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Spear Set For Lilly Women’s College All-Star Game
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Spear Set For Lilly Women’s College All-Star Game

TAMPA, Fla. – Tennessee women’s basketball standout Jewel Spear has been chosen to participate in the 2025 Lilly Women’s College All-Star Game. Spear will join other seniors from across the country on Saturday in a nationally-televised contest on ESPN2. The game will be held at 3 p.m. ET at Hillsborough Community College-Mabry Campus in Tampa. The Lilly Women’s…

Lanier One of 10 Wooden Award All-Americans
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Lanier One of 10 Wooden Award All-Americans

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –Chaz Lanier of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team is a John R. Wooden Award All-American, as revealed Tuesday night on ESPN. Lanier is one of 10 individuals who made the cut. He is joined by Auburn’s Johni Broome, Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr., Houston’s L.J. Cryer, Duke’s Cooper Flagg, Marquette’s Kam Jones, Creighton’s…

#1/1 Vols Soar Past Golden Eagles, 7-1
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#1/1 Vols Soar Past Golden Eagles, 7-1

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 1/1 Tennessee jumped out to an early lead and was steady throughout in a businesslike 7-1 victory over in-state foe Tennessee Tech on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols (27-2) scored in each of the first three innings to build an early 5-0 advantage over the Golden Eagles (19-11). UT…

Vols Complete First Spring Scrimmage Under The Lights
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Vols Complete First Spring Scrimmage Under The Lights

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football held its first scrimmage of 2025 on Monday night in Neyland Stadium to kick off its third week of spring practice. The Volunteers completed some special teams work and did both live tackling and thud periods that saw ones against ones, twos versus twos and threes versus threes. Quarterback Nico Iamaleava was sharp…

White Announces New Contract Extension For Kim Caldwell
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White Announces New Contract Extension For Kim Caldwell

ennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White announced that Tennessee Athletics and head women’s basketball coach Kim Caldwell have agreed to a one-year contract extension. The extension keeps Caldwell under contract through March 31, 2030. “From our first meeting with Kim, it was clear that she is a groundbreaking innovator destined to lead the future of women’s basketball,”…