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Delaney Schnell earns second Olympic diving berth. Carson Tyler also will be doubling up in Paris

Jun. 23, 2024 22:41 PM EDT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Delaney Schnell earned her second Olympic berth with a victory in the women's 10-meter platform at the U.S. diving trials on Sunday. Carson Tyler will also be doubling up, becoming the first American since 2000 to qualify in both individual events. Having...

Tyrrell Hatton holds off Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau to win LIV Golf Nashville

Jun. 23, 2024 21:26 PM EDT

COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. (AP) — Tyrrell Hatton won the inaugural LIV Golf Nashville event Sunday, easily holding off Jon Rahm and two-time U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau for the Englishman's first victory since January 2021 at Abu Dhabi. Hatton took a three-stroke lead into the...

Tennessee forces College World Series finals to a third game with a 4-1 win over Texas A&M

Jun. 23, 2024 18:11 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tennessee's Dylan Dreiling hit the go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and Nate Snead turned back a scoring threat by Texas A&M in the bottom of the ninth to force a deciding third game of the College World Series finals with a 4-1 victory Sunday. One of the...

Texas A&M builds big lead early and beats Tennessee 9-5 in Game 1 of College World Series finals

Jun. 23, 2024 00:54 AM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Great start. Great finish. And now, after beating Tennessee 9-5 in the College World Series finals opener Saturday night, Texas A&M faces its most difficult task of the season. The Aggies must knock off the high-powered No. 1 national seed one more time...

String of injuries can't stop Texas A&M on its run to College World Series finals against Tennessee

Jun. 21, 2024 15:46 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Texas A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle remembers how he felt when he saw Braden Montgomery, one of the biggest stars in college baseball, break his ankle as he slid into the plate in the NCAA super regionals two weeks ago. “Yeah, my heart sank,” he said Friday....

Vols' run at 'unbreakable' HR mark impresses Bertman, whose teams were faces of 1990s 'gorilla ball'

Jun. 21, 2024 09:34 AM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Until he saw messages flying back and forth on the 1990s-era LSU players' group text thread late this season, Skip Bertman didn't realize the Tennessee team of 2024 was making a serious run at the Holy Grail of the college baseball record book. Bertman's 1997...

UConn's Castle, Kentucky duo, Tennessee's Knecht headline the list of top guards in the NBA draft

Jun. 21, 2024 06:02 AM EDT

John Calipari turned Kentucky into a factory for NBA talent, including 28 one-and-done players becoming first-round picks. Now at Arkansas, Calipari's last crop with the Wildcats features two headlining guards in the NBA draft next week in Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham. ...

Jon Rahm eager to play again after foot infection kept him out of the U.S. Open

Jun. 20, 2024 15:20 PM EDT

COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. (AP) — Jon Rahm is ready to stop watching TV and get back to playing golf. The Spaniard withdrew from LIV Golf's last event six holes into the second round in Houston, then pulled out of the U.S. Open last week two days before his tee time because of an...

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

Jun. 20, 2024 14:19 PM EDT

Kingsport Times-News. June 13, 2024. Editorial: State laws cannot contradict the Constitution Tennesseans expect members of their state government to always act within the framework set forth in the Constitution of the United States to which they swear their oath of...

Dalton Knecht hones game over 3-school basketball journey, now a projected lottery pick in NBA draft

Jun. 20, 2024 06:01 AM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Dalton Knecht has always packed one thing with him throughout his cross-country, multi-school basketball journey — a chip on his shoulder. Feeling overlooked has powered the guard from Colorado along his stops at Northeastern Junior College (Colorado), Northern...