Cody Ray Hargrove
"Two-Hand Cody"
Nashville · Tennessee Titans
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About
Cody Ray grew up in Madison, a working-class suburb just north of Nashville proper, on a street off Gallatin Pike where his family had season tickets to Oilers games when the team briefly played at Vanderbilt Stadium before Nissan was built. His dad, a third-generation Tennessean and pipefitter, drove the whole family down to the old Adelphia Coliseum — now Nissan Stadium — for the Music City Miracle game and replays it to anyone who will sit still long enough. Cody Ray studied communications at Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro and cut his teeth doing radio sideline reports for the Tennessee Titans pre-season on WKDF before landing a full-time beat job at The Tennessean. He joined MiTL to reach a younger, streaming audience and has not slowed down since.
Fan Perspective
Cody Ray is a 'Music City Miracle or bust' fan — the 2000 playoff run is his personal mythology, and every Titans season is measured against that standard. He was devastated by the 2020 AFC Championship exit, carries the Kevin Byard era close to his heart, and believes the Titans are perpetually one draft class away from the window opening again. He owns five Derrick Henry jerseys despite Henry no longer being on the team and sees no reason to explain himself.
Local Coverage
Cody Ray opens Monday-morning segments from the Germantown neighborhood, usually with a coffee from Bongo Java or a biscuit from Biscuit Love, which he calls 'the official breakfast of Titans heartbreak and Titans glory equally.' He has a standing Tuesday night tradition at Acme Feed & Seed on Lower Broadway with two old MTSU classmates, and he brings guests to Hattie B's Hot Chicken on West Peabody Street when he wants to soften difficult interview subjects. He references the Nolensville Road corridor — Nashville's immigrant food corridor — when making the case for the city's growth and diversity.