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MiLB: Affiliation Changes Could Keep Blue Wahoos in Spotlight; Return Lookouts to Mix

The 2019 Southern League baseball season is less than 100 days away. With the exception of coaching staffs and roster announcements, news could be a little slow during the final 100 days before the season kicks off. The biggest news entering the season is with the affiliation changes of the Chattanooga Lookouts and Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Both teams swapped their affiliations with Pensacola picking up the Minnesota Twins and Chattanooga picking up the Cincinnati Reds. The two teams seasons couldn't have been any different as the Blue Wahoos competed in the playoffs for the second straight season while the Lookouts failed to defend their 2017 co-championship finishing last in the North Division for the first time since 2013. Koelle:  Chattanooga Lookouts Looking to Avoid First Last Place Finish Since 2013 The change of affiliations could make for an interesting 2019 season for both teams and could see the two battle for the Southern League Championship at the end of the season.

College Football: The Walk-Off Sports Report Top-25 / Pre-Bowls

The 2018 College Football regular season came to a close on Saturday (Dec. 1st) as the Alabama Crimson Tide, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, UCF Golden Knights, and others locked up their conference titles. On Sunday (Dec. 2nd), the CFP released their final four with Alabama, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Clemson taking those four spots. Here is The Walk-Off Sports Report Top-25 - pre-bowls edition. The Walk-Off Sports Report Top-25 with Record Alabama: 13-0 Clemson: 13-0 Notre Dame: 12-0 Oklahoma: 12-1 UCF: 12-0 Ohio State: 12-1 Michigan: 10-2 Georgia: 11-2 Washington: 10-3 Florida: 9-3 Washington State: 10:2 LSU: 9-3 Penn State: 9-3 Utah: 9-4 Kentucky: 9-3 West Virginia: 8-3 Texas: 9-4 Fresno State: 11-2 Army: 9-2 Missippi State: 8-4 Missouri: 8-4 Syracuse: 9-3 Northwestern: 8-5 Boise State: 10-3 Iowa State: 8-4 Notables Alabama defeated Georgia in SEC Championship Game to Lock No. 1 Clemson cut it close multiple times during the season but w

WWE: WWE Announces Tennessee/Alabama January Tour

WWE will be making a southern trip through the states of Alabama and Tennessee mid-way through January. WWE will be headed to Johnson City, TN, Knoxville, TN, Huntsville, AL, Memphis, TN, Chattanooga, TN, and Birmingham, AL during the week of January 12th through January 15th. The January 14th edition of Monday Night RAW will take place at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee while the January 15th edition of Smackdown Live will take place in the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. In between those events will be filled with live events starting with a Smackdown Live event on January 12th in the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan, A.J. Styles, and others are listed to appear but as noted, card subject to change. On the same date, a RAW live event will take place in the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. Knox News  reported last Thursday (Nov. 29th) that WWE's return to Knoxville will be highlighted by a check present

WWE: Monday Night RAW Preview - December 3rd, 2018

WWE Monday Night RAW hails from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas tonight. Only five episodes of RAW remains in 2018 and two remain before the annual WWE TLC PPV takes place on Sunday, December 16th. Last week's episode of RAW ended with "General Manager-Elect" Baron Corbin continuing to show his stronghold over the RAW roster with alongside Drew McIntyre as the combo defeated Finn Balor. Confirmed Matches and Promos Tonight, Corbin is closing in on officially becoming the RAW General Manager and he will continue to remove those who get in his way alongside McIntyre and Bobby Lashley. Last week, the combination completely rolled through Elias and Finn Balor, who will be the next victims to feel the wrath of the powerful combination. Corbin will also continue to poke a stick at Braun Strowman, the superstar he is supposed to face at the TLC PPV on December 16th. The only issue with that is after surgery on his arm, Strowman remains not medically cleared to comp