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Oklahoma came first for kicker Aaron Medley (Lewisburg, Tenn./Marshall County). Texas A&M followed with an offer on Monday. But when Tennessee offered Tuesday night, it felt like the countdown had begun. Nobody had to wait that long as Medley ...

Blog | May 22, 2013

With his announcement set for Friday, four-star wide receiver Dominique Booth (Indianpolis/Pike) trimmed his list one more time this week. Four schools remain -- Alabama, Florida State, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. Booth will make his choice Frida...

Tennessee's Raven Chavanne and Oklahoma's Lauren Chamberlain and Keilani Ricketts are the three finalists for USA Softball college player of the year, the Amateur Softball Association of America and USA Softball announced Wednesday.

Spreading a little "propaganda" in the SEC: Vanderbilt offensive line coach Herb Hand calls out a profane Tennessee fan on Twitter. Prominent Vanderbilt booster John Rich dies. He was 85. Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart is ahead of sche...

NORCROSS, Ga. -- ESPN 150 defensive end Lorenzo Carter seems to never stop grinning, even on the football field. His 100-megawatt smile calls to mind another affable defensive end, Michael Strahan, complete with the trademark gap. Even a shoving matc...

Monday, we took a look at the 100-days checklist for the SEC. Today, we're taking a look back at what the SEC was able to do during the BCS era. In short, the conference has had a ton of success and is hoping to close out the BCS the way it began it ...

In conjunction with the 100-day countdown to the start of the 2013 college football season, ESPN's Stats & Info group has put together 100 numbers to know. Not surprisingly, there are more than a few that might be of interest to SEC fans: 1...

Florida is the class of SEC athletics ... again. For the 23rd time, the Gators have walked away with the SEC All-Sports Trophy as presented by the Halifax Media Group. Florida won eight SEC championships this past year. Georgia was second, and ...

If the 2013 Rimington Trophy watch list is any indication, the SEC will be stout up the middle next season on the offensive line. The Rimington Trophy is awarded each year to the top center in college football, and nine of the 44 players on the pr...

Our Tuesday stroll around the league: Butch Jones has the Big Orange Caravan rolling and recruiting along, writes John Adams of the Knoxville News-Sentinel. Former Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner signs on with Pat Dye Jr. Derrick Thomas' Coll...

Earlier this month, Lewisburg (Tenn.) Marshall County kicker Aaron Medley was thrilled to pick up his first FBS scholarship offer from a power program in the Big 12. On Monday, the 6-foot-2, 165-pound placekicker and punter was just as excited, ad...

On Sunday, rising sophomore tight end Darel Middelton (Powell, Tenn./Powell) announced his commitment to Tennessee, according to multiple sources. Middleton, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound prospect, becomes the Vols' first pledge for 2016. New head coach B...

The world of the NCAA is a strange place. In the NCAA's world, small, silly things can be much bigger and much more serious than in any other possible context. For example, a photo of a recruit at a coach's house can be seismic, the conspiratorial eq...

Butch Jones has brought a new attitude to Tennessee football....

It was a Thursday night in late April and Alex Bookser (Pittsburgh/Mount Lebanon) was watching the NFL draft. A 6-foot-6, 295-pound prospect, Bookser is being recruited as a lineman on both sides of the ball. Bookser was an offensive lineman by th...

Blog | May 20, 2013

ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. has released his early top-five rankings at each position. Here are the positions he's looked at so far: Wide receivers and defensive ends Running backs and safeties Quarterbacks Cornerbacks Tight ends ...