Biography
Mike Griffith is in his 11th year with the Knoxville News Sentinel and has primarily served as the UT men's basketball beat writer the past four years. He covered the Vols' football beat from 1998 through the 2005 season and still staffs UT football home games and writes the paper's popular “Report Card'' segment in addition to his AskGriff blog on GoVolsXtra.com.
A 1991 graduate of Michigan State University (B.A., Journalism), Mike has worked at the Lansing (Mi.) State Journal, The Idaho Falls Post Register, the Anniston (Ala.) Star and the Mobile Register. He has won regional and national awards over the past 20 years for News Reporting, Feature Writing, Enterprise Reporting, Game Stories and Investigative Reporting.
Mike's beats included football and basketball at Idaho State, Auburn and Alabama, and he also covers UT's women's softball team and NASCAR for the News Sentinel.
Mike currently votes on the Associated Press Top 25 basketball panel and, as former President of the Football Writers Association of America (2007), he still carries votes for the Heisman Trophy, Doak Walker Award and Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award. Mike founded the FWAA Freshman All-American team in 2001 and serves as the SEC representative and chairman for the nationally recognized team.
In addition to his newspaper work, Mike is20a regular contributor for WVLT-8 sports and an analyst on the Sunday night "Locker Room'' show with Mark Packer, the News Sentinel's "Sports Page'' radio show on the Sports Animal (99.1 FM, 990 AM) and handles the University of Tennessee previews in the Athlon preseason football and basketball publications.
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| Blog | 07/08/2009 |
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Griffith: Pearl, staff targeting pair of guards for 2010 class
Published 09/14/2009 at 9:26 p.m. 15 Comments
Tennessee men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl has been on the road almost as much as he has been at home since returning from the Maccabiah Games in July.
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Vanderbilt at a loss after trailing at half
Updated 11/22/2008 at 7:01 p.m. 18 Comments
NASHVILLE - Tennessee was a pretty good football team on Saturday.
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Vols give Cowboys much to celebrate
Updated 11/08/2008 at 8:35 p.m. 32 Comments
The 1980s music blared from the Wyoming locker room, the Cowboys' players singing along and letting the good times roll Saturday afternoon.
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Saban: I've never been prouder of our team
Updated 10/26/2008 at 12:55 a.m. 14 Comments
Alabama coach Nick Saban isn't normally one to heap praise on his team, but Saturday night was just such an occasion.
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Sweet 16 opportunity for Vols
Published 03/19/2010 at 7:24 p.m. 67 Comments
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tennessee has defeated SEC champion Kentucky, Big 12 kingpin Kansas, Atlantic Sun winner East Tennessee State University and Mountain West Conference victor San Diego State.
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Vols are Goins forward, 62-59
Updated 03/19/2010 at 1:18 a.m. 227 Comments
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Deep into the night, down to the last seconds, Tennessee found a way to advance in the NCAA tournament.
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Don't miss best shot; San Diego State's sagging defense will challenge UT
Published 03/17/2010 at 11:03 p.m. 112 Comments
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tennessee has done things the hard way over the course of the season leading up to tonight's first-round NCAA tournament game against San Diego State.
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Vols see a bit of themselves in Aztecs
Published 03/15/2010 at 10:44 p.m. 139 Comments
Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl's first impressions of first-round NCAA tournament opponent San Diego State are the Aztecs look a lot like the Vols.
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Vols seeded sixth, will play San Diego State
Updated 03/14/2010 at 9:40 p.m. 524 Comments
Tennessee is a sixth seed in the Midwest Region and will play Thursday against San Diego State in Providence, R.I.
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A Big Blue beatdown: Vols lose composure, shoot poorly to end SEC tournament run
Published 03/13/2010 at 8:07 p.m. 209 Comments
NASHVILLE - Tennessee suffered a Music City Meltdown on Saturday afternoon in Bridgestone Arena.
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Crowd had distinct blue, just spot of orange
Published 03/13/2010 at 7:44 p.m. 43 Comments
NASHVILLE - Tennessee's Bobby Maze didn't hide his disappointment with the disparity between Kentucky's Big Blue fans and the Vols' not-so-big Orange following Saturday.
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Emotion, passion highlights third meeting
Published 03/13/2010 at midnight 132 Comments
Tennessee guard Cameron Tatum, left, passes as he is chased by Ole Miss' Trevor Gaskins on Friday at the SEC tournament in Nashville.
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Tennessee not ready to go home from SEC Tournament
Published 03/12/2010 at 8:54 p.m. 69 Comments
NASHVILLE - Ole Miss was on fire, knocking down its first six shots beyond the 3-point line and looking very much like a team headed for a fifth-straight victory and an NCAA tournament at-large berth.
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Pearl just glad to 'survive and advance' in SEC
Published 03/11/2010 at 10 p.m. 46 Comments
NASHVILLE - Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl said what most anyone who witnessed the Vols' 59-49 win over LSU on Thursday was thinking.
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