How to see Phillip Fulmer, David Cutcliffe, Watson Brown speak before 2023 SEC media days
With SEC Football Media Days coming to Nashville July 17, local sports media personality George Plaster will shift the focus of his speakers series to college football.
The panel will include former Tennessee coach and athletics director Phillip Fulmer; former Duke and Ole Miss coach David Cutcliffe, who was a longtime UT assistant; former Vanderbilt coach Watson Brown and longtime college football reporter Tony Barnhart.
It will take place July 16 at 5 p.m. at Ford Ice Center Bellevue and the public is invited to attend at no charge.
"We'll get into football scheduling because it's obvious the SEC is just going to keep delaying it because they can't agree on anything," Plaster said. "The transfer portal and NIL will obviously be in there, but also discussion of what does it take to win a national title? Fulmer and Cutcliffe have both experienced it and that's one of the advantages to having them."
Cutcliffe was hired in March as a special assistant to the SEC commissioner for football relations.
Barnhart is close to releasing a new book which he will talk about.
Plaster and Brown, who also coached at Rice, Cincinnati, UAB, Austin Peay and Tennessee Tech, host a daily podcast 2-4 p.m. from Ford Ice Center.
This will be the third installment in the speakers series Plaster started in April with Predators general manager Barry Trotz. The second installement was with Vanderbilt athletics director Candice Storey Lee.
"This one's going to be different obviously because it's going to have more guests," Plaster said. "And this is such a high-profile deal I think we're going to have a packed crowd."
There will be an opportunity for those in attendance to ask questions.
Anyone interested in attending should reserve a spot by emailing Plaster at plastergeorge@gmail.com.
5-year-old Logan Curran wins NASCAR Youth Series race at Indianapolis
Five-year-old Logan Curran from Murfreesboro won the Nationals Red Rookie Quarter Midget division of the NASCAR Youth Series at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last Saturday.
Curran started third in the field of 20 and quickly jumped into the lead. He remained there until the checkered flag in the 20-lap race.
It was Curan's second national event. He finished fourth after leading several laps at Talladega earlier this year.
Curran, who will start kindergarten in the fall, made an appearance and signed autographs at Nashville Superspeedway during the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 in June.
His next race is the Dixie Shootout July 15 at Music City Speedway in Heritage.
Jackson Boone makes it three in a row at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway
Franklin's Jackson Boone claimed his third consecutive win Sunday night at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in the featured pro late model division.
Boone started on the pole but was in third place late in the race. He overcame Lebanon's Dawson Sutton with 20 laps to go and finally took the lead from Gladeville's Hunter Wright, who had been in front for more than 90 laps, near the end.
Boone, who won the 2019 championship, also won May 13 and June 10. Wright, who maintained his lead in the points standings, won April 15.
Boone also ran in the North/South Super Late Model Challenge at the fairgrounds that night and was in the lead with eight laps to go before his radiator hose started to leak. That took him out of contention. Jake Garcia, who competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, went on to win the race co-sanctioned by the ASA Southern Super Series and ASA/CRA Super Series.
Pogue, Kirtley and Schabert going into sports writers hall of fame
Former Nashville Banner sports writer and Daily News Journal sports editor Greg Pogue and longtime local sports information directors Brad Kirtley and Rob Schabert will be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame on July 13 at Cumberland University.
Pogue started in 1980 at The Daily News in his hometown of Bowling Green, Kentucky. After joining the Nashville Banner, he served as the prep editor, Vanderbilt beat writer and columnist before becoming the initial beat writer for the Tennessee Oilers/Titans.
Pogue has a sports talk radio show on WNSR 560-AM/95.9-FM and is the voice of Tennessee State athletics.
Kirtley left a career at the Southeast Missourian, his hometown newspaper, to go to work at Austin Peay in 1984 where he remained until he retired in 2016.
Schabert spent 35 years at Tennessee Tech serving in many roles, including official statistician, record keeper, emcee, radio broadcaster and camera operator. He also retired in 2016.
Belmont's Evan Bradds will coach Utah Jazz NBA summer league team
Former Belmont standout forward Evan Bradds (2014-17) will serve as head coach of the Utah Jazz during the NBA Summer League.
Bradds, a two-time Ohio Valley Conference player of the year, will coach Utah during games played in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.
The Ohio native just completed his first season with the Jazz as a member of Will Hardy's coaching staff.
Bradds had been with the Boston Celtics' organization since 2017, which included a trip to the 2022 NBA Finals. He began as an assistant with Boston's G League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws, before earning a position on Brad Stevens' coaching staff.
Music City Grand Prix single day tickets on sale
Single day tickets for all three days of the third annual Big Machine Music City Grand Prix are now on sale.
The downtown festival features an IndyCar race on Aug. 6 along with several other series races leading up to it. The other series include Indy NXT, GT America, GR Cup, Trans Am TA2 and Stadium Super Trucks.
Several concerts are included in the ticket package with performances by Flo Rida, Brian Kelly of Florida-Georgia Line, Chris Janson, Vince Neil of Motley Crue, Gavin DeGraw and Jay DeMarcus (former Rascal Flatts member), and Consumed By Fire.
General admission tickets range from $41 to $122.
To purchase tickets call 615-270-8705, visit musiccitygp.com.tickets or email tickets@musiccitygp.com.
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