The Mississippi-Vanderbilt rivalry may never have a cool name like the Iron Bowl or the Egg Bowl. But there's little doubt the annual game is beginning to gain added importance now that both schools are upwardly mobile in the notoriously…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Butch Jones won't be the only newcomer playing a prominent role in the Volunteers' season opener Saturday against Austin Peay. Jones said throughout the preseason that many of his freshmen would have to play…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee will retire Candace Parker's No. 3 jersey before its Jan. 2 game against LSU, one of 11 teams on the Lady Vols' 2013-14 schedule that reached last season's NCAA tournament. The Lady Vols Tuesday announced…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Titans veteran receiver Kevin Walter will miss the first six weeks of the season recovering from back surgery. The Titans moved the receiver to the physically unable to perform list Tuesday to trim the roster to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Vanderbilt Commodores will play at least 19 opponents with postseason experience, and they have home and home games with three Southeastern Conference opponents. Coach Melanie Balcomb announced the schedule Tuesday. The Commodores have 29 games…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Spectators at Tennessee football games can't bring backpacks into Neyland Stadium this year. University officials issued a release Tuesday adding backpacks to a list of prohibited items that also includes alcoholic beverages, radios without headphones, open…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Butch Jones has chosen junior Justin Worley the Volunteers' starting quarterback for the season opener Saturday against Austin Peay. Jones called it a "very, very tight race," but said Worley's experience and ability to…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee forward Jeronne Maymon says he should be at 100 percent by the start of the season as he recovers from a knee injury that prevented him from playing last year. Maymon said at a Monday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Selling tickets should be easy for a Southeastern Conference team coming off a 9-4 season, especially for the opening game against Mississippi. Not so at Vanderbilt where tickets remained available Monday for Thursday night's season opener.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee safety Brian Randolph hopes to follow the example of a former teammate as he attempts to complete a comeback from a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Randolph watched Justin Hunter return from a torn ACL last…
Coaches Pre-season All-SEC team announced
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Butch Jones plans to name a starting quarterback for the Aug. 31 season opener with Austin Peay early next week. While speaking at the university's annual Welcome Back Barbecue on Wednesday, Jones said he…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's 2014 schedule includes a three-game stretch featuring back-to-back trips to Oklahoma and Georgia plus a visit from Florida. After traveling to Oklahoma on Sept. 13, the Volunteers have a week off before visiting Georgia on…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Southeastern Conference announced that South Carolina will host Texas A&M on Aug. 28, 2014 in the first conference football game to be televised on the SEC Network. The conference released its full 2014 league schedule…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Four former Vanderbilt football players have pleaded not guilty to raping an unconscious woman at a campus dormitory. Cory Batey, 19 of Nashville, Tenn.; Brandon Banks, 19, of Brandywine, Md.; Jaborian "Tip" McKenzie, 19, of Woodville,…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's Justin Coleman just might be the Volunteers most important player. No, he isn't the most talented, but Injuries and defections have left Coleman as one of the Volunteers' only experienced cornerbacks. Coleman realizes the Volunteers…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt will play eight home games in 2014 with Tennessee capping the season in a return to tradition for the rivals. Athletic director David Williams said the schedule released Wednesday by the Southeastern Conference was the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt coach James Franklin says he has tried to keep his football team busy and limit the distraction of the ongoing rape case. Four former Commodores are charged with raping an unconscious woman in a campus…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's 2013-14 schedule features at least seven games against NCAA tournament teams from last year but doesn't include its traditional home game with Kentucky. Now that the Southeastern Conference has ended divisional play, Tennessee doesn't face…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - With less than two weeks remaining until the season opener, the status of Tennessee's passing attack remains up in the air. Tennessee coach Butch Jones says he hasn't narrowed down the four-way quarterback competition. He also…
