On Tuesday night, TMF and Kirby Real Estate reached the finals of the winners bracket in the girls? 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch tournament. TMF defeated Cumberland Molded Products 14-13 and Kirby Real Estate rolled past Mason and Mears Properties 26-7. Mason and Mears slipped past Walker Sod Farm 23-22 in the first game of the…

(AP) NASCAR has made significant safety strides since the death of Dale Earnhardt, and many drivers credit recent innovations for an improved safety record: No deaths and few serious injuries in NASCAR?s top three series in the past five years. But after watching his drivers get wrecked at high-speed tracks three times this season ?…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard After taking a last Tuesday off due to the holiday, the Gold and Silver Bowling league got back into action this week. Security Federal ended the day with 33 points, which was good enough for first place. Crouch Motors and McMinnville Lanes had 29 points each.…

NASHVILLE (AP) PATRICK A fellow IRL driver says Danica Patrick has what it takes to succeed if she switches to the paint-swapping world of NASCAR and she?s plenty aggressive in open-wheel racing when it?s ?the right time of the month.? Ed Carpenter, who trails Patrick by four slots in the IRL IndyCar Series? points race,…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Custom Granite Cubs? Connor Moore slides into third as Nick Stern of the McMinnville Ford Braves tries to handle a throw. The Custom Granite Cubs achieved perfection yet again Tuesday night. After rolling through an undefeated season and tournament last summer in the 7- and…

Tennessee reserve quarterback Jim Bob Cooter?s preliminary hearing on a drunken driving charge has been postponed until Aug. 17. Coach Phillip Fulmer indefinitely suspended Cooter from the team after his arrest by campus police on June 3. Cooter, who turned 22 on July 3, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, police say. He is…

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro has developed a severe case of laminitis, a potentially fatal disease caused by uneven weight distribution in the limbs, and his veterinarian called his chances for survival ?a long shot.? Dean Richardson, the chief surgeon who has been treating Barbaro since the colt suffered catastrophic injuries in…

PLA-DE-BERET, Spain (AP) LANDIS American Floyd Landis took the race leader?s yellow jersey on Thursday on the Tour de France?s hardest stage in the Pyrenees, which was won by Russian Denis Menchov. Landis took the lead from France?s Cyril Dessel, confirming himself as the favorite to succeed seven-time champion Lance Armstrong, his former teammate. Landis,…

Photo provided Russ Moran caught this mess of fish last week, while fishing out of Horseshoe Bend Marina. Moran?s large fish of the day was a 42-1/2 inch, 18-1/2 pound Muskie. The walleye averaged between 4 and 5-1/2 pounds.

Warren County Senior High School baseball player Tim Frye signed a letter of intent to play baseball for Jackson State Community College as a pitcher.(July 14, 1991)