David Paschall is a sports writer for the Times Free Press. He started at the Chattanooga Free Press in 1990 and was part of the Times Free Press when the paper started in 1999. David covers University of Georgia football, as well as SEC football recruiting, SEC basketball, Chattanooga Lookouts baseball and other sports stories. He is a Chattanooga native and graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received numerous honors for his journalism, including various Tennessee state sports writing awards. In addition, he is in his fifth year on the voting board of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll and his ninth year on the voting board for the Heisman Trophy; he also serves on the voting board for the Biletnikoff and Lombardi awards. He is a past Southern League writer of the year, a former board member of the Football Writers' Association of America. Contact David at 423-757-6524 or dpaschall@timesfreepress.com.
While state championships can be proven annually within the various venues of competition, national titles are significantly less tangible on the high school front.
by David PaschallThe importance of safety can never be stressed enough.
by David PaschallKennedy Chandler on Thursday night continued Tennessee's pipeline into the NBA, becoming the sixth Volunteers player selected in the past four drafts.
by David PaschallTennessee announced Wednesday that the Oct. 22 date against the Skyhawks of the Ohio Valley Conference will serve as homecoming.
by David PaschallThe Stadium Corp. board on Tuesday afternoon unanimously approved Brian Wright as Finley Stadium's new executive director.
by David PaschallTennessee is hoping to hit the jackpot again with another unheralded three-star football prospect from Las Vegas.
by David PaschallImagine a College World Series in which the last NCAA tournament at-large selection qualified for the coveted eight-team field and the top overall seed didn't.
by David PaschallThe "Battle of the UTs" in the Big 12/SEC Challenge will have a sequel.
by David PaschallFormer Baylor School and University of Georgia golfer Keith Mitchell has made $9.26 million in his PGA Tour career that began in 2017, including the $2.52 million this season that has been accompanied by nine top-20 finishes.
by David PaschallBaylor School offensive lineman Brycen Sanders, who revealed his nonbinding commitment this week to Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels, is the seventh Chattanooga-area football player in the last 15 years to be pegged among the state's top-10 prospects by 247Sports.com.
by David PaschallTennessee has attained athletic accomplishments the past few months that set program records and new Southeastern Conference standards as well.
by David PaschallA Tennessee baseball team that had thrived on a wide range of emotions all season discovered a new one late Sunday afternoon in Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
by David PaschallNotre Dame homering in each of the first four innings was impressive Friday night. So was Tennessee's response Saturday afternoon.
by David PaschallTennessee entered Friday night's NCAA tournament super regional with a nation-leading 2.38 earned run average and with 12 consecutive postseason victories inside Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Notre Dame didn't care.
by David PaschallIt's hard to find much fault with Tennessee's first full athletic year under athletic director Danny White.
by David PaschallThe eve of the NCAA baseball tournament super regional between Tennessee and Notre Dame was filled with plenty of praise and even more confidence.
by David PaschallWhen the Chattanooga Lookouts opened their 2021 season at AT&T Field, Hunter Greene set a professional baseball record for a starting pitcher by rocketing 37 pitches in excess of 100 miles per hour.
by David PaschallThis weekend's NCAA baseball tournament super regionals will not be lacking for representation from the Chattanooga area.
by David PaschallTennessee's top-ranked baseball team was more overpowering than resilient late last month at the Southeastern Conference tournament, but that script was flipped this past weekend at the NCAA tourney's Knoxville Regional.
by David PaschallYears and years from now, the Tennessee baseball media guide will reflect that the Volunteers were the top overall seed in the 2022 NCAA tournament and won the Knoxville Regional over Alabama State, Campbell and Georgia Tech by the combined score of 31-13.
by David Paschall