Ovi Kabir, freshman in political science, wanted to continue his rowing career while he was in college. So when he discovered UT had a rowing crew, Kabir was naturally interested.
Edited by Cherie Smith
Tennessee might have officially cut wrestling in 1984 but students’ interest in the sport never vanished.
Scott Tunnell, Austin Fullbright and Kevon Rivers all told different stories, but the themes were the same.
If you walked through the TREC this week, you might have noticed a curtain down on the basketball courts. Behind the curtain lies the intramural basketball courts, where friends and teammates play the sport they enjoy.
When I get off the elevator and walk into the Busch Stadium press box with a media credential around my neck on May 15, I’ll look out across a perfectly manicured baseball field with the St. Louis skyline above and pause for a moment to reflect.
The Lights Out intramural basketball team had one goal.
If you walked through the TREC this week, you might have noticed a curtain down on the basketball courts. Behind the curtain lies the intramural basketball courts, where friends and teammates play the sport they enjoy.
With a full week of classes looming ahead, the UT Outdoor Program wants students to escape to the outdoors.
Welcome to a new chapter of your life.
When asked of Tennessee athletics during their time as a student, most people in my graduating class won't have many fond memories.
When asked of Tennessee athletics during their time as a student, most people in my graduating class won't have many fond memories.
Last Friday, as part of an international soccer competition, I played on the Japanese team versus the Ghana team.
Gary Sousa placed faith in UT chancellor Jimmy Cheek when the Pride of the Southland Band waged a publicly displayed war on the UT athletic department Wednesday.
Instruments down, eyes up, more than 300 members of the Pride of the Southland Band sat Indian style in a semi-circle around their director Gary Sousa after completing a rehearsal of the Circle Drill at the intramural field on Wednesday.
At UT, sports are a religion, and games a kind of ritual.
Football isn't the only department picking up momentum at UT this summer.
UT's new recreational fields have been a long time coming and it will be longer still before completion, which was originally scheduled for February and has since been pushed back.
Some students play intramural sports; some work in research labs. And some students sit and play video games for hours on end.
For Samuel Scott, a tri-sport intramural athelete, softball opening day at the new "RecSports Fields at Sutherland" should be a special one.
After only half a year as the UT sports club coordinator, Cary Trexler has already seen impressive results.
UT has been chosen as the host for this year's National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Region II conference.
