Tennessee Volunteers

Tennessee's Bruce Pearl doesn't have a problem with the NCAA's academic rules. What he has a problem with is letting transfers and players who leave for the NBA count against a program. Now, the high-profile coach is speaking out.

NEW YORK — Los Angeles Sparks star Lisa Leslie will win her record fourth MVP award and teammate Candace Parker will become Rookie of the Year, WNBA general managers predict.

Nikki Caldwell and Holly Warlick have two things in common: ties to Tennessee and a love of motorcycles. Now they are combining the two to raise money for breast cancer research.

Tennessee's Megan Rhodes said a technical adjustment in her pitching windup led to a mental adjustment Friday afternoon. Rhodes wouldn't elaborate, but whatever and however things transpired for the Lady Vols' senior, it led to a 3-0 win over Winthrop in NCAA Regional action at Lee Stadium. The 13th-ranked Lady Vols (48-14) play 16th-ranked Virginia Tech (45-15) at noon today in an ESPN2-televised game. The loser plays again at 5 p.m. against the winner of today's 2:30 elimination game between Winthrop (36-18) and Louisville (30-22).

Both Charlie Ford and Tennessee slipped on the leaderboard Friday in round two of the NCAA Central Regional golf tournament in Columbus, Ohio. Playing Ohio State University’s Scarlet Course, the Vols left themselves with a tough move to make today in order to qualify for the NCAA championships later this month.

TULSA — The Tennessee men’s tennis team won a NCAA Championship tournament rarity, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Baylor in the opening round of the men’s team bracket at the Case Tennis Center on Friday. The No. 8 Volunteers lost 4-1 to the No. 9 Bears. The unusual aspect was the two teams battled to 9-8 tiebreakers in each of the three doubles matches.

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Another former Tennessee Vol is getting a shot at making a National Football League roster.

Alex Bullard, a 6-foot-3, 270-pound offensive guard from Brentwood (Tenn.) Academy, has had an amazing spring. Bullard has been getting a lot of interest from schools across the country, and find out who the latest offer is from and where Bullard is in the process.

Keeping with the “crime and punishment” theme from yesterday, here’s a particularly silly story I just felt compelled to comment on… Okay, we’ve all have gotten a grade that we weren’t happy with. Some of us got mad about it. Some may have even confronted the professor or teacher and asked what was up [...]

See What Happens When You Don’t Obey the Rules? Here are a few links of interest from around the internet worth giving a look: Bruce Pearl knows that staying busy is the best way to stay out of trouble – GoVols Xtra The Fulmer Cupdate is out, and despite some despicable actions by Florida’s Jamar Hornsby, Missouri [...]

Continuing with more random off-season banter, today’s “message of love“** goes out to one of my absolute favorites on the web and the radio: Tony Basilio and “Beano Jeff” on the Edge. Sports-talk shows are about as common as overly-opinionated and poorly written blogs like Gate 21 … okay, maybe not that common, but they’re common. As [...]