Category Archives: Top Stories
Jimmy’s blog: SEC needs to explain scheduling decisions
By Jimmy HyamsThe SEC wasn't happy when NCAA President Mark Emmert canceled the NCAA basketball tournament in March without prior notice.The SEC wasn't happy when the Big Ten announced a conference-on...
Aug 17, 2020
VFLs Primed for NBA Playoffs in the Bubble
Credit: UT Athletics ORLANDO, Fla. - With the 2020 NBA Playoffs set to begin Monday, five VFLs concluded their regular-season action in the NBA’s return to play, with four former Vols earning th...
Aug 17, 2020
$5,000 Reward Offered in Death of Knoxville Woman
The family is offering a $5,000 reward after the death of a Knoxville woman earlier this year. 24-year-old Aseal Iysheh was shot to death June 11th outside the BJ’s Food Mart on Magnolia. She wa...
Aug 17, 2020
TBI Investigating Officer Involved Shooting in Oak Ridge
The TBI is investigating after a man was shot and killed by police Saturday night. Oak Ridge Police got a call of a man in need of assistance around 9:30 p.m. at a home on the 100 block of Briar Road....
Aug 17, 2020
Vols Set To Open Practice Monday, 2020 Schedule To Be Unveiled
Neyland Stadium in Knoxville / Credit: UT Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - For the first time since early March, Tennessee football will hold an official practice as the Volunteers open preseason workouts...
Aug 16, 2020
SEC to announce 2020 Football schedule Monday
SEC logo / SEC Sports website BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (August 16, 2020) - The Southeastern Conference will announce its 2020 football schedule on Monday at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT on a special show on the S...
Aug 16, 2020
Tennessee legend Pat Summitt among USA Today’s Top 100 Women of the Century
Pat Summitt / Credit: UT Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The late Pat Summitt, legendary for her coaching and leadership of University of Tennessee women’s basketball for 38 seasons and serving as ...
Aug 14, 2020
5-star PG Kennedy Chandler commits to Vols hoops
The No. 1 point guard in the country per ESPN, in the 2021 class, Kennedy Chandler from Memphis announced his commitment on his Instagram account with ESPN’s Paul Biancardi Friday afternoon. htt...
Aug 14, 2020
Jimmy’s blog: Ranking Pruitt 10th now doesn’t matter
By Jimmy Hyams A College Football News analyst rated Jeremy Pruitt the No. 10 coach in the SEC. What does that mean for Tennessee's third-year coach? Nothing, really. You can certainly make the case f...
Aug 14, 2020
Britton Colquitt on 2020 Vikings “It is exciting. This has the makes for a good run.”
Vikings P Britton Colquitt / Credit: Minnesota Vikings media By Vince Ferrara / @VinceSports Former University of Tennessee player and VFL Britton Colquitt, punter of the Minnesota Vikings, spent some...
Aug 14, 2020
