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SportsMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Coming off one of their best nights of the season, the Memphis Grizzlies return home Saturday to face the Brooklyn Nets at FedExForum, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. Central. For all its success on the road, Memphis has struggled in its…
SportsNEW ORLEANS, La. — The Memphis Grizzlies gave fans back home in Memphis, Tenn., a big night on Friday, turning an NBA Cup rematch into a 142-111 rout of the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center and climbing back into the tournament race. The…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Tennessee leaned on its kicker and its defense Saturday, beating Texas A&M 22-7 at Kyle Field as Cooper Ranvier made five field goals, the most of his career. The Volunteers improved to 8-2 overall and 5-2 in the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Four turnovers and a string of empty trips inside the 20 sent the Gamecocks home to Columbia, South Carolina, with a 34-6 loss at Arkansas on Saturday night. The defeat ended a four-game South Carolina winning streak. South Carolina was missing starting…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Aleksas Bieliauskas set a career high with 23 points Saturday afternoon, and South Carolina pulled away in the second half to beat Gardner-Webb 79-62 at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina. The Gamecocks are 4-0. Bieliauskas supplied all of South Carolina's…
From HERE ClintonCLINTON, S.C. — Clinton's Presbyterian College football team spent Saturday afternoon in Kentucky digging out of a deep hole, and came up one play short. The Blue Hose fell 28-25 at Morehead State after trailing by 18 points at the break. Morehead State put up…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The top-ranked women's basketball team from Columbia, South Carolina, heads up Interstate 26 on Sunday for a matchup of two schools that share the same two-letter nickname. No. 1 South Carolina faces No. 3 Southern Cal in The Real SC event at…
From the HERE City State Desk
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University has narrowed its presidential search to a single candidate, a University of Mississippi administrator who will spend Tuesday on campus meeting faculty, staff, students and community leaders. Steven G. Holley stands alone in the running to follow Sidney A. McPhee, who has led…
From HERE Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville Children's Theatre will stage Elf The Musical JR. for three weekends in December, the first holiday show in the company's new home at World's Fair Park, the theatre announced this week. Performances run Dec. 4 through Dec. 20. Curtain times are 7 p.m. on Thursdays and…
From the HERE City State Desk
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Tennessee's newest Buc-ee's travel center opens its doors at 6 a.m. Central time Monday, Nov. 16, making Murfreesboro the third city in the state with one of the Texas chain's sprawling stores. The store sits at 3355 Elam Road. It covers 74,000 square feet and has 120…
From Merger Monday
For most of the past two years, the question in big deals was whether the money would show up. It did. This week the question changed to who else gets a vote. Start with Covetrus and MWI. A buyout-backed distributor agreed in March to buy its largest rival for $3.5 billion.…
From Merger Monday
Banks running the initial public offering of Anthropic PBC are turning away orders from investors in mainland China and Hong Kong, people familiar with the deal said, as the artificial-intelligence company heads into the final days before pricing what could be the largest listing on record. Several underwriters have refused orders…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee shoppers could stop paying state sales tax on three kitchen staples under a bill House Speaker Cameron Sexton has filed for the coming legislative session. House Bill 6 would carve milk, eggs and bread out of the tax that Tennessee charges on food. Everything else sold…
From the HERE City State Desk
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Anyone putting a vehicle on Tennessee roads for the first time will soon need paperwork showing they are legally in the country before a county clerk can hand over a license plate. The requirement, passed by the General Assembly earlier this year, takes effect Jan. 1, 2027.…
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