Turns out, Usain Bolt can be beaten after all - in a ho-hum second-round heat, when he’s clowning around with the runner next to him and shutting down that effortless stride nearly 40 meters short of the finish.

First comes the news of illness in a dear friend. Then the shock of terminal diagnosis. Then the misery of watching him suffer and weaken by the day. Then the numbing grief of his death.

When I was young, my grandfather took me to a north Alabama pond and showed me how to tie a popper on a fly line and catch fish on a fly rod. Later on, my father took me to trout streams.

NASHVILLE - Defensive tackle Jovan Haye will barely acknowledge that the Tennessee Titans face his former team tonight at LP Field. It’s no big deal, he says.

BasketballWoman says Pitino paid aide to marry her

A background check by city of Knoxville officials failed to prevent a man accused of dealing crack cocaine from being allowed to coach a government-funded inner-city baseball team for young boys, officials acknowledged this week.

SEVIERVILLE - The Tennessee Smokies brought their bats for only the first inning, but their pitching provided enough support for them to squeak out a 3-2 Southern League win over the Jacksonville Suns on Friday night at Smokies Park before a capacity crowd of 6,063.

JEFFERSON CITY - The recurring theme of putting the mistakes of last season behind them was reiterated during media day for Carson-Newman College at Burke-Tarr Stadium on Friday.

Alge Crumpler might look a little heavier these days, but the Titans tight end has never been lighter on his feet.

Buck Coatney’s nervous system crossed its threshold just days before the 2003 Class 3A state championship game.