Major League Soccer announced that as of Wednesday, May 6, players may begin to use outdoor team training fields for individual workouts, in compliance with detailed health and safety protocols that were created in consultation with medical and infectious disease experts.  All individual workouts are voluntary and may not be in conflict with local public health official or government policies. By allowing players, on a voluntary basis, to utilize team-operated fields for individual workouts, MLS clubs will be able to provide a controlled environment that ensures adherence to safety protocols and social distancing measures for players and staff. The...

Doug Roorda during an appearance on Thunder Radio’s Coffee Coaches Show Word spread quickly on Wednesday of the death of Westwood Middle School science teacher and golf coach Doug Roorda. Roorda, who began his teaching career in August of 1988, coached football, basketball and golf during his 32 year career at Westwood Junior High/Westwood Middle School. Thunder Radio sports reached out to some of his present and former teachers and coaching counterparts for their thoughts about Coach Roorda and they are brought to you below. At press time, funeral arrangements for Coach Roorda had not been released. “WMS is...

The Titans have agreed to terms with veteran running back Senorise Perry. Perry (6-0, 210), who entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent of the Bears in 2014, has also played with the Dolphins and Bills. He’s been a solid special teams performer during his career. Perry spent the 2019 season with the Bills, where he played in 11 games. Perry had just three carries for three yards with the Bills, and he also caught a pass for a one-yard gain. In his career, Perry has 11 carries for 33 yards. In his first season with the Bears,...

By Mark Bowman – MLB.com No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun and debate purposes only … if you don’t agree with the order, participate in the Twitter poll to vote for your favorite at this position. Here is Mark Bowman’s ranking of the top 5 left fielders in Braves history. Next week: Center fielders. 1. Rico Carty,...

After six weeks of no live local sports in Manchester, Thunder Radio continues to broadcast encore editions of some our favorite sports broadcasts.  Each Thursday night at 6 PM, we will bring you the repeat of a Hometown Sports Series broadcast of a middle school sports event featuring Westwood Middle School or Coffee County Middle School.   Each Friday night at 6 PM, we will bring you the repeat of a Coffee County Central High School sports broadcast.  Coming up this week we turn back the time machine once again.  On Thursday night at 6 PM, we will bring you...

by Mike Axisa – CBS Sports In mid-March, MLB and the MLBPA had to hit pause on the 2020 season because of the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) threat. Opening Day has been pushed back indefinitely. In the meantime MLB and the union are exploring various plans to hold as long a season as possible.  Among them is a plan that would drop each team into one of three hubs (Arizona, Florida, Texas), as reported by our R.J. Anderson last week. Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports such a plan would involve league-wide realignment, splitting teams into three 10-team divisions. Here are the details:...

by Jim Wyatt, TitansOnline.com The Titans, like the rest of the NFL, are working from a distance this April. Virtual offseason programs started this week, and players are spending a lot of time in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. At least for now, quarantine life is the way of life. On Tuesday, Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill and safety Kevin Byard joined reporters on a Zoom conference call to give an update on what they’ve been up to in recent weeks. And each one was asked what a day looks like for them right now. Here’s what they said:...

Executive Director Bernard Childress and the TSSAA state office staff are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on interscholastic athletics in Tennessee. Due to the ongoing social distancing efforts, the Board of Control’s three-day meeting originally scheduled for June in Murfreesboro has been cancelled. The Board will take into consideration the items from the June agenda at the August meeting. The first day of the June meeting was to be set aside for a classification study session. Instead of a face-to-face meeting, each Board member will be sent the plans they requested to review with the...