Mike Griffith is in his 11th year with the Knoxville News Sentinel and has primarily served as the UT men's basketball beat writer the past four years. He covered the Vols' football beat from 1998 through the 2005 season and still staffs UT football home games and writes the paper's popular “Report Card'' segment in addition to his AskGriff blog on GoVolsXtra.com.

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.

Mike currently votes on the Associated Press Top 25 basketball panel and, as former President of the Football Writers Association of America (2007), he still carries votes for the Heisman Trophy, Doak Walker Award and Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award. Mike founded the FWAA Freshman All-American team in 2001 and serves as the SEC representative and chairman for the nationally recognized team.

In addition to his newspaper work, Mike is20a regular contributor for WVLT-8 sports and an analyst on the Sunday night "Locker Room'' show with Mark Packer, 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.