Today On Rocky Top: Braxton Bonds Granted Release
By Zach Ragan
From Fox Sports
"Walk-on point guard Braxton Bonds has been granted his release by Tennessee and is leaving the Volunteers’ program.Tennessee athletic department spokesman Tom Satkowiak confirmed Tuesday that Bonds had been given his release. The news was first reported by the Knoxville News-Sentinel.Bonds, a nephew of former baseball star Barry Bonds, originally signed with Liberty in November 2013 and attended summer classes there for one week last year before walking on at Tennessee. The 6-foot-1 guard sat out the 2014-15 season due to NCAA transfer regulations.Read more at Fox Sports"
From WBIR
"Rockwood High School is just one of three facilities that received sod at no cost from the University of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium.It took Rockwood’s soccer team two full days to lay eight truckloads of sod. Two other truckloads of sod went to the school’s football team.“You know that (Neyland Stadium) has the best of the best Bermuda grass down there,” Rockwood soccer coach Wes Ford said. “To know that early Tuesday morning two weeks ago it was on Neyland Stadium, and now those same roots are growing here – it’s just exciting.”Read more at WBIR"
From 247Sports
"Four-star rising junior wide receiver Tee Higgins of Oak Ridge (Tenn.) High School told GoVols247 that he visited Tennessee on Tuesday.It was at least the third time the 6-foot-4, 175-pound Higgins has visited the Vols in less than three months. He also attended one of their junior days in late March and returned for their spring-ending Orange and White Game on April 25.Read more at 247Sports"