by Steve Williams | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams His players hadn’t heard of “Rupp’s Runts,” but Halls High School basketball coach Randy Moore knew about the famous Kentucky team of the mid-1960s coached by Adolph Rupp. I had heard Moore had a “short” team this season, so I asked him if he would...
by Steve Williams | Feb 17, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The old saying in sports about “offense sells tickets and defense wins championships” comes to mind when considering what Carter High School’s boys basketball team has done on the court this season. The Hornets, under new coach Joby Boydstone, didn’t...
by Steve Williams | Feb 10, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The biggest worry going into Super Bowl XLVIII was the weather. But that turned out to be the least of worries. Still, the most watched game of the year in all of sports was a disaster, if you were pulling for the Denver Broncos and specifically...
by Steve Williams | Feb 3, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams A little over 48 hours after Florida handed the Tennessee men’s basketball team its worst defeat of the season, a voice was heard in the darkness: “Right now I just wish fans would stay on board with this team and this coach.” Maybe you heard the...
by Steve Williams | Jan 20, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Increasing speculation that Bruce Pearl could again be the men’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee is a hot topic at the water cooler these days. I first wrote about it 10 months ago after Cuonzo Martin’s Vols lost to Alabama in the...
by Steve Williams | Jan 13, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Criticism of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball program was raining down after a disappointing 65-58 home loss to North Carolina State on Dec. 18. Some fans were even wanting to get the ball rolling to replace Cuonzo Martin with former...
