Bill Justus was one of my all-time favorite Volunteers.
He was tough enough to have played professional football and athletic enough to be an outstanding basketball guard. He was a warrior, …

On some nights, Tom Konchalski was the only white guy in the gym.
A friend said “He knew more African-Americans than Al Sharpton.”
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Famous basketball names will be honored this summer with hall of …

Did you hear the alarm go off? It was the halftime wake-up call at Thompson-Boling Arena. I do believe Rick Barnes was saying “Enough already!”
Tennessee had started OK against Vanderbilt, …

Surprise, surprise, Bernard King is hereby designated as the best basketball player ever at Tennessee.
Unanimous choice, no debate, three-time all-American, consensus as a junior in 1976-77, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall …

White flag? You got to be kidding.
Rick Barnes, often stubborn to a fault, did not accept the Kentucky romp for what it was, an unbearable beating, a public flogging, devastation …

Last week, Tennessee lost a close one at Alabama while John Fulkerson and Kennedy Chandler were in the health and welfare cage.
Last night, the shoe was on the other foot. …

TV advertising introduced us to “The Most Interesting Man in the World.”
One step down is my endless search for the most interesting Tennessee basketball player.
For years, John Fulkerson has had …

The way Hank Snow sang the song, it was easy to believe he’d really been everywhere.
“Reno, Chicago, Fargo …
“Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow…
“Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville…
“I’ve been everywhere, man.”
Basketball travel writer Mike Strange …