Gentry Estes

Sports columnist for @Tennessean. Formerly: @courierjournal @247Sports @aldotcom @TimesFreePress & others. Tired of being clever. Everybody’s clever these days.

[Gentry Estes @Gentry_Estes]

NEW: The #Preds haven’t truly surprised their fans much over the years, but hiring GM Chris MacFarland away from the Colorado Avalanche showed a difference with Bill Haslam. This was a move a middling team makes when it’s tired of being a middling team.
https://t.co/fRshMoUkMK

[Tennessean @Tennessean]

Bill Haslam's Nashville Predators are serious, as Chris MacFarland's hire proves | Estes https://t.co/aYnwbPjuvd

[Alex Daugherty @AlexDaugherty1]

Nashville Predators are hiring Chris MacFarland as president of hockey operations, general manager.

Bill Haslam steals away Colorado's GM.

https://t.co/ooESQZGPKO

[Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC]

More: according to several sources, MacFarland met face-to-face last night with owner Bill Haslam and the goal is for the Predators to close this quickly. They know they will have to hand the keys to MacFarland and are prepared to do it. Stay tuned.

[Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun]

The Nashville Predators have been given permission to speak with Colorado Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland, according to sources. See where it goes from there.

[Gentry Estes @Gentry_Estes]

Our state’s SEC teams: Prominent

[ESPN @espn]

Never too early to talk college hoops 👀

@jeffborzello gives his NCAA men's basketball Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings ⤵️

https://t.co/0GCMnZ7a9E

[Aria Gerson @aria_gerson]

The #VandyBoys have their first four portal entries, per D1Baseball and Baseball America.

Two bench players and two relievers.

I'm tracking all portal entries and additions here: https://t.co/bUTV3XyqT9

[Mike Organ @MikeOrganWriter]

#BREAKING
https://t.co/9Nt3u5WUEo @TSUTigersMBB @TSUTigersFB @TSUTigersWBB @TSUedu #RoarCity

[Tennessean @Tennessean]

As NASCAR mourns Kyle Busch, the show goes on at Nashville Superspeedway | Estes https://t.co/B3SijtgXgC

[Aria Gerson @aria_gerson]

Tyler Tanner is officially back at Vanderbilt for his junior season in 2026-27, he announced: https://t.co/mUv3Xh3oJd

[Gentry Estes @Gentry_Estes]

https://t.co/dMM6PbJ7G2

[Gentry Estes @Gentry_Estes]

So that, officially, is a wrap on Vanderbilt baseball's season and streak of 19 consecutive NCAA regionals.

(See link below to my column on this from Hoover)

[Gentry Estes @Gentry_Estes]

If Blades Brown’s golfing future was a stock, I’d be buying as much as I could. He only just turned 19, and he’s going to be very, very good on the PGA Tour for a very long time.

[Derrick Henry  @KingHenry_2]

Love ya Coach 🐐🤞🏾🐘

[Gentry Estes @Gentry_Estes]

NEW: Talented, bold and fun to watch, @NashvilleSC is enjoying its best season ever, sitting atop all of @MLS entering the league’s two-month World Cup break.

There’s plenty of room on that bandwagon when the title push resumes.
https://t.co/gsacVt9Xgh

[Mike Organ @MikeOrganWriter]

Lipscomb baseball goes extra innings back-to-back to earn NCAA Tournament berth https://t.co/LtdDymXYiB via @tennessean @BisonBaseball @asun

[Gentry Estes @Gentry_Estes]

@ChrisHarrisWSMV He couldn't look more hopeful in that photo.

[Gentry Estes @Gentry_Estes]

You can tell the PGA Tour is taking notice of Blades Brown's future marketability by how he's featured when given exemptions into fields on the big tour.

This afternoon, he's playing (on PGA Tour Live) with Wyndham Clark in the group behind Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka.

[Mike Organ @MikeOrganWriter]

What made Kyle Busch, who died at 41, one of NASCAR's all-time greatest drivers https://t.co/b2O7kQxyxr via @tennessean @kylebusch @nascar

[NASCAR @NASCAR]

We are saddened and heartbroken to share the news of the passing of Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup champion and one of our sport's greatest and fiercest drivers. He was 41 years old.

We extend our deepest condolences to the Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and the entire motorsports community.