by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Ending hunger for everyone. “The Love Kitchen” in East Knoxville was born on Valentine’s Day 1986 with that mission in mind. It was the brainchild of twin sisters Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner. They served 22 people that first day. All that Helen and Ellen...
by design | Jun 20, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi I love sports. I’ve always loved sports. I love playing sports but knew from an early age that I wouldn’t be a pro athlete. But watching sports has given me some of my fondest memories. One of the best days of my life happened in April 1981 when my Dad...
by design | Jun 13, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi As I write this article, the Tennessee Volunteers baseball team is getting ready to host Notre Dame in the Super Regionals. Win two out of three and UT will advance to the College World Series for the second straight year. No matter what happens against...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi As I get older, the more and more I realize how beneficial life experiences are for the soul. We weren’t meant to sit on the couch and watch other people do things while we collect dust as the Netflix queue gets a workout. With that in mind, when the...
by design | May 23, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Back in 2019, Tennessee hosted BYU. The visitors from Utah brought thousands of fans to Knoxville and by many accounts, they had a positive presence at Neyland Stadium. Cougar supporters were loud and supportive of their team and talked glowingly of their...
by design | May 16, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The NCAA is investigating alleged rules violations that took place during the Jeremy Pruitt era. At least I think that’s what they are doing. Because really… can we be sure about any of their activities these days? Tennessee fired Pruitt 16 months ago,...
