OKLAHOMA CITY - Arizona had work to do on Sunday if it even wanted to get to the Women’s College World Series championship round. Lucky for the Wildcats, pitcher Taryne Mowatt had everything working.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Justin Timberlake won't be bringing sexy back to the Tennessee Legislature. State Sen. Ophelia Ford had introduced the resolution to honor Timberlake, a Tennessee native, "for his highly successful music career and for his meritorious service to the State of Tennessee."

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Lane Kiffin is returning to Southern California as the Trojans' coach after just one season at Tennessee.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Junior forward Karin Volpe scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in the Arizona State women’s soccer team’s dramatic 3-2 double-overtime, come-from-behind victory over No. 23 Tennessee on Friday.

For 25 minutes, Arizona State stayed with the fifth-ranked women’s basketball team in the nation. In a 5 1 /2-minute span, the Sun Devils saw their 26-game home win streak end with an 83-74 defeat to Tennessee Sunday at Wells Fargo Arena.

FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A southern Tennessee man faces homicide charges in the slayings of his wife, her father, brother and teenage son, along with two other people in two states, authorities said Sunday.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -  A gunman entered a church in Knoxville, Tenn., and opened fire with a shotgun.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Monica Abbott threw her fourth straight shutout, and Tennessee got home runs from Alexia Clay and Shannon Doepking to beat defending champion Arizona 3-0 Monday night in the opening game of the Women's College World Series finals.

LOS ANGELES - Rachel Smith, a journalism graduate from Tennessee, was crowned Miss USA on Friday, winning the contest to replace a titleholder whose reign was marred by a much-publicized struggle with alcoholism.

There’s a certain reverence when talking about Tennessee women’s basketball. After six national championships, more than 900 wins and 32 years of stalking sidelines, Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt has certainly earned that respect.

DUNLAP, TENN. - When Ed Lewis and some of his neighbors bought property on a scenic Tennessee mountain, they knew they didn’t own the mineral rights to the land, but they assumed a coal mining revival was unlikely.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes marched across the South on Friday, peeling away roofs, overturning cars and killing at least 11 people in Tennessee, officials said.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes marched across the South on Friday, peeling away roofs, overturning cars and killing at least 11 people in Tennessee, officials said.

The Arizona State women’s basketball team landed its second major transfer Monday when Tennessee post Sybil Dosty got her official release from the Volunteers and opted to come to Tempe next season.