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SportsPORTLAND, Ore. — Two of the NBA's unbeaten teams meet Thursday night when the Memphis Grizzlies, 4-0, visit the Portland Trail Blazers, 3-0, at the Moda Center, and the matchup carries extra weight in Memphis because of the guard wearing the other jersey. It is…
SportsMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Homecoming weekend at the University of Memphis lands on Halloween this year, and the Tigers will spend the night trying to slow one of the country's most stubborn ground games. Memphis hosts Army on Saturday, Oct. 31, with kickoff set for 7…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Gamecocks junior Joyce Edwards is one of 20 players on the preseason watch list for the 2027 Cheryl Miller Award, which goes to the best small forward in Division I women’s basketball. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina freshman Amelia Harris has been named the Southeastern Conference women’s golf Freshman of the Week for the second time this fall, the league announced on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The Gamecocks, based in Columbia, have now collected three of the weekly…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskATHENS, Ga. — Georgia men’s basketball tips off its season Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum against North Carolina Central, the first step in a push for a third NCAA Tournament bid in a row. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Coach Mike White enters…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
Education
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fans planning to show up to Friday night high school football in Memphis dressed for Halloween will have to change first. Memphis-Shelby County Schools says costumes and masks are banned at every district game on Friday, Oct. 30. The district put out the rule Thursday, a day…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee would count roughly 120,000 more students as economically disadvantaged, and send more money to the districts that teach them, under a change recommended this week by the committee that reviews the state school funding formula. Members of the TISA Review Committee signed off Wednesday on the…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's private school voucher program has grown to about 35,000 students this school year, and new records show the awards are bunched in a small number of mostly affluent communities while large parts of the state see few or none. The General Assembly approved 35,000 Education Freedom…
From the HERE City State Desk
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority is in discussions with the Trump administration over how a $120 billion South Korean pledge for American nuclear power will be spent, and Tennessee is on the short list of states that could land one of the new reactors. TVA chief executive Mike…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has entered the race to host the new U.S. Space Academy, with Gov. Bill Lee proposing to build the national training campus on industrial land in Coffee County. Lee announced the bid Wednesday. The academy was created by a presidential executive order in August to prepare…
From the HERE City National Desk
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Alphabet shares were down about 11% before the opening bell Thursday after the Google parent fell short of Wall Street forecasts on both sales and profit for the first time in nearly four years and reported that its massive artificial intelligence buildout pushed free cash flow…
Politics
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thursday is the final chance for Memphis and Shelby County voters to cast an early ballot before the Nov. 3 election, and turnout so far is running well ahead of the last midterm. More than 140,000 people had voted early in Shelby County through Wednesday, according to…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With Election Day set for Tuesday, Nov. 3, the 4 percent state sales tax on food has become one of the clearest dividing lines among the people asking Tennessee voters to make them governor. Every major candidate now says some version of yes to ending the tax,…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — Five days before Election Day, Alaska's tight U.S. Senate race is now the subject of both a state investigation and an expanded federal court fight over a little-known candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan. Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, said Wednesday night…
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