by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The biggest question entering the 2026 season for the Tennessee Volunteers surrounds the quarterback position… as in, “Who will Tennessee’s quarterback be to start the 2026 season?” For weeks, Vols fans hoped that the football gods would smile upon them,...
by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly For many years, News-Sentinel Sports Editor Tom Siler carried on a running battle with the UT Athletic Department leadership concerning kickoff times for Tennessee home football games. This came in the days when Ayres Hall and the Krystal on...
by design | Mar 22, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Repeal The Wheel Tax The Wheel Tax was the brainchild of then-County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and his chief of staff, Mike Arms. We were told by Ragsdale that we would receive some wonderful new benefits, namely a new downtown library. We have the same...
by design | Mar 22, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The route to high public office is different for every person. For Harley Martin Kilgore, it was like a rocket ship to outer space, rising from an obscure local judge of the criminal court to the United States Senate in a matter of months. Few...
by design | Mar 16, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly “Tennessee Football… from corner to corner” was published in the preseason of 1966. Head coach Doug Dickey and captains Austin Denney and Paul Naumoff adorned the magazine’s cover. The cover raised the possibility of a trip to Miami during bowl...
by design | Mar 16, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely Until I was six years old, my mother, sister, brother and I lived with my grandmother in her small country house up a country dirt road near other family members. My grandmother was a small woman with strong control of our...
