Tennessee softball adds two key transfers

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Tennessee softball has a certified ace in Karlyn Pickens. But with the graduation of ace Payton Gottshall, the two biggest questions entering the offseason was who would tag team with …

Tennessee athletes team up for mental health

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Former Tennessee athletes Alexis Hornbuckle and Derrick Furlow Jr., have teamed up with the YMCA in Knoxville to offer mental health training for young children in sports.
Hornbuckle, a Lady Vols …

Kim Caldwell finds footing in basketball

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Kim Caldwell grew up in a basketball family and her earliest memory of the game is a family excursion on foot in West Virginia to get a Slurpee while dribbling …

Great basketball, bad takes and pearl clutching

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The WNBA season is in full swing with television ratings skyrocketing, attendance records being broken, charter flights finally available for players – and new interest in the professional women’s basketball …

Stick sports send dagger through team’s heart

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The stick sports are brutal. As a former college softball player and lifelong baseball fan, it’s always the stick sports that are utterly unpredictable and soul-crushing for a team.
The Tennessee …

Softball seeks another super outcome

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The last time Tennessee earned back-to-back Women’s College World Series berths, the Lady Vols had to eliminate Alabama in 2013. Tennessee will have to take out its SEC rival again …