For some reason, Vol football fans are optimistic
Tennessee football is 103 days away. The too-early outlook is very confusing. Dedicated optimists...
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Barnes switch: Old dog and new trick
Sometime before or perhaps during the last night of the next college basketball season, we’ll find...
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Tennessee 6th and 8th in SEC outdoor track
Once upon a time, Southeastern Conference track and field was the private property of Tennessee....
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Basketball in mid-May: Focus on Larry Smith’s Vol museum
Wise are those who can pick up trash and turn it into treasure. Hold that thought. If all goes...
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Let us celebrate: Heupel No. 17 among college coaches
What a relief it was to find Josh Heupel’s name back on Stewart Mandel’s list of the top 25...
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Jermod McCoy: Sad setback cost $20 million
Imagine, if you can, expecting to be an early choice in the NFL draft, and watching it unravel,...
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Barnes wanted better players and may be getting ’em
I think I am beginning to understand the mass exodus from Rick Barnes’ previous basketball team....
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Your guess is good as mine about Vol QB race
So glad it is finally Monday again, many Tennessee sports developments, much to be said. As Josh...
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Old Vol Phil Garner, baseball star, dies at 76
Phil Garner, a long-ago friend from my limited time as a baseball writer, has died at age 76. He...
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Rick Barnes says Tennessee’s time will come
Let us hope Rick Barnes was making Saturday notes, assessing intensity and talent, where did it...
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Stunning: Michigan overpowers Tennessee, 95-62
There should be a limit to this March Madness stuff. Michigan sent Tennessee south from Chicago...
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Vols stun Iowa State, reach Elite Eight
Choice words relevant to Tennessee’s 76-62 upset of Iowa State: Quickness, hustle, determination,...
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