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Toughen up! Pruitt is the right guy for this cleanup

by Steve Williams | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

  By Steve Williams Jeremy Pruitt set the tone his first day on the job. And I liked what I heard. “Your expectations aren’t near what mine are,” he said to me and you at his introductory press conference after being named Tennessee’s head football coach in...

Three years after heart attack, Pyatt referees in state finals

by Steve Williams | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams Longtime basketball official Steve Pyatt suffered a heart attack Jan. 10, 2015. That put him on the sidelines for the remainder of the season, but he wasn’t done. Pyatt still had more miles in his legs, more whistles to blow, more boos to ignore and...

A sneak peek into UT football under Coach Pruitt

by Steve Williams | Apr 16, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

  By Steve Williams There’s a few things we’ll be seeing in Tennessee football again under new head coach Jeremy Pruitt and it’s possible we may get a glimpse in the upcoming Orange and White game. Remember the huddle? Grandfathers and dads should be prepared to...

A great sports moment is unnecessarily tarnished

by Steve Williams | Apr 9, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams This year there was a lot more drama in the NCAA women’s Final Four than in the men’s. When Loyola of Chicago’s Cinderella run ended against Michigan in the semifinals, my interest in the men’s tourney dropped like an air ball. Meanwhile, those...

UT athletics looking up under Fulmer, except for track

by Steve Williams | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams I’ve always heard time goes by faster when you’re busy or having a good time. Maybe that’s why Phillip Fulmer’s 100th day on the job as UT’s new Director of Athletics flew right past me. When I counted up the days a couple of weeks ago, I discovered...

Aftermath of early exits by Vols and Lady Vols is quite different

by Steve Williams | Mar 26, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams The near Sweet Sixteen seasons for the Tennessee men’s and women’s basketball teams quickly turned sour in the Round of 32. With NCAA tournament play getting close to being really exciting for fans, our Vols and Lady Vols, both seeded No. 3, stumbled...
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