The 2021 SEC Media Days continued on Tuesday, as first-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel, senior defensive back Alontae Taylor and senior wide receiver Velus Jones Jr. take the stage at the Hyatt Regency Wynfrey Hotel. Tennessee’s representatives spent the day visiting with members of the local, regional and national media to preview the upcoming season. Taylor, a former standout for the Coffee County Central Red Raiders, was very active at media days as one of Tennessee’s defensive leaders. See full coverage from national and regional media, including video clips by clicking...

Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today the team’s six-game 2021 preseason schedule, beginning with a doubleheader on the road against the Florida Panthers on Sept. 26. The Preds will play a home-and-home against the Tampa Bay Lightning before taking on the Carolina Hurricanes twice to close out their preseason slate. After no preseason games were played prior to the start of the 2020-21 NHL season, this will mark the ninth time in the last 10 training camps that the Predators and Panthers will play a split-squad doubleheader. Nashville will then face off against the...

Tennessee Titans football can be heard live on Thunder Radio all season long – presented by realtor Charlie Gonzales, Weichert Realtors Joe Orr & Associates. In camp (7): RB Derrick Henry, RB Darrynton Evans, RB Brian Hill, RB Jeremy McNichols, RB Mekhi Sargent, RB-FB Khari Blasingame, FB Tory Carter. Offseason developments: After being named NFL Offensive Player of the Year in February, Henry went back to work. His superhuman offseason workout videos once again went viral, and when he showed up at the team’s minicamp he looked fit and ready to go. Back in March, the Titans signed veteran Brian Hill, formerly of the Falcons. Darrynton Evans worked...

Coffee County Central High School’s volleyball team will be hosting a playday on Thursday, July 22 at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium with 12 teams scheduled to participate. For anyone wanting to catch a glimpse of the Lady Raider volleyball team, Coffee County is scheduled to play at 9 a.m. 10:30 a.m., noon and 4:30 p.m. The CHS volleyball team is coming off a historic run in 2020, when the Lady Raiders finished one win shy of the state...

Keri Munn Another week and yet another postseason award has been bestowed upon a Coffee County Lady Raider softball player. Former Lady Raider pitcher Keri Munn has been named to the 2021 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American Third Team as a pitcher. This is just the latest in a long list of postseason honors for Munn, who was named TNSCA Miss Softball, was selected to play in the TNSCA All-Star Game, nominated as Tennessean Softball Player of the Year and was named to the TSWA All-State team, among other awards. Munn was 27-4 in the circle for Coffee County...

Thunder Radio is taking its community-leading sports coverage and making it even better. The station announced that it has added three young, aspiring sports broadcasters to its team to expand sports coverage in the upcoming school year. “We take great pride in providing the best sports coverage, not only in our community, but in any community of comparable size in the country. We want the absolute best for our student-athletes, our ball teams and our community,” said Josh Peterson, co-owner of Thunder Radio and sports director. Thunder Radio announced that Jaxon Vaughn, Elizabeth Brown and Luke Beachboard have all...

The Coffee County Central Lady Raider softball team took care of business in a summer scrimmage Wednesday in Manchester, dropping Riverdale 8-2 in Manchester. After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning, the Lady Raiders pulled away with 2 runs in the third, 3 in the fourth, 1 in the sixth and 2 in the seventh. Kaitlyn Davis, Channah Gannon and Paisley Campbell all had RBIs at the plate. A stable of Lady Raider pitchers got to work in the circle. Samantha Cothran tossed a perfect inning and Savannah Cooper and Channah Gannon teamed up to work three scoreless...

Trailing the first place Mets by 4 games and 1 game below .500 for the season, the Atlanta Braves return to the diamond on Friday, July 16 hoping to be better in the second half and make a playoff push. Granted that will be difficult without Ronald Acuna Jr., who suffered a season-ending ACL tear last week, and no hope for Mike Soroka to return this season after a second achilles injury. The Braves play the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend, beginning with a 6:20 first pitch Friday. Catch the Braves live on Thunder Radio at 107.9 FM,...