Initial court date set for 4 ex-Vanderbilt players
The former Vanderbilt football players charged with rape now have an initial court date.
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M-Braves Even Series with Generals after 11-2 Rout
GENERALS NEWS RELEASE The 7-game series is now even at 2-2 after 4 games PEARL, Miss. (August 9, 2013) - Despite scoring a run in each of the first two innings, Jackson (21-23) dropped game four of the seven-game series…
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Illinois adds W. Kentucky, Middle Tennessee games
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.…
Munchak likes early gains in Titans' run game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans certainly have talked a lot the past few months about being able to run the ball. They finally got a chance to do just that in a game, and coach Mike Munchak is…
Tennessee's Vereen to miss at least 5 weeks
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…
Fulmer has interest in joining selection committee
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…
Vanderbilt Players Dimissed
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…
Without RG3, Redskins edge Titans 22-21
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Robert Griffin III handled the coin toss, and Kirk Cousins picked up where he left off last season filling in at quarterback, throwing for a touchdown as the Washington Redskins edged the Tennessee Titans 22-21 Thursday…
Generals Dominate M-Braves in Doubleheader Sweep
GENERALS NEWS RELEASE Jackson out-scored Mississippi 10-1 in two games on Thursday night PEARL, Miss. (August 8, 2013) – The Generals bats busted out to combine for 24 hits in the team‘s second doubleheader sweep of the season as Jackson…
Simpson continues to uplift UTM football
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, ECU chance to exit C-USA with another title
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.…
Injuries could impact Tennessee pass rush
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…
Tennessee DE Smith has fractured right thumb
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…
Hefflinger's Walkoff in 10th Dooms Generals Wednesday
GENERALS NEWS RELEASE Jackson dropped the opener of the seven-game series in five days PEARL, Miss. (August 7, 2013) – The Generals (19-22) fell in walk-off fashion Wednesday night in the series opener against the Mississippi Braves (24-20) in 10…
New chapter for Woods and Peabody
TRENTON, Tenn. - Fresh off their first district championship in 20 years wasn't the biggest news the Trenton Peabody football program endured last season. Just one year after garnering immediate success, former head coach Joe Gaddis departed from the Golden…
Draft losses force Vols to rely on young receivers
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…
Titans WR returns year after gruesome leg injury
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Marc Mariani has a scar that runs from the outside of his left ankle up to his calf and another scar on the inside of his leg. If he ever sets off an airport metal detector,…
