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Throw a flag on NCAA

Sports talk shows should start celebrating right now. The NCAA has just made a move to adjust the video replay system in college football. In a move reminiscent of ongoing tweaks to the Bowl Championship Series formula, a change designed to fix one thing will only create a new set of problems. More

Timing of pension hike questionable

Must be nice to give yourself a pension increase. And right before you take a vacation. Sweet. More

NPT show takes nostalgic look at high school

Whether it was a happy or sad time, many people never forget their years in high school. More

Cox picks up where she left off

Brittany Cox

Long-time assistant named Lipscomb coach

Mike McPherson, who has been an assistant for 11 years, has been named the new boys basketball coach at David Lipscomb. More

Growing pains are relief to VU coaches

A pensive expression broke across the face of Derek Johnson this week when he was asked to analyze the state of the Vanderbilt bullpen. More

Fletcher to resign as Lipscomb baseball coach today

Wynn Fletcher will not return as baseball coach at Lipscomb University, the school is expected to announce today. More

Sounds hang on to down Cubs

Led by blistering-hot Tony Gwynn, the Nashville Sounds received contributions from their entire lineup and downed the Iowa Cubs 6-5 in front of 2,580 fans at Greer Stadium. More

McNair wins right to practice at facility

Steve McNair won the right to resume working out at Baptist Sports Park Wednesday when arbitrator John Feerick ruled for the quarterback in his grievance hearing against the Tennessee Titans. More

Chaffin lives dream as NASCAR

Chad Chaffin is in his first season as a full-time Nextel Cup driver, but after 12 events he

Jackets fit MBA alum Fisher

If ever a baseball player seemed destined to wear the gold and black of Vanderbilt, it was Michael Fisher. More

Lawmakers feud over Jefferson Street

One Nashville lawmaker is blaming another for a local spending project to aid Jefferson Street being left out of the state budget. More

No water rate increase may cost customers anyway

Mayor Bill Purcell was emphatic last month when he began crafting his proposed city budget for the upcoming fiscal year that he would not give Metro Water Services the go-ahead for a rate increase this year, despite indications from the department that it wished to do so. More

L-P, Titans could strike Coliseum naming rights agreement

Officials with Louisiana-Pacific Corp. and the Tennessee Titans could soon announce a naming rights agreement for the Coliseum. More

Local News Briefs

King of Clubs case sent to grand jury Metro Parks More

Former govs

Former governors Don Sundquist and Ned McWherter, the widows of two former state executives, as well as the wives of two lawmakers all benefited from a recent pension hike bill passed in the state Legislature. More

Rochelle vows to keep his hand off income tax button

Calling his now-infamous push for a state income tax a

Chaffin lives dream as NASCAR

Chad Chaffin is in his first season as a full-time Nextel Cup driver, but after 12 events he

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Arts listings

Art & Invention Gallery presents SCENT: An Art Experiment The Tennessee Art League presents Central South Art Exhibition Plowhaus Artists More