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Private funeral held for Pat Summitt

Basketball icon Pat Summitt was laid to rest Thursday in a private funeral for family and friends in Clarksville, TN. A public memorial service is set for Thursday, July 14 in Knoxville at Thompson-Boling Arena…

Tennessee’s senators honor Pat Summitt

Tennessee’s senators honor Pat Summitt

U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) paid tribute on the Senate floor to legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt Wednesday with heartfelt remarks. Summitt passed away yesterday morning after battling  early onset Alzheimer’s disease for…

Rutgers head coach C.Vivian Stringer reflects on friendship with Pat Summitt

Rutgers head coach C.Vivian Stringer discussed her friendship with legendary coach Pat Summitt after learning about the passing of the basketball icon. Stringer and Summitt were friends since the first NCAA Final Four in 1982 and rivals…

The sports world mourns the passing of basketball icon Pat Summitt

Legendary basketball coach and women’s sports pioneer Pat Summitt passed away on June 28, 2016 at the age of 64. There was an outpouring of reactions in the sports world and other sectors of society.…

Statement by President Barack Obama on the passing of Pat Summitt

Pat Summitt Obituary Nobody walked off a college basketball court victorious more times than Tennessee’s Pat Summitt.  For four decades, she outworked her rivals, made winning an attitude, loved her players like family, and became…

Legendary  Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies at 64

Legendary Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies at 64

    “I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.” Not since James Naismith invented the sport…

Pat Summitt’s family releases statement on health of basketball legend

Pat Summitt’s family releases statement on health of basketball legend

List of Pat Summitt’s Awards The family of basketball coaching legend Pat Summitt released a statement on her health Sunday morning. The former University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach has been suffering from early onset…

Lower seed sweep in first day of the Sweet 16

They went down one by one, all four of the higher seeds in the first day of Sweet 16 competition were eliminated from the 2016 tournament Friday night. Washington, Lexington Region The Huskies are headed to the…

Dishin & Swishin 3/24/16 Podcast: Stephanie White breaks down the Sweet 16

Dishin & Swishin 3/24/16 Podcast: Stephanie White breaks down the Sweet 16

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Google Play Music Podcasts, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). The subregionals are complete and the Sweet 16 are in…

Dishin & Swishin 3/17/16 Podcast: On the 20th Anniversary, Michelle Brooke-Marciniak looks back at the 1996 Tennessee championship season

Dishin & Swishin 3/17/16 Podcast: On the 20th Anniversary, Michelle Brooke-Marciniak looks back at the 1996 Tennessee championship season

Photos: Michelle Brooke-Marciniak and SHEEX. [display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Google Play Music Podcasts, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). When the NCAA tournament rolls…

Dishin & Swishin 02/04/16 Podcast: Talking with ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel about the latest in NCAA and WNBA news

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Google Play Music Podcasts, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). Every now and then it is nice to just…

Dishin & Swishin 2/02/16 Podcast: Matthew Mitchell prepares Kentucky for South Carolina and beyond

Dishin & Swishin 2/02/16 Podcast: Matthew Mitchell prepares Kentucky for South Carolina and beyond

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). It seems a little strange that when a team is a consistent presence…

No. 14 Tennessee faces No. 15 Stanford in 33rd meeting between the two teams

No. 14/16 Tennessee (7-2) at No. 15/14 Stanford (6-2) Wednesday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m. PT Maples Pavilion, Stanford, CA TV/Streaming: ESPNU/ESPN3.com/WatchESPN app (Tiffany Greene and Carolyn Peck) Radio/Audio Stream: KZSU 90.1 (kzsu.stanford.edu), Tennessee All-Access (Mickey…

Dishin & Swishin 11/12/15 Podcast: UConn or the field? The Roundtable looks at the NCAA season

Dishin & Swishin 11/12/15 Podcast: UConn or the field? The Roundtable looks at the NCAA season

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). This weekend the NCAA women’s basketball season tips off. So Dishin & Swishin…

Coaches predict South Carolina will win 2015-16 SEC title

From the SEC: South Carolina was predicted to win the 2016 Southeastern Conference women’s basketball championship in a vote of the league’s coaches. This is the second consecutive season the coaches have positioned the Gamecocks…

Dishin & Swishin 11/05/15 Podcast: Vanderbilt’s Melanie Balcomb on the transfer epidemic, returning to prominence in the SEC and more

Dishin & Swishin 11/05/15 Podcast: Vanderbilt’s Melanie Balcomb on the transfer epidemic, returning to prominence in the SEC and more

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). “The animals are running the zoo,” says Vanderbilt coach Melanie Balcomb on this…

Dishin & Swishin 10/29/15 Podcast: Dawn Staley readies South Carolina for a championship run

Dishin & Swishin 10/29/15 Podcast: Dawn Staley readies South Carolina for a championship run

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). Welcome to college basketball season! On the heels of coming very close to…

South Carolina picked by media to win SEC in 2015-16

  From the SEC: South Carolina was predicted to win the 2016 Southeastern Conference women’s basketball championship in a voting of a select panel of both SEC and national media members. The Gamecocks are coming…

Tennessee showcases new Nike uniforms for 2015-16

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A Dishin & Swishin Special Edition: UConn versus Tennessee, a series that was Unrivaled

A Dishin & Swishin Special Edition: UConn versus Tennessee, a series that was Unrivaled

  [display_podcast] They are the two most recognized teams in women’s college basketball. Their worlds collided and created an unprecedented rivalry and series of games that people still talk about, revere and many hope, returns.…

Dishin & Swishin 3/20/15 Podcast: More of The Roundtable! NCAA Tournament Preview Part II

Dishin & Swishin 3/20/15 Podcast: More of The Roundtable! NCAA Tournament Preview Part II

[display_podcast] If today’s first round of the women’s tournament goes anything like the men’s games yesterday, it will be crazy! Yesterday, in part one of the Dishin & Swishin Roundtable, three of the four regions…

Dishin & Swishin 3/19/15 Podcast: The Roundtable Speaks! NCAA Tournament Preview Part I

Dishin & Swishin 3/19/15 Podcast: The Roundtable Speaks! NCAA Tournament Preview Part I

[display_podcast] It is finally time for the Big Dance and that means it is time for Dishin & Swishin to convene its annual pre-NCAA tournament roundtable! We have an outstanding panel today, with a slight…

Dishin & Swishin 3/05/15 Podcast: Time for Charlie Creme’s annual Bracketology visit

Dishin & Swishin 3/05/15 Podcast: Time for Charlie Creme’s annual Bracketology visit

[display_podcast] The groundhog comes out once a year to look for his shadow, maybe bite the ear of a Wisconsin mayor, and to tell us how much more winter (and snow) we people in the…

Dishin & Swishin 12/11/14 Podcast: Looking at the first part of the  college basketball season with Debbie Antonelli & Brenda VanLengen

Dishin & Swishin 12/11/14 Podcast: Looking at the first part of the college basketball season with Debbie Antonelli & Brenda VanLengen

[display_podcast] The women’s college basketball season is in full swing, and there is a lot to talk about: Increased scoring, upsets and more upsets, outstanding performances, surprises, disappointments and one incredible game for the ages.…

Dishin & Swishin 11/13/14 Podcast: The roundtable returns to preview the 2014-15 NCAA DI season

Dishin & Swishin 11/13/14 Podcast: The roundtable returns to preview the 2014-15 NCAA DI season

[display_podcast] It starts in November and ends in April with one team cutting down nets in Tampa! Finally, the NCAA women’s basketball season begins tomorrow. On this week’s Dishin & Swishin podcast, we welcome in…

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