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Ex-Vol Albert Haynesworth's lawsuit headed to arbitration
Published 05/06/2011 at 9:20 p.m. 6 Comments
A dispute between a former Tennessee football star and his one-time financial adviser is apparently headed to arbitration.
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Local sports agent works to build business by incorporating trust, integrity
Published 09/19/2010 at midnight 3 Comments
Chad Speck may have a $100 million pro contract and a top-five draft pick under his belt, but the local sports agent's career started much smaller.
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For college athletes, sports agents can be their pass to big leagues or bad times
Published 09/18/2010 at 10:27 p.m.
College football fans count in threes and sevens. The next time you're watching a game at Neyland Stadium, though, see if you can spot anyone whose mind is wandering to a different scoring system.
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Clayton Bank sues former Vol Albert Haynesworth
Published 06/22/2010 at 10:28 a.m. 58 Comments
KNOXVILLE - Clayton Bank & Trust has sued Albert Haynesworth, alleging that the Washington Redskins star has failed to make payments on a $2.38 million loan.
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Apparel store owner: Kiffin T-shirts heading to Haiti
Published 01/13/2010 at 10:34 a.m. 15 Comments
KNOXVILE - Don't burn that shirt, Vol fans - send it to someone who needs it. In the wake of University of Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin's unexpected resignation, some fans have apparently taken to burning Kiffin-related T-shirts.
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Phillip Fulmer now working with former player Mike West managing a business
Published 01/10/2010 at midnight 73 Comments
After Phillip Fulmer was ousted as football coach at the University of Tennessee, one of the first people in his office was Mike West .
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Dual roles as athlete, businessman present tough balancing act for Heath Shuler
Published 11/15/2009 at midnight
Fifteen years ago, local radio station WIVK entered a football broadcasting deal, but the programming didn't involve the Orange and White.
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Crimson developer sues builders
Updated 09/08/2009 at 12:37 p.m.
KNOXVILLE -- A dispute between a downtown developer and a local contractor is heating up.
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TVA IG cites appearance of preferential treatment in Shuler case
Updated 06/08/2009 at 1:12 p.m. 8 Comments
KNOXVILLE - TVA's Inspector General said actions by agency employees and U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., created the appearance of preferential treatment in a transaction involving water access rights.
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Kiffin buys $2.6M house in West Knoxville
Updated 06/05/2009 at 2:48 p.m. 26 Comments
Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin and his wife, Layla, have purchased a home in the Victoria’s Inlet subdivision.
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Name off athletic center after donor fails to make $2M pledge
Updated 01/24/2009 at 9:01 a.m. 48 Comments
The name of a former payday loan mogul has been scrubbed from an athletics building at the University of Tennessee after he failed to follow through on a $2 million pledge.
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Reveiz hit with suit from bank
Updated 12/10/2008 at 12:32 p.m. 53 Comments
A prominent local builder and ex-Vol is facing a legal blitz from a lender who financed some of his projects. Earlier this month, Fuad Reveiz was hit with a complaint in Knox County Chancery Court by Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank, in ...
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Probe into Shuler-linked TVA swap broadens
Updated 11/18/2008 at 8:18 a.m. 37 Comments
The TVA's inspector general has broadened an inspection linked to U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, a Western North Carolina Democrat who was re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month.
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When UT football team falters, hotels, restaurants and retailers lose, too
Updated 10/19/2008 at 11:43 a.m. 14 Comments
Whether it's a missed field goal, a fumbled handoff or an untimely penalty, miscues on the gridiron are hard to swallow for the University of Tennessee's players, coaches and fans. But when the Vols start piling up losses, the impact ...
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Pearl talks up campaign to boost business, education
Updated 09/09/2008 at 12:42 p.m. 11 Comments
Local business leaders across a three-county area fanned the flames of a new economic development push with a Big Orange-flavored pep rally on Monday.
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Ticket brokers scramble for bucks in vibrant trade
Published 11/18/2007 at midnight
There are plenty of ways to measure a college football team's success, but the best place to gauge interest in the University of Tennessee Volunteers may be a couple of hours before kickoff at the corner of Phillip Fulmer Way ...
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