Tenn. coach Bruce Pearl apologizes for joke linking player’s rural hometown to Ku Klux Klan

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl apologized for a joking remark that linked the rural home of one his players to the Ku Klux Klan.

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