NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Vanderbilt Commodores will be hosting Georgia Tech and Saint Louis in non-conference play while making a trip to the Virgin Islands and Butler. Coach Kevin Stallings announced the schedule Thursday. The Commodores' Southeastern Conference schedule…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Middle Tennessee State University's top administrators and deans will meet with prospective students in six cities in September and October as part of its annual "True Blue Tour." MTSU says that President Sidney A. McPhee, deans…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The final former Vanderbilt player has been released from jail after posting bond on five charges of aggravated rape. Brandon Vandenburg, 20, of Indio, Calif., was released Wednesday night after posting $350,000 bail. Vandenburg had been…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee isn't treating its top rushing performance in three years as cause for celebration. The Volunteers instead are wondering how they can do better. Tennessee trounced Austin Peay 45-0 last week by rushing for 315 yards,…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has promoted Jimmy Stanton to senior associate athletics director for communications. Stanton had held the title of associate athletics director for communications since August 2010. Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart announced Stanton's promotion Thursday in…

ATLANTA (AP) - The Three Meeks of Tennessee women's basketball got together to support former coach Pat Summitt's foundation on Wednesday night. Chamique Holdsclaw and Semeka Randall sat in courtside seats to watch Tamika Catchings and the Indiana Fever play…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee wide receiver Devrin Young is expected to miss four to six weeks after breaking his hand during practice Tuesday. Volunteers coach Butch Jones announced the severity of Young's injury and the length of time he…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Antonio Barton says he's still getting used to being on a different side of the Tennessee-Memphis rivalry. His new teammates are making the point guard's adjustment easier. After graduating from Memphis in three years, Barton transferred…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jenny Moshak's personnel file shows that she received consistently positive performance reviews before retiring as Tennessee's associate director of sports medicine, less than a year after filing a lawsuit against the university for discrimination and retaliation.…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Three former college football players are suing the NCAA, saying it failed to educate them about the risks of concussions and did not do enough to prevent, diagnose and treat brain injuries. Chris Walker and Ben…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The NCAA has granted guard Michael Dixon's waiver to play this season at Memphis after transferring from Missouri. Athletics director Tom Bowen announced Wednesday that the NCAA notified Memphis of its decision. The senior enrolled at…

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Western Kentucky quarterback Brandon Doughty had an impressive debut. The junior signal-caller was effective running coach Bobby Petrino's offense against Kentucky and wants to keep the Hilltoppers rolling on Saturday at Tennessee. Doughty understands that…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee linebacker Curt Maggitt is getting closer to returning from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Maggitt worked out in full pads Tuesday and wasn't wearing a green non-contact jersey. Tennessee coach Butch…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee quarterback Justin Worley's teammates sense a difference in him this year. Now that he's entrenched as Tennessee's starter at least for the time being, Worley is playing more confidently. That was apparent Saturday as Worley…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Belmont coach Rick Byrd has taken over as chairman of the NCAA men's basketball rules committee. Byrd took over as chairman Sunday from John Dunne of Saint Peter's, and the Belmont coach will serve a two-year…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt's Jordan Matthews says he's just fine and he never had any concussion symptoms. The received said Tuesday that he vomited in last week's season opener because he had been hit in the stomach. Cameras showed…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Butch Jones should savor the first game of his Tennessee coaching tenure. It may represent one of the few times in his debut season that his team takes the field as a prohibitive favorite. Tennessee opens…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jeff Scott scored on a 75-yard touchdown run with 1:07 left, and Mississippi rallied twice Thursday night to beat Vanderbilt 39-35 in a wild season opener for both teams. Vanderbilt went up 35-32 on a 34-yard…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - William Pratcher rushed for two touchdowns and 71 yards and Middle Tennessee won its first game as a Conference USA member by defeating Western Carolina 45-24 Thursday night. Jordan Parker ran for a 65-yard touchdown on…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - DJ McNeil and Trent Garland each rushed for more than 100 yards and a touchdown as Tennessee-Martin beat Chattanooga 31-21 in the season opener for both teams Thursday night. The Skyhawks amassed 289 yards on the…