by Steve Williams | Dec 19, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Dear Santa, It’s that time of year when I send you a list of things I would like to see in the world of sports. This year though it’s going to be a little different. I’m focusing on Tennessee football and specifically head coach Butch Jones. He...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 19, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Lane Kiffin has been the head coach of an NFL team (Oakland). Lane Kiffin has been the head coach of two of the all-time top 15 college programs (Tennessee, Southern California). Lane Kiffin has been the offensive coordinator for an Alabama team that...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 18, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville News Sentinel came out last week with a milquetoast editorial noting the Democrats, still smarting over the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, want to debate the need for the Electoral College. Eventually the...
by Ray Hill | Dec 18, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Senator Howard Baker entered the fall general election after having followed a strategy of organizing early and avoiding controversy. Baker’s opponent, Jane Eskind, had won the Democratic primary by self-funding and had tried to take advantage of the...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 18, 2016 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major “I was totally surprised when I got my orders and found out I was going to Salzburg, Austria. I had to look on a map to see where it was located!” he said. “That was the beginning of a beautiful journey of a lifetime,” he added. Charlie Lovell was...
by design | Dec 12, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Sometimes I don’t have a lot to say. This may come as a surprise because I’ve been cobbling 1000 word stories together every week for ten years. Some of my detractors may even welcome the prospect of my silence. It has been my modus operandi to...
