Tennessee Sports News and Rumors

Titans down to one unsigned pick

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Veteran tackle Barry Richardson wasn’t the only player to sign a contract with the Titans on Wednesday. Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reports that the Titans have signed cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson, one of their two third-round picks in April’s draft. Wi…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Titans have signed a veteran free agent, and his mission isn’t so much to kill as it to take up space. The team announced they had signed veteran tackle Barry Richardson, who has 49 career starts with the Rams and Chiefs. The Titans were running sho…

ESPN.com

Reading the coverage ... Houston Texans Undrafted rookie cornerback A.J. Bouye has made a positive impression in his early days with the Houston Texans, says Patrick D. Starr of State of the Texans. Speculation from Battle Red Blog that Matt Schaub was …

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Jake Locker had to come back from shoulder surgery. And he still has to prove he can stop throwing picks. But the Titans quarterback has done something more important during OTAs,, taking control of the locker room and making the job his own. “The thing…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Titans have a plan for their final minicamp of the spring, but they don’t have a script. During their final three days of work before vacation and then training camp, the Titans are working without a scripted set of plays in practice, which head coa…

Titans minicamp unscripted

Jun 18 (yesterday)

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains and whoever was calling the defense -- coordinator Jerry Gray or senior assistant/ defense Gregg Williams -- didn’t call plays off a script during the first practice of the Tennessee Titans' mini…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

If we were putting individual plays on the Mt. Rushmores we’ve been putting together for each of the NFL’s 32 teams instead of faces, there’s little doubt that the Music City Miracle would make the cut for the Titans. Frank Wycheck played a major role i…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Titans need better offensive line play next season if they are going to improve on their results from 2012, but they will have to wait until training camp to see how their projected starters look as a unit. Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reports that c…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

On Tuesday afternoon, we’ll be continuing our series on Mt. Rushmores with the franchise that calls Houston home as well as the one that used to call Houston home. We’ll be unveiling the faces of the franchise for both the Texans and Titans on NBCSN, bu…

Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com

MIAMI -- LeBron James wasn't being insincere after his Heat had fallen behind 3-2 in the NBA Finals.

Austin Burton, dimemag.com

Pro wrestling is fake. It is as fake as Game of Thrones and The Godfather and Les Misérables and every other form of non-reality entertainment. Every pro wrestling fan over the age of 10 understands this, and still you can’t bring up wrestling in mixed …

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

As the Titans add receivers, the speculation grows that soon-to-be-30-year-old Nate Washington isn’t long for a job. And yet he still has one. To Washington’s credit, he doesn’t care. Which could be one of the reasons why he has been able to keep going.…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Folks in Baltimore and Indy aren’t alone. There’s another franchise with a Mt. Rushmore that will create plenty of consternation in a pair of cities and states. The Titans, once the Oilers, previously were in Houston. Now (for those of you just emergi…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Chance Warmack wanted it. And Chance Warmack is getting it. For starters, he called his shot prior to the draft, ditching the standard incoming rookie “I want to play for whoever picks me” crap and declaring clearly and unequivocally his interest in t…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Tennessee coach Mike Munchak has used the last day of OTAs to take the Titans to the movies.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Chris Johnson is often asked how many yards he thinks he can rush for any season, and the player nicknamed CJ2K always responds with the same answer: 2,000.

Mike Wilkening, profootballtalk.com

The Titans and wide receiver Justin Hunter have agreed on a contract, the team announced Thursday. The Titans traded up in the second round to select Hunter, who caught 73 passes for 1,083 yards and nine touchdowns for the University of Tennessee in 201…

Jared Zwerling, ESPN.com

Chicago Bulls assistant coach Ed Pinckney is interviewing with the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday for their head coaching vacancy, a league source confirmed with ESPN.com.

Brandon Jefferson, dimemag.com

Remember watching Tyrus Thomas during LSU’s run to the Final Four in the 2006 NCAA Tournament? The man was an animal, destroying top overall seed Duke during a Sweet 16 matchup and then hanging 21 points, grabbing 13 rebounds, and blocking three shots a…

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

St. Louis Rams cornerback Cortland Finnegan has certainly been one of the more feisty players in the NFL in recent years. When he was with the Tennessee Titans during the 2010 season, Finnegan slugged it out with Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johns…

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The Titans pumped up Tommie Campbell at this time last year, setting an expectation that he could well start opposite Jason McCourty or at least be an outside cornerback in the nickel package. But when the season rolled around, he was nowhere to be foun…

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN.com

The Los Angeles Clippers are scheduled to interview former Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins on Thursday, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Lee Jenkins, CNNSI.com

SAN ANTONIO -- With the release of every last three-pointer, dropping on the heads of the Miami Heat like a relentless tropical rain, all the players on the San Antonio Spurs' bench inched forward in their chairs and rose in anticipation of the inevitab…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Titans running back Chris Johnson recently revealed his goal for the 2013 season. He’d like to run for at least 2,000 yards for the second time in his NFL career, a goal that he expects won’t be met with rave reviews from all corners. Johnson answered…