College football is all about tradition, and few schools can boast traditions as proud as the University of Tennessee.

The Volunteers are off to another strong start under exciting young coach Derek Dooley, whose UT Orange sideline attire fires up the faithful with pride, tradition and style.
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Now that we’re in the dawg days of summer and the heat is rising,  Pennington & Bailes is introducing a very limited run of Seersucker shorts, skirts, and sailing shorts.  But before we get into that I thought it would be fun to share a brief history of one of the South’s favorite fabrics: Seersucker. Read more...

Before we started Pennington & Bailes I had another career in Washington DC that took me from one corner of this country to the next and just about everywhere in between.  Of all the great folks with whom I am honored to have worked with one man stands out, Lyn Nofziger. It is a blessing to have gotten to spend time with him and to learn from his experiences. Read more...

At Pennington & Bailes, we know that Southern schools are famous for ruling the gridiron. But if the College World Series lineup is any indication, we dominate the baseball field, too.

The SEC and ACC are well-represented this week in Omaha, bringing five of the eight teams in the final playoff series: South Carolina, Florida, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, and Virgina. Read more...