Why is Tennessee called the Volunteer State? The simplest explanation for Tennessee’s sports teams being called the Volunteers is because Tennessee is known as “the Volunteer ...

Clark was the mascot of her Strawberry Plains high school. She said she enrolled at Tennessee Tech because she enjoyed the university campus and said it had an ideal enrollment size. At Tennessee ...

Smokey, the University of Tennessee's mascot, is a Bluetick Coonhound ... Smokey" was introduced at a game against Mississippi State marked the beginning of an enduring tradition.

CINCINNATI — The Tennessee middle school that was issued a cease and desist letter from the University of Cincinnati because of its mascot, the Bearcats, has chosen a new mascot, and it's in ...

Tennessee, received a cease-and-desist letter from UC, which threatened legal action over using the university's mascot. School officials said the letter concerned copyright and licensing ...

What is a Buckeye? Here's what to know about the history of Ohio State football's nickname ahead of its CFP first-round game ...

Tennessee football's ... a light tan patch," according to Ohio State. The nut comes from the official state tree: a buckeye tree. According to the university's Museum of Biological Diversity ...