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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.…
GENERALS NEWS RELEASE The Generals were leading the BayBears 2-0 when game 1 was suspended in 4th inning MOBILE, ALA (AUGUST 6, 2013) – The Generals and Mobile BayBears played for 51 minutes on Tuesday, before lightning, hail and heavy…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Alterraun Verner is listed as Tennessee's starting right cornerback right now, not that he's sure he will be on the field to start Thursday night's preseason opener against Washington. He could be. But so could Tommie…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis Grizzlies will open the season Oct. 30 visiting the San Antonio Spurs in a rematch of their Western Conference finals. The Spurs swept Memphis in four games, ending the Grizzlies' first Western Conference final…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have signed linebacker Kadarron Anderson and waived as injured cornerback Matthew Pierce. The Titans announced the moves Tuesday. The 6-foot-1, 234-pound Anderson signed with New Orleans as an undrafted free agent last year…
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…
GENERALS NEWS RELEASE Game to be made up as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday MOBILE, ALA (AUGUST 5, 2013) – The scheduled game Monday night at 7:05 p.m. between the Jackson Generals and Mobile BayBears at Hank Aaron Stadium…
JACKSON, Tenn. - The University School of Jackson welcomed former Lambuth University Head Coach Jack Peel as the new leader of the baseball team. Like any first year head coach, Peel understands the first season is always a difficult adjustment…
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) - The assumption has been that the Titans' starting middle linebacker job will go to Colin McCarthy, a defensive captain a year ago. Moise Fokou (Foh-koo), one of Tennessee's free agent signees this offseason, has turned it…
