by design | Oct 12, 2026 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams A friend of mine, Tom Heck, gave me the following story to tell on “Bama Week” and “the Third Saturday in October”. It’s about his Uncle Len Coffman, who played for the Tennessee Volunteers in the late 1930s. Had it not been for the University of...
by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I can see Tennessee Athletic Director Danny White giving Kim Caldwell another year simply because he doesn’t want to admit that he was wrong in hiring her in the first place. And all that is going to do is throw the Lady Vols farther back in line. I...
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...
