by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
I Am Very Grateful For Beta Theta Boule Honor By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My Dad told me many years ago, “You know how long it takes people to forget you when you leave office?…About as long as it takes the ripples to disappear when you throw a...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
I’m a wimp By Joe Rector Plenty of things disrupt older folks’ lives. If any person is lucky enough to reach senior citizenship, he’ll have to deal with long lists of them that make life just a bit more difficult. My life was wonderful. I’d retired from my career and...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Signs of the Time “It’s good to go, but it’s great to come home.” JVF By Dr. Jim Ferguson I hope everyone read my June 10, 2024 essay, “Gotham.” Actually, I hope my essays are read every week. But more importantly, I wanted you to consider implementing the action...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Tennessee Baseball Earned That Title By Mark Nagi It was never going to be easy. Tennessee’s baseball team, the number 1 ranked team in the country, knew full well that the top seed in the NCAA tournament had not won the national championship since the Miami...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
The best offensive player to ever wear No. 50 By Tom Mattingly Mark down Jan. 1, 1967, as an orange letter day in the history of Tennessee football. That was the day the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reported that Curtis Cliff “Chip” Kell from Decatur, Georgia,...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Williams
John Wilkerson would be ripe for the pickin’ By Steve Williams Who would you like to see become the next Voice of the Vols? I’m referring to the positions Bob Kesling has now with the University of Tennessee football and men’s basketball programs. I’m not trying...
