By CHRIS DORTCH For some players, losing all of summer practice to a back injury that eventually required surgery to repair might have set them back and jeopardized their chances …
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By CHRIS DORTCH NIL and unlimited transfers have amounted to unlimited headaches and long days for coaches. But two things are certain. These changes have been good for the game …
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By CHRIS DORTCH Less than 24 hours after getting the bar bouncer treatment from Michigan in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes and his staff had stuffed …
By CHRIS DORTCH There are two ways to look at Tennessee’s ouster from the NCAA Tournament at the hands of a Michigan team that will probably win the national championship. …
By CHRIS DORTCH When my friend and frequent collaborator John Moorehouse asked if I’d be interested in joining the I-81 team, I was intrigued because I thought the website would …
By SCOTT FELTS The 19th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (10-3) closed out the non-conference portion of their schedule Tuesday with a 105-54 shellacking of South Carolina State (1-13). Where do the Vols …
BY MARK VICARS Rocky Top Reloaded “Rocky Top, you’ll always be, home sweet home to me, Good ol’ Rocky Top…” Rick Barnes will be singing that for years to come …