KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee visits defending NCAA Tournament runner-up North Carolina and faces Gonzaga in Nashville as part of its 2016-17 nonconference men's basketball schedule. The school released its nonconference schedule Friday. Nonconference home opponents include Chattanooga (Nov. 11),…
INDIANAPOLIS – Former Southern Conference basketball players Lucy Mason of UNCG and Alicia Payne of Chattanooga are among the record 517 student-athletes nominated for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The NCAA Woman of the Year award honors…
A wild night at AT&T Field was capped by a go-ahead hit-by-pitch and a 6-5 win for the Lookouts to open the second half of the 2016 season. Travis Harrison got hit by the Generals’ Matt Anderson with the bases…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Hawks have selected St. Joseph's shooting guard DeAndre Bembry with the No. 21 overall pick of the NBA draft. The 6-foot-5, 206-pound Bembry also can play small forward. He averaged 17.4 points and 7.8 rebounds…
ATLANTA (AP) - Adonis Garcia hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Addison Reed in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets for the fourth straight time in a week, 4-3 Thursday. Atlanta has improved the…
Chattanooga-(WDEF) Five Baylor swimmers have qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials this weekend, including 16-year-old Trey Freeman and 20-year-old Sam McHugh, who now swims at Tennessee. Both guys got in one final practice session Thursday morning at Baylor before leaving…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Georgia freshman defensive back Chad Clay has been dismissed from the football team following his second arrest in less than three months. Coach Kirby Smart announced the "very disappointing" news of Clay's dismissal in a news…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Titans linebacker Derrick Morgan wants the NFL to study how medical marijuana could help players. Morgan said Thursday on Twitter that "it's time for the NFL to take an HONEST look into the potential medical…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee wide receiver Vincent Perry has been ruled academically ineligible for the upcoming season. Tennessee athletic department spokesman Ryan Robinson announced Wednesday that Perry remained on the Volunteers' roster and would practice with the team this…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow visited his former high school football teammate who was wounded in the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando. The Orlando Sentinel reports Rodney Sumter was a bartender at Pulse nightclub and was…
MIAMI (AP) - Adam Conley pitched a career-high eight innings and the Miami Marlins broke the Atlanta Braves' six-game winning streak Wednesday with a 3-0 victory. The Marlins defeated the last-place Braves for only the second time in eight meetings…
(Gomocs.com) CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs release their 2016-17 men’s basketball non-conference schedule today. It includes 11 total games with five at home, four or five on the road and one neutral depending on the outcome of games at a tournament in…
MIAMI (AP) - Jace Peterson hit a game-tying two-run home run in the eighth inning and a go-ahead RBI single in the 10th to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night. Chris…
Cleveland, TN-(WDEF) Summer football camps have turned into big recruiting tools for colleges in recent years, just ask Bradley Central quarterback Cole Copeland. The upcoming senior has been invited to several camps. Copeland and Bears head coach Damon Floyd give…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama athletic director Bill Battle is set to undergo a series of treatments for cancer. The university announced in a statement Tuesday that Battle will undergo a stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma at Emory University.…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - New Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt will make $1 million annually under his three-year deal. The compensation committee of the University of Alabama system trustees approved Pruitt's contract Tuesday, along with new deals for eight other…
Vols legend Peyton Manning made his annual summer excursion to Rocky Top to hand out a few academic scholarships that bear his name. We should see more of Manning in Knoxville now that he has retired after two decades of…
(Gomocs.com) If you have attended a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball game, you probably noticed the table crew making sure the game ran smoothly. They run the clocks, double-check calls with officials and keep the crowd updated through the…
MONROE, La. (AP) - The district attorney's office has decided not to prosecute Alabama offensive lineman Cam Robinson and reserve defensive back Laurence "Hootie" Jones on drug and weapons charges. Prosecutor Neal Johnson cited insufficient evidence in court documents filed…
Former Mocs defensive end Davis Tull missed his rookie season last year with the Saints, recovering from a shoulder injury. But Tull is now healthy and catching the eye of his head coach in mini-camp. Said head coach Sean Payton,…
Chattanooga-(WDEF) When threatening skies roll in for a Lookouts baseball game, Chattanooga doesn't have a big enough grounds crew to handle the tarp. So the call goes out for staff employees to come on down and help try and tame…
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - It took six years for Julio Jones to become the undisputed leader of the Atlanta Falcons' receiving corps. With his close friend Roddy White no longer on the team, Jones is the guy everyone looks…
The World's best golfers will tackle one of the world's toughest courses this week at the U-S Open. Golf's second major will go down at the Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh. This venue is generally regarded as one of the…
The Titans opened a three-day mini-camp Tuesday in Nashville. Tennessee has been busy working on their deep passing game. The Titans were near the bottom of the NFL in forty-yard pass plays last year. One reason was because their quarterbacks…
ATLANTA (AP) - Jay Bruce had a three-run homer in the first, Brandon Finnegan pitched six strong innings and the surging Cincinnati Reds escaped a jam in the ninth to beat the weak-hitting Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night. Finnegan…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee won't hold classes Sept. 1 due to logistical concerns surrounding the football team's season opener with Appalachian State at Neyland Stadium that night. School officials announced Tuesday that "this is necessary to accommodate the traffic,…
ATLANTA (AP) - Tyler Holt's bases-loaded walk off closer Arodys Vizcaino forced in the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 9-8 on Monday night in a matchup of teams with the worst…
Chattanooga-(WDEF) Soddy Daisy outfielder Tre Carer put on his high school jersey one more time on Monday night in the Tennessee-Georgia high school all-star baseball game. And with his final swing, he hit a 3-run homer in the 5th inning…
(GoMocs.com) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coach Russ Huesman announced the addition of Joshua Phillips to the 2016 roster today. Phillips is a transfer from Middle Tennessee where he was a three-year letter winner on the Blue Raiders' basketball…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Southern League has announced that Chattanooga Lookouts’ All-Star Daniel Palka has been named its Player of the Week for June 6 – June 12. The Lookouts outfielder continued his torrid start to the month of June…
Sequatchie County native Dakota Hudson had to wait awhile Thursday night, but the Mississippi State pitcher finally got to hear his name called in the first round of the major league baseball draft. The St. Louis Cardinals took Hudson with…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- University of Tennessee infielder Nick Senzel was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the first round (second overall pick) of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. With his selection, Senzel becomes the first UT…
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves tonight selected right-handed pitcher Ian Anderson of Shenendehowa High School, in Clifton Park, N.Y., with their first selection (third overall) in the 2016 First-Year Player Draft. Anderson, a 6-foot-3, 180-pounder, entered the 2016 draft ranked…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Florida is renaming its football field after former coach Steve Spurrier. The university's board of trustees approved the change Thursday, making it Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The modification recognizes Spurrier, the program's…
(lookouts.com) The Chattanooga Lookouts clubbed a season-high six home runs in a 15-1 over the Jacksonville Suns. The win moves the Lookouts to .500 for the first time this season. Not to be overshadowed by the Lookouts offense was starting…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Panthers quarterback Cam Newton says he's done with the dab. The NFL's Most Valuable Player is moving on from the touchdown celebration he performed last season that became popular across the country. Newton talked about his…
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Ender Inciarte finished a home run shy of the cycle and scored twice, Julio Teheran pitched eight innings and had an RBI single, and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 Wednesday to stop…
Chattanooga-(WDEF) Red Bank graduate Hunter Adkins did not get the homecoming he was looking for Tuesday night at AT&T Field. The Jacksonville Suns pitcher gave up three runs against the Chattanooga Lookouts in the 8th inning. While Adkins was disappointed…
Chattanooga-(WDEF) Notre Dame introduced Trey Hicks as their new head baseball coach on Wednesday. Hicks is a Red Bank graduate, who served as the Lions head coach the last six years, and he was an assistant coach at Red Bank…
NEW YORK (AP) - Kelly Johnson is back with the New York Mets. The Mets acquired the utilityman from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday for right-hander Akeel Morris. As part of the deal, the Braves will pay the Mets $450,000…