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Predators expect captain Roman Josi back for camp despite health diagnosis

By The Associated Press

June 20, 2025

Nashville captain Roman Josi is expected at training camp after the Predators said the defenseman was diagnosed with postural tachycardia syndrome or POTS late last season.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Predators, Roman Josi

Will visa delays and border fears keep international fans away from the Club World Cup in the US?

By The Associated Press

June 12, 2025

As the United States readies for the FIFA Club World Cup, concern over such things as travel, fan safety and even economic uncertainty threaten to diminish enthusiasm for the tournament. Geodis Park is set to host three Club World Cup matches.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: FIFA, Geodis Park, Soccer

Fisk University women’s gymnastics team, the first at an HBCU, to stop competing after 2026

By The Associated Press

June 11, 2025

Fisk University’s bold experiment in women’s gymnastics is coming to an end. Fisk made history in 2023 when it became the first historically Black college or university to launch a women’s artistic gymnastics team.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Fisk Gymnastics, Fisk University, HBCU

Nashville grows from ‘not a soccer city’ to hosting Club World Cup matches

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

June 10, 2025

Soccer fans in Music City once numbered so few that someone could recognize a car’s driver by the bumper sticker. Soccer has grown by leaps and bounds from the immigrants who played at a park decades ago through semi-pro ball to teams drawing only a diehard fans.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Club World Cup, Geodis Park, Soccer

Titans coach Brian Callahan trying to temper expectations for rookie QB Cam Ward

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

May 31, 2025

Tennessee coach Brian Callahan is doing his best to temper expectations that rookie Cam Ward will be the Titans’ starting quarterback this upcoming season. The Titans still have the offseason to complete, not to mention training camp and the preseason before opening the season Sept. 7 at Denver.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Cam Ward, Tennessee Titans

The Titans hope top NFL draft pick Cam Ward can lead them back to winning

By Terry McCormick, AP

April 24, 2025

The Tennessee Titans are placing their bets, yet again, on picking a first-round quarterback. Third time’s the charm?

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: NFL, NFL Draft, Tennessee Titans, Titans

The NCAA settles lawsuit with Tennessee and Virginia over compensation rules for recruits

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

February 2, 2025

This settles the antitrust lawsuit filed exactly a year ago by the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia challenging the NCAA’s ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, college sports, Name Image and Likeness, NCAA, NIL, Sports

UT basketball is on the rise: Men grab No. 1 in AP Top 25, and women reenter rankings after a rare absence.

By John Marshall, APandDoug Feinberg, AP

December 9, 2024

The men’s team received 58 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday to reach No. 1 for the first time since the 2018-19 season. And the women have returned to the Associated Press Top 25 at No. 19, ending the school’s longest drought in the 48-year history of the poll.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Associated Press, basketball, University of Tennessee, Women's Basketball

Vandy QB Diego Pavia now waits as federal judge takes injunction request under advisement

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

December 6, 2024

The Vanderbilt quarterback is seeking to play at least another season while his lawsuit against the NCAA plays out in court. U.S. District Judge William Campbell asked attorneys how quickly they could be ready for trial and asked about the upcoming transfer portal, which opens Monday.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: college sports, football, Vanderbilt University

Titans are off to their worst start since 2015 and looking for answers with a 1st-year coach

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

October 29, 2024

Coach Brian Callahan said Monday he knows the Titans have no proof to show for how they are working. He says there’s no “sugar-coating” with Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk. Callahan says the NFL is a results business and the Titans are 1-6.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, football, NFL, Sports, Tennessee Titans, Titans

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