The offensive lineman passed away on June 13, 2025, following a lengthy battle with testicular cancer. He was 23 years old.

Longtime Carson-Newman football head coach Ken Sparks has been nominated for the College Football Hall of Fame for the first time. From 1980 to 2016, at the helm of Carson-Newman football, Ken Sparks ...

Former Carson-Newman coach Ken Sparks, Tennessee coach Josh Heupel, and Vols receivers Willie Gault and Larry Seivers are on the 2026 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. Sparks, who died in 2017 ...

Carson-Newman University’s Zach Helton and Blake Wheat won the Bassmaster College Series Lunker Trail Division Team of the ...

Carson-Newman turned over the football on downs with under 2 minutes to play. Ivory mishandled the handoff and fumbled, and the Eagles recovered near the Miles 41-yard line.

Former Carson-Newman football coach Ken Sparks is on the 2026 College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. ... Carson-Newman won NAIA titles in 1983, 1984, 1986, ...

Carson-Newman was held to 54 rushing yards and 30 passing yards. Carson-Newman had been averaging 295 rushing yards. The MVP was Wingate kicker Caleb Bonesteel.

Miles’ record-setting football season earned another week to add to its legend, as the 22nd-ranked Golden Bears held off visiting Carson-Newman, 14-13, on Saturday in Fairfield.

Some athletes are born with an exponential amount of talent, leadership, charisma, or “just plain good smarts.” ...