Mike Strange

Outdoor season was getting away from Matthew Hoty. The freshman with the big hair just couldn't get his shot put mojo working like it did indoors.

Mike Strange visited with University of Tennessee Vice chancellor/athletic director Dave Hart on a wide range of topics.

Retired University of Tennessee sports information director Bud Ford has filed a claim against UT for breach of contract.

At 6 o'clock Thursday night, Zach Osborne will trot out of the dugout in a clean Tennessee baseball uniform and make his way to the shortstop position at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

As it worked out, Tuesday, a day of celebration, found Phillip Fulmer back where it all started.

Phillip Fulmer was a first-ballot selection Tuesday for College Football Foundation and Hall of Fame enshrinement.

Tennessee can play its way to the Women's College World Series without leaving Lee Softball Stadium.

No games, no spring practice. Recruiting in a lull. What's a college football fan to do?

DeAnthony Arnett won't have to sit out the 2012 football season after transferring from Tennessee to Michigan State.

Two weeks removed from the Orange & White Game and nearly four months until the 2012 season opens, college football is very much on my mind.

The intriguing story of Bryce Brown — a story of failed promise — isn't over yet. It might, in fact, just be getting started.

Dave Serrano was in California early this week trying to find some new baseball players. While there, he got a text message from his assistant coach Greg Bergeron:

The Tennessee Travelers have been pounding the summer basketball circuit for 25 years, showcasing talent that would become household names in college and occasionally the NBA.

There was a time when a small bus was required to transport a University of Tennessee NFL draft class.

When the final pick of the 2012 NFL draft was posted Saturday, it didn't take long for Austin Johnson's phone to ring.

Anthony Gill, a nice freshman forward, is leaving South Carolina for Virginia.

In football, they say, offense sells tickets and defense wins championships.

Tennessee’s quest to make the SEC baseball tournament got tougher Saturday. Coach Dave Serrano booted closer Nick Blount off the team.

How long before you hear "Rocky Top" in the Denver Broncos locker room?

Last week, Tennessee completed its spring basketball workout sessions. The weighted vests Cuonzo Martin introduced to Pratt Pavilion were put away.

Wrapping up a momentous week in University of Tennessee athletics, Dave Hart outlined his vision of a leaner, more efficient department Saturday in the spring meeting of the athletics board.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — We sat and chewed the fat Monday, hitting on all the hot topics in college athletics.

With 16 more SEC baseball games ahead, Tennessee still has plenty of opportunity to move the flag forward in coach Dave Serrano's first year.

When Greg King was in middle school back in Memphis he was beaten up for refusing to join a gang.

It's all in the pool together for Tennessee swimming and diving now.

Spring practice isn't just for football. The celebratory fires in Lexington are still smoldering. Tennessee, like many of the other 343 men's basketball teams that didn't win a national championship, is back at work.

Freshman Jake Rowland made his coach, Dave Serrano, look like a genius Wednesday night as Tennessee and Memphis renewed their baseball series after a 17-year hiatus.

First, Nick Saban hoisting a crystal football. Then, John Calipari basking in that one shining moment amid a waterfall of confetti.

Tyler Summitt is shopping for his entry portal to the coaching profession. It's time to leave the nest in his famous mother's professional family tree.

Sunseri's 3-4 defensive scheme gets positive reviews

Prediction: Da'Rick Rogers will catch a pass at the Georgia Dome early in the 2012 football season.

When Sal Sunseri was announced in January as Tennessee's new defensive coordinator, the name didn't ring a bell with Prentiss Waggner.

Tyler Bray was asked Monday what goals he might have for spring practice. His answer wasn't about the technical minutia that is germane to spring ball.

Tennessee men's basketball coach Cuonzo Martin announced Monday that freshman guard Wes Washpun has been granted a release and may transfer to another program.

Name tags on the helmets, we've seen that before. With 100 guys running around a football field, it's hard to put all those numbers and faces together.

It's a small world after all.

In March, basketball teams have to stay on their toes and be adaptable. Tennessee's Lady Vols were reminded of that this week. Their mission toward an anticipated NCAA tournament rematch with Baylor now goes through Kansas instead of Delaware.

At Tennessee, 2011-12 will be remembered as the year of lousy endings.

The play should have been the beginning of the end, the proverbial straw that broke Middle Tennessee State's back Monday night.

Spring break arrived at the University of Tennessee on Friday. You might have noticed the campus exodus.

Somebody needed to do it, so I volunteered.

A smallish but energetic home crowd was an edge in Tennessee's first-round National Invitation Tournament victory Tuesday.

The NIT selection committee did its job, awarding Tennessee a No. 1 seed and a home-game path to New York.

That last impression of a basketball season sticks around a long time. The promise of a fresh start is seven months away.

Quick, name the reigning National Invitation Tournament champion.

NEW ORLEANS — Great sports plays fall into two categories.

NEW ORLEANS — Cuonzo Martin said it himself Thursday when he was asked about the formula for success in a tournament atmosphere.

NEW ORLEANS — Senior Day, wow, what a great scene, beating Vanderbilt in front of a packed house.

NEW ORLEANS — One after another, they trooped to the podium Wednesday, expressing thanks for the opportunity to start fresh.

NEW ORLEANS — We gather here in the Big Easy to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the expansion-era SEC basketball tournament — and the end of it.