Tennessee (14-5, 5-3 SEC) travels to Big 12 country to play Iowa State (11-8, 2-6 Big 12) in the fifth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge. What a week it has been for the Vols: last Saturday they pulled out a much-needed road win against the tough-minded Gamecocks. On Monday, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi had Tennessee as the…
We all know Charles Barkley is the “Round Mound of Rebound”, but that may nickname may have origins dating back to a quick binge-eating effort before his NBA career even began. It turns out that Barkley, a man who claimed this season that he wouldn’t eat until the Lakers won a game, used Denny’s as…
Listeners sent in moral dilemmas and confessions to Jon and Cody of TalkSports for advice and to be judged on the debut segment “Fix My Life” which may later be renamed. A guy is hooking up with two friends that both have boyfriends. Do you have an intervention with a friend who disses his boys…
No, you did not just walk into a time-warp back to 2001. On Thursday, after months of speculation, WWE owner, chairman and CEO Vince McMahon and his new company, Alpha Entertainment, officially announced the revival of the Xtreme Football League, resuming play in 2020. “Why not now? Now is a perfect opportunity and I always…
Scheduling is the single most scrutinized topic during any offseason. Fans look rivals’ teams and claim they are playing an easy schedule: “They play cupcakes, where is their strength of schedule?” Meanwhile, most teams start thinking three, four, five or more years down the road to begin figuring out what programs would make good opponents…
There’s not much that Grant Williams can’t do. The sophomore forward is Tennessee’s best player, an undersized big man that still manages to be a two-way force. He feasts on teams that try to guard him with a single defender. If opponents bring a double team, he shows off the vision and passing ability that…
On Wednesday, reports surfaced that Florida tight ends coach Ja’Juan Seider would be leaving Gainesville to join James Franklin’s staff at Penn State. Less than 24 hours later, Florida found Seider’s replacement. Welcome to the #GatorNation, @UTCoachLScott! Details: https://t.co/dwLgSZ3ooL#GoGators pic.twitter.com/iUlcyo2ZfV — Gators Football (@GatorsFB) January 25, 2018 Dan Mullen announced the hiring of former Tennessee…
It’s hard being a fan sometimes. You can feel hopeless after your team misses a layup at the end of the game or misses an assignment on defense. But this fan was so fed up that he decided to take matters into his own hands. According to the Lawrence Journal-World’s crime blog, Lights & Sirens,…
Former U.S. gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to a minimum of 20-45 years and a maximum of 175 years behind bars. Nassar has been accused of sexual assault by over 150 women while he was the doctor for both teams. He was previously sentenced to 60 years in prison…
We are over halfway through the college basketball season and we still haven’t learned much. There have been 17 different teams ranked in the top five of the AP Poll, and despite every team being deep into conference play, there are no true front-runners that we are predicting to see in the National Championship come…