If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

make it this, from Will Shelton of Gameday on Rocky Top:

The Voice

Curation on a day like today is especially difficult due to the flood of so many great options, but nobody does it better than Will. Like Ward, Will tells great stories with a grand economy of words. To Tennesseans, Ward was indeed The Voice.

Other great tributes to The Voice:

  1. Farewell, Friend: How Do We Say Goodbye to John Ward?, via Brad Shepard of Gameday on Rocky Top
  2. Farewell, John Ward, via Celina Summers of Orange and White Report
  3. Remembering the late, great Voice of the Vols John Ward, via Wes Rucker of 247Sports
  4. Greatness is the only way to describe John Ward, via Brent Hubbs of VolQuest
  5. Beloved ‘Voice of the Vols’ Ward dies at 88, via Chris Low of ESPN
  6. Fulmer: John Ward’s voice ‘brought to life’ fondest memories of Vols, via Grant Ramey of 247Sports
  7. “Listen to These Guys, They’ll Answer All Your Questions”, via Brian Rice of WNML
  8. John Ward Remembered, via UTSports
  9. Reactions: Tributes pour in remembering John Ward, via 247Sports. A compilation of tweets.