John Adams

One of the great off-season debates for Tennessee fans could be: Which school year was worse for sports, 2010-11 or 2011-12?

If you have a casual interest in football and the Internet, you probably are aware that at least half the general populace already has done a 2013 NFL mock draft.

Tennessee fans have several obvious reasons to be encouraged about the upcoming football season: 20 starters return, the schedule is easier than last season's, and Kentucky wide receiver/quarterback Matt Roark has graduated.

A black bear turned heads when it wandered onto the University of Tennessee campus last weekend. But high atop the Smoky Mountains, a massive hiking expedition probably was more startling to anyone on the same trail.

BCS commissioners will continue their bold advances into the future this week when they gather for the first of three June meetings to formulate a plan for a four-team football playoff.

DESTIN, Fla. — Mark Richt didn't have a defensive scheme in mind when he sought to hire a new defensive coordinator after the 2009 football season. The Georgia coach was more interested in hiring the right person to head up ...

DESTIN, Fla. — Tennessee's football rivalry with Alabama was preserved. Its basketball rivalry with Kentucky was halved.

DESTIN, Fla. — A reporter prefaced his question to Dave Hart by saying he had received emails from Tennessee fans concerned that Pat Summitt's name might be taken off the Thompson-Boling Arena court.

DESTIN, Fla. — Cuonzo Martin and his family went their separate ways at the SEC spring meetings Tuesday.

DESTIN, Fla. — Derek Dooley isn't uncomfortable in the seat he has been assigned for the upcoming football season.

DESTIN, Fla. — You already know a couple of things about the SEC spring meetings, which begin this afternoon.

Texas A&M and Missouri representatives likely will feel great about their new conference home after they attend this week's SEC spring meetings, which begin Tuesday in Destin, Fla. And that's not just because the venue is a resort hotel on ...

If you think a decline in victories and championships is the only newsworthy trend in Tennessee athletics, you haven't been paying close enough attention.

This wouldn't have happened if Pat Summitt were healthy.

Tennessee's only softball shortcoming Sunday afternoon was seating.