by Steve Williams | Nov 9, 2020 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Governor Bill Lee gave Tennessee high school football the “green light” to start practice on July 31. A season that once seemed like it would never begin because of the coronavirus pandemic ended regular season play for Division I teams three months...
by Steve Williams | Jul 6, 2020 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I was looking online for more information on Huntland High School, where Johnny Majors was the state scoring leader for three straight years in earning a UT football scholarship, when I came across an interesting sports column by Charles...
by Steve Williams | Jun 14, 2020 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve Williams A friend of mine, the late Aaron Keen, was founder of Rocky Top Views, a UT sports publication, in the early 1990s and needed a delivery person for the East Tennessee area. I took that part-time job to supplement my teacher aide position in ISS at...
by Steve Williams | Mar 16, 2020 | Columnist, Williams
Did we get it right? By Steve Williams “I think the media are blowing this way out of proportion and are frightening a lot of people unnecessarily.” Those were the words of Dr. Jerry Punch, longtime ESPN sports broadcaster who now makes his home in this area and is a...
by Steve Williams | Mar 9, 2020 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams In a way, Tennessee’s post-season basketball season has already begun. The March Madness for the Vols started after back-to-back road losses at Auburn and Arkansas in February. At that point, getting invited to the Big Dance seemed out...
by Steve Williams | Mar 2, 2020 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield left the Tennessee basketball program last year affectionately known as “Peanut Butter and Jelly.” So, with their former teammate’s collegiate career winding down, I’m going to call Jordan Bowden The Crust....
