by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Another language rant By Joe Rector It comes as no surprise that I love music. I’ve shared for years about my being in choirs in high school, college and churches. The problem is that I have a voice that weakens a bit every year. Without the help of Gage Sharp, I’d be...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
The center of attention wearing jersey No. 57 By Tom Mattingly When the news arrived the morning of April 25 that former Tennessee linebacker and College Football Hall of Fame member Steve Kiner (June 12, 1947-April 25, 2025) now belonged to the ages, the memory banks...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
NFL Calls on Vols By Mark Nagi The NFL Draft isn’t a perfect representation of how a college football program is faring… but typically, the number of players selected goes hand in hand with a winning culture at the FBS level. Back in Tennessee’s glory days of the...
by design | May 4, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley No One Should Be Above The Law, Including Liberal Judges For the entirety of his four years, Joe Biden insisted there was nothing he could do without Congress to fix the problem at our southern border. Donald Trump’s first 100...
by design | May 4, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Rise & Fall of a Congressman John M. Coffee of Washington State By Ray Hill For a decade, John Main Coffee served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reporter Jack Pyle of the Tacoma News Tribune summed up Coffee’s career after a failed comeback attempt in...
by design | May 4, 2025 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
A day trip to Rogersville and back A Day Away By Mike Steely “I always read your interesting stories about your visits to these towns but unfortunately, have not saved them. Now, before it is too late, my wife and I want to visit these towns while we still can!” Those...