The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the 18 male and female varsity intercollegiate athletics programs that represent the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In December 2017, former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer was introduced as Tennessee's new athletic director. Fulmer gained the position after a tumultuous football coaching search led to the dismissal of then-AD John Currie.
Todd Lynn Helton is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played his entire 17-year career for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). A five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, and three-time Gold Glove Award winner, Helton holds the Colorado Rockies club records for hits (2,519), home runs (369), doubles (592), walks (1,335), runs scored (1,401), runs batted in, games played (2,247), and total bases (4,292), among others.
Fratersville, Tennessee is an unincorporated community located on State Route 116 in Anderson County, Tennessee, between the towns of Rocky Top and Briceville. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Felice Bryant and Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant were an American husband and wife country music and pop songwriting team. They were best known for songs such as "Rocky Top," "We Could", "Love Hurts", and numerous hits by the Everly Brothers, including "All I Have to Do Is Dream" ,, "Bye Bye Love" and Wake Up Little Susie.
The Pride of the Southland Band is the official name of the University of Tennessee's marching band.
Top of the Rockies is the name of a National Scenic Byway in Colorado, in the Western United States. Most of the byway is above 9,000 ft (2,700 m) and thus the name of the byway is Top of the Rockies. The byway goes over Tennessee Pass to the mining town of Leadville, Colorado.
The Knoxville News Sentinel is a daily newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, owned by the Gannett Company.
Rocky Ayres Calmus is an American former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the early 2000s. He played college football for the University of Oklahoma, earned consensus All-American honors twice, and was recognized as the nation's top college linebacker. The Tennessee Titans picked him in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft.
James Rand McNally is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate. He is the 50th Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee since January 2017, due to his position as the 87th Speaker of the state Senate. He formerly represented the 5th Senate District from 1987 to 2017 which encompasses Anderson County, Loudon County, Monroe County, and part of Knox County.
Atlee Alan Cockrell is an American professional baseball outfielder and coach. He was most recently the hitting coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.
The Osborne Brothers, Sonny Osborne and Bobby Osborne, were an influential and popular bluegrass act during the 1960s and 1970s. They are probably best known for their No. 33 1967 country hit song, "Rocky Top", written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and named after a Tennessee location.
Thunderhead Mountain is a 5,527-foot (1,685 m) mountain in the west-central part of the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States. Rising along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, the mountain dominates the Western Smokies. The Appalachian Trail crosses its summit, making it a popular hiking destination. Rocky Top, a knob on the western part of the mountain's summit ridge, shares its name with a popular Tennessee state song.
Operation Rocky Top was the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) code name for a public corruption investigation into the Tennessee state government in the late 1980s.
State Route 116 in Tennessee runs from its junction with SR 62 at its southern end between Wartburg and Coalfield in Morgan County, to its northern end at Caryville, Tennessee in Campbell County.
Rocky Fork Township is one of ten townships in Boone County, Missouri, USA. The city of Hallsville is the largest settlement in the township.
Down the Field is the fight song for Syracuse University, a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. It is commonly played after SU scores in athletic matches.
Ryan Perry Rolison is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.
The 2019 Tennessee Volunteers football team represents University of Tennessee in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Volunteers play their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They are led by second-year head coach Jeremy Pruitt.
