Patrick MacCoon

1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Patrick MacCoon

Time stood still for 10-year-old Keilani Whisenant of Fairview, Tennessee, as she talked through the netting beside the third-base dugout to her namesake and one of the most dominant pitchers in softball history: University of Oklahoma legend Keilani Ricketts, who is now with the Blaze. After a minute of conversation, with a blue marker in hand, the 33-year-old Ricketts signed an autograph that will be treasured by one of her biggest fans.

2 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Patrick MacCoon

Auckland City Football Club's motivation to succeed while playing in the FIFA Club World Cup will go beyond adding to its reputation as one of the premier amateur soccer teams on the planet. Auckland City players are excited to put the money the club will make during the tournament to good use once they return home to New Zealand. Dylan Manickum is a 32-year-old winger who was the Golden Ball winner in the Navy Blues' record-extending 13th Oceania Football Confederation Champions League title run.

2 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Patrick MacCoon

Chattanooga native Patrick Johnson is preparing for the fifth season of an NFL career that includes playing in Super Bowl LVII, but for the 27-year-old Philadelphia Eagles linebacker, none of his football memories outshine the ones from his days at Notre Dame High School. Now he's set for a sweet homecoming next Friday, June 20, when Johnson will return to his old stomping grounds to host a free youth football camp for ages 8-14.

2 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Patrick MacCoon

Soddy Daisy grad Jake Jackson heads to MIT with dream to ‘better the world’ 4 minutes ago by Patrick MacCoon Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Jake Jackson, who stood out on the baseball diamond as a Soddy Daisy High School senior this spring, will attend one of the country's top universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on a full scholarship provided by QuestBridge. On Dec. 2, 2024, Jake Jackson's life drastically changed.

2 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Patrick MacCoon

Chattanooga hosting Athletes Unlimited softball games this weekend 4 minutes ago by Patrick MacCoon Contributed photo / Kalei Harding, a former Florida State slugger from Murfreesboro, Tenn., will return to her home state to play in an Athletes Unlimited Softball League regular-season series between her Blaze and the Talons this weekend at Frost Stadium in Chattanooga.