by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Crab Orchard is almost forgotten A Day Away By Mike Steely Crab Orchard atop Cumberland Mountain is one of the most historic communities in our region. The drive up the mountain west of Kingston gives you a small idea of what early travelers and settlers faced. The...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Columnist, Major
A Colorful January Sky By Ralphine Major Did you see it? I stepped outside and looked toward House Mountain. That is when I saw the blazing red sky! It was breathtaking! Some Focus readers may have seen the stunning scene on the early morning of January 16. I knew I...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
The Truest Thing I Know By Joe Rector The first one was a fictional novel about rivals turned friends who weave their lives in baseball. The second book was a confessional about the mistakes I made with my son during the years he played baseball. Unknown to...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
UConn comes to town By Mark Nagi For 13 years, whenever Tennessee faced UConn in women’s basketball, the world of American sports took notice. Hall of Fame coaches. Hall of Fame players. Rabid fan bases. High stakes. And on Thursday night, that rivalry will be renewed...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
A Triumphant Trip By Tom Mattingly When Tennessee squared off 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 Depression-era bowl games in all-time records),...
by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Jesse Wolcott of Michigan By Ray Hill Short, chunky, and bespectacled, Jesse Wolcott looked more like a small town lawyer or accountant than the ideal of a congressman. Yet the framers of the Constitution meant for the House of Representatives to be the people’s House...
