Daily Sports: 10.7.13
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SEC honors Mettenberger, Purifoy, Morgan
BIRMININGHAM, Ala. (AP) - LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger, Florida defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy and Georgia placekicker Marshall Morgan are the Southeastern Conference players of the week. The SEC named its weekly winners on Monday. Mettenberger completed 25 of 29 passes…
Lady Vols hire associate sports medicine director
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has hired Ashley Bonck Wilson as an associate director of sports medicine whose primary role will involve working with the women's basketball program. Her hiring was announced Monday in a university release. Tennessee had been…
Titans still working out kinks in run game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans need to quickly work the kinks out of their run game if they want to help quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick have success filling in for the injured Jake Locker. The Titans spent more than…
Fast start could produce happier finish for Vols
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's hopes of finishing the season in the NCAA tournament could depend on whether it gets off to a faster start. Each of the last two years, Tennessee has come on strong down the stretch but…
Former NFL player Gordon Polofsky dies at 82
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gordon Polofsky, who played three seasons in the NFL and was a linebacker and fullback on Tennessee's 1951 national championship team, has died. He was 82. Polofsky's wife, Charlotte Polofsky, said her husband died early Monday…
5th Quater Recap: Week 6
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Fifth Quarter Scores: Week 6
Fifth Quarter Scores: Week 6 Tune into Fifth Quarter Fridays after the WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News at 10 p.m. Â Collinwood 7 Perry County 26 Â Â Wayne County 20 Loretto 6 Â Â Dresden 24 West Carroll 14 Â …
Trojans charged up for district showdown at Westview
"They're undefeated; we're undefeated. You can expect two real football teams going at it."
Generals Park Getting Ready For Action
NORTH JACKSON, Tenn. -- Workers have finished installing new sod at Generals Park. The new grass will get all fall and winter to take root and start to flourish. Park officials expect it to be ready for play in Mid-March…
5th Quarter Recap: Week 5
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Fifth Quarter Scores: Week 5
 Adamsville 37 Collinwood 2   Fayetteville 10 Wayne County 30   Covington 30 Dyer County 41   Evangelical Christian 35 USJ 10   Fulton City, KY 0 South Fulton 53   Fulton County, KY…
Titans asking fans to donate sports gear Sunday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans are asking fans coming to the Jets' game to bring any extra sports equipment with them Sunday. Not to play but to donate. The Titans have teamed up with the Sports Fund through…
Angry Tennessee eager to end two-game skid
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Butch Jones appreciates the remorse his players showed in the locker room last week after their second straight loss. Now the Volunteers (2-2) want to take out their frustrations on South Alabama (2-1). Saturday's…
Vandy back home hosting UAB for final SEC tuneup
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Vanderbilt Commodores just want to start having some fun again. They've been busy trying to just focus on football the past few weeks, and it hasn't been easy. A receiver was kicked off the team…
Bengals LB Burfict fined $31,000
NEW YORK (AP) - Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict has been fined $31,000 by the NFL on Friday for two unnecessary roughness violations. Burfict had a hit on a defenseless player in the head and neck area, which cost him…
