by Ralphine Major | Jul 13, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It looked like the talented, young pitcher from Knoxville had a future in professional baseball when the Cincinnati Reds and Washington Senators invited him to summer camp. But James McCulla passed on those golden opportunities. He had already...
by Joe Rector | Jul 13, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Americans baffle me. We never seem to stay on an even keel. One minute we are excited about the wonderful things in this life; the next, we are bemoaning the terrible fates that have befallen us. What we might do before the whining begins is realize that...
by Mark Nagi | Jul 13, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi COVID-19 is continuing to have a massive affect on the world of sports. One of the many victims was the annual SEC Media Days. It was supposed to take place July 13-16 in Atlanta, but the schedule was changed for good reason. That doesn’t mean that we...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 12, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Evetty Satterfield’s Bold Move By the time this is published, I will be surprised if Evetty Satterfield, the Knox County Board of Education member from the First District, is under attack by professional agitators and anarchists. The First...
by Ray Hill | Jul 12, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill I imagine few, if any, readers remember George Grider of Memphis. Grider served one term in Congress from Shelby County, yet he deserves to be remembered due to the fact he defeated the last vestige of the old Crump machine to get to Congress. ...
by design | Jul 6, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson When your children invite you to dinner or to travel with them, you show up. I’m not a beach person. I prefer a mountain stream “far from the madding crowd.” But, since it’s more about the journey than the destination, Becky and I will spend...
