by Steve Williams | Mar 4, 2019 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The region semifinal game. For years it has been my favorite high school basketball game to watch at tournament time. Why that one you ask? The finality of it, something the region finals doesn’t have. Lose in the region finals and you still...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 4, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman College basketball is tricky come tournament time. It’s all about getting the right matchups at the right time. Amongst the programs that have never been to a Final Four, Tennessee is one of the winningest programs out there. But this year...
by Ray Hill | Mar 3, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Lawrence Davis Tyson was Tennessee’s junior United States senator and while not a professional politician, the senator continued to demonstrate he had learned quite a lot in the short time he had served in the Senate. Possessing a gentlemanly nature, Tyson...
by design | Feb 25, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Recently, I promised you a surprise, something different. And if the technological wonders of iPhones and the internet work as planned, these contrivances will enable me to send this essay to you from the bottom of the world. When I was sick...
by Joe Rector | Feb 25, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The world is a cold place. Well, this globe and nature aren’t necessarily that way; neither cares one whit about humanity. However, it’s we who are supposed to be the masters of all other species who are so hardened. That’s proved itself once again...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 25, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major As seniors, they sat across from each other in a classroom at Halls High School. The year was 1951. His name was Emerson Mynatt; hers, Juanita Torbett. Emerson introduced the girl to his older cousin, Ralph Omer Major. The cousin and the girl married...
