Former Vols

Kara Lawson is the winner of the WNBA Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award.

Former Tennessee cornerback Daniel Gray plans to transfer to Utah State to reunite with old friends from south Florida.

The Arizona Cardinals released cornerback Prentiss Waggner. He participated in the Cardinals’ rookie minicamp last week in a tryout.

LOS ANGELES — Lane Kiffin has an idea.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyler Bray believes that every rookie has something to prove.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As evidenced by the proliferating number of pranks he’s pulling, Peyton Manning has gotten pretty comfortable in Denver as he enters his second season with the Broncos.

The story of Michael Cofer’s battle with an incurable disease touched a number of News Sentinel readers. Now there’s a way they can help.

DENVER — Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton has been sentenced to a year of probation and 24 hours of community service after pleading guilty to driving while ability-impaired.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — In the photograph, he’s tall, sleek, and powerful in his Detroit Lions uniform. He towers over the coach next to him.

Former Tennessee player and coach Johnny Majors was on the sidelines for several UT practices this spring and has visited with new coach Butch Jones a number of times.

Which UT player drafted will make the most impact his rookie season?

Eleven quarterbacks were selected in this weekend NFL’s draft, including four in the final minutes of Saturday’s seven-hour television marathon.

One of the first people to ring Justin Hunter’s cellphone with a congratulatory message on Friday night was his old quarterback, Tyler Bray.

The Minnesota Vikings, desperate for a big-play receiver, traded their way back into the first round to pick Tennessee’s Cordarrelle Patterson with the 29th overall pick of the NFL draft on Thursday night.

The four-month gauntlet through which an athlete transitions from college student to NFL millionaire is demeaning by just about any standard. But for Tennessee wideout Cordarrelle Patterson, the scrutiny has been especially unkind.