Tag: Tennessee

Tennessee Shatters Online Sports Gambling Record in First Month of Operation

Tennessee Shatters Online Sports Gambling Record in First Month of Operation

Tennessee jumped on the online sports gambling rally this fall, generating just over $131 million in its first full month of operation. The Volunteer State demolished Indiana’s opening month record of $35 million set in September 2019. November numbers released Wednesday from The Tennessee Education Lottery show the state also […]

COVID-19 Outbreak Forces Volunteers Out of Liberty Bowl

COVID-19 Outbreak Forces Volunteers Out of Liberty Bowl

The Tennessee Volunteers became the latest college football program to shut it down due to a recent spike of COVID-19 infections. In doing so, Tennessee (3-7) becomes the first SEC team to bow out of bowl season. The Vols were one of five conference schools with losing records to earn […]

Coast-to-Coast College Basketball COVID Cancellations Define Week Two

Coast-to-Coast College Basketball COVID Cancellations Define Week Two

As Florida’s men’s basketball team puts its regular schedule on hold to travel to Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino for a pair of games in the Legends Classic tournament, other programs will have to start getting more creative to remain viable. The Gators will tipoff against Army on Wednesday and Boston […]

College Basketball Already in Peril 24 Hours Before Season’s Start

College Basketball Already in Peril 24 Hours Before Season’s Start

College basketball will tip-off Wednesday, but COVID-19 outbreaks in programs around the nation have put the season in jeopardy before it begins.  Major programs across the country are canceling openers due to positive tests, and in some cases, deciding not to go ahead with their seasons at all.  College basketball […]

Duke and Tennessee Men’s Basketball Openers Delayed By COVID-19 Outbreaks

Duke and Tennessee Men’s Basketball Openers Delayed By COVID-19 Outbreaks

In what portends a season of uncertainty for college basketball, two of the sport’s highest-ranked programs are already scrambling to make scheduling adjustments in the wake of positive COVID-19 tests. No. 8 Duke postponed its men’s basketball team’s season-opener against Gardner-Webb Monday after a positive COVID-19 test from that school, […]

Alabama coach Nick Saban, who was infected with COVID-19 in October, will not lead his Crimson Tide into battle vs. LSU this weekend because of the pandemic. (Image: Getty)

Alabama-LSU and Texas A&M-Tennessee Postponed as COVID Hits SEC Hard

The 14th and 15th NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision games to be postponed or canceled in November also happen to be the season’s most significant. They come as the SEC faces a history-making weekend of missed kickoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Defending national champion LSU versus No. 1 […]