Area Sports
Vols open 2025 vs. Syracuse; will host Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Vandy
KNOXVILLE — A season-opener versus Syracuse in Atlanta followed by Southeastern Conference home games against Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt highlight the 2025 Tennessee football schedule. The league office unveiled the full slate of 2025 dates on the SEC Network Wednesday evening. Conference opponents are identical to 2024 with the game location flipped from what…
Read MoreTop-ranked Vols put away Miami
By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chaz Lanier scored 22 points, and No. 1 Tennessee beat struggling Miami 75-62 on Tuesday night at the Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square Garden. Igor Milicic Jr. added 16 and nine rebounds for the Volunteers, who took the top spot in the AP Top 25…
Read MoreCollege Football Playoff schedule
College Football Playoff schedule First round (Dec. 20-21) No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame, Friday, Dec. 20: 7 p.m. | ABC/ESPN No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State, Saturday, Dec. 21: 11 a.m. | TNT No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas, Saturday, Dec. 21: 3 p.m. | TNT No. 9 Tennessee…
Read MoreTSSAA BlueCross Bowl State Championship results
TSSAA BlueCross Bowl State Championship Games Division I Class 1A MASE 36, South Pittsburg 14 Class 2A Marion County 17, Milan 7 Class 3A Alcoa 40, Westview 21 Class 4A Macon County 45, Melrose 14 Class 5A Sevier County 27, Page 20 Class 6A Oakland 42, Houston 20 Division II Class A Nashville Christian 49,…
Read MoreTennessee gets 9th seed, trip to Ohio State
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100 percent fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team on the sideline in favor of an SMU…
Read MoreNo. 4 Wildcats rally to take down Gonzaga
By JOSH KIRSHENBAUM Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Andrew Carr had 19 points and No. 4 Kentucky erased an 18-point second half deficit to beat No. 7 Gonzaga 90-89 in overtime on Saturday night. Otega Oweh converted at the rim in the opening minute of overtime to put the Wildcats in front 81-79, their first…
Read MoreLady Vols remain perfect after beating Iowa
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Talaysia Cooper scored 19 of her 23 points in the second half to help Tennessee beat No. 17 Iowa 78-68 on Saturday night in the inaugural Women’s Champions Classic. Her jumper with 3:04 left in the fourth gave the Lady Vols (7-0) a 68-67 lead…
Read MoreVols whip Syracuse in SEC/ACC Challenge
By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE (AP) — Chaz Lanier scored 26 points to lead No. 3 Tennessee to a 96-70 victory over Syracuse in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night. The Volunteers (8-0) got a double-double from Igor Milicic with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Zakai Zeigler had 14 points and eight assists. Jordan…
Read MoreVols overcome slow start to overpower Vandy
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Josh Heupel made clear his No. 7 Tennessee Volunteers couldn’t have started their regular season finale any worse giving up 14 points within the first five minutes. The Vols showed they can finish, which has them on the verge of hosting a College Football Playoff…
Read MoreTennessee High School Football Playoff Scoreboard
TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SCOREBOARD Division I Semifinals Class 1A South Pittsburg 31, Coalfield 6 Memphis Academy of Science (MASE) 40, McKenzie 34 Class 2A Marion County 42, York Institute 0 Milan 21, Fairley 16 Class 3A Alcoa 38, Sequatchie County 3 Westview 50, East Nashville Literature 36 Class 4A Macon County 43, Anderson…
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