KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Country singer and Knoxville native Emily Ann Roberts is expected to sing the National Anthem at the Knoxville Smokies' home opener on April 15. The Smokies' inaugural game will ...

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Tennessee held a contest in 1953 to choose a coonhound as their mascot. When Rev. Bill Brooks’ bluetick coonhound, “Brooks’ Blue Smokey,” was introduced, he howled. When the students ...

Tennessee’s mascot, Smokey the bluetick coonhound, got tossed from the 1996 women’s national championship game against Georgia for destroying a stuffed Bulldog, causing a 15-minute cleanup delay. And ...

In the South, Blooper was picking upsets early on selecting No. 12 UC San Diego’s King Triton over the Wolverine at Michigan. Strategically he also selected the one seed, “No surprises here,” he said.

Tennessee’s mascot, Smokey the bluetick coonhound, got tossed from the 1996 women’s national championship game against Georgia for destroying a stuffed Bulldog, causing a 15-minute cleanup delay.

For the fourth time in the last five seasons, the Drake men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament without their mascot ... and Tennessee’s Smokey, a Bluetick Coonhound.

Blooper was a bit let down by the mascots in the midwest, calling it a “mascot midoff.” His top mascots in the midwest were Hairy Dawg of UGA, Clemson Tiger, Hook em and Smokey at Tennessee.