By Roger Cook What is the most important activity of your life? This is a question that we all should ask ourselves? A Sunday night or two ago, after being at church services, I turn on the playoffs of one of the football leagues. To give you a good idea of the sort of sports…

The staff of the Upper Cumberland Development District Area Agency on Aging and Disability will be at the Warren County Senior Center Friday, Feb. 8 at 10 a.m. to offer information regarding the Companions for Recovery Program. Individuals who are interested in becoming a paid sitter by learning skills in basic health care are invited…

By Tim Dahlberg PHOENIX (AP) ‘ Before we go any further, let’s get this out of the way: Bruce Svare not only owns season tickets for the New York Giants but has a cousin who played for the team during its glory days. The most treasured item in his office is a football signed by…

Jaycee tournament scores from Bobby Ray, as provided by league scorekeepers: Boys 10-11 Debbie’s Hair Design 25, Quality Mold 21 DH 12 4 6 3 ‘ 25 QM 4 2 7 8 ‘ 21 DH: Robbie Farnsworth 2, Malik Ladet 6, Jacob Dodd 2, Bryson Lewis 7, Tyrus Keel 2, Tyler Cantrell 2, Hector Carlin…

PHOENIX (AP) ‘ 23-17. Just 17 points for the potent Patriots. A certain MVP quarterback thinks that’s a Super-sized diss. Tom Brady scoffed when told Wednesday that New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress guaranteed New York will beat Brady’s undefeated New England team in Sunday’s Super Bowl. ‘We’re only going to score 17 points’? Brady…

Free youth basketball league The Warren County High School basketball staff holds a 5- to 7-year-old instructional league on Saturday mornings throughout the season at the Dalton Gym. The free league offers age-appropriate fundamental instruction to children about the basic rules and skills of basketball. The league will play each Saturday from 8:30 to 10:30…

KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ Tennessee guard Anthony Parker faces disciplinary action following his weekend arrest on a charge of disorderly conduct. Coach Phillip Fulmer said in a statement Wednesday that Parker will be subjected to morning runs, curfew, community service, police ride-alongs and other punishments. ‘I have watched Anthony Parker mature and grow as a young…

KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ Colorado Rockies star Todd Helton told Tennessee pitcher Aaron Everett it was OK to continue wearing Helton’s old jersey number, but Everett politely declined. Helton’s No. 3 has been permanently retired by Tennessee ‘ the first baseball number so enshrined by the Volunteers. More than 1,300 people, including family, friends and former…

MURFREESBORO (AP) ‘ A Tennessee judge dismissed misdemeanor charges against suspended NFL player Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones on Thursday, agreeing with a prosecutor that the Titans cornerback has been punished enough with his legal trouble over the past year. Jones knows his behavior outside a Murfreesboro nightclub on the night of his August 2006 arrest was…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native James Nuton Elkins, Sr., 82, was born Dec. 4, 1925 and died Jan. 29 at Alive Hospice in Nashville following an extended illness. A forklift driver at Burroughs-Ross-Colville. a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late James Franklin…