Jeremy Pruitt Back in the News Again

Jeremy Pruitt Back in the News Again By Mark Nagi Tennessee athletics is in as good a place across the board as it has ever been. Revenue and non-revenue sports are winning at a high level. Donations to the athletics department are up. Neyland Stadium continues to get...

Vols Take Part in NFL Pro Day

Vols Take Part in NFL Pro Day By Mark Nagi Back in the dark times of Tennessee football, you didn’t have a whole lot of NFL-caliber talent on the Vols roster. But with the recent good fortune of the program has come more interest from the next level. Last Tuesday,...

March Madness is Almost Here!

March Madness is Almost Here! By Mark Nagi Pound for pound, the best sporting event in the country is almost underway. I’m talking about March Madness. And except for The Masters, I don’t think there is very much competition in this category. The college football...

Double Duty for Lauren Hurst in the future at UT

Double Duty for Lauren Hurst in the future at UT By Mark Nagi A quarter century ago, Cleveland High School’s Vincent Yarbrough chose to play basketball at Tennessee.   It worked out pretty well for Yarbrough, who went on to play in the NBA. Come this summer, another...

The Joy of Traveling… and the Buffalo Bills

The Joy of Traveling… and the Buffalo Bills By Mark Nagi Regular readers of this column know how much I enjoy traveling. We as a people are not meant to be stagnant. While centuries ago, mankind traveled to avoid being eaten by dinosaurs, we now travel for fun and...

College Basketball is Here

College Basketball is Here By Mark Nagi Now that football is done (that game in Columbus still hurts) it is time to jump into the college basketball pool with both feet. And guess what? Tennessee is as good as it gets in the sport. The Lady Vols are back to relevance...