Tennessee basketball, both men and women, has gotten off to a pretty good start in 2024-25. The Tennessee men roared to a 16-0 start an earned a No. 1 national ranking by the Associated Press, a …

Back in the late 80s, I would be laying out the sports pages for one of the myriad newspapers I worked for. I often was alone upstairs on those Monday nights and I’d bring my transistor radio …

I recall covering the University of Tennessee’s Fiesta Bowl media day prior to its national championship bout with Florida State back in December of 1998. Then-UT coach Phillip Fulmer was …

In the post-mortem of Tennessee’s disastrous football playoff outing at Ohio State, I’ve come to several realizations. When this pairing was announced, all the pundits said that …

It seems as soon as the sulfur smell emitted by Fourth-of-July fireworks dissipates, the retailers are already stocking their shelves with Christmas items. We’ve barely gone back to work …

This was a generational-type season for Martin-Westview freshman quarterback Graham Simpson. The scary thing is, for opponents of the Chargers, Simpson is only a freshman. Tuesday at …

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will host a public event on December 13, 2024, to commission a new tugboat named "Summitt," honoring the legendary Lady Vols basketball coach Pat …

Entering Friday morning’s 3A state championship game in Chattanooga, Alcoa had won the last nine state titles. Martin-Westview found out why. The Chargers were subdued by a potent …

When I was a pre-teen, probably going back to the late 1960s to early 1970s, I became a huge football fan. I loved the pageantry of the college game and the intensity of the NFL. I grew up in a …

Martin-Westview freshman quarter, and 3A Mr. Football finalist, Graham Simpson was 29-37 passing for 372  yards, including a string of 18 consecutive completions to end the game and four …

In November of 1973, my family was about to move from Florida to Tennessee and my dad flew us up here to give it a look-see. I remember staying at what was the Holiday Inn in Milan, watching TV. …

Martin-Westview freshman quarterback Graham Simpson was 24-34 for 367 yards and threw four touchdowns as the host Chargers defeated visiting Covington 28-14 in the Class 3A state quarterfinals Friday …

A long time ago, on the TV show M*A*S*H, Corporal Klinger was stressing over replacing Radar as company clerk. Radar’s clerical skills were legendary and Klinger never thought he’d …

All day Saturday, people asked me who I thought would win the Tennessee-Georgia game. The line was 9.5 points. I said I thought Georgia would cover. It did. Georgia did more than that. …

Martin-Westview broke open a tight game in the fourth quarter and advanced to the Class 3A state quarterfinals after toppling visiting Dyersburg 42-22 at UT-Martin Friday. The Chargers, 12-0, …

Martin-Westview’s Jack Mantooth was the state runner-up in the Class A-AA boys’ cross country meet Thursday at Sanders Perry Park in Hendersonville. Mantooth had a time of 15:45.59. …

Last Wednesday, I found out, like so many others, that Voice of the Vols Bob Kesling was retiring in April, presumably after Tennessee finishes its basketball campaign. I’m happy for him …

The second-ranked Chargers locked down their fourth shutout of the season by subduing Memphis-Woodale 53-0 during the Class 3A playoff opening round at UT-Martin’s H.K. Grantham Field Friday …

Bailey Collie traveled to Hendersonville for the TSSAA State Championship Thursday, November 7 th . Competing against 243 of the top athletes in the state of Tennessee, Collie came in 107 th …

I know this space is generally devoted to football this time of year. But watching Tennessee’s lather-rinse-repeat approach to football lately seemed like an exercise in redundancy. …