KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee guard Robert Hubbs III already understands one secret to success even though he hasn't begun his college career yet. That secret: Follow the example of the team's best player. Just about every time all-Southeastern Conference…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has self-reported seven NCAA secondary violations, including two in football. The university's compliance department posted the violations and subsequent punishments on its website. One of the football violations involved a prospect making an unofficial visit…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Southeastern Conference has named Mark Whitworth to the newly created position of associate commissioner for men's basketball. The SEC announced the appointment on Wednesday for Whitworth, who has worked for the league for 25 years.…

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Austin Peay defensive end Earnest Smith will miss the entire 2013 season with a ruptured Achilles tendon. Smith underwent surgery last week after getting hurt during a June 20 conditioning drill. The university put out a…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's Jordan McRae says he watched last week's NBA draft without regret. McRae passed up an opportunity to enter the draft and instead returned to school for his senior season. The 6-foot-5 guard hasn't looked back…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say they're continuing to investigate an alleged June 23 sexual assault at a Vanderbilt University dormitory, two days after the school dismissed four players from the football team and kicked them off campus. No arrests…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - John Stanford, a former Middle Tennessee baseball player and coach who went on to become the school's athletic director, has died. He was 77. Chuck Ramsay, the funeral director of Woodfin Memorial Chapel in Murfreesboro, Tenn.,…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee forward Jeronne Maymon isn't worried about his playing status for the upcoming season even though he still has work to do in his recovery from an injured left knee that sidelined him last year. Maymon…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt has suspended four football players for a violation of team rules while Nashville police investigate whether a sex crime occurred in a campus dormitory. The school's public affairs department announced the suspensions Friday in a…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis Grizzlies have introduced Dave Joerger (YAY-gehr) as their coach, sending the franchise in a new direction after its most successful era under former coach Lionel Hollins. Joerger was a successful head coach in the…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Pat Summitt says she's "very, very content" in her new role now that she's had a year to adjust to life after coaching. The former Tennessee women's basketball coach showed no obvious signs of her illness…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis coach Josh Pastner has hired Jason Gardner as an assistant coach for the Tigers. Pastner announced the hiring Friday, a move that must be approved by the both the university and the Tennessee State Board…

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - East Tennessee State has hired Carl Torbush as the Buccaneers' new football coach to oversee restarting a program that was shut down a decade ago. School officials announced Torbush's hiring at a news conference Friday…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Guard Chandler Cooper has transferred from Florida to Lipscomb so she can be closer to home in Tennessee. Lipscomb coach Greg Brown announced her transfer Thursday. The Clarksville, Tenn., native was the third-ranked prospect from Tennessee…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Peyton Manning and Kara Lawson are taking part in a new commercial due out nationally this fall hoping to bring awareness to Alzheimer's and support the Pat Summitt Foundation's push to find a cure. Lawson filmed…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt center Stephanie Holzer has decided to quit playing basketball and forego her remaining eligibility because of repeated leg injuries. Coach Melanie Balcomb announced Holzer's decision Tuesday. Holzer missed two seasons, including last year, after she…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jarnell Stokes of Tennessee has earned a spot on his second straight USA Basketball team, this time with the Americans' Under 19 team that will compete in the World Championships in the Czech Republic later this…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former Vanderbilt basketball player Ashley Earley is returning to her alma mater as an assistant coach. Vanderbilt announced Friday that Earley has joined Melanie Balcomb's staff. Her responsibilities will include instructing post players and recruiting. Earley…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is the winner of the Keith Jackson Eternal Flame Award, an honor given annually by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Tennessee women's athletic director emeritus Joan Cronan…

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - East Tennessee State has added junior-college forward Darius Forrest to its frontcourt. Forrest, who is 6-foot-6 and 190 pounds, averaged 13 points and six rebounds per game for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College last season.…