How to pronounce Akporoghene

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Bob Kesling, Voice of the Vols, is on the case. He’ll find out for sure how to pronounce Chris Akporoghene’s last name, just in case the large young man becomes …

Tennessee track underachieves at NCAA

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Tennessee’s track and field team performed far below expectations at the NCAA championship meet last week in Eugene, Oregon.
U.S. track coaches had ranked Vol men as the 22nd best group in …

Baseball draft hits Vols

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The major league baseball draft looks to be punching a few holes in Tennessee coach Tony Vitello’s excellent recruiting effort.
Such is the awkward relationship between colleges and the pros. Coaches …

Adjustable commitments

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Commitment means different things to different folks.
Sarah and I made one 64 years ago. We thought of it as a permanent pledge. So it seems.
Commitment has evolved into a more …

Ex-Vol Scot Farrar dies

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Funeral services for Scot Farrar, 63, former Tennessee football Volunteer, will be Thursday at 7 p.m. at Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel. There may be some big fishing stories.
Farrar died …

Flowers and No. 7

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Not long ago, track Volunteers from the Chuck Rohe era had dinner together and celebrated dual-sport athletes from their time and place.
Richmond Flowers, Willie Gault, Chip Kell, Karl Kremser, Terry …

Coach in waiting

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This is a multiple-choice quiz just to see if you are paying attention:
James Bradley Woodson is (a) interested in physical therapy; (b) a master of the thinking man’s board game, …

Chairman of the boards is gone

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Howard Bayne, legendary tough guy of Tennessee basketball, died today In Dayton, Ohio, at age 75.
Howard, an original Ray Mears recruit in 1962, was a rare non-conformist. He was 6-6 …