Pat Summitt sez…
Pat Summitt’s notably candid remarks about the Candace Parker-WNBA brawl:
Summitt, in Nashville on Thursday night for the UT All-Sports Picnic at Lipscomb, was New Orleans watching an AAU tournament when she got a text message about the WNBA incident.
Later she watched a taped replay. Her reaction: “I have never seen anything like it.”
Summitt wasn’t surprised [...]
The Candace Parker brawl hits You Tube
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Knoxville Talks Quote of the Day
Randy Neal on the new multimillion dollar contracts being offered UT coaches Pearl and Fulmer: “…maybe the hearing and speech pathology department should put together a football squad or something.”
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Candace Parker may be a pro superstar, but she remembers her Tennessee roots!
Steve Phillips’ sports blog (which you should be reading every day. It’s that good) points to this great video of Lady Vols alumna and WNBA phenom Candace Parker belting out “Rocky Top” at a recent fan appearance in Los Angeles.
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This is some seriously wierd East Tennessee-centric You Tube action
Reember a few months back when Pat Summitt injured her arm in a run-in with a raccoon that attacked her dog? That was a strange enough story.
Well now, blogger Anthony Welsch has directed my attention to this rap video made about the raccoon incident and posted on You Tube by someone calling himself “D-Smack, [...]
The secret lives of UT athletes
Steve Phillips has some thoughts on judging young athletes without knowing what they’re dealing with or doing off the court or playing field:
I have a good enough memory to recall my own erratic and sometimes questionable behavior in my college years. (Some would say that would still apply today.) I also consider myself a reasonable [...]
Candace Parker hits the court running
From Yahoo Sports:
Candace Parker and Lisa Leslie gave the WNBA its first glimpse of just how dangerous the Los Angeles Sparks could be this season.
Parker, the league’s No. 1 pick, had 14 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in Los Angeles’ 86-80 exhibition victory over the expansion Atlanta Dream on Saturday night.
Leslie played her first [...]
Dane Bradshaw: future politico?
Wyatt Clemmer thinks UT hoops star Dane Bradshaw has a future in politics:
Dane Bradshaw for Mayor?? Well, maybe not anytime soon. But after watching him work the crowd tonight at a roast for coach Bruce Pearl, I wouldn’t rule it out at some point in the future. Dane was the ultimate feel-good [...]
Read More..>>The heroic Chris Lofton
Rob Huddleston sums up what a lot of Tennesseans are feeling today:
Whether Chris Lofton ever plays in the NBA is irrelevant for how Vol fans will remember him. I hope he does for his own satisfaction, because his work ethic and selflessness should be rewarded. My selfish hope is that I’m in attendance with my [...]
Read More..>>Candace Parker: Here comes the $$$
She’s got new deals with Gatorade and Adidas.
Although terms of the multiyear deals were not revealed, they should put her in the $3-4 million range combined, according to industry analysts.
Parker was the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft this month by the Los Angeles Sparks, having completed her college career with back-to-back national [...]
10 Things You May Not Know About….Jenny Moshak
If you’re a Lady Vols fan, you know the critically important role Head Athletic Trainer Jenny Moshak (Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine) plays in the program’s success. Nationally known in her field of sports medicine and physiology, Jenny is a behind-the-scenes powerhouse who keeps some of the world’s top female athletes in peak condition, [...]
Read More..>>Can Candace Parker slam-dunk the wage gap?
You’ll never guess how little much Candace Parker will earn now that she’s become the top draft pick for the WNBA.
A whopping $44,000 a year.
But some are hoping Parker’s star power will help generate revenue to offer these hardworking professional athletes a fair wage.
The disparity in pay between the women’s and men’s games means that [...]
Jenny Moshak, Lady Vols superstar
I love this photo from the front page of today’s print edition of the Knoxville News Sentinel. It’s a picture of my friend Jenny Moshak, Head Trainer for the Lady Vols (Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine), at the very moment she finds out that she, too will be receiving a one year lease on [...]
Read More..>>GO LADY VOLS!!!!
Candace Parker is back in action!
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Bruce Pearl leaving for Indiana
(Note the DATE on this story)
Via the wonderfully-named sportsblog, Fulmer’s Belly:
Tuesday, 1 Apr 2008
Bruce Pearl Accepts Indiana Job
Um, wtf? I thought directly after the NCAA tournament (and during in fact), the good coach had supposedly said repeatedly that he would stay at Tennessee. I mean, it’s one of those things I guess, that when [...]
A higher Summitt
Via Randy Neal:
The [78-52 win over Perdue] not only sent top-seeded Tennessee to its annual regional semifinal appearance, but also made Summitt the first coach in Division I basketball history — men’s or women’s — to record 100 wins in the tournament.
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Pearl converts the faithful
There was a great story about Bruce Pearl and what he’s done to reinvigorate basketball in Tennessee in the Washington Post over the weekend:
Bruce Pearl has won over all the dogs and babies in Tennessee, and most of the Christians, too. After just a few minutes of listening to him, it’s apparent why the [...]
Read More..>>Liberal bloggers take on the NCAA bracket game
This is pretty funny:
I’ve set up a “TN Liberal Bloggers” bracket group on Yahoo for the NCAA Tournament, and you’re all invited to join!
Here is the link to the group. Shoot me an email (goldni386 at gmail) or a message on here for the password (I picked one you’ll ALL remember).
This is an extremely exciting [...]
Does ESPN have an “Orange Vendetta?”
Steve Phillips cites the evidence:
No matter what statistical data is laid before the committee, their perception of who is playing well and who the best teams are makes a lot of difference. (Remember the NASCAR reference?) It is human nature, and I can’t swear I wouldn’t take my own predetermined feelings into the room if [...]
Raccoon vs. Pat Summitt
You just don’t mess with Pat Summitt.
Although she ended up with a dislocated shoulder, there aren’t many women who would take on a charging raccoon with their bare hands:
Summitt had taken her golden Lab, Sally, for a late-night walk, when they encountered the raccoon on the back deck of Summitt’s home.
“I momentarily lost it,” [...]
