Author: Mikesportz
As we approach the 2024-25 college football season, the Tennessee Volunteers are widely considered to be a middle-of-the-pack SEC team with a very low chance of making the College Football Playoffs. However, with the way their roster is set up, led by the dark-horse Heisman candidate Nico Iamaleava, they not only should be one of the best teams in the SEC but one of the best in the entire nation. Apart from Iamaleavea, this team has a blend of returning talent, promising newcomers, and a coaching staff that has proven its mettle. Tennessee is ready to ascend to the top…
The sprinter is the current world 200m champion and reigning European champion in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. Asher-Smith won a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay in the Tokyo Olympics but withdrew from the 200m with an injury. She said her focus is now the 100m at the Birmingham Diamond League competition on 21 May. ADVERTISEMENT Asher-Smith, who has a history degree, wrote an award-winning column in which she shared personal stories of racism. She told BBC South East: “It feels uniquely special to be recognised by the University of Kent. I’m very much used to performing on…
For nearly a quarter-century Sam Kendricks’ booming baritone voice has become synonymous with college swimming. It is his friendship, approachability, enthusiasm and unbridled positivity, however, that have made Kendricks one of the most likable individuals in the sport. “Sam Kendricks always takes care of himself first,” explained the legendary Eddie Reese, “He is truly a special person.” It is for these reasons that Kendricks, along with Dan Ross are this year’s 2022 CSCAA Richard E. Steadman Award winners. Kendricks will be recognized at the 2023 CSCAA Awards Banquet Kendricks’ entry into the world of announcing was sudden and…
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced the Top 10 candidates for the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award, and Tennessee’s Rickea Jackson has once again made the list. Jackson, a 6-foot-2 fifth-year player from Detroit, Mich., was selected to the top 10 for the third time in her career. She was a top-five Cheryl Miller Award finalist in 2022-23 as a senior and advanced to the top 10 in 2020-21 as a sophomore. Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award, in its…
It’s never easy when international athletes uproot their entire lives to come to the United States. They are leaving behind friends and family to travel to an entirely different world in order to succeed in their sport. It’s a move that South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso made four years ago when she first left her home country of Brazil to play high school and college basketball in the U.S., and it sure has paid off.
Rafael Nadal swept past Leo Borg, son of tennis great Bjorn Borg, to advance to the second round of the Bastad Open on Tuesday as he builds towards the Paris Olympics. It was Nadal’s first singles match since the 38-year-old fell in the opening round at Roland Garros on May 27, and he eased to a 6-3, 6-4 win in wet conditions. Both Nadal and the 21-year-old Borg, currently ranked 461 in the world, were wild card entries to the Swedish clay-court tournament.
LOS ANGELES — It was an ambush by Jarren Duran, who belted James Paxton’s third pitch of the game over the fence in center for a two-run homer to give the Red Sox a boost they truly needed after losing the first two games of the three-game series at Dodger Stadium in agonizing fashion. Unfortunately for the Red Sox, the Dodgers had a much more emphatic ambush in store, and Kutter Crawfordendured the brunt of it.
MINNEAPOLIS — I wouldn’t seem to be the target audience for “Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose.” My battling average during one excruciating year of Little League was 0.000. I’d rather watch “The Bad News Bears” than the World Series. But great sports documentaries are always about more than sports. “Hoop Dreams” (1994) consistently pivoted toward frank discussion on race and class. “When We Were Kings” (1996), which chronicles the heavyweight bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, captures the best and worst of the mid-’70s. “Tiger” (2021), an unvarnished profile of Tiger Woods, showed how loneliness can…
Tony Vitello is never one to hold back an ounce about what he’s feeling. The Tennessee Vols’ skipper is going to send whatever is going on in his head straight through his mouth without any alteration or filter. But hey, that’s why his players love him. That’s why the fans love him. And that’s why the media loves covering him. He’s fun. He’s fiery. He stands up for his guys. And he gives great quotes. On Sunday night, he did all of those while a member of the broadcast team on MLB Network during night one of the MLB Draft.…
The Tennessee basketball program has shifted to more of a transfer portal approach to roster building, but elite prep recruits will always be coveted — and the Vols are in on at least one for the 2025 cycle. Five-star guard Darius Adams is set for a visit to Knoxville in September. As London reports, Adams will also take looks at Michigan State, NC State, Alabama, UConn and Notre Dame. The 6-5 shooting guard is the 17th ranked player in the class of 2025, per 247Sports. He’s the fourth-ranked shooting guard prospect in the class and the second-ranked player in the…