by design | May 27, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘No hero like the first hero’ By Tom Mattingly AUTHOR’S PREFACE: This story dates to a luncheon held in March 2014 honoring Rev. David McMahan, who had been battling Stage 4 lung cancer and would die six weeks later. Special guests were former Vols John...
by design | May 19, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Dominant recollections from across the years’ By Tom Mattingly Here follows a perspective of a lifetime of watching and commenting about sports and assessing its impact on otherwise sane and sensible people. Now is the time to assess what it all means. A...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Herculean Herman Hickman’ By Tim Mattingly When Tennessee squared off in the Charity Bowl against New York University on Dec. 5, 1931, at Yankee Stadium, it may not have been an officially recognized bowl game (the NCAA doesn’t count this and other...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
The center of attention wearing jersey No. 57 By Tom Mattingly When the news arrived the morning of April 25 that former Tennessee linebacker and College Football Hall of Fame member Steve Kiner (June 12, 1947-April 25, 2025) now belonged to the ages, the memory banks...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘The most difficult decision I’ve had to make in my life’ By Tom Mattingly Sometimes, the best coaching search is no search at all. Consider Dec. 4, 1976, a day all of Big Orange Country had breathlessly awaited. A Tennessee legend was coming home, nearly...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Do something about the terrible series standing’ By Tom Mattingly Despite what you might have thought or heard, the early years of the Tennessee football program were not without their share of controversy. The Vol football program was lucky to have...
