Beatty was shooting photos at the Knoxville Smokies home opener on April 15 when something unexpected happened: He was ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Knoxville Smokies will have a special guest performing a flyover when they open play at home Tuesday: Lincoln the bald eagle. The team announced Monday that Lincoln would ...

The bird that flew over the new Smokies stadium was trained in East Tennessee. Meet Lincoln, the eagle mascot beloved by NFL fans in Philadelphia.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It was a night filled with baseball and celebrations at last night's Smokies home opener in Covenant Health Park. But one baseball fan left the stadium with more than just a ticket ...

And so I think now it’s really important to make sure people know that story and learn from it,” said Maia Edwards, the science director at the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Alaska.