It looked like the Maryland Terrapins were set to land Memphis Tigers point guard transfer Antonio Barton, as Barton hails from Baltimore and a source close to the Baltimore Sun referred to Maryland’s chances as “a layup”. Now, those chances are at a “three point shot”, because another source told writer Don Markus that the Tennessee [...]
<!– –> Tweet – A A A + <!– –> The US 11 Antique Alley and Yard Sale will continue to weave its way through East Tennessee Sunday. The event, which follows US 11 for more than 500 miles, through five states, was first projected to bring anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 people to the [...]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. is getting a lot of opinions from a lot of people as he weighs the pros and cons of taxing items purchased over the Internet. Gov. Bill Haslam wants states to have the power to collect the tax, arguing it is money that is already owed. Some [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 15–> NASHVILLE, TENN. — First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Mrs. Obama spoke for 22 minutes to the graduates of Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High [...]
URBANA, Ill. – Virginia reached the semifinals of the NCAA tournament for the fourth consecutive year and for the sixth time in the past seven years with a 4-0 victory against Tennessee in a quarterfinal match Saturday at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex. The Cavaliers (28-0) will meet Georgia in the semifinals on Monday, while [...]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A walk-off triple by Rainey Gaffin to right-center field in the bottom of the 11th inning brought Cheyanne Tarango around to score from first base and gave Tennessee a 1-0 victory against NC State to stay perfect in NCAA tournament play on Saturday. The 11-inning game matched the longest game in Tennessee [...]
After visiting Maryland last week, it appeared as if Memphis transfer Antonio Barton was headed home. The senior point guard from Baltimore, who should be eligible to play right away next season after graduating this summer, said that he got a good feel from the coaches, players and athletic director Kevin Anderson. It appears now [...]
A Time of Great Tribulation Sociologist Henry F. Dobyns estimates that nearly 145 million people inhabited the Western Hemisphere in 1490. By 1600, disease, disruption, and drastic climate change left a population of a mere 1.5 million, a drop of 98.97%. The Valley of Mexico and Central and South America, much more populous and much [...]
May 18, 2013 | Construction Scheduled to begin in August Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder announced……Read the Full Article at: http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2013/05/18/tennessee-governor-bill-haslam-breaks-ground-on-new-montgomery-county-state-veterans-home/
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Junior pitcher Andrew Edwards worked seven innings, struck out seven batters and allowed just two runs on five hits, lifting WKU to an 8-2 series-clinching win over Middle Tennessee on Friday, locking up the fifth seed in the 2013 Sun Belt Conference Tournament for the Hilltoppers. The win over the Blue Raiders [...]
Tennessee sophomore center Yemi Makanjuola has opted to transfer to UNC-Wilmington, per a Tweet from Brian Mull of StarNews. Makanjuola — a 6-9, 250-pound native of Nigeria — will have two years of eligibility remaining after NCAA transfer rules force him to sit out next season. Makanjuola will be eligible in the 2014-15 season and saw action [...]
Tennessee’s track and field team will send 25 participants in 19 events to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Greensboro, N.C. The Vols qualified 15, while the Lady Vols will send 10 athletes to compete at Irwin Belk Track inside Aggie Stadium at North Carolina AT for the three-day event starting Thursday. The top 12 [...]
The Beech Buccaneers are about to become the third most popular football team in Tennessee. And that has nothing to do with the program’s 2012 state championship. It has everything to do with the statewide passion for University of Tennessee football, which is too deeply rooted for even 15 years of an NFL franchise to [...]
Tickets are now on sale for the off-Broadway premiere of The Two-Character Play by Tennessee Williams. The rarely performed drama will begin preview performances on June 10 at New World Stages. Opening night is set for June 19. The Two-Character Play tells the story of Clare and Felice, two actors on tour who are also [...]
