Let the hitting begin!

By Steve Williams Another high school football season is almost upon us. Three weeks from now, without fail, the summer temperatures will drop and there will be a nip in the air, just in time for opening kickoffs. Teams have been preparing since the week of July 8,...

WIDNER: Going Wide for Rebounds (Part III)

By Ralphine Major It was a scrapbook from the sixties.  There was nothing fancy on the pages like is seen in today’s scrapbooks.  But, it had all I needed to see.  Bold headlines and pictures clipped from the local newspapers—the Knoxville Journal and Knoxville News...

Teen Hoot goes global…next stop London!

By Dan Andrews For the past three years, the Focus has been following the growing phenomenon of  TeenHoot. We were there when the crowd was 50 people strong, and we still continue to cover it today with thousands in attendance.  So this weekend when Dylan Holland said...