Note- this article was written on Sept. 23, 2021, revised on October 7, and submitted twice to a local newspaper, who then ignored it. I’ll let you decide if you feel it would be worthy of publication. Since it was written, the American has added six new teams and a…
Robinson will be the best player on either team when the Buccaneers play Vanderbilt on Saturday. And yet he’s not getting the recognition he deserves.
HERO Sports has named senior safety Tyree Robinson to their third-team preseason FCS All-American team.
Sounds like a nice honor except for one thing; it’s…
The east Tennessee radio veteran with a strong sportscasting background passed away last month. He was just 53.
Saddened to hear local east Tennessee sportscaster Marty Ricker passed away last month at the young age of 53.
With John Fulkerson coming back and a potentially sympathetic ear in Rick Barnes, there will never be another chance like this
One of the first tests new East Tennessee State head men’s basketball coach Desmond Oliver will have is putting together a schedule.
And early indications are he is failing.
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Anthem Kneeling, Transfers, Wes Miller, Communication, Questions of Race, Etc.
- When Jason Shay resigned as East Tennessee State head men’s basketball coach, there was a feeling the Buccaneers would have to settle for second best to find a coach.
They didn’t.
But make no doubt, upper east Tennessee didn’t just…
Consider how he’s handled certain situations in his career
A quote from East Tennessee State athletic director Scott Carter that was re-run ad nauseam over last summer on the Buccaneers flagship radio station comes to mind following the events that caused Jason Shay’s resignation as ETSU head men’s basketball coach.
The best player the Buccaneers have had since reviving football is severely underappreciated.
The greatest player of the post-revival era of East Tennessee State football may very well play his final game for the Buccaneers (4–1) at 6 pm at Mercer (4–2) Saturday night.
He’s never lived in the Tri-Cities, and now must sell an area to his team that might support their play but not their minds.
Here’s what the average east Tennessee sports fan sees when contemplating incoming East Tennessee State University head men’s basketball coach Desmond Oliver.
While other mid-major programs live in the shadow of nearby major programs, ETSU would be subservient to their larger neighbor
Multiple news sources are reporting Tennessee assistant men’s basketball coach Desmond Oliver is the front runner for the head men’s basketball coach position at East Tennessee State University.
ETSU will…
Weren’t we here before?
For the last 20 years, it could generally be presumed East Tennessee State was going to have a good men’s basketball team.
Sure there were exceptions, but ever since Ed DeChellis brought in Zakee Wadood and Jerald Fields in 2000, ETSU has had only two losing…
