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FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2016, file photo, Florida State running back Dalvin Cook (4) runs as head coach Jimbo Fisher looks on during NCAA college football practice in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The two-a-day football practices that coaches once used to toughen up their teams and cram for the start of the season are going the way of tear-away jerseys and the wishbone formation. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

NCAA rule ending two-a-days forcing college football teams to adjust

by Steve Megargee Associated PressJuly 26, 2017

In this Sept. 24, 2016, file photo, Tennessee defensive back Todd Kelly Jr. (24) gestures after an interception during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Florida, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee doesn’t mind adopting an underdog mentality a year after the Volunteers failed to meet preseason expectations. “Right now we’re in the weeds,” senior safety Todd Kelly Jr. said. “No one’s really seeing us, almost like a snake in the grass. Our goal is to end up biting somebody at the end of the day and making them pay.”

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UMass foe: Vols believe they can thrive amid lack of preseason acclaim

by Steve Megargee Associated PressJuly 20, 2017

United States' Dom Dwyer (14) celebrates after scoring a goal as Panama's Anibal Godoy (20) reacts during a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.

US held to 1-1 tie by Panama in Gold Cup opener

by Steve Megargee Associated PressJuly 9, 2017

United States midfielder Dax McCarty, center, warms up during practice Friday, July 7, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. The United States is scheduled to play Panama in a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match Saturday. From an offseason Major League Soccer trade to a new opportunity with the U.S. national team, this already has been an eventful year of transition for McCarty, who will try to carry over the momentum over to the international stage. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

US men set to begin Gold Cup play

by Steve Megargee Associated PressJuly 7, 2017

Smoke from wildfires fill the air around Gatlinburg, Tenn., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. Rain had begun to fall in some areas, but experts predicted it would not be enough to end the relentless drought that has spread across several Southern states and provided fuel for fires now burning for weeks in states including Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. (Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)

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Tenn. wildfires claim 3 lives

by Steve Megargee Associated Press, and Jonathan Mattise Associated PressNovember 30, 2016

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt smiles as a banner is raised in her honor before the team's NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in Knoxville, Tenn. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who boosted women's game, has died at 64. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Pat Summitt, winningest coach in DI history, has died at 64

by Steve Megargee Associated PressJune 28, 2016

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt smiles as a banner is raised in her honor before the team's NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in Knoxville, Tenn. Amid reports of Summitt’s failing health as her Alzheimer’s disease progresses, her family issued a statement Sunday, June 26, 2016, asking for prayers and saying that the former Tennessee women’s basketball coach is surrounded by the people who mean the most to her. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Past few days ‘difficult’ for former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt

by Steve Megargee Associated PressJune 26, 2016

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2015, file photo, Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops walks the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Charlotte in Lexington, Ky. Stoops said his staff would take part in several satellite camps in Florida, a couple in Ohio and one in Georgia. (AP Photo/David Stephenson, File)

With ban lifted, SEC coaches gearing up for satellite camps

by Steve Megargee Associated PressMay 4, 2016

In this March 9, 2016 photo provided by University of Tennessee Athletics and UTsports.com, Tennessee basketball managers and players celebrate during an NCAA basketball game against Auburn during the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament in Nashville, Tenn. March Madness has extended to student managers. Although these folks at Division I programs have been staging pickup games for years, a ranking system and postseason tournament were added and the final four is set: Kansas, Michigan State, Iowa State and Tennessee. The student manager teams will play for the unofficial title this week in Houston as part of the Final Four festivities. (Craig Bisacre, University of Tennessee Athletics and UTsports.com via AP)

Student managers staging own Final Four

by Steve Megargee Associated PressMarch 30, 2016

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2015, file photo, South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley gestures to the bench during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Elon, in Columbia, S.C. Women’s college basketball coaches believe a set of rule changes that included switching to a four-quarter format has improved the game’s pace and increased the level of strategy. At least one prominent coach wouldn’t mind seeing her male counterparts make a similar move. “Watching men’s basketball, I wish they had some of the rules that we been implementing this year,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said.(AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

Women’s basketball format change leads to fewer free throws

by Steve Megargee Associated PressMarch 11, 2016