The Vanderbilt family's wealth grew out of the shipping and railroad industries, both of which were largely monopolized by the the family patriarch, Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, in the late 19th ...

The biggest and perhaps best-known was the family of railroad and shipping tycoon Cornelius ... a century after the Commodore died, 120 of his descendants gathered at Vanderbilt University for ...

Commodore that was designed for Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. It wasn't an all-fiberglass travel trailer and still relied heavily on aluminum, but it wasn't all-aluminum either. Call it a half-glass ...

The Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team is coming off another NCAA Tournament season, but one that ended before the ...

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The 2024-25 men’s basketball season has been surprisingly successful for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Thanks to the hiring of new head coach Mark Byington in the offseason and some sweeping roster ...

Vanderbilt football continued its higher level of activity in the transfer portal in building the 2025 roster. After Clark Lea's first two seasons featured little-to-no transfer portal movement ...

Vanderbilt basketball lost to Missouri, 75-66, on the road Saturday. After trailing by as many as 17 in the first half, Vanderbilt (13-3, 1-2 SEC) made it a close game in the second half, cutting ...

The house in which Commodore Vanderbilt pesided during the last twenty years of his life, No 10 Washington place, was built by himself, and under his own direction. It was commenced in May ...

The stage is set for the 2024 Birmingham Bowl as the Vanderbilt Commodores take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Friday. Georgia Tech had the better regular-season record (7-5) and has won ...