Going downtown to buy the early edition of the Sunday Knoxville News Sentinel from a man named P.H. Carter was an essential part of the Tennessee football experience in the 1970s and 1980s
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Tennessee coaches told Maurice Staley he was blowing a great opportunity. Family members told him the same thing. Full story »

The recommendation means more than the stats when it comes to new Tennessee basketball signee Bobby Maze. The recommendation comes from Ryan Swanson, Maze's coach at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College.
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One of the great things about the Internet is that it can lend support to almost any theory.
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There are memories of a number of great moments scattered across the greensward of Shields-Watkins Field. Full story »

Chris Lofton's legacy hardly needed embellishment. Four years of jaw-dropping baskets were enough. Four years of hustle, class and character were sufficient. But now that we know the rest of the story, wow. Full story »

You knew Tennessee's most recent basketball recruiting class was significant. You didn't know how significant until coach Bruce Pearl announced Friday that point guard Ramar Smith and backup forward Duke Crews would not return next season.
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My first impression of Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton was extremely positive. Now, I'm starting to have second thoughts.
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NFL draft weekend isn't just a great weekend for pro football fans. It's a great weekend for college football fans.
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The official SEC all-sports trophy standings won't be announced until the last tennis ball thwocks into the net. The unofficial all-sports bragging rights, however, are much easier to compute.
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It's spring 1970. You're Bill Battle, 28 years old and the head football coach of the University of Tennessee. You've assembled a coaching staff, and it's time for spring practice, concluded, by the annual Orange and White Game. Full story »

If all goes best for Tennessee basketball, signing a player of Scotty Hopson's caliber won't always be historic.
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Tony Brown was in church with his wife and mother in Chattanooga that October day. It was a Sunday. Normally, a work day, but he had just been cut by the Carolina Panthers.
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The scoreboard hit zeroes. The horn sounded. It was over. Spring practice, I mean. Within minutes, a stadium workman had stripped the big orange pad off the goal post and lugged it to a storage room where it will stay until August. Full story »

When the spring game took place April 18, 1998, 10 years ago this weekend, fans, media, and coaches alike cited a number of question marks about the team, specifically the number of key players to be replaced. Gone were such notables as Peyton Manning, Marcus Nash, Terry Fair, Jonathan Brown, Trey Teague, Leonard Little, and others. Full story »