by Mark Nagi | Oct 21, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Back in March, Tennessee football coach Butch Jones was the Grand Marshal for the Food City 500 Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He was impressed with what he saw at the track that some like to call “The Last Great Colosseum.” “The magnitude...
by Mark Nagi | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman There are few athletes from East Tennessee that have accomplished as much in their professional careers as Tyson Clabo, a 2000 graduate of Farragut High School. But because his trade is a rather anonymous one, on the offensive line in the National...
by Mark Nagi | Jul 22, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The Tennessee Volunteers are not going to win the national championship this season, nor will they win the SEC championship. They won’t finish first in their division, and would be fortunate to win seven games. Just don’t tell them that… Last week new...
by Mark Nagi | Jul 15, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Last week I dropped some serious knowledge on you good people with an article titled “Still Some Good Guys in Sports.” This week I’m back with an article titled “Still Some Bad Guys in Sports.” I’m nothing if not consistent… Recently Urban Meyer made it...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 24, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman On a beautiful late spring weekend, around 125 kids showed up at Grace Christian Academy for the Eric Berry D1 Iron Sharpens Iron Football Camp. For Berry, a former Tennessee Vols All-American, camps like this one are a look into the future for when his...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 10, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The Tennessee Lady Vols softball team arrived at the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City a confident group, after sweeping through the Regional and Super Regionals with a 5-0 record. That confidence did nothing but grow after wins over...
