“Upset” beams like a klieg light all around this game.
South Carolina has been shaky against the run, permitting 169.8 yards per game. The Gamecocks’ turnover margin (-5) is down there in Vandy’s neck of the woods (-7). They don’t get off the field well — opponents convert 48.5 percent of third downs against them, the [...]

There are 656 reasons why Vanderbilt should be infinitely motivated for its SEC home opener with South Carolina Saturday — and none of them are valid.
The Gamecocks rolled up 656 yards of total offense in their 46-14 destruction of the Commodores last season in Columbia, S.C. The memory still sickens senior linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer [...]

Belmont University’s Board of Trustees has called a special meeting today to vote on a proposed $8 million student dorm facility that would be constructed parallel to the new 830-space parking garage on campus.
The 200-bed dorm could realistically open next fall with the Curb Events Center if construction starts Oct. 22 as currently recommended.
It would [...]

Teacher’s union president Harry McMackin is alarmed at the financial resources being put into the public relations arm of the Metro Schools administration.
In a recent issue of The Slate, the Metro Nashville Education Association’s newsletter, McMackin writes the “public relations machine” is operating with “more resources than have ever been seen in Nashville.”
McMackin, who is [...]

The Honeymooners ranks as perhaps the most unexpected success story in television history. The show began as a two-minute sketch included in the 1951 show Cavalcade of Stars, then evolved into a full-time segment in various Jackie Gleason shows in 1952 and 1953. But the shows most people remember fondly were the 39 half-hour episodes [...]

Community Health Systems Inc. is negotiating to grow its portfolio of rural hospitals by purchasing seven West Tennessee facilities from Methodist Healthcare in Memphis.
The acquisition would be a first for Brentwood-based Community Health, which has, for the most part, made previous acquisitions one at a time.
“We like communities where we are the sole provider,” said [...]