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Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 27,147 at the 2020 census. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. The boundary between the two cities is also the state line, which runs along State Street in their common downtown district.
Battle at Bristol. The Battle at Bristol was an American college football game played at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on Saturday, September 10, 2016, between the University of Tennessee Volunteers and the Virginia Tech Hokies. It holds the record for NCAA football's largest single-game attendance at 156,990. [4]
The Tri-Cities is the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. All three cities are located in Northeast Tennessee, while Bristol has a twin city of the same name in Virginia. The Tri-Cities region was formerly a single ...
The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of predatory policing, police brutality, political corruption, and voter ...
Bristol Motor Speedway(formerly known as the Bristol International Racewayfrom 1978 to 1996 and as the Bristol International Speedwayfrom 1961 to 1978) is a 0.533 miles (0.858 km) oval short trackin Bristol, Tennessee. The track has held a variety of events since its opening in 1961, including NASCARraces, NCAA FBS college footballgames, and ...
Street fighting. Goya, Man Interfering in a Street Fight (1812–20) Street fighting is hand-to-hand combat in public places between individuals or groups of people. [1] The venue is usually a public place (e.g., a street), and the fight sometimes results in serious injury or even death. [2][1] Some street fights can be gang related.
A Trick or Street Fight is a Halloween-themed variant of a Street Fight, named after the Halloween tradition "trick or treating", involving Halloween-themed weapons including pumpkins, buckets of candy, bowls full of water and apples, skeletons, witches' brooms, gravestones, candy corn themed kendo sticks, plus common wrestling weapons such as ...
Bellator Monster Energy Fight Series: Bristol: August 19, 2017: 3 0:43 Bristol, Tennessee, United States Lightweight debut. Loss 4–3 Peter Petties Decision (unanimous) Shogun Fights 16 April 8, 2017: 3 5:00 Baltimore, Maryland, United States Bantamweight debut. Loss 4–2 Quinten Culpepper Submission (toe hold) Valor Fights 37 August 27, 2016 ...