KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Butch Jones realizes that returning a storied Volunteers program to Southeastern Conference contention is going to be a gradual process. Jones is trying to rebuild a program that has posted three straight losing seasons,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former Volunteers player and coach Johnny Majors has made a second donation to the Tennessee State Library and Archives that allows game plans and other memorabilia from his career to be available for public viewing. Majors…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has added games against a pair of non-BCS schools for the 2015 and 2017 seasons. The Illini announced Friday they'll host Middle Tennessee State on Sept. 26, 2015, and Western Kentucky on Sept. 16, 2017.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee defensive end Corey Vereen is expected to miss at least five weeks with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. Coach Butch Jones said Friday it's difficult to put a specific timetable on…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer says he's interested in being part of the College Football Playoff selection committee. Fulmer said Friday he'd like to be considered for the committee that determines which four teams get picked…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Four former Vanderbilt football players have been indicted on five counts of aggravated rape each of an unconscious 21-year-old co-ed at a campus dormitory in June. Nashville police and the district attorney sent out a release announcing…
MARTIN, Tenn. - Before head coach Jason Simpson stepped on the University of Tennessee at Martin sidelines, the Skyhawk football program struggled. The school had only managed to win 20 Ohio Valley Conference games in its first 14 seasons in…
Tulsa and East Carolina get one more chance to win another Conference USA title before moving to a new league. Or maybe a newcomer like Louisiana Tech or Middle Tennessee can get started with a championship in the still-evolving league.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee already is encountering a couple of obstacles in its attempt to revitalize a pass rush that has been dormant for several years. Senior defensive end Jacques Smith has a fractured right thumb that is expected…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee defensive end Jacques Smith has a fractured right thumb that puts his status for the start of the season in jeopardy. Tennessee coach Butch Jones said Wednesday night that Smith had surgery earlier in the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee prides itself as Wide Receiver U. because of its history of producing pros at that position and the latest NFL draft decimated the Volunteers' receiving corps. The departures of first-round draft pick Cordarrelle Patterson and…
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - Cumberland University is seeking to make the move from NAIA to the NCAA ranks as a Division II school. School officials announced Wednesday that Cumberland has been granted provisional membership into the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dontavis Sapp remembers wondering if he'd ever get the opportunity to earn a meaningful role on Tennessee's defense. Sapp, a senior linebacker, was primarily a special-teams performer his first three years at Tennessee under former coach…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee free safety Brian Randolph has heard the criticism of the Volunteers' secondary and is ready to prove the skeptics wrong. Randolph says the defensive backs remind themselves every day that "people consider us the worst…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt guard Kedren Johnson has been suspended from the university for a year, leaving the Commodores without their leading scorer from last season. Johnson said Monday in a letter released by the university that he's been…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with offensive guard Chance Warmack, who had been the last remaining unsigned first-round draft pick. The Titans announced Monday that Warmack had agreed to a deal, but did not…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt guard Kedren Johnson has been suspended from the university for a year, leaving the Commodores without their leading scorer from last season. Johnson said Monday in a letter released by the university that he's been…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's Holly Warlick feels the difference a year of head coaching experience makes. She doesn't have to answer as many questions about replacing Pat Summitt. She doesn't worry about whether she can make the transition from…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Middle Tennessee police say they have video of a Blue Raiders football player choking his girlfriend last November while two teammates watched and did nothing. The girlfriend met with university police on Friday and they released…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart believes his department is on the right track, even though the Volunteers' recent results show there's plenty of work left to do. The Vols have failed to earn a bowl bid…
