by Mark Nagi | May 30, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Well, we are finally here. Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was scheduled for Memorial Day evening. And for the first time ever, your Nashville Predators are taking part! The fact that the Preds, an 8 seed in the Western Conference, have managed to...
by Mark Nagi | May 22, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman At the time of this writing the Nashville Predators were playing the Anaheim Ducks in the Western Conference Finals. The Predators are trying to get to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in franchise history. Full disclosure: I am not a...
by Mark Nagi | May 15, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman From time to time we like to catch an area athlete for a quick question and answer session. Recently The Knoxville Focus spoke one on one with Gibbs offensive lineman Ollie Lane, who has verbally committed to Tennessee’s Class of 2018. Lane chose...
by Mark Nagi | May 8, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman So, I’m a big hockey fan. The team and the situation aren’t important to the story, but recently my team lost a playoff game that they had greatly in hand. It bothered me. It bothered me the point that the rest of my day was ruined, as was the next...
by Mark Nagi | May 1, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Well, that’ll do it… The next time we see the Vols it’ll be on September 4th at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, when Tennessee plays Georgia Tech. Spring football finished up for the Vols on Saturday, April 22nd at the rain shortened Orange...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 24, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman During his four years at Tennessee, Josh Dobbs was seemingly known first and foremost as a smart kid that also played quarterback. That was the narrative. There were seemingly endless stories in print, on-line and on your television about how Dobbs was...
