With the rise in Twitter’s popularity this year all manner of people have taken to sharing their thoughts in 140 characters or less. Persons associated with the University of Tennesse Men’s and Women’s athletics departments are no different. Lane Kiffin, Bruce Pearl, Candace Parker and Eric Berry are among many UT past and present notables on Twitter.

Up until yesterday, keeping up with all the tweets of your favorite UT personalities may have been a little challenging for those not technically inclined. That’s why I put together GoVolsTweets.com. A visit to the GoVolsTweets homepage presents you with a streamlined Twitter stream of UT sports Twitter accounts that I follow over at @GoVolsTweets. Continue Reading

The Bruce Ball Blog shares a video of Coach Pearl pepping up the students this past Friday.

If you haven’t had a chance to make it out to the Pilot Rocky Top League (i.e. an NCAA sanctioned summer basketball league at Bearden HS featuring players from UT and the surrounding area) this summer, Patrick Brown over at The View from the Hill blog is providing plenty of updates, photos and videos. Check out his posts for June 30th, June 25th and June 23rd.

Kentucky blogger, Ken Howlett, of the A Sea of Blue blog writes an excellent tribute to Chris Lofton and his battle with testicular cancer. Meanwhile, Chris Low of ESPN.com provides more perspective.

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The NCAA Tournament kicked off today; however, my favorite team takes to the court tomorrow. Here’s hoping their showing at “The Big Dance” is as exciting as the fireworks during opening lineups at UT home games.

UT Bastketball player Wayne Chism fields questions about his dance class in this video: Wayne Chism: The next Fred Astaire?

Uploaded by Michael Wender 10th March, 2008

Yesterday, Beth and I were on hand to watch as Coach Pearl and the rest of the University of Tennessee Men’s Basketball Team celebrated their SEC championship.

Uploaded by Michael Wender 9th March, 2008

Here’s a shot of Chris Lofton earlier today as he leaves the court in his final home game at the University of Tennessee.

Mike Griffith pens a nice article about UT Basketball player, Jordan Howell, and how he broke out of a slump against Florida.

Last week before tipoff of the UT v. Auburn basketball game, Beth and I got to see Jordan Howell’s senior video. Now, thanks to YouTube, I’m able to share the magic with you.