If you are headed to CMA Music Fest in Nashville this week, you could walk away with some of Carly Pearce‘s clothes.
Carly shared on social media, “Okay, yall. I just cleaned out my closet and it’s time to find a new home for so many of my clothes. With many of you coming to Nashville this week for CMA fest, it felt like the perfect time to host a pop-up shop to sell them and raise some money for a great cause. Come join me at the Noelle this Friday at 4pm. All proceeds will go to Music Health Alliance which provides healthcare resources to the people who bring you the music.”
Carly is back out on the road with Kenny Chesney‘s Here And Now 2022 tour this week with stops on Wednesday in NY, Thursday in Ohio – both amphitheater dates with Kenny before the stadium show in Pittsburgh this Saturday.
Fans will be looking to hear Carly’s new single “What He Didn’t Do.”
Russell Dickerson not only brought his list of hit songs and fan favorites to the McGraw 2022 tour, but he also brought some smooth moves…
Russell will be bringing his sweet moves to CMA Music Fest this week. He shared, “I’m so pumped to be appearing at CMA Music Fest in Fan Fair X on THURSDAY at 10:45am. Y’all know how much music education means to me so I’m excited to support the CMA Foundation & their mission to shape the next generation through high quality music education.“
Then Sunday June 12th, Russell will be bopping on stage at Nissan Stadium as a part of the all-star line-up. Russell is living a dream, “NISSAN STADIUM!!! My first CMA fest was 11 years ago and every year I said “next year we’ll see y’all across the river” and this year it finally came true!!! LETS GOOOO! SEE YALL ACROSS THE RIVER CMA MUSIC FEST!!!”
And this is surely to be on Russell Dickerson’s setlist – it’s his current single at country radio, “She Likes It” – with Jake Scott.
IRVING, Texas – Former Oklahoma national champion quarterback and Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel as well as three VFL greats appear on the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced on Monday.
Defensive back Eric Berry and wide receivers Willie Gault and Larry Seivers represent the Volunteers on the ballot that includes 96 players.
Heupel, who guided the Vols to a record-setting offensive season in 2021, is on the ballot for a third straight year. A 2000 consensus first-team All-American, he led the Sooners to the 2000 national championship with a victory in the Orange Bowl. In two seasons, Heupel rewrote the Oklahoma record books and was the 2000 Heisman Trophy runner-up before going onto a successful coaching career.
Today, Heupel is in his fifth season as a head coach. Of the eight first-year Power Five head coaches in 2021, no coach won more regular season games than Heupel as the Vols recorded seven en route to the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.
Berry appears on the ballot for the second consecutive year. A two-time unanimous first-team All-American, Berry still holds two Southeastern Conference records – career interception return yards (494) and single-season return yards (265 in 2008). He captured the 2009 Thorpe Award as the nation’s best defensive back and was tabbed the 2008 SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
Berry was equally impressive in the NFL, garnering five Pro Bowl honors, three first-team All-Pro laurels, and he was selected to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team.
A 1982 first-team All-American, Gault led Tennessee to three bowl berths and set six conference punt and kickoff return records. He tied the NCAA record for most kickoff return touchdowns in a single season with three in 1980.
Seivers was a two-time consensus first-team All-American in 1975 and 1976. In 1975, he became the first Vol to eclipse 800 receiving yards in a single season. He was also a two-time first-team All-SEC selection.
The announcement of the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2023 with specific details to be announced in the future.
The 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 65th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 5, 2023, and permanently immortalized at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. They will also be honored at their respective schools with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the 2023 season.
IRVING, Texas – Former Oklahoma national champion quarterback and Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel as well as three VFL greats appear on the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced on Monday.
Defensive back Eric Berry and wide receivers Willie Gault and Larry Seivers represent the Volunteers on the ballot that includes 96 players.
Heupel, who guided the Vols to a record-setting offensive season in 2021, is on the ballot for a third straight year. A 2000 consensus first-team All-American, he led the Sooners to the 2000 national championship with a victory in the Orange Bowl. In two seasons, Heupel rewrote the Oklahoma record books and was the 2000 Heisman Trophy runner-up before going onto a successful coaching career.
Today, Heupel is in his fifth season as a head coach. Of the eight first-year Power Five head coaches in 2021, no coach won more regular season games than Heupel as the Vols recorded seven en route to the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.
Berry appears on the ballot for the second consecutive year. A two-time unanimous first-team All-American, Berry still holds two Southeastern Conference records – career interception return yards (494) and single-season return yards (265 in 2008). He captured the 2009 Thorpe Award as the nation’s best defensive back and was tabbed the 2008 SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
Berry was equally impressive in the NFL, garnering five Pro Bowl honors, three first-team All-Pro laurels, and he was selected to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team.
A 1982 first-team All-American, Gault led Tennessee to three bowl berths and set six conference punt and kickoff return records. He tied the NCAA record for most kickoff return touchdowns in a single season with three in 1980.
Seivers was a two-time consensus first-team All-American in 1975 and 1976. In 1975, he became the first Vol to eclipse 800 receiving yards in a single season. He was also a two-time first-team All-SEC selection.
The announcement of the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2023 with specific details to be announced in the future.
The 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 65th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 5, 2023, and permanently immortalized at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. They will also be honored at their respective schools with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the 2023 season.
The Tennessee basketball team will face Maryland this coming season as part of the Hall of Fame Invitational at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The matchup, scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 11, is part of a four-game lineup for the event, which also features Oklahoma State vs. Virginia Tech, Iona vs. St. Bonaventure and UMass vs. Hofstra.
Ticket information, game times and television details and will be released at a later date.
“We’re excited to play in another Hall of Fame event,” Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said. “This will be our fourth in five years, and Tennessee fans have always traveled well to see us play really strong opponents in big-time cities and venues. I’ve got great respect for Maryland’s basketball tradition as well as Kevin Willard and his staff. And playing in New York City is always a special opportunity.”
The Volunteers own a 2-2 record against Maryland, and the programs have not met since the 1984-85 season. Three of the previous meetings have taken place at neutral sites. Tennessee won the first two clashes, in Knoxville in 1949 and in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1963. The Terrapins won the two most recent meetings, in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1980 and in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1984.
Tennessee is 24-37 all-time against current members of the Big Ten Conference.
Maryland enters the 2022-23 campaign under a new coaching staff, led by Kevin Willard, who transitioned from Seton Hall to College Park in March.
Rising Tennessee senior Olivier Nkamhoua attended high school in Maryland, graduating from Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland, Maryland, in 2019.
The Hall of Fame Invitational also will mark a homecoming opportunity for UT rising sophomore Zakai Zeigler, who grew up on nearby Long Island.
This marks the fourth time in the last five seasons that Tennessee has been invited to participate in a neutral-site event administered by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Vols defeated top-ranked Gonzaga in the 2018 Jerry Colangelo Classic, beat 20th-ranked Washington in the 2019 James Naismith Classic in Toronto and most recently fell to fifth-ranked Villanova before defeating then-18th-ranked and eventual national runner-up North Carolina at the 2021 Hall of Fame Tip-Off in Connecticut.
About the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and celebrating the game of basketball at every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches and contributors, both domestically and internationally. The Hall of Fame museum is home to more than 400 inductees and over 40,000 square feet of basketball history. Nearly 200,000 people visit the Hall of Fame museum each year to learn about the game, experience the interactive exhibits and test their skills on the Jerry Colangelo “Court of Dreams.” Best known for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the game’s elite, the Hall of Fame also operates more than 70 high school and collegiate competitions annually throughout the country and abroad. For more information on the Basketball Hall of Fame organization, its museum and events, visit www.hoophall.com, follow @hoophall or call 1-877-4HOOPLA.
The Tennessee basketball team will face Maryland this coming season as part of the Hall of Fame Invitational at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The matchup, scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 11, is part of a four-game lineup for the event, which also features Oklahoma State vs. Virginia Tech, Iona vs. St. Bonaventure and UMass vs. Hofstra.
Ticket information, game times and television details and will be released at a later date.
“We’re excited to play in another Hall of Fame event,” Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said. “This will be our fourth in five years, and Tennessee fans have always traveled well to see us play really strong opponents in big-time cities and venues. I’ve got great respect for Maryland’s basketball tradition as well as Kevin Willard and his staff. And playing in New York City is always a special opportunity.”
The Volunteers own a 2-2 record against Maryland, and the programs have not met since the 1984-85 season. Three of the previous meetings have taken place at neutral sites. Tennessee won the first two clashes, in Knoxville in 1949 and in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1963. The Terrapins won the two most recent meetings, in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1980 and in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1984.
Tennessee is 24-37 all-time against current members of the Big Ten Conference.
Maryland enters the 2022-23 campaign under a new coaching staff, led by Kevin Willard, who transitioned from Seton Hall to College Park in March.
Rising Tennessee senior Olivier Nkamhoua attended high school in Maryland, graduating from Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland, Maryland, in 2019.
The Hall of Fame Invitational also will mark a homecoming opportunity for UT rising sophomore Zakai Zeigler, who grew up on nearby Long Island.
This marks the fourth time in the last five seasons that Tennessee has been invited to participate in a neutral-site event administered by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Vols defeated top-ranked Gonzaga in the 2018 Jerry Colangelo Classic, beat 20th-ranked Washington in the 2019 James Naismith Classic in Toronto and most recently fell to fifth-ranked Villanova before defeating then-18th-ranked and eventual national runner-up North Carolina at the 2021 Hall of Fame Tip-Off in Connecticut.
About the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and celebrating the game of basketball at every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches and contributors, both domestically and internationally. The Hall of Fame museum is home to more than 400 inductees and over 40,000 square feet of basketball history. Nearly 200,000 people visit the Hall of Fame museum each year to learn about the game, experience the interactive exhibits and test their skills on the Jerry Colangelo “Court of Dreams.” Best known for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the game’s elite, the Hall of Fame also operates more than 70 high school and collegiate competitions annually throughout the country and abroad. For more information on the Basketball Hall of Fame organization, its museum and events, visit www.hoophall.com, follow @hoophall or call 1-877-4HOOPLA.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee today announced the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame, Class of 2022, which includes basketball legend Pat Summitt. Summitt is the first woman inducted in the coaching category.
The late Summitt, who passed away in June 2016, was involved with USA Basketball for more than a decade (1973-84) as both a player and a coach, becoming the first U.S. basketball Olympic medalist to lead the USA to Olympic gold as a head coach.
At 24, Summitt, who served as team co-captain, was the oldest member of the silver medal-winning 1976 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team in the inaugural Olympic women’s tournament. Eight years later, Summitt helped lead the U.S. women’s team to gold at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
As a USA Basketball coach (head and assistant), she helped the USA to a 46-5 record and won six gold medals, including a pair of World Championships in 1979 and 1983. She compiled a 24-8 record as an athlete, winning two gold and two silver medals.
During her tenure as the women’s basketball head coach at the University of Tennessee from 1974-2012, Summitt led the squad to eight NCAA championships and compiled more wins (1,098) than any other Division I college basketball coach in NCAA history, a record that stood until 2020, and never missed the NCAA tournament in 38 years.
“Pat Summitt is extremely deserving of this honor as a pioneer in women’s basketball,” said Jim Tooley, USA Basketball CEO. “Her commitment to USA Basketball was extraordinary, both as a coach and an athlete. Pat left an indelible mark on not only our game but all of sport.”
The Class of 2022 is made up of eight individuals, two teams, two legends, one coach and one special contributor, who will be honored in a ceremony held Friday, June 24, at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs.
The distinguished Class of 2022 also includes Natalie Coughlin (swimming), Muffy Davis (Para alpine skiing and Para-cycling), Mia Hamm (soccer), David Kiley (Para alpine skiing, Para track and field, and wheelchair basketball), Michelle Kwan (figure skating), Michael Phelps (swimming), Lindsey Vonn (alpine skiing), Trischa Zorn-Hudson (Para swimming), the 1976 Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay Swimming Team, the 2002 Paralympic Sled Hockey Team, Gretchen Fraser (legend: alpine skiing), Roger Kingdom (legend: track and field) and Billie Jean King (special contributor).
The class of 2022 has represented the United States as athletes at a combined 27 Olympic and Paralympic Games, tallying 129 medals, including 86 golds.
National Governing Bodies, alumni, current athletes and additional members of the Olympic and Paralympic community were invited to submit nominations. From there, a nominating committee comprised of individuals from the Olympic and Paralympic movements narrowed it down to a set of finalists. The class of 2022 was determined by a voting process that includes Olympians and Paralympians, members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic family, and an online vote open to fans. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame was one of the first national sports halls of fame to include fan voting as part of its selection process, and this year, more than 432,000 votes were cast across all platforms.
This will be the 17th class inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame, bringing the total to 168 inductees (individuals and teams). The first class was inducted in 1983 and the most recent class was inducted in 2019.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee today announced the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame, Class of 2022, which includes basketball legend Pat Summitt. Summitt is the first woman inducted in the coaching category.
The late Summitt, who passed away in June 2016, was involved with USA Basketball for more than a decade (1973-84) as both a player and a coach, becoming the first U.S. basketball Olympic medalist to lead the USA to Olympic gold as a head coach.
At 24, Summitt, who served as team co-captain, was the oldest member of the silver medal-winning 1976 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team in the inaugural Olympic women’s tournament. Eight years later, Summitt helped lead the U.S. women’s team to gold at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
As a USA Basketball coach (head and assistant), she helped the USA to a 46-5 record and won six gold medals, including a pair of World Championships in 1979 and 1983. She compiled a 24-8 record as an athlete, winning two gold and two silver medals.
During her tenure as the women’s basketball head coach at the University of Tennessee from 1974-2012, Summitt led the squad to eight NCAA championships and compiled more wins (1,098) than any other Division I college basketball coach in NCAA history, a record that stood until 2020, and never missed the NCAA tournament in 38 years.
“Pat Summitt is extremely deserving of this honor as a pioneer in women’s basketball,” said Jim Tooley, USA Basketball CEO. “Her commitment to USA Basketball was extraordinary, both as a coach and an athlete. Pat left an indelible mark on not only our game but all of sport.”
The Class of 2022 is made up of eight individuals, two teams, two legends, one coach and one special contributor, who will be honored in a ceremony held Friday, June 24, at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs.
The distinguished Class of 2022 also includes Natalie Coughlin (swimming), Muffy Davis (Para alpine skiing and Para-cycling), Mia Hamm (soccer), David Kiley (Para alpine skiing, Para track and field, and wheelchair basketball), Michelle Kwan (figure skating), Michael Phelps (swimming), Lindsey Vonn (alpine skiing), Trischa Zorn-Hudson (Para swimming), the 1976 Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay Swimming Team, the 2002 Paralympic Sled Hockey Team, Gretchen Fraser (legend: alpine skiing), Roger Kingdom (legend: track and field) and Billie Jean King (special contributor).
The class of 2022 has represented the United States as athletes at a combined 27 Olympic and Paralympic Games, tallying 129 medals, including 86 golds.
National Governing Bodies, alumni, current athletes and additional members of the Olympic and Paralympic community were invited to submit nominations. From there, a nominating committee comprised of individuals from the Olympic and Paralympic movements narrowed it down to a set of finalists. The class of 2022 was determined by a voting process that includes Olympians and Paralympians, members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic family, and an online vote open to fans. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame was one of the first national sports halls of fame to include fan voting as part of its selection process, and this year, more than 432,000 votes were cast across all platforms.
This will be the 17th class inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame, bringing the total to 168 inductees (individuals and teams). The first class was inducted in 1983 and the most recent class was inducted in 2019.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A six-run ninth inning capped an incredible comeback victory for top-ranked Tennessee in Sunday’s regional final against Georgia Tech as the Volunteers punched their ticket to their second-straight NCAA Super Regional with a 9-6 win at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Five Vols drove in runs in that eventful ninth inning as the first eight batters of the inning reached base. Jordan Beck tied the game with an RBI double before Trey Lipscomb, Christian Moore, Evan Russell and Cortland Lawson all followed with at-bats the produced runs to give the Big Orange a 9-4 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth.
For the second straight game, UT had to erase a four-run deficit after falling behind in the early going. The Yellow Jackets (36-24) struck first with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the third inning due a two-out throwing error by Lawson that allowed both runs to score.
Tech added to its lead with two more runs in the bottom of the fourth when Stephen Reid sent a 3-1 pitch over the wall in left center to make it a 4-0 game.
Junior lefty Will Mabrey was able to calm the waters and keep the Vols within striking distance with 3.2 shutout innings of relief, striking out five batters while scattering five hits.
A defensive miscue from the Yellow Jackets helped UT get on the board in the fifth as Russell scored from second on a fielding error by first baseman Andrew Jenkins. Lawson scored one batter later on an RBI groundout by Beck to cut the deficit to 4-2.
The Vols continued to chip away with another run on the top of the seventh when Lipscomb singled to drive in Luc Lipcius, who led off the inning with a double. UT had a chance to tie or take the lead with runners on the corners, but Yellow Jackets’ reliever Dawson Brown was able to get Jorel Ortega to bounce into a double play to end the inning.
Entering the ninth trailing by a run, its was pinch hitter Jared Dickey who got the rally started with a single up the middle. The next seven batters proceeded to reach base as the Big Orange scored six runs on four hits and an error to take a five-run lead.
Georgia Tech didn’t go away without a fight in the bottom of the ninth, scoring a pair of runs on three hits to cut the lead to three. The Jackets had the bases loaded with two outs, but Redmond Walsh struck out Colin Hall looking on a 3-2 pitch to end the threat and send the Vols to supers.
NOTABLE
FEELING SUPER: Tennessee will host its second consecutive super regional in Knoxville next weekend as it hosts Notre Dame, who won the Statesboro Regional on Sunday with a win over Texas Tech. Next weekend’s super will mark the fourth in program history. UT is a perfect 6-0 in its other three super regional appearances with wins over East Carolina (2001), Georgia Tech (2005) and LSU (2021).
COMEBACK KIDS: For the second straight game, the Big Orange battled out of a four-run hole to pull out the win. Tennessee has posted three wins this season in which they went down 4-0: March 5 vs. Baylor, June 4 vs. Campbell and June 5 vs. Georgia Tech.
Entering Sunday’s contest, UT was 1-5 in games it trailed after the eighth inning with its only win in such contests coming in the series finale against Florida in Gainesville on April 24.
ALL-REGIONAL TEAM: Tennessee had four players make the NCAA Knoxville All-Regional Team, led by Jorel Ortega, who was also named the regional’s Most Outstanding Player after leading the team in batting average (.500) and total bases (14), while scoring four runs and totaling five RBIs.
Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello, right fielder Jordan Beck and left hand pitcher Will Mabrey reviewed the 1-seed Vols thrilling 9-6 comeback win over the 2-seed Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Game 6 of the Knoxville Regional to advance to the Super Regionals vs. Notre Dame.
Vols HC Tony Vitello, OF Jordan Beck & LHP Will Mabrey / Credit: UT Athletics
