KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee and Memphis have agreed to renew their basketball rivalry starting next season. The Volunteers and Tigers will play Dec. 15 at Memphis' FedEx Forum in the first meeting between the programs since the 2012-13 season.…
The Hamilton Heights girls basketball team will compete for a national championship this weekend. They're one of four teams invited to the GEICO High School basketball championships, which gets underway on Friday in New York City. Last year the Lady…
Soddy Daisy -(WDEF-TV) After beating East Hamilton 13-1 on Monday, the Soddy Daisy baseball team defeated the Hurricanes again on Tuesday by a final of 10-1 in a district match-up at Soddy Daisy High School. With the game tied at…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Jobs are wide open and position battles continue as the Tennessee football team began its second week of spring practice on Tuesday at Haslam Field. UT head coach Jeremy Pruitt told media following the Vols’ second practice…
Central high school has found a new head football coach. They've hired Notre Dame assistant Curt Jones to replace Cortney Braswell as their new head coach. Jones is no stranger to the Purple Pounders program. He was Central's head coach from…
ATLANTA (AP) - Giancarlo Stanton and Didi Gregorius each hit a two-run homer and Sonny Gray had another strong outing for the New York Yankees, who closed out spring training with a 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday…
Ooltewah-(WDEF-TV) Ooltewah jumped out to a 4-0 lead and held on to beat Cleveland 7-6 on a cool Monday evening at Ooltewah high school. The Owls took advantage of several Blue Raider miscues early on. Cleveland had two errors in…
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) - Clint Bowyer snapped a 190-race losing streak dating to 2012 with a dominating performance Monday at Martinsville Speedway. The victory by Bowyer continued the strong start to the NASCAR season for Stewart-Haas Racing, which has won…
Tennessee and Memphis plan to renew their in-state basketball rivalry next season. The two teams haven't played since 2013. Tennessee leads the all-time series 14-11, although the Tigers have won the last three meeting. The series will tip off next year…
The Mocs basketball team is losing their leading scorer. Guard Nat Dixon has announced that he plans to graduate this semester at UTC, and then transfer to another school. Dixon averaged nearly 14-points a game last season, which made him the…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) The CFC unveiled their new jerseys for the upcoming season on Friday, and the annual event has turned into a party at the First Tennessee Pavilion. Said CFC general manager Sean McDaniel:"We've played a couple of games already, but really…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) The running game has been a point of emphasis for the Mocs this spring. Last year they scored only eight rushing touchdowns. So no wonder they're excited to have East Mississippi Community college transfer Tyrell Price at running back.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has agreed to pay former athletic director John Currie $2.5 million as part of a settlement reached less than four months after he was suspended in the midst of a football coaching search. Currie already…
Kentucky is back in the Sweet 16 tonight thanks in large part to the play of former Hamilton Heights guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He wasn't considered one of the Wildcats top freshman recruits when he arrived in Lexington this season, but…
(gomocs.com) The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team holds its annual Spring Showcase presented by MetroPCS on Saturday, March 24. This is a FREE event open to all Mocs fans and begins at 1:00 p.m. (E.D.T.) at Finley Stadium. Head coach…
It's hard enough to play the No. 2 player in the world. Making it tougher on former Baylor golfer Luke List is that he's putting with a wedge in the Dell Technologies Match Play. List's putter somehow became damaged, so…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Last year the Mocs football team suffered their first losing record since 2011. But one way to get good fast is play good defense. While UTC wasn't bad on defense last year, they're hoping to see steady gains as…
So much for that quarterback battle at Alabama this spring between Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa. Tagovailoa got hurt on day one. Head coach Nick Saban says Tagovailoa injured the thumb on his throwing hand. Saban added that Tagovailoa would be…
(gomocs.com) A number of NFL teams were represented at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team's annual Pro Day at D1 Sports Training on Tuesday. Inclement weather moved the event from Finley Stadium to D1's indoor facility. A dozen…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Volunteers held their first football practice of the Jeremy Pruitt era on Tuesday at Haslam Field, marking the beginning of the spring season. The Vols will practice 15 times over five weeks, culminating with…
Georgia was one of the biggest surprise teams in college football last season. They were one play away from winning a national title. But that game, and that season, are just a memory for head coach Kirby Smart as the…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee hosted its annual Pro Day on Monday morning, as several draft-eligible Vols showcased their talents in front of NFL scouts, coaches and executives. In total, 22 Vols participated in workouts throughout the day: Elliott Berry, Evan…
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - The Atlanta Braves have reassigned top prospect Ronald Acuna Jr. to their minor league camp. The 20-year-old outfielder from Venezuela was batting .432 with four home runs in 16 spring training games when the Braves sent…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) New Mocs defensive backs coach Jeremiah Wilson looks younger than his players, but don't let his looks fool you. The Chattooga high school graduate has learned from some of the top coaches in the nation, and the Summerville, Georgia, native…
Bradley Central guard Rhyne Howard is going to need a bigger trophy case. She won the Class Triple-A Miss Basketball award earlier this month. And on Monday, she won the state's Gatorade player of the year award. Howard averaged over 21-points…
ATLANTA (AP) - Julio Teheran has been picked as the Atlanta Braves' opening day starter. The 27-year-old right-hander will be making his fifth straight opening day start. He is 1-1 with a 1.88 ERA in his first four, including six…
(WDEF) - We saw history in the NCAA tournament on Friday night. UMBC upset Virginia, becoming the first 16 seed to ever beat a number one seed in the Big Dance. Third seeded Tennessee hopes to avoid that kind of…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Freshman Rennia Davis scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in her women's NCAA Tournament debut as No. 3 seed Tennessee pulled away in the second half to beat No. 14 Liberty 100-60 in the first…
Ooltewah high school has named assistant Scott Chandler as their new head football coach, replacing Mac Bryan. Chandler served as the Owls special teams and linebackers coach last season. Chandler is an LFO graduate, and he has college coaching experience…
Dalton boys basketball coach Mike Duffie submitted his resignation on Thursday, along with Catamounts girls basketball coach Jim Case. That's according to a press release from the high school. Duffie coached the Catamounts for 12 seasons where he won over 200-games.
(gomocs.com) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team fell 60-50 at UAB Thursday night, ending its season in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament at Bartow Arena. The Mocs fall to 17-13…
Georgia has hired former Indiana coach Tom Crean as its coach, capping a fast-paced search that began when Mark Fox was fired on Saturday. Crean was hired one day after former Ohio State coach Thad Matta withdrew from consideration. Georgia…
Tyner lost 78-55 to hot shooting Stratford in the quarterfinals of the state basketball tournament on Thursday in Murfreesboro. The Spartans were 11-15 from the floor in the first quarter as they went up 26-5. The lead ballooned to 47-30…
(utsports.com) The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced finalists for the Werner Ladder Naismith Trophy for Men's College Coach of the Year on Thursday, and Tennessee's Rick Barnes made the four-man cut. Ten semifinalists were previously announced on Feb. 23. Other finalists include Virginia's…
DALLAS (AP) - Admiral Schofield had 15 points and 12 rebounds as Tennessee advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 73-47 win over Wright State with coach Rick Barnes back in familiar territory Thursday. Lamonte Turner…
The Vols certainly weren't a sure bet to make the NCAA Tournament this year. But after 25 wins and a share of the SEC regular season title, Tennessee is now expected to do some big damage in the Big Dance,…
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Bills took the first step in restocking their quarterback position by agreeing to a two-year contract with A.J. McCarron. The 27-year-old spent the past four seasons backing up Andy Dalton in Cincinnati after…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Former Ohio State coach Thad Matta has withdrawn from the Georgia coach search after becoming the first known candidate to interview for the job. Matta told ESPN "I just don't feel that I am completely ready…
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes is back in Texas, where he led the Longhorns to 16 NCAA appearances in 17 years. That included a trip to the Final Four in 2003. Barnes makes his first NCAA trip with the Vols in…
LaFayette, GA-(WDEF-TV) LaFayette High School has named Paul Ellis as their new head football coach. Ellis takes over the Ramblers program after serving as the head coach at Fort Payne High School in Alabama the last 14 seasons. Ellis posted…