by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Major
UT of Yesteryear By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was my brother’s idea, but I liked it: spend an afternoon on the University of Tennessee (UT) campus taking pictures of the place where we had spent so much time during our college days. While students at UT,...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline were close friends A Day Away by Mike Steely Camden, Tenn., is west of Nashville on Highway 70 and 641. The small town is in Benton County and has about 4,000 residents. Unfortunately, its claim to fame is the engraved rock where famed...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
“Dang!” By Tom Mattingly Despite the best of preparation and intentions, there are days and nights in various football stadia across the country that seem longer than most, when everything that can go wrong actually does. The 1986 Auburn game, played Sept....
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
Q&A with author Jeff Pearlman By Mark Nagi From time to time we like to catch up with a newsmaker in the world of sports. Recently The Knoxville Focus spoke with New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman about his new book, “The Last Folk Hero: The Life and...
by design | Oct 30, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Will Bicycles and Electric Cars Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes? Remember Debbie Helsley’s campaign for mayor of Knox County and her “bold” climate change plan? Helsley never uttered a word about the effect of inflation or rising...
by design | Oct 30, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
John L. Lewis By Ray Hill Perhaps the most famous union leader in American history today is the late Jimmy Hoffa and that is most likely due to the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. For decades, the most prominent labor leader in the United States was John...
