From Rocky Top Insider
"In case you haven’t heard, the hype machine for the 2015 Tennessee Volunteers has done nothing but put on steam since that January 2nd curb-stomping the Vols put on Iowa in the TaxSlayer Bowl. That destruction of a mediocre Hawkeyes team is being touted as the watershed moment for Tennessee’s football program turning the corner and finding its identity under now third-year head coach Butch Jones. That win also vaulted the Vols into the minds of national college football experts and opinion-makers as a team that could shake up the SEC during the 2015 season.Read more at Rocky Top Insider"
From The Knoxville News Sentinel
"The Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame supports the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley. The relationship is noteworthy with regard to Gloria Ray.Ray, who will be inducted into the hall on Aug. 4, said she learned to play tennis at the Boys Club while growing up in Knoxville.“It’s kind of a full circle thing,” she said.The Fulton High School graduate was the first women’s athletic director at the University of Tennessee and was a driving force behind bringing the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame to the city. The building’s distinctive basketball hovers east of downtown, serving as a bookend of sorts to the Sunsphere.Read more at The Knoxville News Sentinel"
From WBIR
"Joejuan Williamshas visited Tennessee plenty of times — seven, to be exact — but The Top247 cornerback said his weekend visit for Orange Carpet Day topped them all.The 6-foot-2, 195-pound defensive back from Hendersonville (Tenn.) High School said he wished he could have extended his most recent trip to Knoxville, but he was happy with what he got.Read more at WBIR"