Vols Ready For Season Opener Against Chattanooga
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After an offseason of anticipation, game week has finally arrived for the 2024 Tennessee Volunteers football team as it prepares to host in-state foe Chattanooga…
Mother of Quarterback Headed to the Vols Suing State of North Carolina Over NIL
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The mother of a touted high school football player who has committed to play in college at Tennessee is suing the state of North Carolina over its restrictions for public-school athletes to cash in on their…
Depth Excites Vols Defense Ahead of Opener Against Chattanooga
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — With the first week of classes wrapping up and only eight days remaining until Tennessee football's 2024 season opener, the anticipation builds every day the Vols suit up for practice on Haslam Field. After Friday's morning…
Vols Sign Baseball Coach Tony Vitello to New Five Year Contract Extension
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello has signed a new five-year contract after leading the Volunteers to a national championship. The contract, announced by athletic director Danny White on Friday, runs through June 30, 2029. It follows the…
Vols Basketball Set to Play Miami at Madison Square Garden
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team will take on Miami in the 2024 Jimmy V Classic, as announced Wednesday afternoon by ESPN Events. The Volunteers and Hurricanes are set to play Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m.,…
Vols Plan to Checker Neyland Against Florida
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Athletics has announced its 2024 home football game designations in Neyland Stadium as the 15th-ranked Volunteers kick off the fourth season of the Josh Heupel era this fall. #CheckerNeyland presented by Pilot takes center stage for the Vols' SEC home…
Vols Moving Into Game Week Mode With Opener Against Chattanooga Around the Corner
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – With classes underway and the preseason winding down, No. 15 Tennessee will use this week as a mock game week before turning its full attention towards preparation for the 2024 season opener against Chattanooga on Aug.…
Vols Offensive Line Trying to Make the Grade Against UT's Talented Defensive Front
The Vols football team held their second pre-season scrimmage Thursday morning. Tennessee is trying to build up their offensive line, but it's gotta…
UT signs unique corporate deal for Neyland Stadium
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The University of Tennessee has signed a corporate partnership for Neyland Stadium that will NOT change the name. They're calling their deal with Pilot as the first of…
Vols Secondary Coach Willie Martinez Sings the Praises of Boo Carter
Boo Carter may be a freshman defensive back at Tennessee, but you'd never know it hearing his position coach talk. Secondary coach Willie Martinez…
Vols Return One of the Nation's Most Experienced Offensive Lines
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — One of Tennessee football's most experienced position rooms was highlighted on Monday as UT wrapped up Practice No. 5 of preseason training camp. Offensive line coach Glen Elarbee and a trio of veteran, in-state O-line contributors spoke to…
Carson Gentle Glad He Waited Out Senior Year at McCallie Before Reporting to Rocky Top
McCallie grad Carson Gentle went through the Vols first fall practice Wednesday. The freshman defensive lineman wrestled with the idea of enrolling…
Vols Kick Off Fourth Fall Camp Under Josh Heupel
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football's roster continues to grow in size, speed and athleticism since head coach Josh Heupel took over the program in 2021. That was on full display Wednesday morning, as the Volunteers began the fourth preseason of the…
Neyland Entertainment District Coming to University of Tennessee
(utsports.com) The University of Tennessee announced today the next big step in the process of transforming the waterfront at Neyland Stadium by issuing its notice of intent to award the Neyland Entertainment District project to the 865 Neyland Project Team,…
Vols Appear at Ease at SEC Media Days
When you return talent, as well as a five star quarterback, you gotta be relaxed at SEC media days. That seemed to be the case for Tennessee, as they wrangled with reporters. Vols offensive lineman Cooper Mays decided to get…
Vols QB Nico Iamaleava and Sooners QB Jackson Arnold Could Be SEC Wildcards
DALLAS (AP) — Southeastern Conference quarterbacks fall into a few categories this year. There are the cover boys: Texas’ Quinn Ewers, Georgia’s Carson Beck and Alabama’s Jalen Milroe who are all featured on the deluxe version of the new EA Sports…
Royals Draft Vols Pitcher Drew Beam on Second Day of MLB Draft
Drew Beam was a key cog of Tennessee’s pitching staff on its road to a College World Series title. Now the right-hander hopes to make an impact for the up-and-coming Kansas City Royals. Beam was one of the first selections on…
Former Vols Star Dalton Knecht Ready to Morph Into Lakers 'Knecht 4'
The Lakers introduced their NBA draft picks Tuesday, including former Vols stand-out Dalton Knecht, who they took in the first round. Knecht says it'll be pretty surreal to suit up with LeBron James and the rest of the Lakers crew…
Two Tennessee Basketball Players Land NBA Contracts
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Two of the most accomplished players in the history of the University of Tennessee men's basketball program have inked contracts with NBA teams to begin their professional careers. Josiah-Jordan James agreed to terms on a deal with the…
Lakers Take Former Vol Dalton Knecht With 17th Overall Pick in NBA Draft
The NBA Draft didn't go the way former Vols star Dalton Knecht expected on Wednesday evening. But Knecht wound up going to the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the premiere franchises in the league. Draft experts thought Knecht would be…
Tony Vitello Helps Tennessee Become Standard Bearer in College Baseball
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Winning the national championship validated what already was increasingly obvious. Tennessee is the standard bearer in this era of college baseball. The Volunteers’ first national title in the sport was the culmination of a seven-year climb from SEC…
Good o1' Rocky Top! Vols Beat Texas A&M 6-5 For National Title!
(utsports.com) OMAHA, Neb. – The 2024 Tennessee baseball team made history Monday night in Omaha – winning the program's first national title with a 6-5 game three victory over No. 3 Texas A&M at the Men's College World Series at…
Tennessee and Texas A&M Each Seeking Their First Baseball National Title
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Texas A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle remembers how he felt when he saw Braden Montgomery, one of the biggest stars in college baseball, break his ankle as he slid into the plate in the NCAA super regionals…
Former LSU Coach Skip Bertman Surprised Vols Are Making a Run at Tigers Home Run Record
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Until he saw messages flying back and forth on the 1990s-era LSU players’ group text thread late this season, Skip Bertman didn’t realize the Tennessee team of 2024 was making a serious run at the Holy…