Services Tuesday for Tom Wall

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A celebration of the life of Tom Wall, 74, former University of Tennessee athletic trainer, is scheduled for Tuesday evening, June 11, at Mount Olive Baptist Church, 2500 Maryville Pike …

Tennessee football and Memorial Day

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Please stand, remove your caps and direct your attention to how Tennessee football relates to Memorial Day.
Seventy-five years ago, more or less, four Volunteers died for their country in World …

If money will buy happiness …

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So, what do you get for $3 million and change in today’s college football coaching market?
Tennessee got Jim Chaney, Derrick Ansley and Tee Martin. We can hope that makes a …

Big weekend for Volunteers

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What follows is a short course in fundamentals of marketing, influenced in part by Mark Twain.
You don’t have to be a great salesman to sell – if you have a …

Marvin West: Time to talk football

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Bruce Pearl sends greetings. My reaction is to call timeout. Basketball resumes Friday. Let’s talk football.
Combining what I learned from how little I played with how much I have seen …

Pruitt hits home run with Chaney hire

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Tennessee finally has an offensive coordinator. Jeremy Pruitt says he found a perfect fit. Phillip Fulmer says the choice was worth the wait. The athletic director found the funds to …

Salute to Service

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These are strange times.
In an era when some athletes kneel in protest during the national anthem and ordinary people struggle with whether they are right or wrong, the University of …