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Mayor of Chattanooga is seeking $20.8 million for new Lookouts stadium           By Owen Kennedy CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE (mocsnews.com)- Mayor of Chattanooga Tim Kelly has a recent proposal of $20.8 million dollars of in state money for a new multi-use stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts primarily. This would be a big upgrade for the Chattanooga Lookouts to …

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — David Jean-Baptiste dribbled into the front court and launched a long, game-winning 3—pointer over three defenders to lift Chattanooga to a 64-63 overtime win over Furman in the Southern Conference championship game Monday night, claiming the automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Click here to see …

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Malachi Smith had 25 points and 11 rebounds as Chattanooga rolled past Wofford 79-56 in the semifinals of the Southern Conference tournament on Sunday. Darius Banks had 17 points for Chattanooga (26-7). David Jean-Baptiste added 14 points. Silvio De Sousa had 12 points. Click here to …

By John Coleman The red-hot Chattanooga Mocs are looking to stay hot as they’re playing in the SoCon tournament set for March 3rd-7th in Asheville, North Carolina.  The Mocs finished last season in 4th place in the SoCon conference with an overall record of (18-8) and coach Lamont Paris knew …

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Grant Ledford had a career-high 25 points as Chattanooga topped East Tennessee State 83-77 on Wednesday night. That secures UTC winning the Southern Conference regular season title.Ledford made 7 of 10 3-pointers. Malachi Smith added 20 points and nine rebounds for the Mocs (23-7, 13-4 …

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Darius Banks scored a season-high 24 points as Chattanooga defeated Furman 64-58 on Saturday. Malachi Smith added 20 points for the Mocs. Smith also had nine rebounds and seven assists.David Jean-Baptiste, who was second on the Mocs in scoring coming into the contest with 15 points …

By AL LESAR Associated PressKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Zakai Zeigler came off the bench to score 16 points and No. 19 Tennessee weathered a furious second-half rally, beating Vanderbilt 73-64 on Saturday night.The Volunteers (18-6, 9-3 Southeastern Conference) ,led by as many as 16 points early in the second half. …

By John Coleman BEJING (mocnews.com) Beijing’s Winter Olympics have felt the effect of COVID-19. Competitions leading up to the Olympics were cancelled, training sites shut down and curlers forced into isolation. One thing the curlers have missed out on is their social culture                                                                                                                                                  Celebrations such as this from the 2018 …

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl has agreed to a contract extension to remain on the Plains.Athletic director Allen Greene announced in a video on social media along with Pearl on Friday night that “we locked him up,” beneath the words “for life.” The 61-year-old Pearl led the …

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Malachi Smith had 18 points and seven rebounds as Chattanooga topped Wofford 71-60 on Wednesday night. David Jean-Baptiste had 13 points for Chattanooga (17-4, 7-1 Southern Conference), which earned its fourth straight victory. Darius Banks added 12 points. A.J. Caldwell had six rebounds.Wofford totaled 23 first-half …