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New Tennessee athletic director John Currie has some shopping to do. When he left Tennessee's athletic department in 2009 to become Kansas State's athletic director, Currie gave about 60 orange ties to his younger co-workers thinking he didn't have any more use for them. ''One of our staff members came up to me at a staff meeting we had last week and pointed out that his tie was one of the ones I had given him when I'd left in 2009,'' Currie said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. Continue to Article

March 07, 2017 11:52:am EST

Perhaps it's no coincidence that Tennessee's fortunes began to fade around the same time Robert Hubbs III's knee problems got more troublesome. Tennessee's leading scorer has had his right knee drained twice in the last month and the Volunteers have lost three straight and five of their last six. Hubbs' knee issues exemplify the agonizing way the last few weeks have played out for Tennessee. Continue to Article

March 03, 2017 7:38:pm EST

After receiving an orange No. 1 football jersey from chancellor Beverly Davenport, Currie noted favorite memories from his previous stints in Tennessee's athletic department and quoted former Volunteers athletic director and football coach Doug Dickey. ''Coach Dickey used to tell us we're either playing for the title or we're biting on the butt of the guy that is, right?'' Currie said. Continue to Article

March 02, 2017 7:14:pm EST