KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee'S home opener Saturday against UAB is the Raycom Sports game of the week. But Vols fans without television access can find the game on ESPN360.com.

ESPN360.com is ESPN's online home for live sports. The broadband sports TV network gives fans a 24/7 online destination delivering more than 3,000 live, global sports events annually. The service is available at no cost to approximately 18 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks (those with “.edu” and “.mil” domains). It is also available residentially to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection from an affiliated service provider, and is currently available in nearly 24 million homes nationwide via more than 20 Internet service providers nationwide including AT&T, Verizon, RCN, Insight, Frontier, Cavalier, Charter, Mediacom, Conway, Grande Communications and more. It has nearly tripled its distribution since November 2006.

Consumers wanting more information about ESPN360.com, which Internet services currently provide it, and how they can get it should go to www.espn360.com .

BALDWIN, CELLO STUDIO OPEN UT PRE-GAME SHOWCASE

WHAT: Wesley Baldwin, associate professor of the Cello Studio in the School of Music, opens the Pre-Game Faculty Showcase at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with "Brazilian-Bach Fusion: The Music of Villa-Lobos." Baldwin will talk about the cello, and the UT Cello Studio will play one of the most well-known pieces ever written for a group of cellos, the "Bachianas Brazilieras No. 1" by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

WHO: Students, faculty, staff, all football fans.

WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 13, before UT's game against Alabama-Birmingham.

WHERE: University Center Ballroom.

COST: Free

The UT Pre-Game Faculty Showcase, now in its 19th year, is held two hours before every home football game. The College of Arts and Sciences selects a top faculty member for each presentation.

Baldwin has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe and South America. He is principal cellist of the New World Symphony and is artist-in-residence at Sweet Briar College and the State University of New York at Oswego.

At UT, Baldwin received the Provost's Award for Professional Promise in Research and Creative Activity. Many of his former students play and teach throughout the nation. He is founding director of the Tennessee Cello Workshop, an annual three-day seminar for young performers. Each summer he performs and teaches at the Hot Springs Music Festival, the Michigan City Chamber Music Festival and the Wintergreen Festival.

Each showcase program lasts 45 minutes, including 30 minutes for the presentation and 15 minutes for a discussion period. Light refreshments will be served, and door prizes will be awarded.

The Pre-Game Faculty Showcase is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences with the support of the UT Alumni Association, the UT Knoxville Office of Alumni Affairs and UT Athletics.

The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest college on UT's campus with 600 faculty and 23 departments and schools encompassing the humanities, fine and performing arts, social sciences, life sciences and physical sciences. The college places special emphasis on academic outreach, and its faculty and students are actively involved with the community through the Faculty Speakers Bureau, service learning and other programs.

The University Center is located at 1502 W. Cumberland Ave., a short walk from Neyland Stadium. The ballroom is in Room 213 on the second floor. For more directions, visit http://www.utk.edu/maps/campus/.

Contacts: Elizabeth Davis, Media Relations, (865) 974-5179, elizabeth.davis@tennessee.edu; and Lynn Champion, (865) 974-5332, champion@utk.edu.

CBS SPORTS STREAMING ENTIRE 2008 SEC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE LIVE ON CBSSPORTS.COM

All Games Free of Charge

CBS Sports, the exclusive national over-the-air broadcaster of Southeastern Conference home football games, will stream its entire 2008 SEC college football schedule live on CBSSports.com.

"In keeping with CBS's vision of using multiple platforms to better serve our viewers no matter where they are, we are pleased with the cooperation of the SEC to be able to stream all of our SEC ON CBS games this season," said Mike Aresco, executive vice president for programming with CBS Sports.

"We're excited to give fans the ability to watch live college football for free on CBSSports.com from one of the most competitive conferences in the country," said Jason Kint, senior vice president and general manager for CBSSports.com. "As we've already seen with the huge success of March Madness on Demand, one of our main goals is to give fans without access to a TV the ability to view as many of the first-class productions of CBS Sports as possible, either on the Internet or via wireless devices, allowing them to enjoy the thrill of live sporting events."

“The Southeastern Conference is pleased that CBS will be able to stream our games live on the internet this season," said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. "We look forward to using this technology, giving our fans the ability to view CBS Sports' telecasts live on the internet."

A total of 17 SEC contests will be streamed live and free of charge on CBSSports.com, concluding with the SEC Championship Game featuring the Eastern and Western Division champions on Dec. 6. The games are available exclusively on CBSSports.com and can also be accessed through a link on the Web sites of all CBS affiliates.

In August, CBS Sports and the SEC reached a historic 15-year contract extension to broadcast SEC football and basketball games beginning with the 2009-10 season. In addition to broadcast rights, the new deal includes digital, internet, wireless, video-on-demand and enhanced highlight rights across all CBS Sports properties.

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)