WIMBLEDON, England (AP) ? After years of holding out against equal prize money, Wimbledon bowed to public pressure Thursday and agreed to pay women players as much as the men at the world?s most prestigious tennis tournament. The All England Club announced at a news conference that it had decided to fall into line with…

Babe Ruth baseball sign-ups Final registration for boys? 13- to 15-year-old Babe Ruth baseball will be Saturday, Feb. 24, from 9-3. Sign-ups will be held at the Civic Center. For more information contact Jeff McGee at 668-4976 or Carl Bouldin at 668-9339. YMU Basketball Classic The sixth annual Young Men United Basketball Classic will be…

Boyd Christian?s Courtney Hard fires the ball across the infield after scooping up a grounder at shortstop during practice earlier this week. A rash of illnesses has kept the Lady Broncos from having a full complement of players at some of their practice sessions, but the team is busily preparing for its March 19 season…

LAS VEGAS (AP) ? More than $81,000 in cash belonging to Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam ?Pacman? Jones was seized by police, who say the money sparked a weekend melee and a triple shooting at a strip club. Jones was showering more than 40 strippers onstage early Monday with cash ?intended as a visual effect,? according…

(AP) ? Some of NASCAR?s biggest stars left Daytona International Speedway in big holes. Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch and Matt Kenseth ? the past five Cup series champions ? wrecked in the season opener and finished well back in the points race. Fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. had similar results. This weekend, the…

By ROB NUNLEY The McMinnville-based Tennessee Mud Racing Organization takes its show on the road this weekend, presenting professional mud racing Saturday night in Murfreesboro. A total of $8,000 in prize money will be up for grabs in three professional classes, with drivers from all over Tennessee, as well as 21 other states, competing side-by-side…

By Rob Nunley A couple of weeks back, I relayed Detroit hurler Todd Jones? tongue-in-cheek comments about our own Jamie ?Cat? Walker, which were recently published in Sports Illustrated. In case you missed it, Jones was asked about Walker?s $12 million deal with the Orioles, and jokingly remarked: ?$12 million is a lot of money,…

By ROB NUNLEY Roth Nunley winds up, while first baseman Mitchell McCorkle waits to make a play. Plenty of work has been done during the off-season around the Warren County Middle School baseball diamond. Most notably, lights have been added to Pioneer Park, allowing the squad to play night games for the first time since…

By Gene Lyons Some years ago, I accepted a magazine assignment to write about the Texas Prison Rodeo. Never having set foot inside a penitentiary, I asked a friend who’d been a prison warden in two Southern states for advice. After we talked for a bit, my friend leaned back, put his boots up on…