Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/GM David Poile announced Monday that the team has signed forward Matt Duchene to a seven-year, $56 million contract through the 2025-26 season. “Our objective this offseason was to bolster our offense, and signing Matt Duchene gives us another dynamic goal-scoring, playmaking center,” Poile said. “We are excited to add his skill and experience to our top-six forwards and look forward to the next seven years of Matt and his family in Smashville. Matt’s love of country music and passion for the city of Nashville make this partnership a perfect fit.” Duchene, 28 (1/16/91),...

Left-hander Joe Palumbo matched a season-high with 10 strikeouts and limited the Dodgers to one unearned run to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 4-3 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers in front of 7,608 fans at First Tennessee Park Monday night. It was Palumbo’s first start at First Tennessee Park. He joined Nashville on the recent road trip after spending most of his season with Double-A Frisco. Palumbo struck out at least one Oklahoma City batter in every inning, including three punchouts in the first and thing frames. Nashville busted the game open with a four-run bottom of...

For one low price, soccer fans in Nashville can see the three biggest soccer matches at Nissan Stadium this year. Nashville SC is offering a Club & Country ticket package that will include a ticket to see the U.S. Men’s National Team take on Jamaica in a CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinal this Wednesday, July 3 at 8 p.m., and tickets to see Nashville SC play twice at its future home in Major League Soccer preview matches on July 27 and October 12. With the package, fans can watch the U.S. National Team try to advance to Gold Cup Final...

Nashville Soccer Club saw its seven-match unbeaten streak come to an end as it lost 1-0 to North Carolina FC at WakeMed Soccer Park. North Carolina FC controlled the pace of play for much of the first half, holding court in the attacking half of the pitch, yet Nashville had the edge in possession. North Carolina’s best chance of the early moments came on a DJ Taylor long-range shot that goalkeeper Connor Sparrow got a finger to and knocked away. Nashville SC had its first big chance of the match in the 17’ minute as Justin Davis made a...

The Nashville Sounds lost to the Oklahoma City Dodgers 13-6 in front of a sellout crowd of 10,326 Sunday night. The Dodgers hit five home runs to highlight their offensive night. The rout started in the first inning when Gavin Lux hit a leadoff homer in the first inning. The Sounds did respond with a run in the bottom half of the inning to have the game tied at 1-1 into the second inning. The Dodgers scored the next 12 runs from innings two through five. Four runs came in the second inning on four hits to put them...

The Oklahoma City Dodgers scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning to pull away from the Nashville Sounds in a 10-7 win in front of a sellout crowd of 11,028 at First Tennessee Park Saturday night. The back-and-forth tilt was even at the start of the eighth. Trouble started when three of the first four batters reached for Oklahoma City against Nashville reliever Miguel Del Pozo. With the bases loaded and one out, Del Pozo balked to give the Dodgers a 6-5 lead. Del Pozo struck out Zach Reks for the second out in the inning...

Pedro Payano tossed five shutout innings and the Nashville Sounds got home runs from Scott Heineman and Patrick Wisdom en route to a 3-1 win over the Memphis Redbirds Friday night at AutoZone Park. The win completed a four-game sweep over the division rival and gave the Sounds a win in the season series, 9-7. It was the first four-game series sweep for the Sounds since sweeping the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in August of 2018. Payano got the start for Nashville and did his part from the jump. The right-hander allowed only three hits and racked up eight...

After scoring 27 runs in their first two wins of their Memphis series, the Nashville Sounds won a low-scoring affair on Thursday night, beating the Memphis Redbirds 3-2 at AutoZone Park to move to 6-2 on their road trip and claim their fourth consecutive win. The Sounds struck first in the second against Genesis Cabrera. With two outs and the bases empty, Scott Heineman singled, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Juremi Profar. After the Redbirds tied the game in the fourth and took the lead in the fifth against starter...