John Adams

• Adams: Early SEC look looks the same Published 02/06/2010 at 10:08 p.m. 69 Comments

  The juniors have declared their departure for the NFL draft, and recruiting is all done. It's an appropriate time for an early peek at the next SEC football season.

• Adams: UT's future is bright, but past is present Published 02/06/2010 at 12:26 a.m. 77 Comments

  Tennessee's 2010 football recruiting class has center stage for now. But after being analyzed and celebrated the last few days, it will be mostly forgotten over the course of the next season.

• Adams: Impressive numbers back Wilcox hire Published 02/05/2010 at 12:34 a.m. 62 Comments

  Tennessee fans have endured so much coaching trauma in the last 15 months, they might be immune to panic. So maybe they couldn't work up a healthy scream at the latest coaching news.

• Adams: Despite upheaval, class maintains dignity Updated 02/03/2010 at 11:58 p.m. 40 Comments

  Tennessee's 2010 recruiting class won't rank as its best. But it might be remembered as UT's most reassuring class.

• Adams: Hey UT fans, don't worry, be happy Published 01/30/2010 at 9:57 p.m. 96 Comments

  A month ago, I recounted a series of Tennessee football mishaps that covered the second half of the Memphis game all the way through news of an NCAA investigation into UT's hostesses. Guess I should have waited.

• Adams: No need this time for margin of error Published 01/28/2010 at 11:21 p.m. 4 Comments

  You don't measure Lady Vols regular-season basketball by mere victories. Margin of victory is what resonates in the most successful program in women's basketball.

• Adams: Dooley's focus remembered at Clarke Central Published 01/23/2010 at 10:18 p.m. 26 Comments

  ATHENS, Ga. - Derek Dooley's football roots are readily traced to the University of Georgia, where his father, Vince, was a longtime coach. But the new Tennessee coach first distinguished himself a few miles away, at another school under another ...

• Adams: Summitt's concern valid for Lady Vols Published 01/21/2010 at 11:26 p.m. 10 Comments

  ATHENS, Ga. - Everything mattered at Stegeman Coliseum Thursday night, according to Georgia coach Andy Landers.

• Adams: Coaches at UT stick together Published 01/18/2010 at 10:50 p.m. 19 Comments

  As Pat Summitt conducted her weekly teleconference last week, publicist Debbie Jennings informed the media that the Lady Vols coach would take questions on the departure of UT football coach Lane Kiffin.

• Adams: Changes nothing new for Vols Published 01/17/2010 at 9:04 p.m. 10 Comments

  Nick Reveiz smiled often and handled interviews with his usual aplomb Friday night, following Derek Dooley's first press conference as Tennessee's head football coach. He at least had the assurance of a new coach, three days after he had lost ...

• Prince was royalty in UT's loss Published 01/27/2010 at 11:37 p.m. 41 Comments

  J. P. Prince raised his game to unexpected heights Wednesday night but couldn't carry his team with him.

• Bass proves to be no Vandy pushover Published 01/17/2010 at 11 p.m. 14 Comments

  Tennessee's Briana Bass didn't need a pep talk at halftime Sunday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. All she needed was a push.

• Law then order led to a coaching career for Dooley Published 01/16/2010 at 12:42 a.m. 17 Comments

  David Perno got the scoop on Derek Dooley's coaching career years ago. But he had to strain to hear it.

• Adams: Kiffin will need 'Help' to finish job Published 01/01/2010 at 10:25 p.m. 57 Comments

  ATLANTA - No matter how dismal Tennessee looked in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Thursday night, you can count on coach Lane Kiffin spinning the outcome into a recruiting advantage.

• Adams: Another disaster in Hotlanta Published 01/01/2010 at 12:47 a.m. 89 Comments

  ATLANTA - The fourth-quarter commercial in the Georgia Dome obviously wasn't aimed at the Vols on Thursday night.

• Notebook: Hardesty prides self on not fumbling Published 12/27/2009 at 6:52 p.m. 23 Comments

  Montario Hardesty believes the streak dates back to last spring.

• Players put priority on top 25 finish Published 12/26/2009 at 9:10 p.m. 22 Comments

  ATLANTA - If Tennessee can upset Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Thursday, it could make the final top 25 poll.

• Meyer asked about Kiffin: 'no comment,' long smile Published 12/04/2009 at 8:40 p.m. 137 Comments

  ATLANTA - Tennessee wasn't left out of the SEC championship game discussion at Friday's Alabama-Florida press conference in the Georgia Dome for today's SEC Championship game (WVLT, 4 p.m.).

• Picks Panel: Twin pickers double the panel challenge Published 11/21/2009 at 9:30 p.m.

  Picks panel administrator John McAdams has done the math. His conclusion: Two are better than one.

• Pearl glad to have Tobias Harris join Vols Updated 11/19/2009 at 9:06 p.m. 172 Comments

  Tobias Harris has signed to play basketball at Tennessee.

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