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There's those who swap stories about that one time they shared the same room with the legendary pat Summitt. Then there's those who called her their fearless leader on the court, and above all a close friend and mentor. More>>
Jolette Law, former head coach at Illinois, has joined the staff of new Tennessee women's coach Holly Warlick. More>>
Tennessee coach Holly Warlick has hired Kyra Elzy as her new assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, bringing another former Lady Vols player back to campus. More>>
Legendary Lady Vols' head coach Pat Summitt and her son, Tyler, were presented with the Sargent and Eunice Shriver Profiles in Dignity Award at the Alzheimer's Association National Dinner on Tuesday night. More>>
Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, who last week announced she was stepping down after 38 years at the University of Tennessee, has a book deal. More>>
Holly Warlick has her work cut out for her as Tennessee's new women's basketball coach. She is replacing Pat Summitt, which has been compared to following Dean Smith at North Carolina, John Wooden at UCLA or Bear Bryant at Alabama. More>>
After 38 years at Tennessee, the Hall of Fame coach who won more games than anyone else in NCAA college basketball talked about the move on the court named for her after her 1,000th win. More>>
Pat Summitt is not going very far, but the fact that she's going anywhere other than the Tennessee women's basketball sidelines is still seen as a significant blow to women's basketball and all of women's athletics. More>>
With word that Pat Summitt was stepping down after 38 seasons as the head of Tennessee women's basketball, colleagues, former players and friends spent time remembering the iconic coach. More>>
Former University of Tennessee women's basketball players Shekinna Stricklen, Glory Johnson and Kelley Cain were all taken in the first round and Vicki Baugh was selected in the third round of the 2012 WNBA Draft More>>
With much of Tennessee's focus this spring on improving the Volunteers' running game and putting in a new defense, quarterback Tyler Bray is working away a bit under the radar. More>>
Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt has been chosen Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. More>>
Krysten Sandberg broke up a no-hitter with a solo homer with two outs in the seventh and the tenth-ranked Lady Bulldogs rallied to beat ninth-ranked Tennessee 3-1 in eleven innings in the opener of an SEC doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon. More>>
Veteran coach Mickie DeMoss is leaving Pat Summitt's Tennessee staff to take a position with the WNBA's Indiana Fever. More>>
Associate head coach Holly Warlick told the Knoxville News-Sentinel that Summitt plans to discuss the situation with her assistant coaches next week after a trip to the Final Four this weekend. More>>
Associate head coach Holly Warlick's tears brought home the possibility this was the last run for the 59-year-old Summitt, who hasn't said whether she will return next season. More>>
Brittney Griner had 23 points, 15 rebounds and nine blocks before being ejected with less than a minute left and top-seeded Baylor rolled over Tennessee 77-58 Monday night to advance to the Final Four. More>>
The Tennessee Lady Vols have been doing a little daydreaming during practice and Pat Summitt says they better snap out of it. More>>
The Tennessee softball team used a pair of home runs to knock off the nation's No. 1 team for a second time this season, handing SEC rival Alabama its first loss in a 5-2 victory in front of 3,135 fans in the nighcap of a doubleheader at Rhoads Stadium on Wednesday night. More>>
Angel Goodrich scored 27 points to lead 11th-seeded Kansas past third-seeded Delaware and the nation's leading scorer, Elena Delle Donne, with a 70-64 win Tuesday night. More>>
Shekinna Stricklen scored 17 points, and Glory Johnson grabbed a season-high 21 rebounds to lead Pat Summitt and Tennessee past DePaul 63-48 Monday in the second round of the NCAA tournament. More>>
But Kentucky has pulled off another sweep of the awards, this time for The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference women's basketball team. More>>
The Lady Vols drew a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament on Monday night and will face 15th-seeded Tennessee-Martin, where Summitt played from 1970-74. More>>
Shekinna Stricklen scored 18 points in the second half to lead Tennessee to a 68-57 win over Vanderbilt on Friday in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals. More>>
Christina Foggie scored 18 points, and Vanderbilt beat Mississippi State 67-51 Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. More>>
Senior forward Glory Johnson was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and joined fellow senior Shekinna Stricklen on the All-SEC first-team roster, while Ariel Massengale was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. More>>
The Tennessee coaches can't pinpoint why the Lady Volunteers are so up and down, but time is running out to find answers. More>>
Lyndsay Harris scored 20 points and hit a pair of free throws with 6 seconds left to help Arkansas beat No. 10 Tennessee 72-71 in overtime on Thursday night. More>>
The Southeastern Conference has named Tennessee senior forward Shekinna Stricklen its player of the week and forward Cierra Burdick freshman of the week. More>>
Shekinna Stricklen had 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 13 Tennessee to a 57-41 victory over Mississippi State on Thursday night. More>>
Meighan Simmons scored a season-high 25 points and No. 13 Tennessee routed No. 7 Kentucky 91-54 on Monday night. More>>
In a matter of eight days, Tennessee has lost twice in the Southeastern Conference, a prospect backed off her longtime commitment to the program and they're out of the top 10 for the first time this season. More>>
Tiffany Clarke scored 23 points, and the Vanderbilt Commodores upset No. 11 Tennessee 93-79 on Thursday night for their fifth straight win overall and a very rare victory over their in-state rival. More>>
Glory Johnson had 14 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 8 Tennessee beat Auburn 82-61 on Sunday. More>>
Markeshia Grant scored 27 points and South Carolina beat No. 8 Tennessee 64-60 on Thursday night for its first win over the Lady Volunteers since 1980. More>>
Shekinna Stricklen scored 14 points and Glory Johnson added 13 to lead No. 7 Tennessee to an 86-56 win over Alabama on Thursday night. More>>
Skylar Diggins matched a season high with 27 points Monday night and No. 2 Notre Dame routed No. 7 Tennessee 72-44, holding the Vols to their lowest scoring output in school history. More>>
Meighan Simmons scored 19 points as No. 9 Tennessee beat LSU 65-56 on Thursday night. More>>
Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee's leading scorer, has a sprained right knee and is listed day-to-day; Ariel Massengale is the SEC's co-Freshman of the Week More>>
Tennessee senior forward Glory Johnson has earned the Southeastern Conference player of the week honor for a second week in a row. More>>
Glory Johnson had 22 points and 13 rebounds as No. 6 Tennessee pulled away from No. 16 Georgia 80-51 on Thursday night. More>>
Ariel Massengale scored a season-high 19 points and No. 6 Tennessee snapped Chattanooga's six-game winning streak in blowout fashion with a 90-47 win on Tuesday night. More>>
The 12 members of the Southeastern Conference is planning a "We Back Pat" week to show support for Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and the foundation she created to support efforts to fight Alzheimer's. More>>
The SEC named Johnson player of the week on Monday after she averaged 15 points and 12 in wins against Old Dominion and Auburn during the past week. More>>
Meighan Simmons scored 20 points and the No. 7 Tennessee women pulled away late in opening Southeastern Conference play Sunday with a 73-52 victory over Auburn. More>>
Glory Johnson had 16 points and 11 rebounds as No. 7 Tennessee cruised to a 90-37 win over Old Dominion on Wednesday night. More>>
Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored a career-high 42 points and No. 4 Stanford beat sixth-ranked Tennessee 97-80 on Tuesday night in one of women's basketballs best rivalries. More>>
Shekinna Stricklen scored 22 points and sixth-ranked Tennessee used a late run to beat No. 11 Rutgers 67-61 on Tuesday night. More>>
Tennessee point guard Ariel Massengale is expected to miss between two and three weeks with a dislocated finger. More>>
Tennessee's last road trip didn't go so well. The seventh-ranked Lady Volunteers are hoping for a better showing on their upcoming journey, even though this road trip will be much, much tougher than the last. More>>
Pat Summitt joined an elite group of sports superstars when it was announced that she, and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, are the 2011 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year. More>>
Tennessee point guard Ariel Massengale has received her first Southeastern Conference freshman of the week honor. More>>
Tennessee receivers coach Charlie Baggett will not return to the Volunteers' staff next season. More>>
Cierra Burdick had 14 points and 10 rebounds and No. 8 Tennessee routed Middle Tennessee 82-43 on Tuesday night. More>>
Tennessee's Pat Summitt is among a dozen recipients of AARP The Magazine's Inspire Awards in the wake of the coach's announcement that she has dementia. 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>>
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>>
Taber Spani scored 20 points and third-ranked Tennessee outlasted No. 7 Miami 92-76 on Tuesday night in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic. More>>
Junior guard Taber Spani scored 22 of her 25 points in the first half and the Tennessee women's basketball team cruised to a 93-45 exhibition win over five-time NAIA champion, Union, Tuesday evening at Thompson-Boling Arena. More>>
No. 3-ranked Tennessee women's basketball team used a 27-2 run across the end of the first half and start of the second to pull away from Carson-Newman in a 105-40 exhibition win at Thompson-Boling Arena on Tuesday evening. More>>
Lady Vols' coach Pat Summitt was the main attraction at SEC Media Days in Hoover, Alabama, Thursday after her offseason diagnosis of early onset dementia More>>
Pat Summitt has handled the talk about her dementia diagnosis the same way she manages Tennessee basketball and her life: with control and determination. More>>
Both Georgia and Tennessee reported improved overall graduation rates by their athletic departments in the latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures More>>
The Lady Volunteers received all 22 first-place votes from the SEC and national media in balloting released by the league Monday. More>>
Senior forwards Shekinna Stricklin and Glory Johnson were both selected as part of a group chosen by a poll of national college women's basketball media voters. More>>
Pat Summitt says she is glad to be back at practice with her Tennessee squad after revealing during the offseason that she's been diagnosed with dementia. More>>
Tennessee junior guard Taber Spani will miss three to four weeks after having surgery on her left elbow to remove scar tissue buildup. More>>
Pat Summitt will receive the Maggie Dixon Courage award when she brings her Tennessee Lady Vols to the sixth annual Classic that honors the former Army coach. More>>
Tennessee coach Pat Summitt said in a statement released Thursday that she and Brewer had met and "came to an agreement that she would no longer be a member of the team" but did not say why. More>>
Thanks to an informal campaign publicized on Facebook and Twitter, people across the nation were wearing orange on Friday to show support for Summitt, who announced on Tuesday that she's been diagnosed with early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type. More>>
The 59-year-old Hall of Fame coach surprised the sports world Tuesday by saying she had been diagnosed with early onset dementia—the Alzheimer's type. More>>
In the wake of her announcement Tuesday, support poured in from current and former players, fellow coaches, friends and UT alumni, as well as various individuals from every corner of the sports landscape. More>>
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Angie Bjorklund scored 17 points and No. 4 Tennessee completed its ninth undefeated run through Southeastern Conference play with an 80-60 victory over LSU on Sunday. The Lady Volunteers (28-2, 16-0) won their conference games by an average 24.1 points. More>>
Shekinna Stricklen scored 14 points and Lauren Avant added 11 off the bench and No. 4 Tennessee rallied from one of the Lady Vols' worst first halves ever and beat Vanderbilt 65-57 Sunday for their 15th straight win. More>>
Shekinna Stricklen scored 18 points and Glory Johnson had 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead No. 5 Tennessee to a 73-53 victory over Auburn on Sunday for the Lady Vols' 10th straight win. More>>
Meighan Simmons scored 23 points, including a 3-pointer to force overtime, and No. 6 Tennessee used free throws to pull away in the extra session and beat No. 3 Stanford 82-72 on Sunday night. More>>
Brittney Griner had 21 points, nine blocks and provided a giant obstacle on nearly every defensive stand carrying No. 2 Baylor to a 65-54 victory over No. 6 Tennessee on Tuesday night. More>>
Angie Bjorklund scored 20 points in the first half and Meighan Simmons added 18 to lead No. 8 Tennessee to a 92-77 victory over No. No. 21 Texas on Sunda More>>
Sugar Rodgers scored 28 points to lead No. 12 Georgetown to a 69-58 victory over No. 4 Tennessee on Saturday in the Paradise Jam. More>>
Former University of Tennessee standout Phoebe Wright, who recently signed a contract with Nike, dipped below the two-minute mark in the 800 meters and placed fourth against an international field Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic. More>>
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