by design | Apr 7, 2024 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Not nearly enough wrong to fire Coach Harper By Steve Williams Did Danny White do his homework on Kellie Harper the coach before firing her? Sure the UT athletic director knew she had played on three national title teams for the legendary Pat Summitt in the 1990s, but...
by design | Sep 10, 2023 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Football mom to be on the road for 12 games By Steve Williams If there’s ever recognition for Best Moms who support their sons in football, EuGenie Latham should be the captain. It’s tough for a football mom who now has three sons playing college football on three...
by design | Sep 4, 2023 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
‘I couldn’t have asked for a better life’ (This is the third column in a three-part series on Bob Black after his passing on Aug. 14, 2023) By Steve Williams When I interviewed Bob Black in August of 2018, it hadn’t been long since he told his wife Brenda he had...
by design | Aug 27, 2023 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Black’s parents signed him up to play at C-N By Steve Williams On Carson-Newman’s 1963 football roster, Bobby Black, senior co-captain, was listed as a 6-3, 200-pound center. Back then, 60 years ago, that was considered pretty good size for a college lineman. Over the...
by design | Aug 20, 2023 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Fulton’s father figure and guiding light passes away By Steve Williams Bob Black was a longtime teacher, coach and administrator at Fulton High School. And on top of that, he became a father figure to the students and a guiding light for many years. After being on the...
by design | Jun 19, 2023 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Emmett Machinists knock off Quicksteps in Vintage Base Ball By Steve Williams I had heard about vintage “base ball” being played at the Historic Ramsey House, but I had never been to a game. So Saturday afternoon (June 10) I finally got out there to check it out. I’m...
