On a conference call with reporters back on April 1st, Titans general manager Jon Robinson indicated the team has some interest in free agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. It wasn’t an April Fools’ Day joke. Over two weeks later, however, the former Seahawks and Texans pass rusher remains in the market. On Friday morning, while appearing on a special live episode of the Official Titans Podcast with Voice of the Titans Mike Keith and Amie Wells, Robinson was asked if there’s still a chance the team signs Clowney. “We’ll see,” Robinson said. “Like I said a couple of weeks...

With some unexpected free time on their hands, players, coaches and broadcasters across Major League Baseball are passing the time the same way as many of us — by binge-watching their favorite shows. Whether it’s revisiting a tried-and-true classic or catching up on something that seemingly everyone else has already seen, here are some binge-watching recommendations from players, managers and other club personnel from all 30 big league teams. AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST BLUE JAYS Ben Wagner, broadcaster — Bloodline, Breaking Bad, Billions (and more): “Bloodline has it all! Family drama and power struggles, great hooks, cliffhangers and ‘What the?!’ moments....

Graphic provided Coffee County CHS junior basketball player Bella Vinson announced her verbal commitment to Lipscomb University on Wednesday.  Vinson received her offer from Lipscomb in October and after receiving a scholarship offer from Oklahoma State last week, Vinson had some thinking to do. “I sat down with my family and I knew Lipscomb is where I wanted to be in the first place” said Vinson.  Vinson made her commitment to Lipscomb head coach Lauren Sumski on the telephone Tuesday night.  “She was so excited and all the coaches texted me and some of the players texted me and...

Alexandre Carrier of the Nashville Predators Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/GM David Poile announced today that the team has signed defenseman Alexandre Carrier to a three-year contract worth $700,000 in the NHL or $125,000 in the AHL in 2020-21, $750,000 in the NHL or $175,000 in the AHL in 2021-22, and $750,000 in the NHL or $200,000 in the AHL in 2022-23. Carrier, 23 (10/8/96), was on pace to post the best statistical season of his professional career prior to the AHL’s suspension of play on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In only 55 games in...

Team’s identity has evolved, name has stuck since 1978 inception By Tyler Maun of MiLB.com Nashville Sounds logos thru the years Nashville is the Music City, and what is the Music City without its sound(s)?The Nashville Sounds have been a fixture in Tennessee’s capital city for over four decades, a legacy that dates to the late 1970s in a community hungry for baseball. “The Nashville Vols had played in Nashville for like a hundred years from the Civil War era up through 1963, and then Nashville didn’t have professional baseball for about 15 years,” Sounds vice president of operations Doug...

With Wednesday’s decree from Governor Bill Lee to close schools until the end of the school year, the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association(TSSAA) has officially ended the spring sports season.   After talking to representatives of both the Coffee County School System and the Manchester City School System, both have reluctantly agreed to end the spring sports season.  Each system will issue guidance to summer workouts and fall sports at a later date.  The TSSAA released the following press release on Wednesday afternoon. With the Governor’s announcement of school closure for the remainder of the school year, all remaining TSSAA...

After more than a month 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 celebrate a pair of fall sports broadcasts.  On Thursday night at 6 PM, we will...

New PCA head coach Lebron Ferguson [Photo provided] A former Coffee County head football coach has taken on the task of kick starting a high school football program.  LeBron Ferguson, who was the Red Raider’s head coach in 1995, has accepted the job as the first head coach for the high school program at Providence Christian Academy in Murfreesboro.  Joining Ferguson on the inaugural staff at PCA will be former Red Raider player and assistant coach Blake Finney.  Providence Christian Academy will begin high school football this fall. The school introduced the program’s first coach earlier this month.  The...