Dear Baseball Fans, Opening Day holds an important place in our hearts. It signifies the arrival of spring, the promise of new beginnings, the return of following your favorite team on a long journey filled with twists and turns, and the hope that your team will put together a magical season you will remember forever. Today is unlike any Opening Day in Major League Baseball’s long history. We need to call on the optimism that is synonymous with Opening Day and the unflinching determination required to navigate an entire baseball season to help us through the challenging situation currently...

Ty Sambrailo of the Tennessee Titans The Titans have agreed to terms on a one-year deal with veteran offensive lineman Ty Sambrailo. Sambrailo, a 6-foot-5, 311-pounder, has five years of NFL experience, with the Broncos and Falcons. He’s played in 57 career games, with 13 starts. Sambrailo, who played collegiately at Colorado State, is expected to bolster the team’s depth while providing competition on the offensive line, primarily at tackle. Sambrailo has worked at left tackle and right tackle during his career, and he’s also lined up at guard. Earlier this month the Titans re-signed Dennis Kelly, who is...

On Tuesday, March 24, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee extended the statewide school closure to April 24, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association(TSSAA) issued a statement to member schools. The statement encourages member schools to extend their moratorium on prep sports until April 24th as well. Both the Coffee County School System and Manchester City School have made it a point of policy to extend any school closures during this emergency to sports practices and games. The TSSAA statement reads: Consistent with the Governor’s statement, and in the interest of the health...

Most of Nashville is sheltered at home due to coronavirus concerns, and the Predators’ pair of catfish are among those participants. These bottom feeders typically reside inside of their habitat in the AT&T Fan Information Center at Bridgestone Arena, but as Nashville Mayor John Cooper’s “Safer at Home” ordinance went into place and the closure of non-essential businesses took effect, it was necessary for the arena to close. A majority of Predators front-office employees had already been working from home with the pause of the NHL season, and on Monday, as personnel became further limited in the arena, the...

On Wednesday, Major League Soccer has extended the team training moratorium through, and including, Friday, April 3. MLS training facilities remain closed to all players and staff with the exception of players requiring medical treatment or rehabilitation, under the direction of the team medical staff, that cannot be performed from the safety of their residence. While MLS players are expected to remain in each club’s respective market, MLS will review individual requests by players to relocate to another market by car, taking into account the totality of a player’s situation. MLS will remain in close contact with the Centers...

After almost 2 weeks of no live local sports in Manchester, Thunder Radio is just as anxious to broadcast sports as you are to hear them. In an effort to alleviate our withdrawal, we will begin broadcasting 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....

by Alan Carpenter of Tomahawk Take The delay in the start of the 2020 season has ramifications that could extend into next year, a scenario that might move the 2021 All-Star game, which is set to be hosted by the Atlanta Braves.The 2020 All-Star Game was scheduled for Tuesday, July 14 in Los Angeles. The city of Atlanta and the Atlanta Braves were already looking toward the next year, where the Midsummer comes to the South for the first time since 2000. The phrase “was scheduled” is intentional. It is still a point of speculation as to what might...

Connor Ingram [Photo by John Russell-NHLI via Getty Images] Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/GM David Poile announced Monday that the team has signed goaltender Connor Ingram to a three-year contract worth $700,000 at the NHL level and $120,000 at the AHL level in 2020-21, $750,000 at the NHL level and $125,000 at the AHL level in 2021-22, and $750,000 in 2022-23. Ingram, 22 (3/31/97), has posted the best statistical season of his professional career with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals in 2019-20, appearing in 33 games and recording a 21-5-5 record. He’s ranked among the AHL’s goaltending leaders in...