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For Chattanoogans B.J. Coleman and Tim Benford, today marks the start of perhaps the biggest weekend of their lives. They are in Indianapolis for the NFL combine, which includes 327 invitees and scouts, coaches and higher-ups from all 32 teams.

  • Feb. 23rd, 2012  |

KNOXVILLE — Tennessee's basketball team found itself down 13 before most of the crowd of 17,079 at Thompson-Boling Arena had settled into their cushioned black seats on Wednesday night.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga charter buses have been rather quiet when returning from men's basketball road games this season.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team's second-half rally came up short Wednesday night at the Pete Hanna Center.

KNOXVILLE — The approach must stay the same, though the distractions increase.

One may be too fat. One may be too small. And one may be too quick to throw in the towel.

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GPS senior point guard Chadarryl Clay and McMinn Central junior post Elizabeth Masengil have been named finalists for the TSSAA Miss Basketball awards.

EVENSVILLE, Tenn. — Rhea County senior Alex Hughey can't remember the last time the Lady Golden Eagles advanced to a region basketball tournament. In her defense, such things are hard to remember when you're only 16 months old.

GPS’s Katy Richardson has committed to signing a softball scholarship with Lipscomb University.

RINGGOLD, Ga. — As the construction crews and work trucks buzz around the still-being-renovated Bill Womack Field, the Ringgold Tigers are busy trying to ignore them as they prepare for one of the most anticipated seasons in the successful history of the program.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A group of Bradley Central basketball players sat around Cleveland radio announcer Corky Whitlock Tuesday, each getting his own chance to speak.

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Concerned about player development in the Chattanooga area, the Chattanooga Football Club convened a "soccer su mmit" on Feb. 12, to discuss how to produce more high-level players in the area -- players that be able to one day play in college or professionally.

Achieving big goals is nothing new for Stacy Allison. As the first American woman to climb Mount Everest, Alison has literally reached the top of the world, and she will share her story and the lessons she has learned on Thursday when she visits Chattanooga as the keynote speaker for the seventh annual Leadership Address to the Community hosted by the Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute.

Red Bank High School graduate David Barger has announced he will be retiring as Carson-Newman College's athletic director on April 30 but will continue to help the NCAA Division II school in Jefferson City, Tenn., in fundraising roles.

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From the "Talk Too Much studios," let's go.

OK, if you were stranded on a deserted island and had one actor's entire DVD catalog at your disposal, who is it? Don't answer too quickly. We're going to explore this — and work it into a theme show. We know you're excited. Today, let's explore a few of the gems from Robert Duvall.

From the "Talk Too Much studios," let's go.

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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Tim Hudson remembers when he was the young gun in the clubhouse. Now he's the old dude, looking a bit out of place on one of baseball's most promising pitching staffs.

Freddie Freeman couldn’t believe it. As the Atlanta Braves Caravan bus carrying Freeman, Jason Heyward, Rhea County’s Cory Gearrin and new hitting coach Greg Walker drew near the back of the Taco Mac restaurant along Broad Street on Thursday morning, the fans waiting to meet their baseball heroes was at least 100 strong.

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Delfina Rodriguez used to like going snowboarding but couldn’t get the hang of it. In four days last month at Beech Mountain in North Carolina, though, she had an “amazing” time in her delayed return to the sport.

It was a wild year for area trails but a good year for Wild Trails, the local nonprofit that directs money to building and maintaining wilderness path projects through the region.

  • Jan. 26th, 2012  |
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Tony Stewart insisted he wasn't a title contender when NASCAR's championship race began.

Tony Stewart figures he has no need to issue any more verbal jabs in what has become quite a fight for the Cup title.

Clint Bowyer pushed teammate Jeff Burton around and around Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

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