http://www.knoxville.com/sports/professional The mission of this site is to demonstrate how Drupal can be used for various community and participatory projects for the E.W. Scripps Co. newspapers. en http://www.knoxville.com/sports/professional/smokies <p>The Tennessee Smokies are a Minor League Baseball team based in the Knoxville, Tennessee metropolitan area. The team, which plays in the Southern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball as of Sept. 21, 2006. Smokies Park, the team's ballpark, is located near Sevierville, Tennessee in the town of Kodak, opened in 2000, and seats 6,412 fans.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.knoxville.com/sports/professional/smokies">read more</a></p> baseball professional sports Tennessee Smokies Thu, 31 May 2007 08:37:38 -0500 cooper 90 at http://www.knoxville.com http://www.knoxville.com/sports/professional/bears <p>The Knoxville Ice Bears are a professional ice hockey team. The team competes in the Southern Professional Hockey League. </p> <p>They play their home games at James White Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 2006 the Ice Bears defeated the Florida Seals to take the SPHL championship and the President's Cup. </p> <p>They have also won the Commissioner's Cup for the best record in the SPHL in the regular season the first two seasons of the SPHL's existence.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.knoxville.com/sports/professional/bears">read more</a></p> hockey knoxville ice bears professional sports Wed, 30 May 2007 09:41:30 -0500 cooper 84 at http://www.knoxville.com