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Mike Griffith

Title: Sports Writer
Contact: 865-342-6289 | Send Mike an email

About Mike Griffith

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Mike Griffith is in his 14th year with the Knoxville News Sentinel and has served as the primary Tennessee men's basketball beat writer the past six years. He covered the Vols' football beat from 1998 through the 2005 season and currently writes on the Scripps Legends Top 25 college football poll as well as voting on the Harris BCS Top 25 Poll, the Heisman Trophy and selecting the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-American team, which he founded in 2001. Mike was President of the FWAA in 2007, and has given induction speeches at the College Football Hall of Fame on two occasions on behalf of FWAA members, as well as presenting two Nagurski Awards at the Charlotte Touchdown Club's annual event.

A 1991 graduate of Michigan State University (B.A., Journalism), Mike has worked at the Lansing (Mi.) State Journal, The Idaho Falls Post Register, the Anniston (Ala.) Star and the Mobile Register. He has won regional and national awards over the past 20 years for News Reporting, Feature Writing, Enterprise Reporting, Game Stories and Investigative Reporting. Mike's beats included football and basketball at Idaho State, Auburn and Alabama, and he also covers UT's women's softball team and NASCAR for the News Sentinel.

In addition to his newspaper work, Mike is a regular correspondent for WVLT-8 sports and has co-hosted the Sunday night "Locker Room'' show with Mark Packer the past five years. Mike also co-hosts the News Sentinel's "Sports Page'' radio show on the Sports Animal (99.1 FM, 990 AM) and handles the University of Tennessee previews in the Athlon preseason football and basketball publications.

Position History

Sports Writer
06/01/1998 - current

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Blog	07/08/2009
Follow Mike Griffith on Twitter	11/14/2011

Griffith: Being popular means extra work on recruiting trail Published 05/16/2010 at 9:05 p.m.
There was a time when the only high school prospects listing Tennessee as a possible choice for basketball were players the Vols had contacted.
Griffith: UT men take aim at big man Updated 05/09/2010 at 11:27 p.m.
Tennessee men's basketball is aiming big in the Class of 2011. Could the search for bigger players signal an adjustment in style for coach Bruce Pearl?

Trae Golden, Kenny Hall in starting lineup; Jarnell Stokes (hand), Josh Richardson out Updated 02/08/2012 at 8:02 p.m.
Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin has changed his starting lineup for the fourth time since the start of the men's basketball season and the second time in as many weeks.
Nine-game win streak at stake against South Carolina Published 02/07/2012 at 8:27 p.m.
No one on Tennessee's men's basketball team has lost to South Carolina.
Vols rank fifth in nation in basketball attendance Published 02/07/2012 at 2:56 p.m.
Cuonzo Martin and Bruce Pearl don't have much in common in terms of their basketball coaching styles on the court, but both the former and current Tennessee coach are alike in their appreciation for the Vols' big home crowds.
Trae Golden gets 'message,' could move back into starting lineup Published 02/06/2012 at 8:52 p.m.
Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin says multiple changes to the starting lineup aren't his "style," but it sounds as if the Vols are on the brink of changing things up again.
Cuonzo Martin: Trae Golden could move back into starting lineup Published 02/06/2012 at 3 p.m.
Sophomore point guard Trae Golden could be returning to the starting lineup for Tennessee's men's basketball game against South Carolina at Thompson-Boling Arena on Wednesday (TV: MyVLT, 8 p.m.).
Vols ahead of projections, behind predecessors Published 02/05/2012 at 8:20 p.m.
Tennessee finds itself ahead of October projections at the midway point of the SEC men's basketball season, yet the Vols are far from where coach Cuonzo Martin would like them to be.
Lineup change benefits Vols against Georgia, 73-62 Updated 02/05/2012 at 12:36 a.m.
Tennessee arrived at the midway point of the SEC season with a 73-62 victory over Georgia on Saturday night at Thompson-Boling Arena before a crowd of 19,379.
Trae Golden not in starting lineup Updated 02/04/2012 at 8:08 p.m.
Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin is changing the starting lineup again, and this time it's sophomore point guard Trae Golden to the bench.
Cameron Tatum wants to leave positive legacy Published 02/03/2012 at 8:16 p.m.
Cameron Tatum said he thanks all of the loyal Tennessee men's basketball fans for their concerns about his well-being, and he wants to let them know he's doing just fine.
Jarnell Stokes ready to get more physical Published 02/02/2012 at 8:04 p.m.
Jarnell Stokes is still smiling and happy to be at Tennessee, but the giant freshman had an edge about him on Thursday when discussing the Vols' upcoming men's basketball game against Georgia.