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Patrick MacCoon @PMacCoon

Times Free Press sports writer timesfreepress.com/news/spor…. Blessed to do something I love for a living.

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Patrick MacCoon@PMacCoon
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Baylor School grad Nick Kurtz earns his place in baseball folklore | Chattanooga Times Free Press timesfreepress.com/news/2025…

Baylor School grad Nick Kurtz earns his place in baseball folklore | Chattanooga Times Free Press

In a dreamlike moment late Friday night at Houston's Daikin Park, Jeff Kurtz experienced a feeling like none he'd ever had before.

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David Raya on Spain’s goalkeeper battle. “I try to help the team as much as possible and to achieve a star. So I leave the debate to all of you. I am trying my best so that it becomes very difficult to choose on Monday.” Raya has won 3 Premier League Golden Gloves in a row.
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Spanish national team keeper David Raya set to speak to media in Chattanooga. The Arsenal keeper is ranked as the No. 2 keeper in the world by Sports Illustrated. Spain is less than 48 hours from its FIFA World Cup opener in Atlanta.
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Mercedes-Benz bordered by a larger than life ad of Lamine Yamal. Spain has one more training session in Chattanooga tomorrow morning before heading down to Atlanta for its World Cup opener
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Chattanooga Christian hires Roy Heintz to lead girls’ basketball team | Chattanooga Times Free Press timesfreepress.com/news/2026…

Chattanooga Christian hires Roy Heintz to lead girls’ basketball team | Chattanooga Times Free Press

Roy Heintz, hired this week as head coach for girls' basketball at Chattanooga Christian, comes to the role with a wide range of experience. And plenty of it.

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Lamine Yamal netting one in Chattanooga. Spain’s left-footed wonderkid is ready to take flight in his first World Cup.
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World Cup media center for the Spanish national team. Blessed to be one of two local journalists to be credentialed for every training session.
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Marc Cucurella tying his boots, unlike Gavi, while Pedri doused himself with water ahead of Friday’s training in Chattanooga. Spain is less than 72 hours away from its World Cup opener against Cape Verde.
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Lamine Yamal and the Spanish national football team pics from Friday morning training at Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Lamine Yamal moving well at training camp this morning in Chattanooga Spain is loose and ready to go for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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The Spanish national team takes to the Baylor soccer field for training on Friday morning ahead of their World Cup opener in Atlanta against Cape Verde on Monday. Lamine Yamal, Luis de la Fuente and Cucurella ready for weekend training for the World Cup favorites.
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Lamine Yamal casually winning a game of Gotcha in the Baylor tennis center turned into the Spain national team’s activation center. Give Yamal a ball and he will ball 🏀🗑️⚽️🥅
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City of Atlanta, GA
@CityofAtlanta
Jun 11
We're #1! Thank you, USA TODAY, for ranking Mercedes-Benz Stadium as the top FIFA World Cup 2026™ venue. Atlanta is ready to welcome the world and showcase the energy, passion, and hospitality that make our city unmatched! #FIFAREADY
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Where Spain will take on Cape Verde on Monday in the first FIFA World Cup game to be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
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The Chattanooga home of La Roja. Pretty cool to be covering a World Cup team and a favorite at that in the Spanish national team.
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Jun 11
Downtown Atlanta, Georgia! 😆🇲🇽 You can’t beat the World Cup!
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✔️Lamine Yamal s'entraîne avec le groupe. Il a complété la séance de la Roja sans problème avec ses coéquipiers. La bonne surprise c’est que Nico Williams était aussi de la partie. 🇪🇸 l’Espagne démarre sa CDM le lundi 15 juin face au Cap-Vert.
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Lamine Yamal at the Fort O Walmart. This can’t be real life. Dude is bigger than any superstar that we have seen in this area.
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Jun 11
🚨 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗭𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧: Lamine Yamal is worth more than 27 national teams from the World Cup combined.
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Chattanooga coaches react to TSSAA adding shot clock: ‘It’s about time’ | Chattanooga Times Free Press timesfreepress.com/news/2026…

Chattanooga coaches react to TSSAA adding shot clock: ‘It’s about time’ | Chattanooga Times Free...

The shot clock will be implemented into TSSAA basketball games starting next season.

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Baseball Performances
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Nick Kurtz has blossomed into a Top 5 hitter in the game 🔥 .436 OBP | 15 HR | 49 RBI | .972 OPS All 15 of Kurtz’s bombs this season:
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