by design | May 1, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
A look at ‘Lost Weekends’ By Tom Mattingly Over the history of Tennessee athletics, there have been more than one “lost weekend,” where everything that could seemingly go wrong, did. Such a series of events tends to shatter fans’ confidence, overheat the phone...
by design | May 1, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
The Morgan Wallen No-Show By Mark Nagi Loyal readers of my columns/articles know that this is not typically a space for entertainment reviews. Here, we talk sports. Lots of East Tennessee related sports, some national sports, but the main takeaway is that I’m writing...
by design | Apr 30, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Kincannon’s Budget And More City Mayor Indya Kincannon sent out a press release with her budget presentation last week. If it wasn’t quite revisionist history, then it was certainly rearranging the facts. Kincannon bragged about the fiscal health of...
by design | Apr 30, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Noah M. Mason of Illinois looked like precisely what he was: an old schoolteacher. Diminutive in stature, white-haired and frequently with a stern expression etched into his face, Noah Mason served for twenty-six years as a congressman from Illinois. ...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When my fellow Focus columnist, Tom Mattingly, wrote recently about Ben Byrd, the longtime sports editor for the Knoxville Journal, it brought back some memories for me, too. I knew Ben well from being around...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Remember the joke about the guy tasting Bud Light for the first time and thought it tasted funny and sent it to a lab? The report said, “I am afraid your horse has diabetes.” Well, now Bud Light – the fake...
