This monster walleye was caught by Terry Pennington at Great Falls and measured 28 inches long. The Tennessee State Trophy catch weighed in at over nine pounds.

NEW YORK (AP) ‘ Andy Pettitte heard the cheers when he jogged out to the mound to warm up for his first start after a rocky offseason. He tried to give the Yankee Stadium crowd another solid performance. The rest of the day just didn’t go as planned. Jonny Gomes homered and drove in four…

ATLANTA (AP) ‘ Tom Glavine’s first game against the New York Mets since his return to Atlanta will have to wait. The Braves shuffled their rotation on Saturday, moving John Smoltz to Sunday’s game against Johan Santana and the Mets. Braves manager Bobby Cox said the switch was made so Smoltz, who opened the season…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ‘ Candice Wiggins, Candace Parker, Maya Moore, and Sylvia Fowles have led their teams to the Final Four with All-America performances in the NCAA tournament. For Stanford, Tennessee, Connecticut and LSU, winning the national championship could come down to which team’s role players best complement its star. ‘I think if you’re not…

The lineup for today’s Sprint Cup Samsung 500, with each driver’s position, car number, name, make and qualifying time: 1. 88. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 28.286 seconds (190.907 m.p.h.) 2. 99. Carl Edwards, Ford, 28.498 3. 18. Kyle Busch, Toyota, 28.561 4. 12. Ryan Newman, Dodge, 28.565 5. 48. Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 28.606 6. 44.…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ‘ NASCAR Sprint Cup rookie Michael McDowell walked away virtually unscathed from a horrific tumbling crash during qualifying Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. McDowell was going into the first turn of his second lap when his No. 00 Toyota got loose, then slammed almost headfirst into the SAFER (Steel and Foam…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ‘ After all the laps Kyle Busch has led in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this season, he finally led the only one that ever really matters. Busch won at Texas Motor Speedway in dominating fashion Saturday, leading 126 of the 200 laps and finishing more than a second ahead of Jeff…

Church league meeting The Warren County Church League will hold the final organizational meeting at Ben Lomand on North Chancery St. Monday, April 21, at 6 p.m. Churches wanting to have a team in the 2008 season MUST have someone at this meeting.The league will start in the middle of May, and will be played…

KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ A little more than halfway through spring practice, Tennessee’s defense is looking like the unit coach Phillip Fulmer wants in the fall. But the offense is still looking like the squad that was inconsistent last season. DeAngelo Willingham had a pair of interceptions and Dennis Rogan picked off another and returned it…

By Dale Stubblefield Scramble results from the Collins River Golf Course last week saw the team of Jasper Adkins, Richard Copeland, Ashley Freeze and Charles Boatman card a score of 7 -under par to take first place in Wednesday’s scramble. Charles Talley, Gay Smith, Ronnie Phillips and Hubert King took second place with a round…