| Men's Basketball to Face Tennessee on ESPN | | Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 1:13:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The road to rebound for the LSU men's basketball team continues as LSU travels here for a Super Tuesday nationally televised date with the University of Tennessee at Thompson-Boling Arena at 8 p.m. CST (9 p.m. EST). The game will be broadcast on ESPN and available on radio on the affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network (Eagle 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge). The radio broadcast is also available to subscribers in the "Geaux Zone" at LSUsports.net. The Tigers will be looking to start climbing back from a 2-6 league placing in the Southeastern Conference Western Division, but in a year when the division is so dramatically topsy-turvy, the Tigers are just two games out of the lead held by Alabama at 4-4. LSU also sees a past precedent that it can be done, having started the 2003 season 1-6 and 3-8 before winning the final five games to finish at 8-8, win two games in the SEC Tournament and advance to the NCAA Tournament.... | |
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| | | Dane Bradshaw | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:22:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | University of Tennessee senior Dane Bradshaw is engaging, funny, plays hurt and plays hard, all traits that typically endear players to even the most pitiless opposing fans. Yet outside of Knoxville, no one seems to like him. Opposing fans jeer Bradshaw relentlessly, chanting his name mockingly and taunting him after missed shots. Bradshaw, who leads Tennessee in blocked shots and assists, answered some questions following Tuesdays practice in preparation for a road trip to Auburn where he will be taunted again. Q. Which SEC fans are the hardest on you? A. "I would say its got to be Florida. And given the fact we were able to sweep them last season, its going to be even worse this year. South Carolina would be a sleeper. Those people are always on me.... | |
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| | | Bruce Pearl helps drivers navigate big orange barrels | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:25:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | Who better to alert Knoxvillians of road confusion than the man who brought controlled chaos to the University of Tennessee basketball court? Since Dec. 1, local residents have been inundated with television and radio messages featuring UT coach Bruce Pearl explaining the Thursday opening of Hall of Fame Drive and the Sunday closing of James White Parkway. .... | |
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| | | Tennessee runners receive bid to NCAA Championship | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:10:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Tennessee womens cross country teams streak of consecutive appearances at the NCAA Championship meet remains intact. The Lady Vols received word Sunday night from the selection committee they were one of 13 womens teams receiving an at-large bid to the national meet in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 20. The team finished third at Saturdays NCAA South Regional at Lambert Acres Golf Club in Maryville and will be making its fifth straight trip to the NCAA Championships. The selection marks its 10th overall appearance at the meet. They have advanced to the NCAA Championship meet during all five years of coach J.J. Clarks tenure at Tennessee. The program also made the NCAA cut in 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990 and 1998. Clarks squad finished 28th a year ago in Terre Haute.... | |
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| | | Man Hunting in Tennessee Trips Over Skeleton | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:11:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. -- University of Tennessee anthropologists worked Thursday to identify a human skeleton found on a remote ridge after a hunter tripped over the legs hidden beneath fallen leaves. The bones were found Wednesday evening, but no missing-person cases match up to the body, Sullivan County Sheriff Wayne Anderson said. "We'll treat it as a homicide until proven otherwise, but right now we have absolutely nothing to lead us to believe it was a homicide," he said. A team of six anthropologists from UT collected evidence from the scene, but Anderson said unless someone comes forward with information, complete identification could be hard. Lt. Detective Joe Smelser said the lower half of the skeleton had on camouflage pants, but the bones of the upper half were scattered.... | |
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| | | Yeldell: Boathouse back in business | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 7:34:27 AM by Blog57 Team | | Owners of the Boathouse at Volunteer Landing are preparing the space formerly occupied by the Tennessee Grill for a new restaurant tenant. The space is being remodeled for a new eatery called The Boat House Grill. It will be operated by Aramark, the Philadelphia-based company that runs the University of Tennessee's dining services. .... | |
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| | | Editor's Letter | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:24:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | The winner will have big shoes to fill. Given his high-ranking seat in the U.S. Congress, departing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has been one of the most powerful people in federal government. As such, Frist has influenced outcomes favorable to his home state of Tennessee in ways that will not be easily duplicated by a freshman Senator. Two currently proposed federal research and development projects come to mind as fruits of Frist?s influence?the creation of a premiere homeland security lab and a new center focused on hastening America?s bionenergy capabilities. Each could mean big dollars and large-scale economic expansion for Tennessee. The Feds recently whittled the list of candidates for the proposed new $450 million bio-agro defense lab to 14, which includes a unique consortium comprised of the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Lab, the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky and the Pulaski County, Kentucky-based National Institute for Hometown Security.... | |
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| | | Fontaines Make Generous Donations To University Of Georgia | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:13:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | The college lives of former Lookout Mountain residents George and Jack Fontaine of Houston are reflected in generous donations they recently gave to the University of Georgia, their alma mater. Their gifts also landed them on the cover of the September edition of the schools widely circulated Georgia Magazine. George Fontaine, who graduated from Baylor School in 1972, donated $500,000 of his own money and $250,000 from his familys foundation to help start a music business program at the Athens school, while 1975 Baylor grad, Jack, and his wife, Nancy, donated $2 million to endow an alcohol awareness and education program. .... | |
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| | | Voters in 37 states to decide fate of 82 initiative questions | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:12:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | In one of the biggest electoral populist offensives, American voters this week will be making -- or repealing or changing -- laws on issues such as gay marriage, smoking, abortion and stem cell research. In 37 states, a total of 207 proposals are on the ballot, and the 82 ballot initiatives (residents' proposals for new laws) this year are the third-highest number since the initiative process was first used in 1902. .... | |
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| | | Inside the game: Seniors play final game at Armstrong | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 3:46:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | What is arguably the most successful senior class in Hampton University football history played its final game at Armstrong Stadium on Thursday, when the Pirates beat Bethune-Cookman 34-17. The list of accomplishments for the 26-man class is staggering and sure to grow during the postseason. Nine started as freshmen and have played huge roles the past four seasons in the Pirates' 37-8 record, two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference titles and two Division I-AA playoff appearances. They are 25-4 in MEAC play and won 17 consecutive conference games at one point. Middle linebacker Justin Durant has been named the MEAC's top defensive player twice, while tailback Alonzo Coleman was picked as the league's top offensive player twice. Coleman, Durant and place-kicker Andrew Paterini have been named to a combined nine All-American teams.... | |
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