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Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl apologized on Saturday to fans and fellow coach Pat Summitt for the arrests of four members of the 14th-ranked men's basketball team.  

Editor's note: The Coach Summitt/Coach Pearl public service announcement (PSA) is available for viewing at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCyz4baoIfM. Broadcast outlets that would like a copy of the PSA can contact SCAA at 202-719-8909.  

Chattanooga Times Free Press: Complete transcript of Bruce Pearl's Saturday press conference Wes Rucker provides the complete transcript of Pearl's session with the media after practice today. Very candid, as we've come to expect from Bruce.  

On the eve of opening night of Tennessee's regular season, Bruce Pearl and his team are still on a learning curve.  Pearl brought a very talented roster into the off-season, but recently that look has changed dramatically.  Last season, the Vols ended their season with a tough loss to Oklahoma State in the second round of the NCAA tournament.  Though they'd have liked to have made it further, the Vols showed growth in key positions that would...  

More photos » by Frederick Breedon - AP 7:00! Thompson-Boling! Running! Scoring! Turnovers! Excitement! Browse more photos » Bruce Pearl turned back into a carnival barker (we love that about him) at a recent press conference, urging fans to buy tickets to the Wyoming game. This...  

I write regarding sports columnist Loren Tate's Oct. 28 column on Illini football Coach Ron Zook. Shame on him. His "letter" to Zook was poor reporting. He doesn't speak for 90 percent of the Illini fans I know. Why didn't he cite Zook's quasi-military lifestyle when he was hired or when we went to the Rose Bowl?  

More photos » by Ed Reinke - AP Browse more photos » Talking Points are going piecemeal today. Rather than dumping everything into one post, we're going to dribble it out throughout the morning. Mixing things up, we are. So SEC Basketball Media Days was yesterday, and the arrival of John Calipari is already amping things up...  

More photos » by Wade Payne - AP If Bruce Pearl wasn't busy tonight, he'd be in the live game thread too. Also, is that tie reversable?! Browse more photos » Bruce Pearl goes for his 100th win as Tennessee's head coach tonight against the Bulldogs of UNC-Asheville (7:00 PM EST...  

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. •Sorry, golf fans ...  

High School phenom Tobias Harris has signed on to play basketball with the University of Tennessee Volunteers. In what has been a highly anticipated announcement, the young man is quite possibly the biggest recruit that coach Bruce Pearl has landed in his five years as head coach at Tennessee. Harris was the No. 7 rated recruit in the nation by ESPN. While some publications have him as high as No. 5, he is the No. 1 rated power forward in the...  

Bruce Pearl has to be happy tonight, as his star recruiting prospect, five-star forward Tobias Harris of Dix Hills, N.Y., just announced his commitment to the University of Tennessee. Harris, rated seventh overall by ESPNU and universally regarded as a top-10 prospect in the Class of 2010, rolled with the Vols in favor of competing offers from Big East powers Louisville, Syracuse and West Virginia, Maryland and Georgia Tech from the ACC, and...  

Kentucky coach John Calipari said he "can't stand" the color orange. Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl said the road to the SEC Championship goes through Knoxville — again.  

Host Southern California routed the No. 9 Vols 77-55 on Saturday, their worst loss since Pearl took over before the 2005-06 season.  

Tennessee baseball has worn black as an alternate color for years, the football team broke out black jerseys on Halloween night, so now the ball bounces to men's basketball.  

KNS: Bruce Pearl on Black Uniforms As always, Pearl (along with Chris Lofton and Brandon Crump) offers great perspective on the balance between tradition and change.