Had the Braves’ rotation not been fractured over the past few weeks, Sean Newcomb may have already been moved back to the bullpen. But with limited options, the Braves are left hoping Newcomb extends the progress he showed in the Braves’ 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday night at Truist Park. The lefty still hasn’t completed five innings through any of his first three starts, but he’s steadily moved closer toward reaching that modest benchmark. “I obviously want to go out and go more than five [innings] and have a better start, but there’s definitely been progress,” Newcomb said....

Viktor Arvidsson scored the lone goal for the Predators on Wednesday afternoon, and the Arizona Coyotes earned a 4-1 win in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead in their Stanley Cup Qualifier with Nashville.  The result means Friday’s Game 4 is a must-win for the Preds in the best-of-five scenario. In the postseason, all that matters is the result. Predators Head Coach John Hynes has preached throughout the series that the best-of-five set is just that – an up-and-down, back-and-forth battle. That’s what makes Wednesday’s score tough to accept.  The Predators did just about everything but find the...

The Red Raider and Lady Raider golf teams both dropped matches to Cookeville and Upperman Tuesday. But individual scores did improve for many of the Coffee County golfers from their opening match last week. The Raider boys shot a 390 – led by Logan Hale, who carded an 86. Blake Perry was close behind with a 92, Zack Tidwell shot 102 and David O’Connor finished with a 110. Cookeville won the boys match with an impressive 301. Meanwhile, the Lady Raider golfers finished just 9 strokes behind Upperman for third place, shooting a 216. Cookeville won the match with...

In a game you heard on Thunder Radio, Max Fried looked like a frontline starter and Austin Riley drilled one of the three homers the Braves tallied while turning the page with a 10-1 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night at Truist Park. Distancing themselves from the blow suffered when ace Mike Soroka sustained a season-ending injury on Monday night, the Braves saw Fried allow four hits and one run over six strong innings. The southpaw received an early lead when Matt Adams and Tyler Flowers hit solo homers against Matt Shoemaker in the second inning. Fried has posted a 2.04 ERA through...

In a game you heard on Thunder Radio, The Nashville Predators opened up a 4-0 lead on the Arizona Coyotes and claimed a 4-2 victory in Game 2 to even their best-of-five series at 1-1. The Preds will have fewer than 24 hours to relish their Tuesday afternoon victory, as they’ll be right back on the ice for Game 3 on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. CT (Watch: FOX Sports Tennessee, NHL Network; Listen: 102.5 The Game).  After surrendering three goals in the opening period in Game 1, the Predators stressed a better start in Game 2, and they got...

Freddie Freeman heard Mike Soroka yell in pain and then looked to see the young hurler on the ground. A short time later, Freeman and his Braves teammates learned they will spend the remainder of this season without their ace. Soroka tore his right Achilles tendon in the third inning of a 7-2 loss to the Mets at Truist Park on Monday. His absence damages the World Series hopes of the Braves, who now have a gaping void within a rotation that already had a few holes. “To sum it up, this night just sucks,” Freeman said. Quite frankly, there wasn’t...

The Coffee County Central High School golf team will return to the course Tuesday for their second outing of the young 2020 season. Coffee County will travel to take on Cookeville at 1 p.m. in non-district competition. The Red Raiders opened the season with a seventh place finish last week, while the Lady Raiders finished second out of three teams in the Tullahoma...