by design | Jul 10, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
All-time favorite players and games By Tom Mattingly In this business, people are always asking intriguing questions, whether it’s on the street, in restaurants, via E-mail, or on the telephone. Fans are nothing if not dedicated to their craft. There are precious few...
by design | Jul 9, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Housing Crisis For Whom? For the better part of two years, building slowed during COVID. That caused a housing problem in this country. We hear a lot of rattling about a “housing crisis” inside the City of Knoxville especially. ...
by design | Jul 9, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Mountain State Dynasty: John Kee of West Virginia By Ray Hill For forty years, one family dominated the politics of West Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District. John Kee, a former state senator, was elected to the House of Representatives in the Democratic landslide...
by design | Jul 3, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
Gen. Neyland: Locking his jaw By Tom Mattingly In 1926, Captain Robert R. Neyland had to “lock jaws” with Dean Nathan Washington Dougherty and take on the baseball and track coaches to get enough players to hold spring football practice. “You hired me to coach...
by design | Jul 3, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
The uncomfortable sports lull By Mark Nagi With the end of the College World Series (congrats to LSU and their fans who bought a billion Jell-O shots from an Omaha bar), we are now in the dark time on the sports scene. Basketball is done. Hockey is over. College...
by design | Jul 3, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Everything Changes Good sense is the foundation of all good writing. Samuel Kirkham By Dr. Jim Ferguson The ancient Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, coined the term “panta rhei,” which translates into English as “everything changes.” When I was practicing medicine, The...
