Don Jacobs

University of Tennessee swimmer Ricky Henahan may be All-American quick in the pool, but he can’t outrun a police officer on land.

KNOXVILLE - A University of Tennessee football player this morning said he did nothing wrong during a bar brawl that resulted in an off-duty police officer being knocked unconscious in July.

A judge has dismissed charges of altering weapons in a murder probe against former University of Tennessee football player Brent Vinson.

Two police reports released Wednesday offer little new information on last week's bar brawl involving a number of University of Tennessee football players that left an off-duty police officer lying unconscious on the pavement along Cumberland Avenue.

KNOXVILLE - A report released this morning by Knoxville police says that University of Tennessee prized football recruit Da'Rick Rogers allegedly assaulted a man during last week's brawl at a Cumberland Avenue nightclub, but the victim declined to prosecute.

KNOXVILLE - A report released this morning by Knoxville police sheds little light on who kicked an unconscious off-duty officer left lying in the middle of Cumberland Avenue during a bar brawl involving multiple University of Tennessee football players.

Knoxville police will continue their investigation this weekend into a bar brawl involving several University of Tennessee football players that sent two people to a hospital - including an off-duty officer - before any more charges are filed.

KNOXVILLE - A brawl that led to the arrests of two University of Tennessee football players began when "an unknown patron" of a Cumberland Avenue bar attacked freshman defensive tackle Montori Hughes "without provocation," Hughes' attorney said this afternoon.

While the rest of his former University of Tennessee football teammates sweat through conditioning drills, Brent Vinson awaits a Nov. 22 trial date on charges he tampered with evidence in a murder case.

KNOXVILLE - Dismissed University of Tennessee football player Mike Edwards pleaded guilty this morning to a reduced charge of reckless endangerment in a plea arrangement that allows him to maintain a pristine record if he stays out of trouble for ...

KNOXVILLE - While students were passionate Tuesday night in expressing their displeasure over the departure of University of Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin, they weren't destructive.

An in-cruiser video camera captured the traffic stop of four University of Tennessee basketball players during which two guns and a bag of marijuana were found.

KNOXVILLE - An in-cruiser video camera captured the traffic stop of four University of Tennessee basketball players during which two guns and a bag of pot were found.

Police have yet to speak with a Knoxville mother and her daughter who provided a rental car to four University of Tennessee basketball players accused after a traffic stop on drug and weapons crimes.

KNOXVILLE - A woman who loaned her mother's rental car to four University of Tennessee basketball players accused of drug and weapon charges during a traffic stop had no knowledge of the two semiautomatic 9 mm weapons in the vehicle, ...

A car carrying four University of Tennessee basketball players - and two handguns - that was stopped by police had been rented by a Knoxville woman whose personal vehicle had experienced mechanical problems, an attorney said Tuesday.

KNOXVILLE - A car carrying four University of Tennessee basketball players stopped by police had been rented by a Knoxville woman whose personal vehicle had experienced mechanical problems, according to an attorney representing the family.

Knoxville police were trying Monday to interview a woman who rented a car that was stopped for speeding New Year's Day and contained four University of Tennessee basketball players, two 9mm semiautomatic handguns, a bag of marijuana and a bottle ...

KNOXVILLE - Four University of Tennessee basketball players arrested New Year's Day told police they knew two 9 mm semiautomatic handguns were in their rented Dodge Charger when they picked up the car in Nashville, records released today show.

A former University of Tennessee football player arrested Thursday on a charge of soliciting a sexual favor from a 15-year-old student is innocent of any wrongdoing, his lawyer said Thursday.

A former University of Tennessee football player, who was coaching at Pigeon Forge High School, was arrested this morning on a charge he solicited a sexual favor from a 15-year-old member of the team.

Former University of Tennessee basketball player Ramar Smith is accused of taking $6,000 in cash, a gun and a half-pound of marijuana during an armed home invasion robbery Monday night.

KNOXVILLE - Former UT basketball player Ramar Smith is accused of taking $6,000 in cash, a gun and a half pound of marijuana during an armed home invasion robbery Monday.

A Tuesday night shooting at a South Knoxville apartment complex left one person in critical condition and police were trying to determine if the incident was connected to an earlier home invasion robbery that allegedly involved a former University of ...

KNOXVILLE — Police don’t believe a University of Tennessee football player was involved in an overnight shooting in South Knoxville.

A Knoxville police officer acted appropriately last weekend when he arrested a University of Tennessee football player, a review of the incident concluded Tuesday. Officer Sam Henard charged offensive lineman Anthony Parker with disorderly conduct at 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Parker ...

Prompted by citizen complaints, Knoxville Police Chief Sterling P. Owen IV on Monday ordered a review of the disorderly conduct arrest this past weekend of a University of Tennessee football player. “There’s been some questions raised about the incident,” Owen ...