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KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Pat Summitt sat in her office signing basketballs with what surely must be the cheapest autograph in history, given how generously she has doled it out over 38 years as Tennes ...
Pat Summitt, who built the University of Tennessee’s Lady Volunteers into a perennial power on the way to becoming the winningest coach in the history of major college basketball, died Tuesday.
Pat Summitt and the Tennessee Lady Vols travel with an uninvited guest. Alzheimer's crouches in a corner of the locker room, and sits at the end of the bench. Everyone wants to know, How is she ...
When Pat Summitt became coach of the Tennessee women's basketball team in 1974, she decided that the players should refer to her simply as Pat. " I didn't want them to be intimidated," she said.
“We had a team full of stars.” Legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, who died in 2016 at 64, five years after being diagnosed with early onset dementia in the form of Alzheimer’s ...
There's also this note: "Emergency Pat Summitt in labor with child." The Beech got home at 6:57 p.m. "The plane was smoking when it landed," said R.B. Summitt, Tyler's father. He knew because he ...
Maria M. Cornelius knew a lot about Pat Summitt off the basketball court that millions of fans might not. The veteran journalist knew the legendary coach loved to shop and possessed an unwavering ...
Pat Summitt, the former Tennessee Lady Vols head coach and the winningest coach in NCAA basketball history, died on June 28 at Sherrill Hill Senior Living in Knoxville. Summitt, 64, stepped down ...
This is for sure one of the best Pat Summitt stories that's been told. Former Tennessee men's basketball player Brian Williams, who played for former coach Bruce Pearl from 2007-11, went on ...
I read Pat Summitt’s book, Reach for the Summit, at 11. By 12, I had memorized parts of it, having read it roughly five times in 18 months. At 13, I was making a bet with my AAU teammate that I ...
Summitt won eight NCAA championships at the University of Tennessee. — -- Pat Summitt, the legendary University of Tennessee women's basketball coach, died today in Tennessee, the Pat Summitt ...