2027, adding another name to the race to follow Mayor Indya Kincannon, who cannot seek another term. Rider won the 4th District council seat in 2017 and a second…
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