15+ hour, 37+ min ago  (760+ words) Tennessee baseball blew a late lead by giving up a grand slam for the second straight SEC game, this time losing 7-5 to LSU on April 3. It was a gut-wrenching way to drop Game 1 of the home series at Lindsey Nelson…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (510+ words) Tennessee softball leaned on three solo home runs to take the series opener against South Carolina on April 2. The No. 7 Lady Vols (31-5, 8-5 SEC) won 3-1 against the No. 25 Gamecocks (22-16, 2-8) thanks to a two-home run night for junior outfielder Alannah Leach. Leach…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (330+ words) Tennessee women's basketball coach Kim Caldwell has another vacancy to fill on her staff. Two people familiar with the situation told USA TODAY Sports on Thursday that assistant coach Roman Tubner has been fired by the Lady Vols. Tubner is…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (776+ words) Tennessee's leaders are weighing a plan that could mean more nuclear waste is stored in the Volunteer State." State lawmakers might ask Gov. Bill Lee to answer a federal request for information about hosting what the U.S. Department of Energy is…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (192+ words) Tennessee basketball made its first move in the transfer portal, landing Belmont guard Tyler Lundblade, he announced on Instagram. "God opens doors no man can shut.. Rocky Top!" Lundblade wrote on his Instagram post April 1. Lundblade, a redshirt senior, entered…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (212+ words) The Tennessee Titans haven't officially announced their preseason opponents yet, but at NFL league meetings in Arizona on March 31, coach Robert Saleh might have revealed one of them. Saleh said the Titans are planning to host the Carolina Panthers at…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (310+ words) Tennessee basketball associate head coach Justin Gainey has been hired as the new coach at NC State, sources told the USA TODAY Network on March 30. Gainey, who just wrapped his fifth season on coach Rick Barnes staff on March 29when the…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (172+ words) Tennessee baseball player Stone Lawless was hit in the face by a pitch, which silenced the crowd at Hawkins Field and paused the Vols' game against Vanderbilt on March 29. According to a UT spokesperson, Lawless went to the hospital to…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (569+ words) After being able to derail run-and-gun teams like Saint Louis and Alabama in the second round and Sweet 16, No. 1 seed Michigan will have a different challenge on its hands with No. 6 Tennessee in Sunday's Elite Eight. The Vols dig in…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (408+ words) Free Press sports writer Christian Romo breaks down'the NCAA Tournament Midwest region Elite 8 matchup between 1-seed'Michigan basketball'and 6-seed Tennessee on Sunday, March 29, after the Wolverines' Sweet 16 win over Alabama on Friday. The buzz: The Wolverines have made the Elite Eight…...