The men’s team received 58 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday to reach No. 1 for the first time since the 2018-19 season. And the women have returned to the Associated Press Top 25 at No. 19, ending the school’s longest drought in the 48-year history of the poll.
Tennessee football’s 10% talent fee opens discussion of how many schools and sports will follow
Tennessee’s announcement of a 10% talent fee on 2025 football season tickets to help pay players could have been considered inevitable in the still-evolving era of name, image and likeness compensation. Especially with revenue going directly to players likely in the fall of 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: Big money, big payouts in college sports
What’s the bottom line for college sports in Tennessee? University athletics are bringing in the big bucks for one Tennessee institution while costing others more than they may have bargained for. Plus the local news for Sept. 2, 2024.
Tennessee turf experts are helping FIFA prepare the perfect pitch for 2026 World Cup
FIFA partnered with turf experts at the University of Tennessee and Michigan State University to research and develop the best surface for the tournament.
NashVillager Podcast: TSU’s downtown presence and the man who secured it
What does Tennessee State do with its downtown campus? Plus the local news for August 29, 2024.
Tennessee earns first national title in baseball
The Volunteers become the first No. 1 national seed in the NCAA Tournament to win the title since 1999.
NashVillager Podcast: UT Vols baseball
Will this be the year the Vols win the national title? It hasn’t traditionally been the marquee sport at the University of Tennessee, but baseball has been ascendant for the Vols in recent years. Plus the local news for June 12, 2024 and this week’s What Where WhensDay.
Nation’s dominant program post-COVID, the Tennessee Vols seeking elusive title
The Volunteers’ 204 victories and 540 home runs since the start of the 2021 season are the most of any Division I program. They’ve won two SEC regular-season titles and two conference tournament championships.
Tennessee, Virginia AGs suing NCAA over NIL-related recruiting rules with Vols under investigation
The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday that challenged its ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes, and in response to the association’s investigation of University of Tennessee. The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee […]
The University of Tennessee is among America’s largest collections failing to return Native American human remains
As the United States pushed Native Americans from their lands, museums and the federal government encouraged the looting of Indigenous remains, funerary objects and cultural items. Many of the institutions continue to hold these today — and in some cases resist their return.
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