KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ Bruce Pearl led Tennessee to its winningest season, a brief No. 1 ranking and a regular-season Southeastern Conference title in only his third year at the helm. Let the speculation begin. With coaching vacancies cropping up around the country, Pearl almost certainly will draw some suitors. Pearl, though, seems to want to…

The starting lineup for today’s Goody’s Cool Orange 500, with each driver’s position, car number, name, make and qualifying time: 1. 24. Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 19.666 seconds (96.288 m.p.h.) 2. 11. Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 19.775 3. 8. Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 19.780 4. 6. David Ragan, Ford, 19.814 5. 26. Jamie McMurray, Ford, 19.830 6. 9.…

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) ‘ Jeff Gordon laughs at the notion that sitting 14th in the point standings after five races means he’s off to a slow start, and he showed that he’s doing just fine on Friday by winning the pole at Martinsville Speedway. ‘Yes, turn things around. It has been a terrible year,’ Gordon…

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) ‘ Michael Waltrip gave a less sensational version Saturday of how his team came to be in possession of a part belonging to one of Jack Roush’s teams, saying that what Roush asserted was ‘intellectual espionage’ was merely a mistake. ‘We didn’t know anything about having it until January when they called…

BY Paige Northcutt OK ladies, now is the time to get serious about changing the way your body looks. I know that there are a lot of women out there who think that lifting weights will make them look like ‘She-Ra the Warrior Princess.’ The fact is: Strength training not only shapes the muscle, it…

By Dale Stubblefield Action last week in the Peggy’s Bowlers league saw Tommy Murphy turn in the high series of the day with a 371. Barron Garrett had a 329 and Stanley Maxwell rolled a 304. High game of the day went to Leland Miles with a 112. Donnie Everlith had a 99 and Jacob…

Monday, March 31 Boyd softball, at Cascade, 5 p.m. WCMS soccer, at Franklin Co. South, 5 p.m. varsity; 7 p.m. JV WCMS softball, at home vs. Dekalb Co., 4:30 WCMS baseball, at home vs. Avery Trace, 5 p.m. varsity; 7 p.m. JV WCHS tennis, at home vs. Shelbyville, 4 p.m. WCHS baseball, at home vs.…

By Dale Stubblefield The Boyd High School baseball team continued to have problems at the plate Friday, as it took on Webb High School. The Broncos connected for just two hits against the Feet as Webb defeated Boyd 14-0 at the Edley Newman field. Casey Myers got the start for Boyd working three compete innings,…

By Rob Nunley Almost every day, I’m reminded of just how much times have changed. Now I’m by no means an old man; in fact, some would probably argue my maturity level is sometimes on par with a below-average middle-schooler. But I’m old enough to remember a simpler, safer time right here in our own…

By Lisa Hobbs When it comes to this part of my job ‘ writing about my thoughts on something controversial or something that happened to me lately ‘ sometimes I just don’t know where to start. This is one of those times when I have too much to say and only one column to put…