Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, With all the different senior gadgets and gizmos you demonstrate on the Today show, could you give me some tips on where I can find them? I?m looking for some neat Christmas gift ideas for my grandparents who are both in their seventies. ? Practical Pam Dear Pam, Some of…

Swirled Holiday Snowball Cookies Of all the baking I do all year, none is more special than baking batch after batch of festive holiday cookies. I take pride in making picture-pretty cookies for sharing ? using festive, holiday-appropriate colors for decorating both cookies and packaging. And I?ll confess that I also like to take a…

Monday, Dec. 11WCHS freshman basketball, at Lebanon, 6 p.m.7th & 8th grade basketball, Centertownat Irving College, 6 p.m.7th & 8th grade basketball, Dibrell at Morrison, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12Boyd high school basketball,at David Brainered Christian, 5 p.m.5th & 6th grade county tournament at Eastside:Irving College boys vs. Dibrell, 6 p.m.Dibrell girls vs. Eastside, 7:15WCMS…

Minnesota at Detroit, NoonTennessee at Houston, NoonNew England at Miami, NoonOakland at Cincinnati, NoonPhiladelphia at Washington, NoonBaltimore at Kansas City, NoonAtlanta at Tampa Bay, NoonN.Y. Giants at Carolina, NoonIndianapolis at Jacksonville, NoonGreen Bay at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.Seattle at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 3:15 p.m.Denver at San Diego, 3:15 p.m.New Orleans at Dallas,…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) By the time Kentucky finished its border battle with Indiana, Bobby Perry had collected 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 stitches. ?He had a triple-double,? Wildcats coach Tubby Smith joked about his forward, who had to leave late in the game with a gash above his eyebrow. Although the Wildcats and Hoosiers…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Josh Moore finds himself in traffic after pulling down a rebound among a trio of Riverdale players Friday night. With temperatures dipping below freezing outdoors, the Pioneers and their guests from Riverdale got off to an equally cold start Friday night. But as their District 7-AAA…

Duane Sherrill If there?s one thing as changeable as the weather in Tennessee (last Friday 72 degrees, this past Friday 17 degrees), then it?s the transformation bowl teams go through during the month they are waiting to play their bowl. How about LSU over Miami 40-3, or even West Virginia?s win over a powerhouse Georgia…

Allen Iverson is no longer Philadelphia?s headache. Then again, maybe it?s the other way around. Either way, this much is sure: One of the great players in franchise history has likely played his last game for the 76ers. Iverson wants out and Philadelphia will grant his wish. ?It?s just time for him to go his…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Lady Bronco Courtney Hard tries to drive to the basket during third-quarter action, but is cut off by a Lady Eagle defender in Friday night?s district game at Boyd. The final score at Boyd High School Friday night was 75-43, but unfortunately it wasn?t in favor…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Riverdale?s Anne Marie Lanning (30) and Nikki Talley close in on Brittany Frazier after a first-half rebound Friday night. Lanning had 28 points in the Lady Warriors? 83-33 victory. In case any Lady Pioneer fans were unable to make it to Cookeville for Tuesday night?s 52-point…