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(Tennessee Smokies) The Tennessee Smokies (12-25) fell behind the Chattanooga Lookouts (22-16) 6-1 after three innings Thursday before scoring 12 straight runs in their 13-7 victory at Smokies Stadium. Chicago Cubs No. 2 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, Brennen Davis and No. 7 prospect Christopher Morel both finished with four …

(Submitted, Tennessee Smokies) The Tennessee Smokies (11-25) were shutout by the Chattanooga Lookouts (22-15) 3-0 at Smokies Stadium Wednesday night. The Smokies bullpen allowed just one run over five combined innings and Chase Strumpf had two of the Smokies six hits in the loss. Wilson Garcia opened the scoring in …

(Submitted, Explore Oak Ridge) The USA Cycling National Pro Road, Crit, Time Trial Championships will be held in Knoxville and Oak Ridge June 17-20. In partnership with Visit Knoxville, The City of Oak Ridge is proud to host the ITT National Championships for the third time. On Thursday, June 17, …

Kaulig Racing will be partnering with Barger Precast at Nashville Superspeedway and Bristol Motor speedway, as AJ Allmendinger will drive the No. 16 Barger Precast Chevrolet at both of the Xfinity Series races in Tennessee this season, starting with this weekend’s race in Nashville. Photo submitted (Kaulig Racing) Barger Precast …

(Smokies PR) The Tennessee Smokies (11-24) dropped their series opener to the Chattanooga Lookouts (21-15), 5-3 Tuesday night at Smokies Stadium. Chattanooga jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first three innings before a dominant effort from the Smokies bullpen allowed them to crawl back in the game. Lorenzo …

(MRN.com) Kyle Larson earned a $1 million paycheck and his second NASCAR All-Star Race victory in three seasons – putting on a racing master class Sunday evening at Texas Motor Speedway. Larson was part of a frenetic three-wide move for the race lead with eight laps remaining – himself and …

(MRN.com) Kyle Busch boosted his NASCAR-record Xfinity Series win total with a 99th career victory in Saturday afternoon‘s Alsco Uniforms 250 at Texas Motor Speedway. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion held off veteran series regular Justin Allgaier by a mere .433 seconds in overtime to earn his second series …

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett has entered into a pair of wagers with his counterparts in Louisiana and North Carolina on two of this weekend’s college baseball Super Regionals. Hargett and Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin have made their friendly wager on the outcome of this weekend’s matchup …

(Submitted, Tennessee Smokies) The Tennessee Smokies (10-21) fell to the Rocket City Trash Pandas (16-16) 6-4 at Smokies Stadium Thursday night. RHP Peyton Remy pitched 5.2 innings in his Smokies Stadium debut and the Smokies led after seven innings before a Torii Hunter Jr. home run in the ninth secured …

(MRN.com) The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race is Sunday, and the Fan Vote is still going strong for the big event at Texas Motor Speedway. Voting will be open until today at noon ET, so here‘s a roundup of the top five drivers. The top vote-getters, in alphabetical order: …