KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A record-setting crowd of 6,193 packed into Food City Center on Friday night for No. 15 Tennessee’s 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 25-15, 25-20) loss to seventh-ranked Penn State. The attendance mark shattered the previous record of 3,376 against Kentucky on Oct. 27, 2021. The Lady Vols (0-1) had 23 attacking errors in the match…… MORE
DURHAM, N.C. – Tennessee soccer is set to head east to take on Duke in a 5 p.m. ET match on Sunday at Koskinen Stadium. UT (3-1-0) is coming off three consecutive wins, shutting out each opponent and allowing just three shots on frame in total. The Lady Vols most recent match was a 3-0 win…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 15 Tennessee scored on its first seven possessions and rolled up 718 yards of total offense, cruising past Chattanooga, 69-3, on Saturday afternoon in the 2024 season opener at Neyland Stadium. Playing in front of a sell-out crowd of 101,915, the Vols scored on 10 of their 13 offensive possessions, producing touchdowns…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – It’s Football Time in Tennessee as the 15th-ranked Volunteers kick off the 2024 season against in-state foe Chattanooga at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday inside a sold-out Neyland Stadium. Tennessee begins its 128th football season on Saturday afternoon when it hosts the Mocs. The season opener will be broadcast on the SEC Network with…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team will face Virginia in its first game of the newly-named Continental Tire Baha Mar Championship, as announced Friday morning by BdG Sports. The Volunteers and Cavaliers will tip off Nov. 21 at 9:30 p.m., following the preceding 7 p.m. matchup between Baylor and St. John’s. Action…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville, Gatlinburg and Sevierville are up for recognition from Blue Ridge Outdoors! All three cities are up for different categories in an audience-decided “Adventure Towns” contest. Blue Ridge Outdoors began the contest with 100 contenders, narrowing it down to just a select few. Now, people can vote for in third round of…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man has been sentenced to decades in prison in a kidnapping and assault case from 2023. The District Attorney’s office says 62-year-old Merv Conley Rodgers was convicted of especially aggravated kidnapping, domestic assault and two counts of aggravated assault in connection to a fight with his girlfriend in June 2023.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The investigation into a reported school threat results in a 13-year-old boy being charged for threat of mass violence. Wednesday night, the Knoxville Police Department was notified that this 13 year-old had allegedly threatened to bring a gun to Ridgedale School and shoot someone. KPD officers and detectives took him into custody…… MORE
Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: 8/29: Efforts continue Thursday to suppress a fire that broke out earlier this week in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Park officials say the Flint Gap Fire has now grown to about 23 acres and is burning primarily in undergrowth in steep terrain. The National Guard is helping fight the…… MORE
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Chancellor Donde Plowman announced today that she has extended Danny White’s contract as vice chancellor and director of athletics until 2030 as he continues to lead transformational success in Tennessee Athletics. “When Danny says he and his team of exceptional athletics administrators and coaches are working to build the best athletics department…… MORE
