by design | Jan 5, 2026 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Dewey Warren was one of the first University of Tennessee T-formation quarterbacks in the 1960s. Nicknamed the “Swamp Rat” when he was in high school in Georgia, he’s now 80 years old but doesn’t look it. How did he get that nickname? “People ask me,...
by design | Dec 29, 2025 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I just came in from outside on Christmas day 2025. It felt more like a day in Sept-ember weather-wise in Inskip-Norwood. The sky above was blue with fluffy white clouds. My outside temperature gauge pointed at the upper 60s at 12:30 p.m. The only...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Williams
A ‘thank you’ from Lizzi to her dad By Steve Williams I had been saving comments from a special interview for the right time. Today I believe is the right time. Lizzi Lowe, daughter of Matt Lowe, a well-known Powell High head football coach in these parts,...
by design | Mar 17, 2025 | Columnist, Williams
One of Wright’s best coaching efforts in 39 seasons By Steve Williams What about this young Fulton High boys basketball team! “It’s probably the youngest I’ve ever had,” said Coach Jody Wright following the Falcons’ 49-46 Class 3A Sectional win over Unicoi County last...
by design | Feb 24, 2025 | Columnist, Williams
Will Peyton fill the color analyst position at UT? By Steve Williams Any day now I expect to hear Mike Keith scream “SAACK!!” And in the distance, Peyton Manning shouting “OMAHA!” just to let Mike know he was on his way to Rocky Top. Yep, I wouldn’t be surprised at...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Newcomer says Smokies’ move to Old City ‘sounds like fun’ By Steve Williams A lot can happen in 25 years. Good and bad. Funny and sad. The Smokies’ baseball move back to Knoxville next spring will be bittersweet; a treat for Knoxvillians, but a bummer for some of the...
