Personalize your outdoor living area
(ARA) Do you know that an outdoor space — a backyard, patio, deck or porch –can be transformed into a personal oasis by design? And you don?t need an enormous budget to turn a ?blah? outdoor space into one that makes you go ?ah!? You do, however, need to approach outdoor living the same as…
Read MorePioneer Youth Football to hold Jamboree Saturday
By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Warren County Pioneer Youth Football League will host a preseason jamboree Saturday at the Bobby Ray Elementary School football field. Youth leagues from Cookeville, Grassland and Nashville will be on hand, joining the local program to play 11 two-quarter scrimmages throughout the day. TSSAA referees…
Read MoreNFL: Titans, mascot won?t be punished for golf cart accident
NASHVILLE (AP) Titans mascot T-Rac, shown signing autographs at the team?s recent Caravan, will not be punished for striking the Saints? Adrian McPherson with a golf cart at last Saturday?s preseason game. The Tennessee Titans will not face sanctions from the NFL after the Titan mascot?s golf cart struck New Orleans quarterback Adrian McPherson and…
Read MoreMickelson, Woods all tied up at PGA Championship
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) PHIL MICKELSON Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson?s rare pairing was living up to the hype in the first round of the PGA Championship. After stumbling with a bogey on the first hole, Woods rebounded with birdies on three of his next five to pull even with Mickelson, who opened with back-to-back birdies.…
Read MoreJudge gives Bonds? trainer option: Testify or go to jail
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) BONDS A federal judge ordered Barry Bonds? personal trainer to testify Thursday before a grand jury investigating whether the slugger lied about using steroids. If Greg Anderson refuses to testify, he will be sent back to prison for contempt of court. Anderson has served time twice in less than a year in…
Read MoreGold & Silver coming down to the wire: Security Federal, McMinnville Lanes tied
By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With only one week left to play in the Gold and Silver league, two teams are tied for the first-place spot. McMinnville Lanes and Security Federal have 45 points each, while Crouch Motors is in third with 38.5 points. Cumberland Lumber has 34, Dr Pepper Bottling…
Read MoreCutcliffe trying to make Vols? QBs perfect in practice
KNOXVILLE (AP) Tennessee?s quarterbacks run plays over and over in practice so they will come as second nature in games. So far offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe hasn?t seen practice make perfect. Cutcliffe, who is entering his first season in his old job since leaving the Volunteers in 1998, has been trying to get the quarterbacks…
Read MoreCooter?s case headed to grand jury
Tennessee reserve quarterback Jim Bob Cooter, suspended from the team after he was arrested for drunken driving, has decided to let his case to the grand jury. Cooter appeared in court Thursday and waived his right to a preliminary hearing. ?We just waived the case to the grand jury and they will consider whether to…
Read MoreBonds? trainer ordered to testify or face jail
A federal judge ordered Barry Bonds? personal trainer to testify Thursday before a grand jury investigating whether the slugger lied about using steroids. If Greg Anderson refuses to testify, he will be sent back to prison for contempt of court. Anderson has served time twice in less than a year in connection with a Bay…
Read More15 years ago:
Jackie Matheny won by a TKO 2 minutes and 46 seconds into the first round, defeating Randy Hutchins to capture the heavyweight crown at the F.O.P. Boxing tournament at the Mcminnville Civic Center.(August 21, 1991)
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