by design | Dec 27, 2022 | Columnist, Major
The Promise of 2023 By Ralphine Major What a season for Tennessee football! It has seen the highest of highs—a victory over rival Alabama halting a 15-year run by the Crimson Tide. It has seen the lowest of lows—a huge, devastating loss to South Carolina....
by design | Dec 27, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘They’ll probably think he wasn’t bad for his time’ By Tom Mattingly When word arrived December 15 that former Vol wide receiver Johnny Mills had died at age 77, memories of vintage times in Carter County and his football career at the University of Tennessee...
by design | Dec 27, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
Family Time… With the New York Rangers By Mark Nagi I love the New York Rangers and I love Madison Square Garden. Even if they don’t love me back. I’ve been a New York Rangers fan since 1979. I was 6 years old when the underdog Rangers went on an unexpected run to the...
by design | Dec 26, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley When Public Is Not Public Mayor Indya Kincannon has already got a transparency problem as evidenced by the lawsuit filed by the Knoxville News Sentinel over the process used by the city government in selecting a new police chief. Still, the city just...
by design | Dec 26, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knoxville’s Lawyer & Statesman: Hobart F. Atkins By Ray Hill Like all things, Hobart Freeman Atkins long ago passed into the pages of history. And like so many others, Hobart F. Atkins deserves to be remembered. When he died, the Knoxville News-Sentinel...
by design | Dec 19, 2022 | Black, Columnist
Amnesty for Illegals to Combat Declining Birth Rates? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Chuck Schumer wants amnesty for illegals and a path to citizenship for “all 11 million or however many undocumented there are here.” Now 11 million is...