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Tennessee team rallied from behind twice - down to its last strike on two occasions - to beat Western Kentucky, 8-7, in 13 innings on Tuesday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium the longest game in program history (4 hours, 48 minutes). More>>
Behind the coach's leadership, Tennessee (14-13, 6-6) has worked its way into a four-way tie for fourth in the Southeastern Conference after being picked at the beginning of the season to finish 11th in the league. More>>
USC quarterback Matt Barkley announced the hire through his Twitter page Wednesday night in a post that read: "Excited to welcome @TeeMartin17 to the Trojan Family as our new WR coach! Gonna be a great year!" More>>
The University of Tennessee football program's 2012 season-opener at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game against North Carolina State has been moved to Friday, August 31. More>>
Linebacker Kenneth Bynum of Jacksonville, Fla., reportedly signed with the Vols on Wednesday, two weeks after National Signing Day. Deran Wiley, Bynum's coach at Raines High School, confirmed the senior's decision to the Florida Times-Union. More>>
Jordan McRae came off the bench to score 14 points and lead six Vols in double figures as Tennessee beat Arkansas 77-58 on Wednesday night. More>>
Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin has suspended forward Kenny Hall indefinitely for "conduct detrimental to the team." More>>
Tennessee is riding a three-game winning streak and will play five of its last six games against opponents whose records in the Southeastern Conference are the same as theirs or worse. More>>
Florida tabbed as the preseason favorite to repeat as SEC baseball champ in voting by league coaches; Tennessee and new head coach Dave Serrano still picked last in the East More>>
Tennessee finally got a road win, and this one might just give the team the boost it needs to turn around a mediocre season. More>>
Sophomore eceiver Rajion Neal and freshman running back Devrin Young have joined the sprint corps for the Tennessee men's track and field program More>>
Skylar McBee scored a career-high 18 points to lead Tennessee to a 69-57 win against South Carolina on Wednesday night. More>>
Sal Sunseri and John Palermo have seen plenty of different defensive schemes in their combined 64 years of coaching, which should help the Tennessee defense become a more multiple unit capable of competing with the top Southeastern Conference teams. More>>
Tennessee will go through four straight weeks of workouts before culminating spring drills with the annual Dish Network Orange and White Game at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, April 21. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. ET. More>>
Alabama leads the nation with nine players invited to the annual NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis; Georgia followed with eight invitees while Tennessee had two More>>
Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin doesn't have a problem with players struggling to score as long as they continue to work hard defensively and in practice. When those efforts are missing, starters will be benched. More>>
Channel 3 Eyewitness Sports reporter Paul Shahen sat down with former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer for an exclusive interview at the Garden Plaza at Greenbriar Cove to discuss life after Rocky Top More>>
Ansley joins the Vols from Central Florida, where he was recently named defensive backs coach following two seasons as an assistant in the secondary at Alabama from 2010-11. More>>
After an NCAA investigation, a disappointing 2011 season and an offseason that's been filled with assistant coaching turnover, Tennessee got much-needed good news on the recruiting front with a top 25 class on National Signing Day More>>
Freshman Anthony Davis had 18 points, eight rebounds and seven blocked shots as top-ranked Kentucky beat Tennessee 69-44 on Tuesday night to extend the Wildcats' home winning streak to 48 games. More>>
Cuonzo Martin knows there's no reason for people to believe his team has improved until it wins on the road, something it's yet to do this season More>>
Charlie Coiner, a veteran college and NFL coach, has been named special teams and tight ends coach at Tennessee. More>>
Jeffery Taylor scored 15 of his 23 points in the first half, and the Vanderbilt Commodores bounced back Tuesday night by routing their instate rival Tennessee 65-47 for their ninth win in 10 games. More>>
Tennessee defensive lineman Malik Jackson has been added to the Senior Bowl roster for Saturday's game in Mobile, Ala. More>>
The SEC office announced on Monday that Stokes was being honored after averaging 13.5 points and 10.0 rebounds in games against conference rival Georgia and defending national champion Connecticut. More>>
The Vols (8-10) are preparing for a little bit of everything when the nation's 13th-ranked team and defending national champion Connecticut (14-4) visits on Saturday. More>>
The Volunteers announced Friday that Palermo would replace Lance Thompson, who is going to work for Alabama coach Nick Saban. More>>
Former Tennessee football players Janzen Jackson and Bryce Brown are among a record 65 underclassmen college players who have declared for the NFL draft in April. More>>
Gerald Robinson scored 16 points and Georgia overcame poor shooting to outlast Tennessee 57-53 in overtime on Wednesday night, giving the Bulldogs their first Southeastern Conference win of the season. More>>
Tennessee's Tauren Poole and Malik Jackson will join seven Georgia players at the annual NFL Combine in Indianapolis in late February More>>
Less than three days after Tennessee hired Alabama assistant Sal Sunseri as its new defensive coordinator, media reports have Lance Thompson becoming the sixth assistant to leave Dooley's staff since the end of the 2011 season. More>>
Jarnell Stokes' first week at Tennessee was full of new experiences, including a thrilling debut to his collegiate basketball career against No. 2 Kentucky. More>>
A person familiar with the decision says Tennessee has hired Alabama assistant head coach Sal Sunseri to be its next defensive coordinator. More>>
UT Statement: UNC's Sam Pittman will replace Harry Hiestand as Offensive Line Coach. More>>
Vols' linebacker A.J. Johnson earned his fifth freshman All-American honor after being voted to the Football Writers Association of America roster on Monday More>>
Volunteers coach Cuonzo Martin said Stokes would practice with the team Monday but wouldn't play until he showed he was physically ready for competition. More>>
Tennessee wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers has had a minor procedure performed on his right index finger. More>>
New signee Jarnell Stokes was on the Tennessee bench at the FedEx Forum for the Vols' 69-51 loss at Memphis and has been cleared by the NCAA to start practicing with the team More>>
Antonio Barton had 19 points and Tarik Black missed only one of his eight shots, scoring 18 points as Memphis defeated Tennessee 69-51 on Wednesday night. More>>
Tennessee says it has turned information over to law enforcement for an investigation of former men's swimming and diving coach John Trembley. More>>
Longtime Tennessee men's swimming and diving coach John Trembley has been fired for "gross misconduct." More>>
Tennessee coach Derek Dooley says the perception that his program is in bad shape right now is far from the truth. More>>
Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said Tuesday that he's willing to allow freshman wide receiver DeAnthony Arnett to transfer to either Michigan State or Michigan to be close to his ailing father. More>>
Trae Golden tied his career high with 29 points as Tennessee held off Chattanooga 76-63 on Monday night. More>>
Defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox, who along with linebackers coach Peter Sirmon is leaving UT, called Washington "a place you can win big" More>>
Golden, a sophomore point guard, is expected to return to practice Saturday and should be cleared to play in Tennessee's home game Monday against Chattanooga. More>>
Yemi Makanjuola had a career-high 18 points and 11 rebounds off the bench to help Tennessee keep The Citadel at bay in an 86-55 victory Thursday night. More>>
Tennessee will allow freshman wide receiver DeAnthony Arnett to transfer to a program to be closer to his ailing father, as long as that school is not one Tennessee plays or competes against for recruits. More>>
Tennessee swaps home date with Arkansas for visit from Missouri in new 2012 SEC schedule released Wednesday More>>
The SEC released the 2012 football schedule on Wednesday. Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama among those to face new opponents. More>>
Highly-touted Memphis high school senior Jarnell Stokes chose to play for the Vols over Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas and Memphis and will likely be able to play this season More>>
Tennessee signs former Alabama defensive lineman, but also gets spurned by a pair of defensive commitments on national signing day for junior college players More>>
Renaldo Woolridge and Cameron Tatum scored 17 points each as Tennessee overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half to beat UNC Asheville 72-68 on Tuesday night. More>>
Hart sat down with the Times Free Press for interview on Thursday afternoon for nearly half an hour, and much of the discussion was the rebuilding football program and coach Derek Dooley. More>>
Antwaine Wiggins matched his career high with 24 points and College of Charleston beat Tennessee for the second straight year, 71-65, on Wednesday night. More>>
Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin hopes his players finally realize after three straight losses that they can't count on their offense to bail them out of games. More>>
Seven Tennessee football players have undergone successful surgeries since the end of the 2011 season, including standout freshman Curt Maggitt and defensive back Prentiss Waggner More>>
Four-star wide receiver Alton "Pig" Howard gave his verbal commitment to play for Derek Dooley's program during a gathering at Edgewater High (Fla.) on Wednesday. More>>
The Lawrence Journal World is reporting the former University of Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer is interested in the opening at the University of Kansas More>>
SEC Western Division runner-up Alabama and SEC Champion LSU had the most representatives on the 2011 All-Southeastern Conference Coaches' Football Team, the league office announced on Tuesday. More>>
Tennessee coach Derek Dooley has added former Volunteers standout and former UTC assistant Jay Graham to his staff as a running backs coach. More>>
Former Tennessee and current LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis has won the annual Broyles Award given to the top college assistant coach. More>>
Alabama running back Trent Richardson is a unanimous choice for offensive player of the year, while LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu has been named the top defensive player on The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference team. More>>
Tennessee coach Derek Dooley says sophomore wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers has neither been suspended nor dismissed from the team. More>>
The Southeastern Conference says it will fine Kentucky $50,000 after fans rushed the field following the Wildcats' 10-7 victory over Tennessee on Saturday. More>>
Tennessee basketball is still a little tired after a week that included approximately 9,000 miles of travel, four tough games and hardly any time to rest. More>>
Reggie Hamilton scored 35 points Monday night as Oakland beat Tennessee 89-81 for its second straight victory over the Vols More>>
CoShik Williams ran for a touchdown and senior wide receiver Matt Roark filled in at quarterback with 124 yards on 24 carries as Kentucky snapped a 26-game losing streak to Tennessee with a 10-7 victory on Saturday. More>>
With 116 yards on 10 catches for Tennessee in an overtime win against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Calhoun grad Da'Rick Rogers' season totals jumped to 1,002 yards and 65 catches. More>>
Tennessee has suspended four reserve players indefinitely for violating unspecified team rules More>>
Jordan McRae scored 25 points, Trae Golden added 17 and Tennessee rolled over Chaminade 86-60 in the seventh-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday. More>>
Jeronne Maymon's 32 points and Maui Invitational single-game record 20 rebounds weren't enough to lift Tennessee in 99-97 double-overtime loss to No. 8 Memphis More>>
The Buckeyes have canceled two games against Tennessee - at home in 2018 and in Knoxville in 2019 - to accommodate the Big Ten's move to a nine-game conference season beginning in 2017. More>>
Tennessee's offense went to the pistol formation last week to limit the pain for Tyler Bray's recovering thumb when taking snaps. More>>
Austin Rivers scored 18 points, Seth Curry and Ryan Kelly had 17 each, and No. 6 Duke pulled away in the second half to beat Tennessee 77-67 in the first round of the Maui Invitational on Monday. More>>
Vanderbilt's James Franklin says he won't soon forget the Commodores' latest and perhaps most painful loss to Tennessee. More>>
By BETH RUCKER AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It's taken all season, but the young Tennessee Volunteers have finally grown up a little. The Vols found themselves trailing in the fourth quarter More>>
Vols' quarterback Tyler Bray isn't throwing quite as well as he did before the injury, and coach Derek Dooley said he might wait until Saturday night's pregame warmups before deciding if he'll start Bray against Vanderbilt rather than freshman Justin Worley. More>>
The final farewell for a senior on his home field is often an experience five years in the making on the college level, but rarely is a player truly ready to go through it. More>>
Trae Golden scored 17 points as Tennessee found its niche in the second half to beat Louisiana-Monroe 85-62 on Wednesday night. More>>
As Tennessee sophomore quarterback Tyler Bray gets acclimated to playing football again, the Vols are trying to make his comeback as simple as possible. More>>
The University of Tennessee has rejected claims by three employees of its women's athletics department who say they were discriminated against because their salaries were lower than those of employees in the men's athletics department with comparable duties. More>>
Vanderbilt has suspended safety Andre Simmons after the sophomore was charged with two felonies after allegedly trying to rob a fellow student in his dorm room. More>>
The Tennessee men's and women's basketball teams will each host games this season that show support of coach Pat Summitt as she faces early onset dementia. More>>
Tennessee sophomore quarterback Tyler Bray returned to practice Tuesday morning at Haslam Field after recovering from a broken thumb suffered against Georgia on Oct. 8. More>>
The Commodores need a win in either of their final two games on the road either at Tennessee on Saturday or Wake Forest, and they'll get to see if this offense can keep it up. More>>
Trae Golden scored a career-high 29 points and dished out nine assists in leading Tennessee to a 92-63 victory over UNC Greensboro in the season opener for both teams and the debut of Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin. More>>
Cuonzo Martin announces the signing of two players, Derek Reese and D'Montre Edwards, for its 2012 incoming class More>>
The Boston Herald is reporting that the New England Patriots have released defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. More>>
Much like last season, when Arkansas won its final six games of the regular season to earn the school's first BCS bowl berth, the Razorbacks appear to be gaining momentum in the season's second half. More>>
Former Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl will host a college basketball show on satellite radio service SiriusXM. More>>
Trae Golden had 22 points, eight assists and four rebounds to lead Tennessee to a 76-67 win over Lincoln Memorial in exhibition Monday night. More>>
Tennessee coach Derek Dooley knows there's no sugar-coating the Volunteers' running game. It's just not very good. More>>
Jordan McRae scored 17 points to lead Tennessee to a 73-52 exhibition victory over Carson-Newman in Cuonzo Martin's debut as Vols' coach on Thursday night. More>>
The hardest moments for Herman Lathers are when he has to watch his Tennessee teammates don their uniforms in the locker room only to struggle on the field against a tough Southeastern Conference opponent. More>>
Junior linebacker Herman Lathers, who has missed all of the 2011 season recovering from an ankle injury, practiced with the team for the first time this year on Tuesday. More>>
Justin Worley will make his second straight start at quarterback for UT this weekend, but starting strong safety Brent Brewer has torn cartilage in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season. More>>
This year's meeting between No. 14 South Carolina and Tennessee certainly has a youthful tenor to it. More>>
The Volunteers have a new coach in Cuonzo Martin, five new scholarship players and new offensive and defensive schemes. More>>
Both Georgia and Tennessee reported improved overall graduation rates by their athletic departments in the latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures More>>
Marcus Lattimore will join No. 14 South Carolina at Tennessee this weekend, just not the way the Gamecocks had expected. More>>
Tennessee coach Derek Dooley says freshman quarterback Justin Worley will start Saturday's game against South Carolina. More>>
Tennessee linebacker A.J. Johnson has been named the Southeastern Conference's freshman of the week. More>>
SEC Preseason media poll tabs Kentucky as team to beat, Georgia picked to finish eighth while Tennessee is slated eleventh out of twelve teams More>>
The Crimson Tide hosts a Tennessee team Saturday night that is seeking its first Southeastern Conference win. More>>
No. 2 Kentucky leads four Southeastern Conference basketball programs that will open the 2011-12 season ranked in the top 25 by college basketball coaches. More>>
Coach Derek Dooley says he's trying to find "the right pieces" on the offensive line and acknowledged James Stone, who has started each game this season at center, has struggled with shotgun snaps. More>>
Derek Dooley believes this year's Alabama team is the best of Nick Saban's five-year tenure in Tuscaloosa, even better than the 2009 national championship team More>>
Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray has had a metal plate inserted into his right hand to aid in the healing process for his broken thumb. More>>
While most of the offseason attention on Tennessee basketball was focused on NCAA violations committed by Pearl and his staff, Martin quietly has been working hard to put his own mark on the program. More>>
Matt Simms gets ready for this return to the starting lineup this Saturday against No. 1 LSU after Tyler Bray was ruled out for the next six weeks with a broken thumb More>>
Tennessee's October schedule looked challenging enough before the season started. Now that the Volunteers are facing the rest of it without key players on both sides of the ball, it's downright scary. More>>
Former Tennessee athletics director Mike Hamilton says he has accepted a job that will allow him to raise awareness about conditions in Africa. More>>
UGA freshman phenom Isaiah Crowell enters this week's game at Tennessee ranked fourth in the SEC in rushing with more than 500 yards in his first five career games. More>>
Da'Rick Rogers has gotten plenty of text messages and tweets from people taunting him about Tennessee's meeting with Georgia. He swears he's not letting them get to him, though. More>>
The month of October and the top-notch Southeastern Conference opponents it brings should finally give Tennessee a better picture of what its identity is. More>>
Tyler Bray threw four touchdowns, Da'Rick Rogers caught two of them and DeAnthony Arnett caught two more as Tennessee beat Buffalo 41-10 on Saturday. More>>
Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart says the Southeastern Conference will expand again and officials at each school need to have a number of frank discussions before moving forward. More>>
Tennessee sophomore wide receiver Justin Hunter had successful surgery Wednesday to repair a torn ligament in his left knee. More>>
Tennessee's defense has given up just a handful of big plays this season, but those have cost the Volunteers dearly. More>>
Yahoo! Sports is reporting former Tennessee assistant Willie Mack Garza paid for a top recruit and his mother to fly to Knoxville for an unofficial recruiting trip during Lane Kiffin's tenure at the school. More>>
On Saturday, the Vols' head coach will travel to New York to serve as a commentator for CBS Sports' College Football Today studio show, among other scheduled events this weekend More>>
The usually affable Tennessee coach skipped his regular post-practice appearance with media after addressing his team with a passionate, profanity-laced speech More>>
Derek Dooley often tells his players what matters most is respond positively to adversity, but the Tennessee coach had a hard time following his own advice when Justin Hunter was lost for the season Saturday with a knee injury More>>
The SEC announces start times for games on October 1, including Tennessee's game with Buffalo and Georgia's home date with Mississippi State More>>
Florida defensive lineman Shariff Floyd watched the first two games from the sideline after he was ruled ineligible for receiving $2,700 from an individual not associated with the university. More>>
Tennessee coach Derek Dooley says he's unsure whether senior defensive end Ben Martin will be able to play against Florida on Saturday. More>>
Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley is choosing to ignore his team's early-season success, as well as its recent six-game losing streak to Florida heading into Saturday's SEC-opener at The Swamp More>>
Coach Will Muschamp says running back Chris Rainey has done everything asked of him off the field and in the community. On the field, his contribution has been obvious. More>>
Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray, Alabama safety Mark Barron and Georgia running back Isaiah Crowell were among the players receiving weekly honors from the SEC Monday More>>
A person familiar with the situation says Chiefs safety and former Tennessee standout Eric Berry has a torn ACL in his left knee and is done for the year. More>>
Coach Derek Dooley says the Vols will turn their ability into production in time as the young offense gets more experience. More>>
Cincinnati coach Butch Jones has the song "Rocky Top" blaring through the speakers at Nippert Stadium this week, getting his Bearcats ready for a trip to play at Tennessee on Saturday. More>>
The Mocs' leader is excited to have his parents in the state of Tennessee, and looks forward to making a few more calls than usual to the UT office. More>>
Tennessee coach Derek Dooley says he's excited that new Volunteers athletic director Dave Hart has spent so much time around big-time college football programs. More>>
A person familiar with the situation says Tennessee has offered its open athletic director's job to Alabama assistant athletic director Dave Hart. More>>
Tennessee tried to prepare its ears for its season-opener during Wednesday morning's practice by piping in artificial crowd noise at Haslam Field. More>>
Tennessee's Jacques Smith sees Montana's spread scheme as an opportunity to wreak havoc in the backfield, but understands his focus must remain on discipline More>>
Former Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl has taken a job with a Knoxville-based wholesale grocery company as a vice president of marketing. More>>
Tennessee began ‘depositing' its preparations Monday at Haslam Field for the 2011 season opener Saturday against Montana. Much like a bank account, the Vols are trying to invest enough to shop -- for a win. More>>
Dooley said Monday that the decision was mutually agreed upon, and that he would help Martin find a school that was a better fit from him. More>>
Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin says he's glad the NCAA investigation into Volunteers' athletics has ended and that it came with no postseason ban for his team. More>>
Bruce Pearl says he knows he is serving as the NCAA's example to other coaches of what not to do when facing investigation. More>>
The NCAA said it wanted to send a clear message by slapping Bruce Pearl with a three-year show-cause penalty: Coaches are responsible for their programs. More>>
ESPN.com's Chris Low reported Wednesday afternoon through sources that Jackson has battled substance abuse issues, and has failed multiple drug tests while at Tennessee. More>>
The Knoxville News-Sentinel is reporting the NCAA is expected to accept UT's self-imposed penalties, and will not punish the athletics department any further for violations discovered in the men's basketball program under Bruce Pearl and the football program under Lane Kiffin. More>>
A cab driver has been charged with manslaughter in the death of former Alabama and Tennessee football player Aaron Douglas, who died after taking drugs. More>>
Former St. Louis Rams and Vols linebacker Leonard Little spoke to the Tennessee football team at Monday's practice, where defensive tackle Malik Jackson was "100-percent" after a knee injury More>>
Tennessee practiced in the morning sunshine Thursday at Haslam Field, but its young players still appeared to be lost in the darkness. More>>
The University of Tennessee released its official 2011-12 schedule Thursday, including a January 2 date with the Mocs in Knoxville. More>>
In a brief statement Wednesday night, Kansas State said it's been informed by NCAA staff that the organization has no concerns about the eligibility of former Tennessee signe Bryce Brown and his brother to compete for the Wildcats More>>
USA Baseball announced Tuesday that new University of Tennessee baseball coach Dave Serrano will serve as manager of the 2012 Collegiate National Team. More>>
Tennessee is self-reporting three secondary violations to the NCAA committed by a former member of the Volunteers baseball staff. More>>
Sophomore quarterback Tyler Bray's hair, which seems to grow more outrageous with each passing day, grabbed the spotlight as UT players and coaches showed off their lighter side at the team's annual media day Sunday More>>
Tennessee senior linebacker Austin Johnson was arrested by Knoxville police and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct on Sunday. More>>
Tennessee has hired a new basketball coach. UT is replacing Bruce Pearl who was fired over NCAA violations. More>>
A North Carolina team whose season was overshadowed by an NCAA investigation will meet a Tennessee squad in the midst of a rebuilding effort under a new coach in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 30. More>>
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