KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Wednesday night the Lady Volunteers of The University of Tennessee hosted a home basketball game against an opponent Stetson Hatters at home. Thompson-Boling Arena is one great place for a college basketball game to take place and a total of 6,916 people were in attendance to the watch the Lady Volunteers. The … Continue reading ‘Tale Of Two Halves,’ Lady Volunteers Defeat Stetson →

From left to right: Christine Hames, Nicklin Hames, Jason Hames  Photo Credit: Christine Hames Indoor volleyball is a team game which has six players that play on either side of a net. There are a set of rules that decide the end score that each team is able to make against the other team. The … Continue reading K2 Volleyball Club Spotlight: Christine Hames →

In my sports journalism class, I have learned a variety of new skills that I can use in my career. Although I do not think I want to become a journalist, this class has given me a chance to broaden my knowledge throughout my college and has definitely put me out of my comfort zone … Continue reading What I Learned In My Sports Journalism Class →

Sports Illustrated wrote a feature story on Pat Summitt called "Eyes of the Storm". This piece highlights a player named Michelle Marciniak who Pat came to visit and recruit while she was pregnant. This feature goes on to tell how Marciniak is on the team and how Summitt coaches them to win the 1994 NCAA … Continue reading Eyes of the Storm →

At Thompson-Boling Area, November 6, The University of Tennessee played Lenoir-Rhyne as their season opener game. The Vols started the season ranked sixth in the nation.  The Vols ended with an 86-41 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne. All five of Tennessee's starters scored in double digits. Senior Kyle Alexander and teammates take the court to warm up before … Continue reading UTK VS LENOIR-RHYNE IN BASKETBALL →

Women's sports are not covered like men's sports are. Most women's sports are put second to men's except for the Olympics. A lot of women can be degraded in their interviews or can be asked questions that do not even pertain to their sport. The Guardian reported that The Chicago Tribune announced Corey Cogdell-Unrein's, American trap shooter, … Continue reading Covering Women’s Sports →

Visuals in sports stories are important because it gives the readers something to look at besides just a bunch of words on the page. Visuals add flavor to sports journalists stories and give clues to what the story might be about before a person even starts to read it. Sports writers can have videos or … Continue reading Visuals in Sports: Is it important? →

  Tom Brady is the quarterback for the New England Patriots in the NFL. I chose to do an infographic for him because he has achieved many accomplishments over his 18 years of playing football in the NFL. Photo Citations: tom brady links    

    Chris Salcido is a senior swimmer at The University of Tennessee. He has been swimming since he was 4 years old and swam club and high school swim team before college. Salcido knew he wanted to swim in college his freshman year of high school.  Link to listen to the whole interview: https://soundcloud.com/stevie-turski/interview-with-chris-salcido What … Continue reading Q&A: Christopher Salcido reveals his swimming experience →

Ariel Helwani, a highly experienced reporter for MMAFighting.com, was escorted out of The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., during the UFC 199 and he was banned from all future MMA events. This was all decided after Helwani reported Brock Lesnar would make his return at UFC 200 Helwani told Sports Illustrated, “They said I should have … Continue reading Relationships with Sources →