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On the field, everything appears to be in place for Derek Dooley.The new Tennessee football coach put together his first signing class, completed hiring his staff and also has a full roster ready to start spring practice next week. As of Tuesday, he even has a kickoff time for the Orange and White Game (April 17, 2 p.m.).But as Dooley has repeated every time he’s been in public since taking over …
Will Sam Bradford come out slinging like a franchise passer? What will Jimmy Clausen, Rolando McClain, Taylor Mays, Colt McCoy show? Rob Rang looks at coming pro days and their possible draft impact.
KNOXVILLE — Bobby Campbell never believed his grass was always greener on the other side of the field.
KNOXVILLE —Bobby Campbell never believed his grass was always greener on the other side of the field.For 20 years as UT’s sports turf manager, Campbell has grown, watered, nurtured, clipped, edged, weeded and doctored every blade of that green grass on every living Big Orange playing and practice surface the Knoxville campus had to offer.But Campbell is calling it a career. The 64-year-old …
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -Michigan State receivers B.J. Cunningham and Mark Dell have been sentenced to 18 months of probation and 150 hours of community service for their roles in a Nov. 22 campus fight.
Today ’s question: What mascot should Ole Miss students choose to replace Colonel Reb — and why? The new mascot should be a Revolutionary War soldier. It would be the figure of a person with a tricorner hat, blue coat and pants of the revolutionary period. Since the colonists in those days were called “rebels” by the British, this would work to replace Colonel Reb. This figure would be more …
Expect SEC commitments to come in flurries as spring football practice begins this month.Visits to campuses across the region always lead to several early announcements.Schools that have undergone a coaching change, like Tennessee, should certainly benefit.Prospects can watch tape of Derek Dooley’s teams at Louisiana Tech but before they see him at least direct a practice, they won’t have much …
What March 6, 1967, gave to the Tennessee basketball program, March 6, 1978, took away.Both days belong to Ray Mears.On March 6, 1967, the Vols won the SEC basketball title, their first in 24 years, at Starkville, Miss., Tennessee 78, Mississippi State 76, in three overtimes. It was, as Marvin West said, a “wonderful game if measured by intensity.”Exactly 11 years later, the “Ray Mears Years” at …
Watching Greenville High School senior James D. Smith earn the Coaches 4 Character Award at the Carolina First Center, Friday night got former University of Tennessee football coach Phil Fulmer thinking about a former Vols student.
To read Stewart Mandel’s case for Evan Turner as national player of the year, click here.
Tennessee safety Eric Berry would be a perfect fit with the Bucs.
Through the 2009-2010 season, Mississippi State women’s basketball head coach Sharon Fanning-Otis has talked about parity in the SEC.
Sherri Lee Stadium will be swarming with softball this weekend as Tennessee opens its home season with the Tennessee Classic.The No. 20 Lady Vols (8-4) will be joined by No. 15 Texas, Ohio and Illinois State.Tennessee will play five games, starting at 6 tonight against Ohio.Saturday’s lineup starts at 11 a.m. with Ohio-Illinois State, followed by Texas-Ohio at 1:30. Tennessee meets Texas at 4 …
Ken Sanderson, a wide receiver for Tennessee from 1976-78, died Tuesday in Knoxville.Mr. Sanderson played in 25 games with 10 catches for 125 yards.He attended Karns High School before joining the Vols in 1975. Mr. Sanderson was named All-KIL in both football and basketball.A business owner and developer, Mr. Sanderson was a member of The Gathering International, Partners in Christ, as well as …
Ken Sanderson, a three-year letterman in football under head coach Johnny Majors, died Tuesday in Knoxville.
