by design | Jan 26, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor In 2026, most of us would never begin a long drive to an unfamiliar destination by simply pulling out of the driveway and hoping we figure it out as we go. The days of Rand-McNally grid maps are over, and...
by design | Jan 26, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Well, Curt Cignetti just screwed up the coaching system… Unless you’ve been sitting under a rock for the last couple of years, you know the story. Curt Cignetti, a former Alabama assistant coach under Nick Saban, had been a head coach at Indiana...
by design | Jan 25, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Truth In Labeling We have labeling laws for the products we ingest into our bodies, and we’re coming to find out that many of the things we like to eat aren’t good for us. We need a labeling law for our candidates, and the mainstream media should not...
by design | Jan 25, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Andrew Jackson May was a colorful Democrat whose career was derailed by corruption. The backwoods lawyer from rural Kentucky was one of the fiercest critics of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the House of Representatives. May was a man who relished...
by design | Jan 19, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Over the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard or read a lot about the Tennessee quarterback position. Joey Aguilar had a terrific 2025 season, throwing for 3,565 yards and 24 touchdowns for the Vols. But it seems like a long shot to see him in Orange and...
by design | Jan 19, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Sometime in mid-2010, Glenn Thackston of the Vol Network called, looking for copy for a video highlighting “The Greatest Plays” from 1997 through 2009. With that in mind, we examined the top plays of that era, the plays that help get the memory banks...
