Football

Tennessee will start the spring season with at least six scholarship players out due to injuries.

Chris Spognardi has been promoted to Tennessee's director of football operations after serving as an assistant to head coach Butch Jones during his first year and a half in Knoxville.

Starting tight end Brendan Downs and reserve wide receiver Drae Bowles will miss spring ball due to injury, coach Butch Jones said Thursday during a pre-spring press conference at Neyland Stadium.

Amid all the talk about the power of the Nike brand and the way its trademark swoosh holds sway over teenagers, there was another factor that may have been even more important in pushing Tennessee to leave its long-standing relationship ...

Tennessee junior receiver Alton “Pig” Howard is away from the team and won’t return for the Vols’ spring practice season that begins Friday.

Tennessee will have some new faces at new positions when the Vols take the field on Friday for the first practice of the spring session. Freshman athlete Nieko Creamer, one of 14 early enrollees who will practice this spring, will ...

Junior receiver Alton “Pig” Howard won’t participate in Tennessee’s spring practice period that begins on Friday.

College coaches who brag of recruiting that begins in their own backyard are doing more than just spouting a cliché.

Less than three weeks after authorities charged a dozen current and former Tennessee players after breaking up a loud party, the legal cases stemming from the incident have largely been resolved.

Tennessee coach Butch Jones thought he had a good handle on the distractions facing his players until a guest speaker this week pointed out that many college students shower with their cell phones.