Category Archives: Top Stories
Jimmy’s blog: Barnes unsure how to implement paying players
By Jimmy Hyams SANDESTIN, FLA.– The California legislature just took a step toward paying student-athletes for their name, imagine and likeness and possibly for endorsements and autographs. That...
May 29, 2019
Jimmy’s blog: Pruitt says schools should consider diversity in hiring
By Jimmy Hyams Tennessee was the first in the SEC to have a black head men's basketball coach. It has had a black director of track and field. It had the first black starting quarterback in the SEC so...
May 29, 2019
Jimmy’s blog: Pruitt wouldn’t have made much on likeness
By Jimmy Hyams SANDESTIN, Fla. - One of the hot topics at the SEC spring meetings revolves around whether student-athletes should be paid for the name, image or likeness - also known as NIL. Tennessee...
May 29, 2019
Five Vols Grab Six Athlon Sports Preseason All-SEC Honors
Credit: UT Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Led by two honors for rising senior wide receiver Marquez Callaway, five Tennessee football players recently grabbed preseason All-SEC honors from Athlon Sports...
May 28, 2019
Tennessee Basketball to Face Washington in Toronto
Credit: UT Athletics Knoxville, Tenn. — The Tennessee basketball program will make its Canadian debut next season as the Volunteers are set to face Washington as part of the James Naismith Class...
May 28, 2019
Update: 6 Lady Vols on 2019 WNBA Opening Day Rosters
By Dan Stark / ESPN ImagesNewport Coast, CA – October 3, 2018 – The Resort at Pelican Hill: Candace Parker during the 2018 espnW: Women + Sports Summit (Photo by Dan Stark / ESPN Images) B...
May 23, 2019
Jimmy’s blog: Fraschilla impressed by UT’s Bone
By Jimmy Hyams Jordan Bone hasn't shown up on many NBA mock drafts, but ESPN's Fran Fraschilla thinks the 6-foot-3 point guard can find a home in the NBA. Fraschilla, former head coach at Manhattan, S...
May 23, 2019
Transfer Uroš Plavšić Signs with Vol Hoops
Credit: UT Athletics Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Tuesday that Arizona State transfer Uro Plavi (pronounced: -rsh PLV-shich) has signed an institutional aid agreement with UT and p...
May 21, 2019
#12 Tennessee Shuts Out UNC, 2-0, Punches Ticket to Supers
Lady Vols / Credit: UT AthleticsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - No. 12-seeded Tennessee came out on top, 2-0, in yet another pitcher’s duel against North Carolina in the NCAA Knoxville Regional final on Sund...
May 19, 2019
No. 12 UT Edged by UNC, 1-0, to Force Deciding Game 7
Lady Vols RHP Ashley Rogers / Credit:KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - No. 12-seeded UT fell in Game 6 of the NCAA Knoxville Regional, 1-0, to North Carolina, forcing a deciding Game 7 on Sunday afternoon.Freshman p...
May 19, 2019
