Disney is asking companies to pay an exorbitant amount to buy commercial ads for Super Bowl 61, even though the company has already sold out its ad inventory.
According to Variety, Disney, which will be televising the Super Bowl in February 2027, is seeking up to $12 million for a 30-second advertisement. The outlet reported that Disney hopes to use inventory a current advertiser returns to the company and resell it.
President Donald Trump endorsed Tennessee State Rep. Johnny Garrett (R-Goodlettsville) in the race for Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District on Monday.
The Portland Trail Blazers have refused to rehire a broadcaster after firing him for tweets he made as a 15-year-old.
The NBA team hired Braiden Bell as play-by-play announcer on October 1st, but fired him the same day after social media posts he made as a teenager became public.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block Tennessee’s human smuggling law after finding the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a credible threat of prosecution, while declining to rule on the law’s constitutionality.
U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell Jr. dismissed the lawsuit last week without prejudice after concluding the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-17-118, which took effect July 1, 2025.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that he directed state departments last week to suspend enforcement of restrictions on dyed diesel fuel through the end of October, citing the need to provide relief to farmers and foresters during harvest season.
Congress is on the verge of passing major college sports regulations, but it remains to be seen whether it can pass them on time.
The Senate passed the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act (PCSA) 77-22, which seeks to regulate the ever-changing world of college athletics.
A former assistant principal at Stratford High School in Nashville alleged in an interview with WSMV4 that students were placed in fake classes and given manipulated grades in order to help them graduate.
The outlet reported last week that Dr. Howard Jones, who served as an assistant principal and grading principal at Stratford, told WSMV4 Investigates he discovered students enrolled in classes not listed on the school’s master schedule while auditing grades.
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) said the state must investigate the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike and consider changes to its execution procedures after Pike survived two doses of lethal injection drugs Wednesday night.
“Justice wasn’t carried out last night due to an error,” Sexton said in a statement Thursday. “In the coming months, I will work with my Senate counterparts to investigate this failure and past failures to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
The College Football Playoff (CFP) system may be going through another round of expansion.
This week, the College Football Playoff Management Committee (CFPMC) met at the Big Ten headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois, near Chicago, to discuss expanding the playoff system from 12 teams to 24. The CFP is in its third year of a 12-team playoff structure, after running a four-team playoff for 10 years.
Tennessee Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerri Green is courting support from Democratic governors across the country, touting recent meetings and exchanges with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear as she campaigns for governor ahead of the November election.