Wes Rucker
@wesrucker.bsky.social
Hank's dad. Lauren’s husband. Award-winning and award-losing journalist, now covering the Tennessee Volunteers for WBIR. Two-time learner of walking. Grower of legal flora.
Been waiting MONTHS to mention this. Finally can.
We've quietly been building a new, state-of-the-art streaming center at WBIR, and starting Monday, we'll be live every weekday from 3-4 p.m. Eastern (or later) on WBIR+ and the 10News app.
10at3 with Wes Rucker is here.
We've quietly been building a new, state-of-the-art streaming center at WBIR, and starting Monday, we'll be live every weekday from 3-4 p.m. Eastern (or later) on WBIR+ and the 10News app.
10at3 with Wes Rucker is here.
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Been waiting MONTHS to mention this. Finally can.
We've quietly been building a new, state-of-the-art streaming center at WBIR, and starting Monday, we'll be live every weekday from 3-4 p.m. Eastern (or later) on WBIR+ and the 10News app.
10at3 with Wes Rucker is here.
We've quietly been building a new, state-of-the-art streaming center at WBIR, and starting Monday, we'll be live every weekday from 3-4 p.m. Eastern (or later) on WBIR+ and the 10News app.
10at3 with Wes Rucker is here.
Farewell from Food City Center after another very long but very good day working a job I can’t believe I’m paid to do.
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Farewell from Food City Center after another very long but very good day working a job I can’t believe I’m paid to do.
Greetings from Food City Center, where No. 20 Tennessee hosts North Florida at 7 p.m. Eastern, and where if most of y’all tried to turn right here, you’d either be arrested or politely told to turn left.
SEC Network+ has the call.
SEC Network+ has the call.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Greetings from Food City Center, where No. 20 Tennessee hosts North Florida at 7 p.m. Eastern, and where if most of y’all tried to turn right here, you’d either be arrested or politely told to turn left.
SEC Network+ has the call.
SEC Network+ has the call.
Greetings from beautiful-on-the-inside Food City Center, where No. 18 Tennessee hosts Mercer in tonight’s season opener.
Tip at 7 p.m. Eastern on SEC Network+
Tip at 7 p.m. Eastern on SEC Network+
November 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Greetings from beautiful-on-the-inside Food City Center, where No. 18 Tennessee hosts Mercer in tonight’s season opener.
Tip at 7 p.m. Eastern on SEC Network+
Tip at 7 p.m. Eastern on SEC Network+
“Back in ‘02 I could throw the pigskin a quarter mile. I could throw it over them mountains.”
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“Back in ‘02 I could throw the pigskin a quarter mile. I could throw it over them mountains.”
Greetings from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where No. 14 Tennessee and No. 18 Oklahoma play a big one at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.
Live video of Vol Walk, 6 p.m. pregame hit, etc. on @WBIR, the WBIR+ Smart TV app and the 10News smart phone app.
Live video of Vol Walk, 6 p.m. pregame hit, etc. on @WBIR, the WBIR+ Smart TV app and the 10News smart phone app.
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Greetings from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where No. 14 Tennessee and No. 18 Oklahoma play a big one at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.
Live video of Vol Walk, 6 p.m. pregame hit, etc. on @WBIR, the WBIR+ Smart TV app and the 10News smart phone app.
Live video of Vol Walk, 6 p.m. pregame hit, etc. on @WBIR, the WBIR+ Smart TV app and the 10News smart phone app.
Greetings from Food City Center — home of tonight’s tasty exhibition game between Tennessee and Duke.
Plenty of future pros set to face each other at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2.
As usual, a full house of 22K will be in the building.
Plenty of future pros set to face each other at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2.
As usual, a full house of 22K will be in the building.
October 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Greetings from Food City Center — home of tonight’s tasty exhibition game between Tennessee and Duke.
Plenty of future pros set to face each other at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2.
As usual, a full house of 22K will be in the building.
Plenty of future pros set to face each other at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2.
As usual, a full house of 22K will be in the building.
***The amended official scoring on that unforgettably, remarkably, wonderfully stupid football play.***
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
***The amended official scoring on that unforgettably, remarkably, wonderfully stupid football play.***
The official scoring on that unforgettably, remarkably, wonderfully stupid football play.
October 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The official scoring on that unforgettably, remarkably, wonderfully stupid football play.
At age 3, why go to school when you can learn artillery range finding?
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
At age 3, why go to school when you can learn artillery range finding?
About once every 3-4 years, I get stuck behind the random train that occasionally goes by right Neyland Stadium and Food City Center, and every time it happens, I’m late or almost late to a presser.
Today is one of special days, I guess.
Mondays, right?
Today is one of special days, I guess.
Mondays, right?
October 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
About once every 3-4 years, I get stuck behind the random train that occasionally goes by right Neyland Stadium and Food City Center, and every time it happens, I’m late or almost late to a presser.
Today is one of special days, I guess.
Mondays, right?
Today is one of special days, I guess.
Mondays, right?
Tennessee Taperoom production meetings are all-hands meetings here at WBIR HQ — at least when mommy is in Dallas.
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Tennessee Taperoom production meetings are all-hands meetings here at WBIR HQ — at least when mommy is in Dallas.
Happy Sixth Birthday to Sir Angus McCorgihan.
He doesn't have legs or a tail. He's never met a sock or a podcast he can't ruin. Every body of water is his swimming pool. He's 0-for-life on catching birds, squirrels and groundhogs. And he makes this house a home.
He doesn't have legs or a tail. He's never met a sock or a podcast he can't ruin. Every body of water is his swimming pool. He's 0-for-life on catching birds, squirrels and groundhogs. And he makes this house a home.
October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Happy Sixth Birthday to Sir Angus McCorgihan.
He doesn't have legs or a tail. He's never met a sock or a podcast he can't ruin. Every body of water is his swimming pool. He's 0-for-life on catching birds, squirrels and groundhogs. And he makes this house a home.
He doesn't have legs or a tail. He's never met a sock or a podcast he can't ruin. Every body of water is his swimming pool. He's 0-for-life on catching birds, squirrels and groundhogs. And he makes this house a home.
Farewell from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where No. 12 Tennessee made it closer than necessary but did enough to beat Arkansas.
Tons of coverage already on @wbir and the site and all the smart phone and TV apps. And much more coming all day Sunday.
Tons of coverage already on @wbir and the site and all the smart phone and TV apps. And much more coming all day Sunday.
October 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Farewell from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where No. 12 Tennessee made it closer than necessary but did enough to beat Arkansas.
Tons of coverage already on @wbir and the site and all the smart phone and TV apps. And much more coming all day Sunday.
Tons of coverage already on @wbir and the site and all the smart phone and TV apps. And much more coming all day Sunday.
The Wife is in Prague all week on business.
If anyone wants a free kid, let me know.
He’s 3. He goes by Hank, but you can probably change that if you want. He’s handsome, he’s smart and about 68 percent of the time he’s sweet.
Safari hat included.
If anyone wants a free kid, let me know.
He’s 3. He goes by Hank, but you can probably change that if you want. He’s handsome, he’s smart and about 68 percent of the time he’s sweet.
Safari hat included.
October 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Wife is in Prague all week on business.
If anyone wants a free kid, let me know.
He’s 3. He goes by Hank, but you can probably change that if you want. He’s handsome, he’s smart and about 68 percent of the time he’s sweet.
Safari hat included.
If anyone wants a free kid, let me know.
He’s 3. He goes by Hank, but you can probably change that if you want. He’s handsome, he’s smart and about 68 percent of the time he’s sweet.
Safari hat included.
Be not ye fooled by the appearance.
Behind these blue-grey eyes, there lies a demon.
Behind these blue-grey eyes, there lies a demon.
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Be not ye fooled by the appearance.
Behind these blue-grey eyes, there lies a demon.
Behind these blue-grey eyes, there lies a demon.
Tonight at 10 and 11 Eastern on @wbir and in an extended version on the WBIR+ Smart TV app and WBIR phone app, it’s me and Emilie and special guest Millie talking Tennessee’s 2026-29 SEC football schedules.
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tonight at 10 and 11 Eastern on @wbir and in an extended version on the WBIR+ Smart TV app and WBIR phone app, it’s me and Emilie and special guest Millie talking Tennessee’s 2026-29 SEC football schedules.
Tennessee running back DeSean Bishop and his hair are ready to talk.
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tennessee running back DeSean Bishop and his hair are ready to talk.
Farewell from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football.
Tons of coverage on the WBIR website, the WBIR+ Smart TV app and WBIR smartphone app.
Next up: New Tennessee Taperoom to plan.
Tons of coverage on the WBIR website, the WBIR+ Smart TV app and WBIR smartphone app.
Next up: New Tennessee Taperoom to plan.
September 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Farewell from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football.
Tons of coverage on the WBIR website, the WBIR+ Smart TV app and WBIR smartphone app.
Next up: New Tennessee Taperoom to plan.
Tons of coverage on the WBIR website, the WBIR+ Smart TV app and WBIR smartphone app.
Next up: New Tennessee Taperoom to plan.
Good morning from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where Tennessee will play UAB at 12:45 p.m. Eastern game against the Blazers of UAB.
SEC Network has the call.
SEC Network has the call.
September 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Good morning from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where Tennessee will play UAB at 12:45 p.m. Eastern game against the Blazers of UAB.
SEC Network has the call.
SEC Network has the call.
The Wife got me a signed copy of “Dirty Old Town” by The Pogues — my favorite band.
I’ve never deserved this woman.
I’ve never deserved this woman.
September 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The Wife got me a signed copy of “Dirty Old Town” by The Pogues — my favorite band.
I’ve never deserved this woman.
I’ve never deserved this woman.
Some decent pickin’s today from the Fort Rucker Rose Garden.
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Some decent pickin’s today from the Fort Rucker Rose Garden.
Farewell from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where Tennessee and Georgia put on a hell of a show today.
September 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Farewell from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where Tennessee and Georgia put on a hell of a show today.
Greetings from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where No. 15 Tennessee and No. 6 Georgia are playing just after 3:30 p.m. Eastern.
September 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Greetings from General Neyland’s Big Ol’ Damn House of Football, where No. 15 Tennessee and No. 6 Georgia are playing just after 3:30 p.m. Eastern.
“Hank, what are you doing over there?”
“Just chainsawing a shark.”
(Walked over to the scene. And … the little psycho wasn’t lying.)
“Just chainsawing a shark.”
(Walked over to the scene. And … the little psycho wasn’t lying.)
September 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“Hank, what are you doing over there?”
“Just chainsawing a shark.”
(Walked over to the scene. And … the little psycho wasn’t lying.)
“Just chainsawing a shark.”
(Walked over to the scene. And … the little psycho wasn’t lying.)