That author was Alex Haley, whose love for Knoxville and the East Tennessee region was part of what inspired him to build a home in nearby Norris, where he spent much of his later years.

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Alex Bregman, a constant presence in the American League playoffs for the past decade, is moving on from the Houston Astros — and perhaps providing exactly what the Boston Red Sox have been missing.

He was a World Series champion in 2017 and 2022, but the sign-stealing scandal that dogged the '17 champs – and ensnared Red Sox manager Alex Cora, then Houston’s bench coach – took much of ...

KETCHUM, Idaho—Palantir stock was days away from hitting an all-time high, and the company’s chief executive, Alex Karp, had retreated to his cavernous mountain cabin. Its features neatly ...

The Los Angeles Lakers have their new center. The Lakers struck a deal to sign free agent center Alex Len on Tuesday afternoon, the team announced. Len was initially going to sign with the Pacers ...

Alex Bregman on Wednesday agreed to a three-year, $120 million contract with the Boston Red Sox. The club made the pact official in a press release on Saturday morning, also signaling the end of ...

Scott Boras, Alex Bregman’s agent FORT MYERS, Fla. — Everyone said all the right things Sunday morning at JetBlue Park when the Red Sox finally rolled out their new acquisition, $40 million ...

The Life and Art of Tim O’Brien” is the first literary biography of the novelist best known for “The Things They Carried.” ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Alex Bregman took the field for the first time as a Red Sox Saturday morning at Fenway South. Alongside Trevor Story and others, he took batting practice and took grounders ...

Alex Bregman has made it through his first experience as a free agent. He might be planning another foray after this season. The third baseman agreed on Wednesday to a three-year, $120 million ...

Alex Bregman and the Boston Red Sox agreed to a $120 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The person spoke to the AP on ...