FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) ‘ Vince Young might have been better off staying home again. After being benched for Tennessee’s exhibition opener for spending the previous night at his house instead of the team hotel, Young was sacked four times Friday night. He also was tackled just short of the goal line on his final play…

Making the 9- and 10-year-old all tournament team this year were, front row, from left, Holden Baker, Bradley Stewart, Corey Richardson, Will Sweeton, Travis Smart, Nick Tilton and Wesley Parkhurst. Back row, Jett Urtubees, Glen Llewellyn, Christian Wilkinson, Reed Tucker Garrison, Dustin Hale, John Roller, Micah Martin, Dylan Tubb, Dylan Bond and Kirkland Sauer. Not…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ‘ It’s up to Michael Vick now. His last two co-defendants pleaded guilty Friday and implicated Vick in bankrolling gambling on dogfights. One of them said the Atlanta Falcons quarterback helped drown or hang dogs that didn’t do well. With his NFL career in jeopardy and a superseding indictment adding more charges…

KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ Denarius Moore is getting some attention as Tennessee’s depth chart in the passing game comes into focus after the loss of the team’s top three receivers last season. ‘He’s an unbelievable talent,’ coach Phillip Fulmer said after practice Thursday. The 6-1 freshman out of Tatum, Texas, has been joining his counterparts in…

NEW YORK (AP) ‘ After a season of chasing, Southern California is again the team being chased. And that’s just the way coach Pete Carroll and the Trojans like it. For the third time in the past four years, USC begins the college football season No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25. ‘It’s exactly…

By Jim Mullen Heard anything about that new Harry Potter book? Oh yeah, I forgot, that’s all we’ve heard about for three months. Quick, name another book published in the last three months. Whoops, times up, we all lose. Roughly 8.5 million copies of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” were sold in the first…

NEW YORK (AP) ‘ Stocks soared Friday after the Federal Reserve did what Wall Street was clamoring for and cut its key discount rate a half percentage point. The move quelled investors’ credit worries at least for the time being and sent the Dow Jones industrials up about 230 points. The Fed ‘ which had…

There’s a new hair salon in Plaza Shopping Center called Head to Toe Salon and Spa. It’s operated by Linda Martin, left, and Melanie Mix. Linda has been cutting hair for 23 years, while Melanie brings 12 years of experience to the business. It’s located in the back portion of the shopping center near Southern…

Many people would assume a product called a ‘scratch remover’ would remove all scratches from a car’s paint. But after testing seven do-it-yourself scratch removers, Consumer Reports found they have their limits. All can remove very light scratches and imperfections, such as swirl marks, hazing or oxidation. Swirl marks are the light, often circular scratches…