by design | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
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by design | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com CLinton highway Whether you call the road “Clinton Highway” or “U.S. Highway 25W,” the four-lane road between the I-75 and I-640 interchange and Emory Road was once the main route from Michigan to Florida. The heyday of the highway...
by Ray Hill | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Aside from the dislike he endured from his senior colleague, K. D. McKellar, Estes Kefauver’s first few years in the United States Senate were reasonably pleasant. Kefauver, like McKellar, tended to constituent service and attending committee...
by design | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives
By Ken Lay A perfect Knox County Middle School Basketball Conference run was culminated with a James A. Ivey Jr. Memorial Middle School Tournament Championship for the West Valley Middle School girls basketball team. The Lady Wolves put the finishing touches on a...
by design | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives
By Bill Mynatt, Radio Voice of Powell Panther Football on AM 620 WRJZ powellfootballradiovoice@yahoo.com In early December of 2011, it looked like the Powell Panther football program had ascended to the upper echelon of high school football in east Tennessee....
by Mike Steely | Feb 17, 2014 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely We’ve had a weird winter and it seems it is ice and snow every other week with very little sun and warmth in between. It’s a good time to take a day away from the house and get downtown to visit some of the city’s bygone days. There are lots of things...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 17, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He scored over 2,000 points in both his high school and college careers. He became a college All-American and was later named to Carson-Newman’s Team of the Century. He played softball for 22 years and was named to the Knoxville Softball Hall of...
by design | Feb 17, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson When I started my sabbatical a friend advised me to be careful and not provoke my wife. I assured her that a married man north of sixty knows the rules. Becky and I have a successful marriage and the key aspect is equality strengthened by the...
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 Mark Nagi | Feb 17, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Consistent readers of this column have noticed how much joy I get from local sports talk radio shows. I don’t have official confirmation, but at last count I believe that there are approximately 493 local sports talk radio shows that folks can listen...
