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SARASOTA -- Dick Vitale went around the room calling their names and dropping an anecdote or two as the famous coach or player stood up - More specifically, to raise the $1 million Vitale promised Holly and Patrick Wright in the name of their daughter, Payton, who died on May 29, 2007, after a...
Transfers, NBA hurt grad rates By BRYAN MULLEN • and MIKE ORGAN • May 16, 2008 After a season during which Tennessee lost a basketball scholarship for poor academic performance, Coach Bruce Pearl on Thursday called for changes to NCAA rules that penalize schools when players turn pro early or...
University of Tennessee president John Petersen and his cronies in the Vol athletics department could still turn Thompson-Boling Arena into the world's largest beer joint, but the Knoxville Beer Board should think long and hard before approving such a move.
Hey!! You’re not Myles Brand or a 12 year old boy!! (Double click to enlarge) Kentucky President and the NCAA are surprised, SURPRISED on Kentucky’s lack of ethics?? Myles Brand, head of the NCAA, in an interview with the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Jerry Tipton, gives Billy Clyde the thumbs down...
By ROGER GARFIELD rgarfield@dnj.com UT's Big Orange Caravan rolls into Murfreesboro to excite Vols fans and alumni. Together, the husband and wife have shared Vols football season tickets for more than 40 years. The Hords were among the close to 300 other Vols fans and fellow alumni at Stones...
The casual fan believes Tennessee was two wins from reaching the NCAA Final Four this year. The hardcore fan knows the Vols were only a point guard away. ... Consider: - In Tennessee's 72-66 Game 18 loss at Kentucky , Howell struggled mightily – going 0 for 3 from the...
It was Tennessee basketball at its trademark finest, except it was off the court and after the season that the Vols transformed a pair of turnovers into a steal and a game winner. ... The end result of losing Ramar Smith and Duke Crews is nothing less than a fantastic...
DEFIANCE, Ohio - Defiance College has hired a former assistant to current Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl to become the new men's basketball coach at the Division III school in northwest Ohio. ... Kyle Brumett spent the last two seasons coaching Lakeland College in...
The University of Tennessee’s men’s basketball program now has a couple of religion ghosts following its rather successful hoops program. In addition to the team’s coach Bruce Pearl, who is said to be passionate about his Jewish faith, one of its best players, prolific 3-point shooter Chris...
Jeff Goodman asked for some help in selecting the nation's top assistant coaches. Kansas' Joe Dooley ended up near the top of the list. ... Instead of giving our picks for the elite assistants in the country, we opted to go to those in the industry for their take....
