By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The junior varsity Lady Pioneer soccer team made it a clean sweep against White County on Tuesday coming away with a 3-1 victory.Lara Kate Haley scored the Lady Pioneers’ first goal with 17:11 left in the first half. White County tied the game at 1-1…

By JIM LITKE / AP Sports Columnist Some people have funny ways of helping out. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the NCAA took a backseat to no one in its efforts to help student-athletes retain some semblance of normalcy. The agency relaxed its “extra-benefit” rules so ballplayers who lost everything could accept money and…

By Murphy Fair / Columnist The move to a new classification of football has been interesting, to say the least, for a number of high school football teams this fall. As schools begin a new four-year classification period, no less than 56 teams are finding themselves playing in a different classification than they competed in…

By DAVE GOLDBERG / AP Football Writer Dennis Green’s last trip to Giants Stadium as a head coach was with Minnesota for the NFC championship game in January 2001. His team fell behind early and lost 41-0 in a game where it barely seemed to be trying. On Sunday, Green’s Cardinals waited until the second…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Warren County Middle football team surrendered several big plays Tuesday night on the way to its third straight loss of the season.Tullahoma’s Chase Morris returned the second-half kickoff for a touchdown, and running back Will Green added two more TDs as the Wildcats downed…

By Rob Nunley / Columnist “Cookeville.”It’s just 10 letters, but use the right intonation around the halls of Warren County High School, and it’s almost like saying a four-letter word.In the five years since I’ve been occupying this desk at your friendly neighborhood sports section, there’s no area team which has caused such frustration by…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s Donovan McNabb was a little reluctant to reach out to Steve McNair to ask for advice on how to handle his chest injury. Turns out, the Titans quarterback was more than happy to offer some rehab recommendations. McNair even made the first call. McNabb suffered a bruised chest in the first…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Jevon Ramsey is forced out of bounds by a trio of White County pursuers during last Friday night’s game. The Pioneers travel tonight to face Cookeville, this year’s favorite to repeat as the Region 3-5A champs. (Dale Stubblefield photo) The Pioneer defense comes into tonight’s…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones might get a chance to avoid joining Kevin Dyson as the last top draft picks not to dress up for their first two NFL games. The sixth pick overall is alternating with Tony Beckham with the first-team defense in preparation for Sunday’s home opener with Baltimore, a…

By TERESA M. WALKER / AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans are using words like perfect, precise, exact and patient to describe how they must play on offense. The reason? The Baltimore Ravens’ defense, especially a secondary, filled with Pro Bowlers and the NFL’s last two Defensive Players of the Year in safety…