By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Beth Jones, program leader, displays a table runner featuring the Cathedral Window pattern as she shares her creative talents with area homemakers at the FCE Clubs’ craft activity session. Beth Jones, a member of Lucky Homemakers club, shared her creative talents while leading craft…

By DAVE GOLDBERG / AP Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When free agency began more than a decade ago, teams desperate to fill holes overpaid for ordinary players and went nowhere. Thirty-one teams have learned from that, most of them waiting for a player who fits their needs AND their budget. Not Daniel Snyder…

Paige Z. Northcutt / Manager, USA Gym Hello, my name is Paige Z. Northcutt. I am the manager of USA Gym, a complete workout, weight training, and aerobic complex. I am starting a weekly column discussing the different aspects of health and fitness and how they contribute to a person’s overall health and well being.…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Warren County High School tennis teams saw some preseason action Thursday afternoon at the Civic Center courts. The Pioneers and Lady Pioneers took on Cumberland County with both teams falling to Crossville. The boys team fell 3-7 and the girls dropped their match 2-7.For…

By STEVE WILSTEIN / AP Sports Columnist It’s reassuring to know the nation is in such dandy shape that politicians have the leisure to consider the problems of baseball, college football and the Super Bowl halftime show. The world, so deeply troubled not long ago, surely must be a more peaceful place and the economy…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thursday at Warren County High School the Lady Pioneers varsity softball team hit the field for a preseason scrimmage against Sequatchie County. In its first scrimmage of the year Warren County rolled past the Lady Indians 12-2 in eight innings.Erica Warren took the mound for…

By MICHAEL MAROT / AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Karl Benson came to Indianapolis with a full dossier. He’d watched the games, taken the notes, built up the files. He’d pored over computer printouts and debated behind closed doors about some of the best college basketball teams in the country. Still, he wasn’t sure…

By PAUL NEWBERRY / AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Walsh has a chance to get back at the Bluegrass Nation. Walsh and the Florida Gators advanced to the championship game of the Southeastern Conference tournament, blowing out Vanderbilt in the second half for a 91-69 victory Saturday. Anthony Roberson scored a career-high 35…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist It’s time for the NCAA brackets. Time for heartache, second-guessing and, in some rare cases, jubilation as you outwit those other poor slobs.Over the next few weeks, the question “how is your bracket looking” will be asked numerous times. Many will respond they threw their brackets away a week ago.…

MURFREESBORO (AP) — Ashleigh Newman scored 18 points as Shelbyville secured its 12th Class AAA title with a 57-43 win over Craigmont in the TSSAA Girls State tournament Saturday night. Shelbyville (31-5) took the lead for keeps on a Newman jumper at the 3:33 mark of the second period. Craigmont (33-4) had led the Eaglettes…