Of course, these workouts are being trumpeted as "voluntary," which is probably code for "No one can force you to come, but if you expect to letter this fall, you'll be here on June 8."

Even the COVID-19 pandemic couldn't keep the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic program from succeeding.

The University of Tennessee women's basketball program picked up its third commitment for the 2021 recruiting cycle when Sara Puckett announced her nonbinding pledge on Twitter this weekend.

Tom Brady delivered the shot of the match that made it easy to forget the rest of his swings. Tiger Woods didn't miss a fairway and earned a small measure of revenge against Phil Mickelson. Peyton Manning did his part, too.

Eddie Sutton waited so long to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He couldn't hang on long enough to make it to the ceremony.

Oh, what might have been.

UTC men's basketball coach Lamont Paris recently told the Times Free Press he was "probably more likely to add" another player this offseason.

A group of Power Five conference coaches led by Michigan's Erik Bakich is proposing a later start to the college baseball season to trim expenses in the post-coronavirus era, make the game more fan friendly and reduce injury risk to players.

The 6-foot, 195-pounder from Atlanta announced his decision Friday night via Twitter, following in his older brother's footsteps by joining the Southeastern Conference program.

The SEC announced Friday afternoon that voluntary in-person athletic activities can resume on the league's 14 campuses on June 8 under guidelines developed by each institution.

What's a day in May without a Tennessee football commitment?

Tennessee Wesleyan University's Kyle Blassingame, a 2019-20 senior who participated in track and field and cheerleading with the Bulldogs, is the male winner of the Appalachian Athletic Conference's annual "Champions of Character" award.

By age 17, Reggie White was living the unique existence of tormenting opponents on Friday nights and preaching at church services on Sunday mornings. That dynamic earned him a permanent nickname: "The Minister of Defense."

The programs play in different conferences but have a connection via Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne, who held the same position at Arizona for eight years.

The image is striking: Fans watching a college football game in the midst of a pandemic, wearing masks with a smidge of social distance between them on row after row of bleacher seats.

Grant Williams is accustomed to having roommates.

Vanderbilt has removed the interim title, making Candice Storey Lee the first woman to become an athletic director in the Southeastern Conference.

Tennessee and North Carolina have been the two early surprises in college football's 2021 recruiting cycle, and the Volunteers have delved into the Tar Heel State for their 23rd commitment.

If there was anybody saddled with significant hype entering his college career who not only delivered but surpassed those lofty expectations, it was the 6-foot-5, 220-pound quarterback from New Orleans.

The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growing number of college leaders expressed confidence that fall sports will be possible in some form despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

"Peyton's Places," an Emmy-nominated ESPN series in which Peyton Manning takes a lighthearted look at the history of the NFL, will return for a second season.

Work on the University of Alabama's football has resumed after an undisclosed number of workers tested positive for the coronavirus, temporarily halting work on the construction project.

Johnny Majors may have been college football's best player on college football's best team during the 1956 season.