(utsports.com) Tennessee basketball player Shembari Phillips has requested a release from his scholarship, and that request has been granted. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Phillips appeared in 31 games (with 13 starts) as a sophomore this past season. He averaged…
(utsports.com) Head coach Rick Barnes announced Thursday that junior-college transfer Chris Darrington is joining the Tennessee basketball family. The 6-1, 175-pound combo guard will be a junior for the Vols next season after spending the last two years at Vincennes…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Quarterback Sheriron Jones is leaving Tennessee's program again. Tennessee athletic department spokesman Stephen Lee confirmed Tuesday that Jones has been granted his release to transfer. 247Sports first reported Jones was transferring. Jones had left Tennessee's team…
ATLANTA (AP) - Michael Conforto homered and drove in three runs, and the Mets scored five times in the fourth inning off Julio Teheran before holding out to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 on Monday night. On the day the…
The Pittsburgh Steelers took Vols defensive back Cam Sutton in the third round of the NFL Draft on Friday. Sutton becomes the first Tennessee cornerback selected in the draft since the Chiefs took Eric Berry in 2010. Sutton had seven…
Move over Adrian Peterson. You're going to have some company in the New Orleans Saints backfield. The Saints took former Vols running back Alvin Kamara in the third round of the NFL Draft on Friday. New Orleans actually traded up…
The Philadelphia Eagles have selected Tennessee defensive end Derek Barnett with the No. 14 pick in the NFL draft. Barnett gives the Eagles a strong edge rusher. He had 32 sacks in three seasons. Hometown fans chanted "E-A-G-L-E-S" throughout the…
Was Saturday's Orange and White game the coming out party for Vols quarterback Quinten Dormady? Dormady was a perfect 10-10 passing with a couple of touchdowns in basically one half of action. Bad weather postponed the second half. Dormady also…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Alexa Middleton has left Tennessee's program and intends to transfer. Lady Volunteers coach Holly Warlick said Friday that Middleton is "a great young lady who felt like she needed a change, and we will do our…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee will conclude its spring season with the DISH Orange and White Game on Saturday, April 22, at 4 p.m. ET at Neyland Stadium. Along with the traditional spring practice format, the Vols are scheduled to…
(utsports.com) Good Afternoon Big Orange Nation: We are a just a few days away from the DISH Orange & White Game – even for an exhibition contest, pulling onto campus on a gameday morning is a special feeling! I can’t…
Tennessee will finish up spring practice this Saturday with their annual Orange and White game, but as expected, the quarterback race will continue. Quinten Dormady and Jarrett Guarantano have been fighting all spring to replace Josh Dobbs for the starting…
(utsports.com) Bill Anderson, co-captain of Tennessee’s 1957 football team, who later played for the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I and was the longtime football color analyst with John Ward on Vol Radio Network broadcasts for three decades, passed…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee senior associate athletic director Mike Vollmar has resigned. The school announced Vollmar's resignation Wednesday night. Vollmar was responsible for oversight of the Volunteers' football program as part of the athletics executive staff. Vollmar said in…
As Tennessee continues spring drills, it seems freshman offensive Trey Smith has been pretty impressive. He graduated high school early so he could enroll at UT and take part in spring practice. Smith was a five-star recruit that some declared…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has added forward Derrick Walker to its recruiting class. Walker, who is 6-foot-8 and 250 pounds, signed with Tennessee out of Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas. He previously attended Raytown (Missouri) Senior High…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee began its third week of spring practice on Tuesday at Haslam Field, running through a nearly two-hour workout under sunny skies. Having completed its first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday, the Vols took a…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee football program hosted its annual Pro Day on Friday morning as 16 draft-eligible Vols worked out in front of 89 NFL scouts, coaches and executives representing all 32 franchises. Among the notable attendees at…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs has been selected as a Torchbearer, which is billed as the highest student honor given out by the university. Dobbs learned Thursday that he'd received the honor. He's only the 26th…
Bob Shoop's first season as the Vols defensive coordinator did not go as well as expected. Tennessee's defense really struggled during the final month of the season. But Shoop is hoping things will settle down since he's in year two…
Long time Carson Newman football coach Ken Sparks passed away today at the age of 73 after a battle with prostate cancer. Sparks coached at Carson Newman for 37 seasons, achieving 338 wins, 99 losses, and two ties. Vols head…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The second week of spring workouts got underway on Tuesday afternoon as Tennessee practiced outdoors in full pads for two hours at Haslam Field. Head coach Butch Jones addressed the media after practice, discussing the challenges…
The Vols had one of the worst defenses in the SEC last year, and now they have to rebuild this spring without some of their top players like defensive end Derek Barnett and safety Cam Sutton. Down the stretch last…
Tennessee opened spring practice Tuesday with plenty of eyes on the quarterbacks. The Vols must replace veteran Josh Dobbs. Two of those fighting to take command of the offense are Quinten Dormady and Jarrett Guarantano. Dormady has some game experience,…