MLB representatives visited Bristol Motor Speedway in 2022. Three years later, the idea of a game at the famed racetrack is a reality. The story of how the MLB Speedway Classic came to life from first visit to first pitch knoxnews.com/story/sports/2…

Tony Vitello will be on TV again. Vitello will join MLB Network's “MLB Tonight” for a segment in the 6 p.m. ET hour on Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway. knoxnews.com/story/sports/c…

A baseball field is almost twice as big as a football field. Bristol Motor Speedway had to tear out structures and pit walls to make way for the MLB Speedway Classic knoxnews.com/story/sports/2…

Drew Gilbert and Blade Tidwell were traded to the San Francisco Giants by the New York Mets per Jon Heyman. Gilbert and Tidwell were drafted out of Tennessee in the 2022 MLB Draft. knoxnews.com/story/sports/c…

Drew Gilbert was traded to the New York Mets by the Houston Astros in the Justin Verlander deadline deal in 2023. He now could be teammates with Verlander in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Giants now have four Tennessee baseball products in their system. *Gavin Kilen *Drew Gilbert *Blade Tidwell *Maui Ahuna knoxnews.com/story/sports/c…

Drew Gilbert and Blade Tidwell are officially headed to the San Francisco Giants. The Giants announced the trade that netted them the two former Tennessee standouts Wednesday knoxnews.com/story/sports/c…

Josiah-Jordan James has signed with Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club. James, who played at Tennessee from 2019-24, spent last season with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers.

Nate Ament has missed recent Tennessee practices with a left wrist injury. Vols coach Rick Barnes said the Vols freshman could play today if UT had a game and the Vols have chosen to keep him out. knoxnews.com/story/sports/c…

Clarence Massamba and Ethan Burg are not with the Vols yet as both are with their respective national teams still. Both are expected to join the Vols before the semester begins.

Nate Ament suffered a left wrist injury in practice on July 14. The star freshman has been limited in practices since, but Vols coach Rick Barnes is not worried about the issue moving forward knoxnews.com/story/sports/c…

Nate Ament is doing individual work on the side of Tennessee's final summer practice this afternoon at Pratt Pavilion. He's one of the Vols battling a minor injury knoxnews.com/story/sports/c…

I am very, very high on Felix Okpara going into this season for Tennessee. He closed last season supremely well. He is stronger and you can see a different level to his game in practices.

J.P. Estrella continues to do more and more in practice as he works back from a foot injury. He looks really good moving around in 5 on 5. The offensive skills Estrella has are so clear and that could make a big difference for the Vols.

Tennessee worked on a 1-3-1 zone late in its practice Thursday with Nate Ament at the top of the zone. That would be a crazy defensive look to throw at opponents with Ament's 6-foot-9 frame leading the look.

I feel this way again after the latest time watching Ja'Kobi Gillespie shoot the dang ball.

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The MLB Speedway Classic started as a dream in the MLB Global offices. This is the three-year story of how the game came to be at Bristol Motor Speedway knoxnews.com/story/sports/2…