John Frierson is in his fifth year at the Times Free Press and fifth year covering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletics. The bulk of his time is spent covering Mocs football, but he also writes about women’s basketball and the big-picture issues and news involving the athletic department.
A native of Athens, Ga., John grew up a few hundred yards from the University of Georgia campus. Instead of becoming a Bulldog he attended Ole Miss and read as much Faulkner as possible, graduating with a degree in Southern Studies.
Among the stops in his career was a three-year stint covering Georgia sports for the Athens Banner-Herald and two years at the Florence (Ala.) TimesDaily, where he split his time covering Alabama and Auburn.
In 2007, John earned Alabama Press Association first-place awards for column writing and game coverage.
Contact John at jfrierson@timesfreepress.com or (423) 757-6268.
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Four rookies from Chattanooga are on NFL rosters as teams go through organized team activities and position workouts. In phone interviews with the Times Free Press during the past couple of days, the word "learning" was used over and over again.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga left tackle Brandon Morgan, who started eight games as a true freshman last season, sat down with the Times Free Press to answer a few serious and not-so-serious questions. Here's the best of what he had to say.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team has added another transfer to its defense. Former Northwest Whitfield High School all-state player Dean Haynes left North Carolina State and signed with the Mocs on Friday.
Chattanooga Lookouts pitchers churned out the strikeouts Friday night. They also delivered plenty of walks in a 4-3, 11-inning loss to the Huntsville Stars at AT&T Field.
The Chattanooga Football Club is stepping off into the sports equivalent of the wild blue yonder tonight when it faces the Mississippi Storm in Ocean Springs, Miss.
For the second straight year, and the second time since the NCAA started punishing schools for poor Academic Progress Rate performance, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is penalty free.
For nearly 76 minutes Tuesday, the top-ranked Ooltewah boys' soccer team put shots everywhere but in the net. But when the Owls had to have some goals to survive, they got them.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga All-America linebacker Wes Dothard sat down with the Times Free Press to answer 10 questions. Some were football-related; some were just silly. Here are the seven most illuminating responses.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team already has one really big body in its defensive tackle rotation in 6-foot-3, 300-pound Chris Mayes. The Mocs now have another in former Georgia Bulldog Derrick Lott.
The smiles and fist bumps were frequent during spring practice. So were words of encouragement and little pieces of advice here and there.
