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 20, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly When the experts say football is a “team game,” they really mean it. It takes a “team” to win. That’s been true since the days of Pop Warner and Amos Alonzo Stagg. Tennessee coaches from the days of Bob Neyland on have preached and praised the concept...
by design | Jun 20, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When Joe Biden said in the final presidential debate that he was going to “end fossil fuels” I thought he would lose the energy producing states. I was wrong. Pennsylvania and New Mexico voted for him...
by design | Jun 20, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Not many are bragging about voting for Biden now. I doubt you could find more than just a tiny percentage of the American people who would say they were proud they voted for Joe Biden for president. In fact, one poll taken...
by design | Jun 19, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Tax and Spend? Indya Kincannon and a majority of the Knoxville City Council just finished implementing the biggest tax increase in years. Then last week, they spent $450,000 to blast Turn Up Knox into orbit. It is a violence intervention...
by design | Jun 19, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill With E. H. Crump saying little or nothing about whether or not he would support the state or national Democratic tickets in Shelby County, the general election campaign in Tennessee continued to be hard-fought. John G. Townsend was a former United States...