The U.S. men’s national soccer team will play Canada on Sept. 5 at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium in a World Cup qualifying game.
Author: Mike Organ, Nashville Tennessean
Bubba Wallace more determined than ever to bring greater diversity to NASCAR
Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black fulltime driver, says the sport has made progress in terms of addressing social issues, but more is needed.
Jim Weatherly, former Ole Miss QB and famed ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ singer-songwriter, dies at 77
Jim Weatherly, the former Ole Miss quarterback and famed singer-songwriter who wrote “Midnight Train to Georgia,” died Wednesday. He was 77.
Vanderbilt men’s basketball great Terry Compton dies at 67 after battling COVID-19
Terry Compton, an All-SEC performer for Vanderbilt in the early 1970s, died Sunday at 67 after battling COVID-19.
Former XFL executive Erik Moses becomes first Black president of a NASCAR track
Erik Moses, the first Black man to be named president of a NASCAR track, will head up the effort to bring a NASCAR Cup Series race to Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville group hoping to bring MLB to town applies for logo trademark
Music City Baseball applied for a trademark on the same logo used by the Nashville Stars Negro Leagues team.
9-year-old boy catches 80-pound sturgeon in Tennessee
Coye Price, who weighs 55 pounds, needed almost 15 minutes to get the huge fish into the boat.
Nashville-area small business owners ready to return to work
Small business owners in Middle Tennessee are ready to go back to work after having to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Bristol Motor Speedway iRace may be most difficult for NASCAR drivers
Sunday’s NASCAR iRacing event at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway will be a challenge for drivers because of the close quarters.
Former Vanderbilt football coach and Steelers defensive coordinator Woody Widenhofer dies at 77
Woody Widenhofer was Vanderbilt’s head football coach from1997-2001. With the Steelers, he helped build Pittsburgh’s legendary Steel Curtain Defense.