MEMPHIS (AP) — A Memphis lawyer has run into trouble with fellow Democrats for handling an election lawsuit for the Republican candidate in a special election for the state Senate. Richard B. Fields, an executive committee member for the Shelby County Democratic Party, is representing Republican Terry Roland as a private attorney challenging Ophelia Ford’s…

By JIM SALTER / Associated Press Writer Earthquake experts agree it’s a matter of when, not if, another major quake strikes along the New Madrid Seismic Zone. In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, two Missouri lawmakers said Wednesday it’s time to get ready. U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Sen. Jim Talent, both…

SEN. BILL FRIST (AP Photo) CHATTANOOGA (AP) — The timing of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s sale of shares in a hospital company founded by his family prompted an ethics complaint, but Republican colleagues said they were standing by the potential 2008 presidential candidate. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint…

By DICK BRINSTER / AP Sports Writer Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin have been racing against each other for more than two decades. And as they prepare to leave the Nextel Cup circuit, they’re going out as a couple of contented warriors of the road. “Personally, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life…

By HAL BOCK / AP Sports Writer Throughout the rich fabric of baseball history, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees keep showing up, their seasons frequently intertwined, their destinies often determined in head-to-head showdowns. From Death Valley in Yankee Stadium to the Green Monster in Fenway Park, a litany of dramatic confrontations often…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Brodie Croyle knows exactly how Alabama quarterbacks are measured: By wins. Big ones. It’s how the senior hopes to be remembered by Crimson Tide fans, not for his injuries or for being the quarterback during the program’s lean times. Leading No. 15 Alabama to an upset of fifth-ranked Florida Saturday would…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium usually is packed with more than 100,000 people on gamedays. Mississippi quarterback Micheal Spurlock is worried about four of them. “What can you not say about their front four?” Spurlock said Wednesday of the 10th-ranked Volunteers’ defensive linemen. “They’re big and explosive guys. We saw LSU put some…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — The 10th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers pulled themselves out of a hole at LSU and in the Southeastern Conference race by rallying to win in overtime. Now coach Phillip Fulmer wants the team to keep climbing, starting this week against Mississippi. The Vols (2-1, 1-1) lost their chance to take control of the East…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair didn’t practice Wednesday because of a sore foot, but coach Jeff Fisher said McNair should be back on the field Thursday. Both McNair and receiver Drew Bennett, who were not listed on the early injury report, sat out practice because of sore feet. Both were added to the…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Billy Volek has heard his name bandied about as a potential replacement quarterback for the New York Jets. He said Wednesday that he is focusing only on his current job as Steve McNair’s backup with the Tennessee Titans. Volek hired agent Drew Rosenhaus about four months ago, and he said that he…