by Steve Williams | Aug 20, 2017 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve Williams Will McMahan stands out at Carter High football games, particularly at halftime. He’s the guy playing a saxophone and marching in the school band in his football uniform, a rare sight indeed. Before and after the 20-minute intermission, McMahan, a...
by Steve Williams | Jul 24, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
The SEC Media Days are in the rearview mirror, but Alabama’s stature in the conference is so enormous, we can still see Big Al, the school’s mascot elephant, and hear “Roll Tide” from miles and miles away. Based on the votes of the media in its prediction of how the...
by Steve Williams | Jul 10, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams It’s time to take a look at John Currie’s first 100 days as the University of Tennessee’s new athletics director. I like him … so far. And I was pulling for Phillip Fulmer and/or David Blackburn to get the gig. Kudos to UT-Knoxville Chancellor...
by Steve Williams | Jul 3, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams As we celebrate America’s birthday this week, I would like to share some famous sports events that occurred on July 4th over the years. Although it happened before most of us were alive, many sports fans have heard and seen the replay of Lou Gehrig’s...
by Steve Williams | Jun 26, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Discussion of Tennessee ending its traditional football series against Alabama continues to pop up from time to time and as long as the Vols keep losing to the Crimson Tide, we’ll hear about it more often. I understand the unfairness in the...
