by Steve Williams | Sep 29, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams A.W. Davis was the first big-name University of Tennessee basketball star in my youth and it was sad to hear that he had passed away last week at the age of 71. He was just as fine a person as he was a basketball player. After having an outstanding...
by Steve Williams | Sep 22, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams At the quarter pole of the 2014 University of Tennessee football season, Coach Butch Jones’ youthful Vols are 2-1 and in a pretty good position to accomplish their goal of qualifying for a post-season bowl game. Extreme optimists also see a bigger...
by Steve Williams | Sep 15, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Officially, it’s the Historic Fountain City Lake. Most of us, however, know it simply as The Duck Pond. But for over a year now, you would be more accurate to call it The Yuck Pond. It’s become an eyesore. Slimy green algae covers about 80 percent of...
by Steve Williams | Sep 8, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Although it’s been nearly a half of a century since the two have collided, Oklahoma and Tennessee do share a brief but exciting history in football. The Sooners and Volunteers will pick up where they left off this Saturday night in Norman....
by Steve Williams | Sep 2, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The best news University of Tennessee football fans got last week was Lane Kiffin is going to be on the Alabama sideline at Neyland Stadium when the Crimson Tide rolls into town on Oct. 25. Nick Saban is requiring Kiffin to do his offensive...