Titans' value reaches 10 digits

Forbes' annual ranking of NFL team values has the Titans moving up a spot from last year and becoming the 20th team to reach the $1 billion mark. (The 19th team was the Seahawks, who slipped a bit this past year.)
Sep 3, 2009 3:24 PM
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Nashville at law: Veteran restaurateur goes bankrupt

Former Mere Bulles and Princeton's owner tripped up by $13.9M in debts, facing fraud lawsuit [From our print edition featured in Monday's City Paper]
Aug 30, 2009 10:37 PM

VU football one of the best values around

So says online ticket marketplace StubHub, which ranks Vanderbilt third in its list of "great teams that also offer great bargains."
Aug 26, 2009 11:22 AM

LP Field still in World Cup running

Nashville's riverfront is one of 32 sites that have made the latest cut in the U.S. Soccer Federation's bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. Three regional rivals — Neyland Stadium, Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati and Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville — were eliminated from the process.
Aug 20, 2009 12:58 PM
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Wrestling venture sticks to Spike

Cummins Station-based TNA Entertainment has extended its TV deal with Spike by three years through October 2012.
Aug 18, 2009 6:53 AM

NHL, Leipold charge Balsillie with playing on dirty ice

Testimony: Former Predators suitor tried to manipulate city officials in order to move team out of Nashville
Aug 6, 2009 1:46 PM

Sports talk station goes quiet

Nashville ESPN Radio affiliate 106.7 The Fan ended its run this morning after four and a half years, with officials running promos advertising a format switch Thursday. One of the biggest local players affected is MTSU's athletic department, whose boss is crossing his fingers he can find a new partner before opening day.
Jul 29, 2009 4:42 PM

Diamond on board with Minnesota agency

Former Titans President Jeff Diamond is helping a young Minnesota sports agent build a company that takes a 'holistic approach to representation. Also in the mix is the actor who played Steve Urkel.
"I think it's going to be a lot of fun," Diamond said. "I would say the team he's put together has some great potential. ... We're just kind of wide-open going in and we'll see how it unfolds. I think it will be a different experience. I'm sure some of my friends around the NFL will think it's interesting for me being involved."
Jul 22, 2009 8:01 AM
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Schmittou strikes in the 'Nati

Nashville entrepreneur Larry Schmittou has agreed to buy a famed Cincinnati bowling alley.
Jul 20, 2009 8:15 AM

Preds exec picked for Team USA

Gerry Helper, the NHL team's VP of communications and development, has been selected to help USA Hockey before and during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next winter.
“Things like the Olympics don’t come around too often,” Helper said. “So I view this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Jun 29, 2009 2:56 PM