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Rossville Braves, Rossville Storm, Rock Spring TABU win Dizzy Dean District 1 titles
A pair of Rossville teams collected Dizzy Dean District 1 championships on the diamond on Sunday afternoon. At Boynton, the Rossville Braves completed a 3-0 weekend by blanking the Whitfield County...
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LaFayette native P.J. Shields shot rounds of 66 and 66 to win the 77th Annual Chicken Dinner Golf Tournament on Sunday. (Messenger photo/Scott Herpst)
P.J. Shields goes wire-to-wire to win first Chicken Dinner title
LAFAYETTE — Four years ago, LaFayette’s P.J. Shields shot 10-under par at the Chicken Dinner Golf Tournament, and had to settle for the runner-up spot to highly-decorated amateur David Noll, Jr., w...
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Lanter, Barnes lift Tennessee soccer stars to sweep of Georgia
Boosted by a record-tying performance and a record-setting performance, Tennessee ruled the soccer pitch at Chattanooga's Finley Stadium on Saturday afternoon with a sweep of the Stump on Sports Te...
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Strong field expected for 77th Annual Chicken Dinner Tournament
One of the Southeast’s oldest golf tournaments will begin on Saturday with the playing of the 77th Annual Chicken Dinner Golf Tournament at the LaFayette Golf Course. Two-time and defending champi...
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Dixie Youth, Dizzy Dean baseball and softball district tournaments to begin this weekend
A number of clubs from Catoosa and Walker Counties will take the field this weekend as District tournament play begins for Dixie Youth and Dizzy Dean baseball and softball teams. The Chickamauga Re...
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Cole, Jones leaving, Bramblett joining GNTC Lady Bobcats
One Adairsville High alum is leaving the Georgia Northwestern Lady Bobcat basketball program, but another ex-Lady Tiger is set to take her place. After two standout seasons at GNTC, sophomore stan...
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Player and now a coach, Stinson set to lead Georgia girls in All-Star Soccer Classic
Back in 2004, Whitney Brown was less than two months removed from playing her final soccer match for LaFayette High School when she was invited to participate in the inaugural Stump on Sports Tenne...
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Georgia cagers stun Tennessee in overtime
CHATTANOOGA - Five of the previous 10 Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Boys' Basketball Classics have been barnburners decided by five points or less. However, what happened on Tuesday night may have to...
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11th Annual All-Star Basketball Classic tips off Tuesday night
by Scott Herpst
Jun 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 54 54 recommendations | email to a friend
Recent graduates from the Class of 2013 will hit the hardwood at Chattanooga’s Notre Dame High School on Tuesday night for the 11th Annual Stump On Sports Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Basketball Clas...
Kimbrell scheduled to play in GACA North/South Softball Classic in Rome
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Jun 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
For the third straight year, the cream of the crop of Georgia’s top high school softball players come to Rome to display their skills on the diamond this week when Shorter University plays host to ...
Late field goal lifts Tennessee over Georgia in 10th Annual All-Star Football Classic
by Scott Herpst
Jun 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 53 53 recommendations | email to a friend
CHATTANOOGA - Team Tennessee dominated the first half and Team Georgia controlled most of the second half. However, the boys from the Volunteer State were able to get a leg up when they needed it ...
Ogletree, Li win Evitt Foundation RTC Junior All-Star at WindStone
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Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend
RINGGOLD - In the final round of the Evitt Foundation RTC Junior All-Star, Andy Ogletree (Little Rock, Miss.) made eight birdies, including all of the par-5s, and finished with a 5-under-par 66 for...
Team Georgia banking on team chemistry
by Scott Herpst
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
For the previous nine years, the players representing Team Tennessee and Team Georgia in the Stump on Sports All-Star Football Classic have taken the field against each other after just one week of...
Three-way tie for Boys' Division lead after Day 2 at WindStone
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Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
First-round leader Harrison Corbin of Inman, S.C. has some company atop the leaderboard after the second round of the Evitt Foundation RTC Junior All-Star at WindStone. Corbin shares the Boys' Div...
Corbin, Mastubara lead after first round at WindStone
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Jun 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 53 53 recommendations | email to a friend
Harrison Corbin of Inman, S.C., shot a 4-under-par 67 and leads the Boys' Division after the first round of the Evitt Foundation RTC Junior All-Star at WindStone Golf Club in Ringgold. Kaho Monica ...
Benford, Cooper headline Stump On Sports All-Star Football Classic 10th-Anniversary Team
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Jun 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 53 53 recommendations | email to a friend
The Stump On Sports Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Football Classic has presented many standout performances since the inaugural event at Ridgeland High in 2004, which drew nearly 5,000 fans. Since th...
Heat force Game 7 with 103-100 OT win over Spurs

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9) and Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) collide during the second half of Game 6 of their NBA Finals basketball series, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)MIAMI (AP) — When LeBron James' greatness almost wasn't good enough, officials began preparing for a San Antonio celebration.


2013-06-19 03:41:44 -0400
Mum's the word on Hossa amid NHL's injury culture

Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in Boston, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The Blackhawks trail the Boston Bruins 2-1 in the best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup Finals. Game 4 is scheduled for Wednesday in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)BOSTON (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville didn't want to talk about the injury that forced him to scratch forward Marian Hossa from the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins.


2013-06-19 03:44:32 -0400
Pitcher safety against liners still issue for MLB

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Jose Lobaton, left, and left fielder Kelly Johnson, center, rush in to assist starting pitcher Alex Cobb as Cobb grabs his head and lies on the pitcher's mound after being hit by a line drive by Kansas City Royals' Eric Hosmer during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 15, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)Cleveland Indians reliever Vinnie Pestano has a recurring dream. A batter hits a line drive right back up the middle and it's screaming toward his head.


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