by Mike Steely | Oct 20, 2014 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Sometimes you don’t have to go far to discover something new and interesting. One cool summer morning, I parked at the Knoxville Coliseum garage and walked down to the trolley stop. Like most folks who don’t live downtown I had ridden the trolley line a...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 20, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He is the only player on Bob Dagley’s 1964-65 basketball team at Gibbs I did not get to meet. Steve Wilson’s untimely death at age 36 in 1985 left a void on the squad that once numbered eleven. Wilson worked at Coastal Supply Company and attended...
by Steve Williams | Oct 20, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Over his long football coaching career at the University of Tennessee, Phillip Fulmer seemed to have the knack for winning close games. I went back and checked the results, and sure enough, that was the case. In my research, I defined a close game as...
by Mark Nagi | Oct 20, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Admit it… you can’t wait to see what happens at when the Vols and Crimson Tide renew their rivalry on Saturday night at Neyland Stadium. I’m not talking about the game itself. Tennessee hasn’t beaten Alabama since 2006 and will be hard pressed to end...
by Joe Rector | Oct 20, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’m an old television fan who’s spent plenty of time watching programs over the years. Some have become favorites, a fact that seems to doom them to cancellation. What I’ve also viewed are some ridiculous commercials. They challenge the patience and...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 20, 2014 | Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley I continue to be amused by the fiction being perpetrated by some folks that Jim McIntyre is one of the best superintendents in the country, much less that he wants to listen to the board of education. What is McIntyre’s real record? Visit the...