Tennessee
NASHVILLE, TN - FEBRUARY 14: Ray Emery #30 of the Chicago Blackhawks takes a water break in the third period during his game against the Nashville Predators at the Bridgestone Arena on February 14, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Predators defeated the Blackhawks 3-2.
Connections
Quotes
I texted (Gibbs) the other day. After they lost to (Long Beach State), I told him to keep his head up but when he comes to Tennessee it's going to be another loss
We've had about three games with the ball in our hands with a chance to take the lead (in the fourth quarter) and win this year. You've got the Detroit game at the start of the season, the Chicago Bears game, and (Sunday's game against Tennessee). Last year, we won those games. We finished the game and Free was the fourth-quarter comeback kid. We haven't been able to do that this year.
We clean then up. We give them a new hairstyle. We make them little clothes and blankets. And then they go out to children's homes throughout East Tennessee and throughout the country ... They really look brand new, as if someone had gone into a store and picked them up.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
-
Official: 10 states get No Child Left Behind waiver
President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.The Read more »
-
Dolly Parton plans Nashville water/snow park
(AP) -- Dolly Parton plans a water-snow park in Nashville, described as the first of its kind in the country, to join her other tourist attractions in East Tennessee.The new $50 million venture, announced Thursday on Parton's 66th birthday, is a 114-acre Read more »
-
Parton and Latifah make 'Joyful Noise'
Looked at a certain way, the two stars of the new musical comedy "Joyful Noise" arrived at the movie from utterly different directions. One was raised "dirt poor" in Tennessee , the other in the urban Northeast. One grew up to be a regular at the Grand O Read more »
-
State tourism officials create winter website
(AP) -- The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development has created its winter website, winter.tnvacation.com.The interactive site encourages visitors to experience the holiday season with Elvis Presley . The theme is "Winter With Elvis: Lights, Camera, Read more »
-
Civil rights exhibit opening in Brownsville
(AP) -- A traveling exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of Tennessee sit-ins opens Friday at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville."We Shall Not Be Moved: The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee's Civil Rights Sit-ins" continues throug Read more »
Around the web
-
Deal saves state wildlife commission, gives it a new name
NASHVILLE — A legislative impasse that threatened existence of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission was potentially eliminated Tuesday with House committee approval of a bill that would change the commission's name but not its basic functions. The 54 m ago from KnoxNews Read more »
-
Editorial: Harris, Carson, Underwood are best choices for school board
The 2012 election has officially arrived in Tennessee, with early voting beginning today in the presidential and county primaries. President Barack Obama is unopposed in the Democratic primary. On the GOP side of the ballot, a crowded field includes Rick 4:02 AM from KnoxNews Read more »
-
Former Pearl coach joins TSSAA hall of fame
Coaching at all-black Pearl High School throughout most of the 1960s, James Armstrong had a front-row view of school integration in Nashville, especially in athletics. He was on Pearls coaching staff when the Tigers won the 1966 boys state basketball cha 3:29 AM from The Tennessean Read more »
-
Negative ads likely to hit TN as Super Tuesday nears
As Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich spent weeks savaging each other across the country with thousands of negative TV ads, rival Rick Santorum managed to remain unscathed and found himself soaring on a winning streak. But 3:23 AM from The Tennessean Read more »
-
UT men set for SEC stretch run
KNOXVILLE — Tennessee is playing its best basketball of the season and is poised to close out the regular season on a run. Five of the Volunteers last six games are against teams whose records in the Southeastern Conference are the same as theirs or wors 3:21 AM from The Tennessean Read more »
