Vols Coach Karen Weekly Denies Handshake Line Accusation After WCWS Win
Following Tennessee's 2-1 extra-innings victory over Texas Tech at the WCWS, Vols coach Karen Weekly refutes third baseman Taylor Pannell's claim that Weekly told her she made a mistake transferring from Tennessee.
Jake Trotter May 30, 2026, 08:35 PM ET Close Jake Trotter is a senior writer at ESPN. Trotter covers college football. He also writes about other college sports, including men's and women's basketball. Trotter resides in the Cleveland area with his wife and three kids and is a fan of his hometown Oklahoma City Thunder. He covered the Cleveland Browns and NFL for ESPN for five years, moving back to college football in 2024. Previously, Trotter worked for the Middletown (Ohio) Journal, Austin American-Statesman and Oklahoman newspapers before joining ESPN in 2011. He's a 2004 graduate of Washington and Lee University. You can reach out to Trotter at jake.trotter@espn.com and follow him on X at @Jake_Trotter. Follow on X
_Originally reported by [ESPN](https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/48924217/ut-weekly-calls-panell-handshake-line-accusation-outright-lie)._
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