MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Michael Russell upset third-seeded Lleyton Hewitt of Australia 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Friday in the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships. With the win, the 35-year-old American reached his third career ATP Tour semifinal…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Attention basketball fans: A new professional basketball league is making its debut this year. The Central Basketball Association is scheduled to play its first games on March 1. The CBA will include seven teams, with additional…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Defending champion Kei Nishikori rallied past Russian Mikhail Bogomolov Jr. 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Friday in the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships. The top-seeded Nishikori reached his second semifinal this year, despite trailing 5-0…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's Ariel Massengale is practicing again for the eighth-ranked Lady Vols, but the injured guard's return date remains uncertain. Massengale hasn't played since inadvertently getting hit in the face Jan. 23 in an 89-69 victory over…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis Tigers remember the final 5 minutes of their first game against Connecticut only too well. The Huskies simply didn't miss turning a tie game into an easy win. Now the 20th-ranked Tigers visit No.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Reece Chamberlain scored a career-high 19 points and tied a career-best with six assists as Belmont avoided an upset with a 73-71 victory over Tennessee State Thursday night. An 11-3 run pulled Tennessee State within two…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Shawn Jones scored 17 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked six shots as Middle Tennessee rolled over Tulane 71-44 Thursday night. Kerry Hammonds II had 18 points for Middle Tennessee and Neiko Hunter 13 as the…
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dennis Ogbe scored 18 points and Javon McKay 12 and Tennessee Tech shot 56 percent from the field in downing Eastern Kentucky 72-66 on Thursday night. Tennessee Tech (13-13, 6-5 Ohio Valley Conference) never trailed but…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ed Dyson scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Austin Peay hung on to defeat Eastern Illinois 88-83 Thursday night. Down 80-67, Eastern Illinois hit four 3-pointers in 37 seconds, two by Dylan Chatman, to…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Lleyton Hewitt of Australia beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 1-6, 6-2, 6-0 on Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships. The No. 3 seed leads the career series with…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Rashawn Rembert made 6 of 12 from beyond the arc and finished with 31 points as East Tennessee State knocked off Florida Gulf Coast Thursday night 89-81. ETSU (15-12, 8-6 Atlantic Sun) jumped to a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tyrese Tanner scored on a jumper with 24 seconds left to give Auburn the lead, and Peyton Davis and Kiani Parker both added a pair of free throws as Auburn won at Nashville for the first…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Qualifier Alex Kuznetsov upset eighth-seeded Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) on Thursday to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships. The American, who turned pro in 2004…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis coach Josh Pastner has suspended reserve forward Dominic Woodson indefinitely for cursing during the 20th-ranked Tigers' latest victory. Pastner says has disciplined the freshman before for his foul language and that he will not tolerate…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Sindarius Thornwell scored 19 points and South Carolina broke a five-game losing streak to Vanderbilt with a 65-59 victory Thursday in a game delayed a day by a winter storm. The Gamecocks (9-15, 2-9) have only…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Ed Cantler, who spent more than 40 years at Memphis first as a student and later as an athletic trainer and administrator, has died. He was 61. Ford Canale, the funeral director at Canale Funeral Directors,…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA approved moving the women's basketball Final Four to a Friday-Sunday format beginning in 2017. The Final Four had that format from 1996-2002 before switching to the current Sunday-Tuesday model in 2003. The NCAA also will…
