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Vandy Gets Past The Tribe

Sheldon Jeter scored a career-high 14 points to lead Vanderbilt past William & Mary 64-50 Wednesday night at Memorial Gym. Kedren Johnson and Rod Odom added 12 points apiece. Vanderbilt (6-6) will open Southeastern Conference play against Kentucky on Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. CT  at Memorial...

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Top Sports Stories Of 2012

After going 12 years without a visit to the Spring Fling the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team finished 3rd in the state of Tennessee. The ladies had a record of 33 wins and 13 losses. Hollee Sadler as sophomore golfer earned her way to the TSSAA state golf tournament. Sadler finished 21st overall Tori Taylor came in 8th place in the discus in TSSAA state track and field meet in Murfreesboro. Chelsea Howell set a state record for the most homeruns in one state softball tournament. Howell hit 3 round trippers. Chase Jones after several district and region...

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College Football Hall of Fame Will Locate In Atlanta

Groundbreaking for the new College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta will be January 28 and the museum is scheduled to open in the fall of 2014. The National Football Foundation, which runs the Hall of Fame, made the announcement Monday. The new site is in the Centennial Olympic Park area downtown near the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center. The College Football Hall of Fame was located in South Bend, Indiana, near the campus of Notre Dame, for 17 years. It closed Sunday. The new Hall of Fame has a price tag of $66.5 million, with the 94,256-square-feet...

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Best Vanderbilt Season Since 1915

Jordan Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score as the Vanderbilt Commodores capped their best season in nearly a century Monday by beating North Carolina State 38-24 in the Music City Bowl. The Commodores finished 9-4 for their best record since going 9-1 in 1915. Vanderbilt forced a season-high five turnovers, including four in the first half, and turned those into 17...

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Munchak Will Remain As Titans Head Coach

Titans head coach Mike Munchak will be back for the 2013 season, but there will be changes in the front office. Titans owner Bud Adams said Munchak “is the right guy to get the job done” but the team’s senior executive vice president and former general manager Mike Reinfeldt was fired. Munchak is 15-17 in two seasons as head...

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Raiders Win Over Hume-Fogg

Coffee Co. boys picked up a win in basketball on Friday as they defeated Hume-Fogg 44-40 in the Central Magnet Classic in Murfreesboro. The brother combination of Lance and Lucas Crismond scored 15 each. Head Coach Scott Givins who got the win over his brother in the game said he was proud of the boys for effort in the win. He said Addison Carter, Lake Elam and Anthony Jackson played big in the win. Coffee County (5-9) in boys play and (6-9) in girls on the season plays its first district game Friday at Warren...

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Butler Beats Vandy In Basketball

18th-ranked Butler Bulldogs shook off a sluggish start and routed Vanderbilt 68-49 Saturday night for their seventh straight victory. Kyle Fuller led Vanderbilt with 10 points. Kedren Johnson finished with nine, well below his average of 17.8 points and didn’t score until nearly three minutes into the second half. Vandy will host William & Mary Wednesday night at...

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Tennessee Wins Final Game Of The Year

Tennessee became the first team in NFL history with two players scoring twice on returns in a game as the Titans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 38-20 Sunday in their season finale. Darius Reynaud scored on two punt returns and rookie linebacker Zach Brown returned two interceptions for touchdowns. The Titans (6-10) finished by winning two of their final three games, which may be enough for owner Bud Adams to keep coach Mike Munchak with two years left on his...

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