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TAMPA, Fla. — Welcome to the party, Tampa! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is back in town, and the iconic circus is trading the traditional big top feel for a high-energy, music-driven celebration ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers stepped up gift giving during the first seven weeks of the holiday shopping season, according to new data released Tuesday. But uncertainty about the economy is making ...

(WJHL) — In his first year of eligibility, former Tennessee Volunteer and Elizabethton native Jason Witten moved one step closer to being enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When Miami left Texas after an overtime loss to SMU at the start of November, the Hurricanes were at their lowest point of the season. There was a very dim forecast for getting ...

BOSTON (AP) — Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle will be stepping down as president of the National Basketball Coaches Association at the end of the month and Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff will ...

TORONTO (AP) — Before he moved from Japan to the big leagues, Kazuma Okamoto put the logos of all 30 MLB teams in front of his daughter and asked which one she liked most. Her choice, just like his, ...