Yearly Archives: 2018

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Nashville notes

Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockKacey Musgraves‘ 2018 album, Golden Hour, has been named Apple Music’s Album of the Year. The CMA Songwriters Series has revealed its London performance schedule for the C2C: Country To Country Festival on March 7, 2019. Jimmie Allen, Cam, Ross

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Country star trivia

Comstock/ThinkstockOn this day in 1956, the Million Dollar Quartet was born when a country star and Elvis Presley dropped in on Carl Perkins‘ recording session at Sun Studios in Memphis, which included Jerry Lee Lewis on piano. Can you name the country

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Scoreboard roundup — 12/3/18

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores for Monday’s sports events:NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONOklahoma City 110, Detroit 83Denver 106, Toronto 103Washington 110, NY Knicks 107Golden State 128, Atlanta 111Cleveland 99, Brooklyn 97L.A. Clippers 129, New Orleans 126Minnesota 103,

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Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockReba McEntire, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn have extended their Las Vegas residency into 2019. The new dates for the fourth year of “Reba, Brooks & Dunn: Together in Vegas” marks the longest-running country residency in Sin City. Tickets for

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Two Razorbacks earn All-SEC honors

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas football’s Hjalte Froholdt and De’Jon Harris have been named to the 2018 Associated Press (AP) All-Southeastern Conference Second Team. It marks back-to-back years Harris has received second team honors from the outlet and

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Country star trivia

Comstock/Thinkstock Reba McEntire‘s 1987 holiday album, Merry Christmas to You, includes this recitation, co-written and made popular by Grandpa Jones. Can you name it? ANSWER: “The Christmas Guest.” Copyright © 2018, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.

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Scoreboard roundup — 12/2/18

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores for Sunday’s sports events:NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONL.A. Lakers 120, Phoenix 96New Orleans 119, Charlotte 109Philadelphia 103, Memphis 95Miami 102, Utah 100Dallas 114, L.A. Clippers 110San Antonio 131, Portland 118NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEAnaheim

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Nashville notes

Burke/Triolo Productions/Thinkstock Dan + Shay are set to stop by Good Morning America on Tuesday. Tune in at 7 a.m. on ABC to watch for their performance. The new episode of The Big Interview with Dan Rather featuring Country Music Hall of Famer Ricky Skaggs premieres

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Scoreboard roundup — 12/1/18

Thinkstock/iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Saturday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONOT N.Y. Knicks 136, Milwaukee 134Washington 102, Brooklyn 88Detroit 111, Golden State 102Boston 118, Minnesota 109Houston 121, Chicago 105Toronto 106, Cleveland 95Sacramento 111, Indiana

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Week in Review 11-25 to 12-1

Shackled Mountain Home man escapes from patrol unit as officers pursue weaving vehicle A vehicle weaving between traffic lanes provided an opportunity for a shackled and handcuffed Mountain Home man to briefly escape from the rear of

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Scoreboard roundup — 11/30/18

iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONPhiladelphia 123, Washington 98Detroit 107, Chicago 88Utah 119, Charlotte 111Boston 128, Cleveland 952OT Memphis 131, Brooklyn 125Oklahoma City 124, Atlanta 109Miami 106, New Orleans

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Country star trivia

Comstock/Thinkstock Though it’s now included on the re-release of Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton‘s 1984 holiday album, Once Upon a Christmas, Dolly originally recorded the non-traditional yuletide favorite “Hard Candy Christmas” for this movie. Can you name it? ANSWER: 1982’s Best Little

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Scoreboard roundup — 11/29/18

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONOT Toronto 131, Golden State 128L.A. Clippers 133, Sacramento 121L.A. Lakers 104, Indiana 96 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEColumbus 4, Minnesota 2Ottawa 3, NY Rangers 0Tampa

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Nashville notes

Burke/Triolo Productions/Thinkstock Garth Brooks guests on Live with Kelly and Ryan on Friday. You can catch the syndicated show after Good Morning America on most ABC stations. Three-time ACM Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean was the most-streamed country artist of 2018 on Amazon

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Country star trivia

Comstock/Thinkstock Eighties hitmaker Charly McClain scored her most recent chart topper in 1985 with this tune that was also the title track of her album from that year. Can you name her second career #1, after 1980’s “Who’s Cheatin’

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Scoreboard roundup — 11/28/18

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONPhiladelphia 117, NY Knicks 91Charlotte 108, Atlanta 94Utah 101, Brooklyn 91Dallas 128, Houston 108Oklahoma City 100, Cleveland 83New Orleans 125, Washington 104Minnesota 128, San

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Nashville notes

Burke/Triolo Productions/Thinkstock Newcomer Jillian Jacqueline will join “All on Me” hitmaker Devin Dawson on his Stray Off Course Tour, which starts December 7 in Arlington, Texas. Garth Brooks guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night. You can watch for him